Monday 8 February 2016

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART SIXTY-SEVEN

Two-thirds of the way to 100, but fortunately I don't have 100 tubs, so maybe another 20-odd to go. Then I'll consider whether I want to catalogue the Kindle or just let the dust settle.
Tub 67 - another 50!

James Sallis, Colin MacKinnon. James O. Born, Jackie Chan, Mark Billingham,

Florida crime - from memory!

Espionage at a guess!

Charlie Huston, Paul Watkins, Dennis Smith, Derek Nikitas, Nigel Cawthorne, 

Hank Thompson series book!

Untried US author!

Les Standiford, Mark McNay, Marshall Karp, Kevin Wignall, Jon A. Jackson, 

Kevin Wignall - great cover!

Mulheisen series book!

Les Standiford,

Marshall Karp - Lomax and Biggs series opener!

Charles McCarry, Charles Willeford, Len Deighton, Sue Grafton, Trevanian, 

60s Deighton!

Hoke Mosley series book!

Garry Disher, Graham Greene - x 2, Ian Rankin, Ed McBain, Rob Ryan, 

Greg Palast, James Sallis, Tim Parks, Duane Swierczynski/Anthony E. Zuiker, 

Lew Griffin series book!

Non-fiction - left wing rant!

Erskine Childers, John Harvey, Arnaldur Indridason, John Rickards, Paul Johnston,

Untried author!

The first espionage novel?

Nelson DeMille, Peter Robinson, Erica Spindler, Gerald Seymour, John Sandford, 

Gerald Seymour,

Lucas Davenport Prey series!

Steve McGill, Bert Blewett, Kem Nunn, Neil Cross, John Milne, 

Jenner series crime from the 80s!

Neil Cross - creator of Luther!

Surfer crime - Kem Nunn!

John Sandford, Dean Koontz, James W. Hall, Adam Hall, G. M. Ford, 

Quiller espionage series novel!

John Sandford - standalone novel!

Tub 67 - put to bed!

HIGHLIGHTS..... Len Deighton, Adam Hall, Jon A. Jackson, John Milne, Derek Nikitas, Garry Disher, Greg Palast, Charles Willeford, 

LOWLIGHTS...... not rushing to Erica Spindler (my wife's) or Dean Koontz,

FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:
AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
BILLINGHAM MARK DEATH MESSAGE 2007 TT7
BLEWETT BERT THE A-Z OF WORLD BOXING 1997
BORN JAMES O. ESCAPE CLAUSE 2006 BT3
CAWTHORNE NIGEL KILLERS: THE MOST BARBARIC MURDERERS OF OUR TIMES 2006
CHAN JACKIE I AM JACKIE CHAN: MY LIFE IN ACTION 1998
CHILDERS ERSKINE THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS 1903
CROSS NEIL NATURAL HISTORY 2007
DEIGHTON LEN ONLY WHEN I LARF 1967
DEMILLE NELSON UP COUNTRY 2001 PB2
DISHER GARRY PORT VILA BLUES 1995 W5
FORD G. M. NO MAN'S LAND 2005 FC5
GRAFTON SUE C IS FOR CORPSE 1985 KM3
GREENE GRAHAM THE THIRD MAN 1950
GREENE GRAHAM THE FALLEN IDOL 1935
HALL JAMES W. HELL'S BAY 2008 TPI10
HALL ADAM NORTHLIGHT 1985 Q11
HARVEY JOHN HART THE REGULATOR 2: BLOOD TRAIL 1980 H2
HUSTON CHARLIE CAUGHT STEALING 2004 HT1
INDRIDASON ARNALDUR VOICES 2006 IE3
JACKSON JON A. LA DONNA DETROIT 2000 DSM8
JOHNSTON PAUL THE BLOOD TREE 2000 QD4
KARP MARSHALL THE RABBIT FACTORY 2006 L+B1
KOONTZ DEAN FOREVER ODD 2005 OT2
MACKINNON COLIN MORNING SPY, EVENING SPY 2006
McBAIN ED SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED 1985 MH5
McCARRY CHARLES THE SECRET LOVERS 1977 PC3
McGILL STEVE CELTIC: SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS 97/98 1998
McNAY MARK FRESH 2007
MILNE JOHN THE MOODY MAN 1987 JJ3
NIKITAS DEREK PYRES 2007
NUNN KEM THE DOGS OF WINTER 1997
PALAST GREG ARMED MADHOUSE 2006
PARKS TIM CASA MASSIMINA 1990 MD2
RANKIN IAN THE HANGING GARDEN 1998 JR9
RICKARDS JOHN THE TOUCH OF GHOSTS 2004 AR2
ROBINSON PETER THE HANGING VALLEY 1990 IB4
RYAN ROB NINE MIL 2000
SALLIS JAMES BLUE BOTTLE 1998 LG5
SALLIS JAMES CHESTER HIMES: A LIFE 2000
SANDFORD JOHN SHADOW PREY 1990 LD2
SANDFORD JOHN THE NIGHTCREW 1997
SEYMOUR GERALD TRAITOR'S KISS 2003
SMITH DENNIS REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO 2002
SPINDLER ERICA COPYCAT 2006 KL2
STANDIFORD LES SPILL 1991
SWIERCZYNSKI/ZUIKER DUANE/ANTHONY E. DARK ORIGINS 2009 L261
TREVANIAN SHIBUMI 1979
WATKINS PAUL THE STORY OF MY DISAPPEARANCE 1997
WIGNALL KEVIN WHO IS CONRAD HIRST? 2007
WILLEFORD CHARLES NEW HOPE FOR THE DEAD 1985 HM2

10 comments:

  1. I have a hardback edition of Erskine Childers' THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS that I still have to read. You are right, it is considered as to be the first or very earliest espionage fiction. I have read and enjoyed a couple of short stories by Nelson DeMille, and plan on reading some of his long novels.

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    1. I will read the Childers at some point, but I'm in no rush. I have a few of DeMille books, but I haven't tried him yet I'm afraid.

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  2. You do have some good 'uns there, Col. I see you have Marshall Karp, and I'm glad of it. I love his wit, and I think his stories are well-written, too. I really hope you'll like his work.

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    1. Margot, I've not yet tried Marshall Karp, but part of the appeal was the humour element.

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  3. I have been wanting to catalog my Kindle books, otherwise I forget they are there. But I don't ever seem to have the time. Looks like you have a lot of good books in this box.

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    1. I would like to get a permanent fix on what books I have, but I'm kind of dissuaded by how much effort I would need to put in. It is likely to be as troublesome as the tubs, because as soon as you open a book it goes to the front of the queue and some of the review copies I have on my device don't have title pages, so you have to open it to see what it is.

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  4. Another happy trove, I'd say. Aside from the obvious picks (Rankin, Greene, Indridason, Robinson, Grafton, Billingham), the Palast is quite a lot of fun.

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    1. Not a bad tub at all, I do like a bit of non-fiction now and again, though I don't read as much as I ought to. I have a couple of Palast's other books as well as others of a similar ilk....Mark Thomas, Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore,

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  5. Not so many I recognize here, but some tempting covers and titles - quite a few I would pick up if I were in a bookshop.

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    1. I think I had forgotten I had half of these. Nice to rediscover them!

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