The first of the Travis McGee books. A bit of a curate's egg. A straightforward plot and thorough loathesome villain, and a good thrilling finale. Some of McGee's situation and thoughts as he tries to help a couple of victims of that villain remind me of situations familiar to me. Writer and character are actually trying to be more progressive in ( Read more... )

Last book I read was Nancy Holder's Buffy book, Blood And Fog, which had some good bits, but.... Compared to her others it felt like something that had been either written in a hurry to fill a gap in the schedule, or messed around a lot somewhere behind the scenes by others ( Read more... )

Finished reading Perverting The course Of Justice, by "Inspector Gadget" - a pseudonymous expose of the paperwork and ludicrous situations that UK cops face every day, from their own bosses, and other government services. Not sure what's next.

So, I've got most of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series now - just missing a couple of the later ones (Sword and Waterloo, that I can remember), and they turn up for 50p in the charity shops on a regular basis ( Read more... )