Monday 22 February 2016

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART SIXTY-NINE

Here we go again with another thrilling installment - tub 69 - when Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone meets Joe Gores.

Anyone up for a 69!

Sue Grafton x 4, Jim Thompson,

B is for Barmy - I've only read the first!

Sue Grafton x 3, Charles Williams, Dashiell Hammett, 

Good looking dog!

Pulp from Charles WIlliams.

Sue Grafton x 2, Jon A. Jackson, Charles Willeford x 2, 

Love this guy - Charles Willeford!

More Willeford!

Jon A. Jackson Detroit police series book,

Stuart M. Kaminsky, Sue Grafton x 2, Randy Wayne White x 2, 

M is for Madness!

Joe Gores x 5!

DKA series book from Joe Gores!

Gores again - non-series standalone!

Andy McNab, Richard Pirce, Colin Dexter, Gavin Lyall x 2, 

Gavin Lyall and Harry Maxim 80s espionage!

Richard Price!

Sue Grafton x 2, Hakan Nesser, Eddie Little, Out of the Gutter magazine!

Quality degenerate pulp!

Scandi crime from Nesser!

John Irving, Matthew Quirk, James Oswald, David Levien, Ross MacDonald, Gilbert Adair,

Scottish crime series from James Oswald!

David Levien - untried as yet!

Gilbert Adair!

Lew Archer series book from Ross MacDonald,

Chris Evans, Bill Bryson, Julian Barnes, Mons Kallntoft, Helen Windrath editing a short crime collection!

Helen Windrath editing a short crime collection!
Val McDermid, Sara Paretsky, Amanda Cross and others - it might be an all female line-up!

Reader, I Murdered Him, Too 
Original Publication from The Women’s Press 1995
A woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do: holding the eye contact, I smile right back…. 
Murders in stately homes, crimes in convents and bodies lost at sea… Hot on the trail are hard-drinking investigators, academic sleuths and determined amateurs.. 
Reader, I Murdered Him was a huge bestselling success and remains, today, a classic of the genre. Now, Reader, I Murdered Him, Too brings the best in the business back again as Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Amanda Cross and many more offer razor-sharp solutions to heinous crimes, both past and present

Chris Evans - broadcaster, maverick and new Top Gear presenter!

Dan Simmons, Joe Gores, Kjell Eriksson, Mick Herron,

Dan Simmons - horror, fantasy, SF, crime and mystery! What doesn't he write?

69 - OVER AND OUT!


HIGHLIGHTS.... Jon A. Jackson, Joe Gores, Charles Willeford, Ross MacDonald, Mick Herron, Dan Simmons, 

LOWLIGHTS..... not a lowlight as such, but I went a bit crazy on the Sue Grafton front. I have at least read A is for Arsehole - meaning ME. I won't deny, I did enjoy it so at least there's a bit of hope.

FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
ADAIR GILBERT A CLOSED BOOK 1999
BARNES JULIAN THE SENSE OF AN ENDING 2011
BRYSON BILL A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING 2003
DEXTER COLIN LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK 1975 IM1
ERIKSSON KJELL THE CRUEL STARS OF NIGHT 2007 AL2
EVANS CHRIS MEMOIRS OF A FRUITCAKE 2011
GORES JOE HAMMETT 1975
GORES JOE DEAD SKIP 1972 DKA1
GORES JOE GLASS TIGER 2006
GORES JOE FINAL NOTICE 1973 DKA2
GORES JOE GONE, NO FORWARDING 1978 DKA3
GORES JOE 32 CADILLACS 1992 DKA4
GRAFTON SUE T IS FOR TRESPASS 2007 KM20
GRAFTON SUE R IS FOR RICOCHET 2004 KM18
GRAFTON SUE L IS FOR LAWLESS 1995 KM12
GRAFTON SUE M IS FOR MALICE 1996 KM13
GRAFTON SUE J IS FOR JUDGMENT 1993 KM10
GRAFTON SUE K IS FOR KILLER 1994 KM11
GRAFTON SUE E IS FOR EVIDENCE 1988 KM5
GRAFTON SUE D IS FOR DEADBEAT 1987 KM4
GRAFTON SUE F IS FOR FUGITIVE 1989 KM6
GRAFTON SUE B IS FOR BURGLAR 1985 KM2
GRAFTON SUE I IS FOR INNOCENT 1992 KM9
GRAFTON SUE O IS FOR OUTLAW 1999 KM15
GRAFTON SUE N IS FOR NOOSE 1998 KM14
HAMMETT DASHIELL THE GLASS KEY 1931
HERRON MICK DOWN CEMETERY ROAD 2003 ZB1
IRVING JOHN IN ONE PERSON 2012
JACKSON JON A. HIT ON THE HOUSE 1993 DSM4
KALLENTOFT MONS MIDWINTER SACRIFICE 2011 DIMF1
KAMINSKY STUART M. DEATH OF A DISSIDENT 1981 IR1
LEVIEN DAVID WHERE THE DEAD LAY 2009 FB2
LITTLE EDDIE STEEL TOES 2001 BP2
LOUIS MATTHEW OUT OF THE GUTTER 4 (ed.) 2008
LYALL GAVIN UNCLE TARGET 1988 HM4
LYALL GAVIN THE CROCUS LIST 1985 HM3
MACDONALD ROSS THE FAR SIDE OF THE DOLLAR 1965 LA12
McNAB ANDY AGGRESSOR 2005 NS8
NESSER HAKAN THE MIND'S EYE 2008 IVV1
OSWALD JAMES THE BOOK OF SOULS 2012 IMCLM2
PRICE RICHARD SAMARITAN 2003
QUIRK MATTHEW THE 500 2012 MF1
SIMMONS DAN DARWIN'S BLADE 2000
THOMPSON JIM FIREWORKS 1988
WHITE RANDY WAYNE CAPTIVA 1996 DF4
WHITE RANDY WAYNE NORTH OF HAVANA 1997 DF5
WILLEFORD CHARLES PICK-UP 1954
WILLEFORD CHARLES KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE 1987
WILLIAMS CHARLES THE BIG BITE 1956
WINDRATH HELEN READER, I MURDERED HIM, TOO (ed.) 1997

16 comments:

  1. Col, I have not read any of Sue Grafton's alphabet books and that's something I'm going to have to look into in the near future. Ross Macdonald's THE FAR SIDE OF THE DOLLAR looks interesting. Over the years I have neglected Dashiell Hammett too.

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    1. I've only read the first. I've not yet tried Ross MacDonald at all and Hammett was read many years ago before the blog began, so I can't recall too much about his books.

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  2. Dexter, Kaminsky, Nesser, I'd say you have plenty of really good stuff here, Col. Oh, and I'll be keen to know what you think of the Macdonald; I thought that was a good 'un.

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    1. I am interested in seeing how I get on with Colin Dexter. They may not be my kind of thing at all, but I'll never know unless I give one a try. Kaminsky, Nesser and MacDonald are all unknown quantities as well.

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  3. I'm a big fan of Kinsey, so like to see all your Graftons. Always mean to read more Ross Macdonalds.
    Have you always done series number after date? Only just noticed it, good idea.

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    1. I did enjoy my first Grafton, but haven't rushed back. Maybe I ought to have an all-female reading month at some point.
      Yes, I've tried tracking the series when I've logged, as I'm usually very particular about reading out of order.

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  4. Col – Hammett’s GLASS KEY is a tough one to find these days. I have a very old paperback of it somewhere. But your copy’s cover made me laugh.

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    1. Elgin, I've just read the synopsis for the book on wiki and I can't see the relevance of the dog to be honest. I'm not too sure of the date of my edition, but I do like the cover, probably a lot more than the print size of these old Penguins.

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    2. Agree. On a shelf, they look like novellas. Open them and, Whoa!, dense, tiny print. Must have been a budget thing for the publishers.

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    3. I got caught out by Highsmith's Strangers on a Train which was a Penguin I read last month. I looked at the page count and thought - 2 days reading easy. I was still struggling two weeks later! A combination of print size and a lack of immersion in the story that time around.

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  5. Hammett is a good one. Very atmospheric homage. Made into a movie back in the 70s. San Francisco in the 30s. Lots of fog, great cars and snappy clothes. Enjoy.

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    1. Cheers Glen. It'll be interesting to see San Francisco from an earlier time than Pronzini's portrayal.

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  6. Look at all those Joe Gores. I am so envious. I can't wait until you read some of them.

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    1. Tracy, I'm looking forward to reading him....not sure when though!

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  7. Gosh, you've got a lot of catching up on Grafton to do. They're surprisingly good on the whole.

    I haven't read any Nesser, so I've just booked me a copy of The Mind's Eye (first in his Van Veteeren series, I gather) at the library.

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    1. 1 down 25 to go, but I don't think she's got to Z yet! I might have reigned myself in at W!
      Nesser is supposed to be good, but I can't offer an opinion as yet.

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