Ben Aaronovitch – Foxglove Summer
Foxglove Summer is the fifth book in the Rivers of London series and follows on from Broken Homes, Whispers Under Ground, Moon Over Soho and the original Rivers of London.
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Bernard Cornwell – Sea Lord
Sea Lord is the second of Cornwell’s contemporary nautical thrillers, first published in the UK in 1989…
Stephen King – Later
Later is that rare thing – a short Stephen King novel. Clocking in at under 250 pages it’s all killer and no filler…
Bernard Cornwell – Wildtrack
My thoughts on Cornwell’s first nautically-themed contemporary thriller. Here there be minor spoilers!
Haruki Murakami – Killing Commendatore
Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami was first published in two volumes – The Idea Made Visible and The Shifting Metaphor and is something of a homage to The Great Gatsby.
3 books, 1 graphic novel
Antony Beevor – Crete: The Battle and The Resistance / Neil Gaiman – The Sandman: Overture / Charles Bukowski – Ham on Rye / Bernard Cornwell – Fools and Mortals
Death to 2020
A messy roundup for the tail-end of 2020 including some movies, comedy TV, books and a thumb-killing game.
Bernard Cornwell – Redcoat
Redcoat is set in the year 1777 in war-torn Philadelphia. It’s a bit like a Sharpe book but with less battles and more intrigue and romance. Spoilers ahoy!
2020 Retrospective – my four favourite books
My four favourites from the books I have read this year.
Stephen King & Owen King – Sleeping Beauties
This 720-page long novel is the first time the legendary horror writer has written a book with his son Owen…
