Author: couchmagpie

I was born in North Wales to English parents with their roots in Cheshire and Lancashire. I left Loughborough University with a BSc and PhD in Economics. I worked in IT for about 17 years and then changed jobs to become a Communications Consultant – a job in which my interest and skills in writing come in very handy. I love film with a passion and have an eclectic music taste. In my spare time I read a lot and write books of my own. I have written several books and there is a lot of information about them on couchmagpie.com as well as my somewhat random musings on film, tv, music, games, books, writing, food, drink and life in general.
Watching

John Wick 1, 2 and 3

The John Wick films are a neo-noire mixture of over the top gun battles and fisticuffs, married with pithy dialogue which varies from the quotable to the laughable. Here I review John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

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Reading

Bernard Cornwell – Gallows Thief

Gallows Thief is historic crime novel set in Regency London. The main character is the jauntily named Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, who is looking into the guilt or innocence of a young painter imprisoned for the murder of the Countess of Avebury.

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Stephen King – The Outsider

The Outsider is another crime/horror cross-over from King in the same style as the Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) and while it’s not a sequel to those books it does exist in the same universe and indeed does feature the character of Holly Gibney. Spoilers ahoy!

Watching

Money Heist

What follows is a ramble which for once I think is relatively free of major spoilers, so if you haven’t seen Money Heist on Netflix let me tell you here why it’s worth your time…