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More good books and topics to talk about
The Good Liar
The Good Liar
April 5, 2017
A novel by Nicholas Searle that stands out amongst a host of titles that have lie, lying or liar in the title. It's had mixed reviews, but I enjoyed it immensely. Catch up with the detail on http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Crime-Thrillers/The-Good-Liar-Audiobook/B01AO1XHPO/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srImg?qid=1491389452&sr=1-1
Doctor Foster - second series
Doctor Foster - second series
I couldn't pass the need to register my disgust at the quality of the second series of a story line which many enjoyed when the first series was released. Here's the take I posted on the BBC web site.
'Sequels - like Marmite, aren't they? I suffered all five episodes and, quite honestly, you should not have bothered. I found the plot unrealistic in the extreme, the introduction of the new bit characters little more than gratuitous and the script - well, I felt genuinely sorry for the actors having to mouth all that trite nonsense.
You do something really worthwhile and then trash the whole concept with a badly conceived second series. Please don't tell me you are going to write another.'
I guess the BBC listened. There will be no more.
Ginny Moon
Ginny Moon
I dare you to read this novel as told by a young teenage girl with autism without shedding a tear in sorrow or frustration at the gut-wrenching crisis which Ginny finds herself in as she strives to rediscover the life she knew as a child. It is magnificently drawn by Benjamin Ludwig who deserves all the credit he has received for this debut novel. I am jealous of his extraordinary talent.
Kill The Father
Kill The Father
I'm a keen fan of Audible and listening to books whenever the opportunity presents itself. This translation of Sandrone Dazieri's novel, narrated by Cassandra Campbell. It's a classic thriller in the sense of two dysfunctional individuals struggling against the odds and, often, themselves to solve the case of a double homicide with very personal overtones. The plot is good - a little too long for me and should have finished fifty pages earlier - and gripping. Narration becomes a little grating at times, but it's a novel that's well worth a listen or a read.
The Nowhere Man - Orphan X
The Nowhere Man - Orphan X
I'm a big fan of Gregg Hurwitz and his tough guy, Orphan X series. The man with a special help line who is always one step ahead of his would-be agressors in his efforts to sort out other people's problems. It's a corny old theme, but Hurfwitz serves it up in a very fresh, easily digestable format and with Scott Brick's excellent narration, easy on the ear and not to challenging for the intellect.
Geoff Cook
Geoff Cook