Category: Peter James
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I have had problems with the blog the last week or so as my host, Typepad, who I have been with for years, had a new update etc etc and like all updates it caused mayhem and the blog was unavailable. An irritant for me, but checking on Twitter I could see how upset so…
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Plethora. Lovely word, rolls off the tongue. I gather it means a large or excessive amount of something and I have certainly been reading loads of detective stories in the last week or so. Mixed enjoyment. Some irritation. So here are my thoughts. First up the latest Inspector Banks novel by Peter Robinson When the…
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I don't know about you but in the summer I don't cook much, nor do I read What I Call serious reading. Too hot to cook, well sometimes, and also difficult to concentrate when the sun is shining. I like something light to eat and steak and kidney pie loses its savour. Ditto books. Not…
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I do love discovering new detectives, well new to me at any rate, particularly when there is a whole series to keep me going. Over the lifetime of this blog I have indulged in quite a few and thought it would be fun to see how many I have read. Donna Leon – Brunetti series. …
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I discovered the Detective Grace series by accident. I took a book out of the library and it was not until I got home that I realised it was not PD James but Peter James. A tad annoyed but thought I would give it a go. Next day straight back to the library to get…
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Now that the hassle of new laptop and setting it up etc is behind me (well almost, scanner on printer not working yet but I am ignoring it for the moment), I am finally getting down to posting about books. I mentioned in one of my summing up posts of 2012 that I was seriously…
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Getting through a lot of books at the moment and as I am going to be away for a few days soon thought I had better get some reviews done. First up Dead Man's Grip by Peter James. This is the latest Detective Grace novels set in Brighton and I only discovered these by accident…