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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This book is nowhere near the standard of his first book, Child 44. To make sense of The Secret Speech you need to read Child 44 first. But doing so will raise your...
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Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson
Michael_Drysdale's review: "The story is about Christine who suffers from such an extreme amnesia that she has no memories of her past every time she wakes up. The terrifying nature of this illness is...
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Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Michael_Drysdale's review: "I was disappointed with this book, it was not what I expected. I was looking forward to an alternative history political thriller, but instead was served with a detailed...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Michael_Drysdale's review: "There are two stories in this book. The first is about Swedish journalist Mikael Blomkvist’s investigation of the unsolved 1960s disappearance of Harriet Vanger The second,...
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Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This is my first Harlan Coben book, which I really enjoyed. The book is written from the point of view of Beck, a paediatrician, whose wife had been murdered 8 years...
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Agent of Deceit by Chris Morgan Jones
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This financial/espionage thriller is about a shady Greek businessman’s attempt to destroy a Russian oligarch, Malin. This is done by employing British investigator Ben...
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Just One Look by Harlan Coben
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This is my second Coben book and although I enjoyed it, I didn’t think it was as good as Tell No One. I like Coben’s themes of ordinary people stumbling into criminal...
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The Girl Who Played with Fire: Book 2 of the Millennium Trilogy (Vintage...
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This book, the second in the Millenium trilogy, was not as good as the first (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The faults in the first book are there in the second, only...
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The Innocent by David Baldacci
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This is my first David Baldacci book. Will Robie is a US government assassin whose latest assignment goes wrong and he finds himself a wanted man. But by whom and why is a...
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The Mermaids Singing (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries) by Val McDermid
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This is my first Val McDermid book. Profiler Tony Hill and police detective Carol Jordan work together on a series of murders where the victims seem to be gay and the...
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The Laughing Policeman (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Maj Sjöwall
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This is my first book by the Swedish writing couple. The book starts with a great opening: eight occupants of a bus are murdered. Among the dead is a colleague of police...
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Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Michael_Drysdale's review: "This is Patricia Highsmith’s first novel. Two strangers meet on a train, discuss their problems and one says, “How’s this for a perfect murder? I kill your wife and you...
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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Michael_Drysdale's review: "I know this book is supposed to be a seminal work in crime fiction whose style has been much imitated, but a lot of it was lost on me. The main problem was the 1930s...
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