Which Book Are You Reading thread

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PS. "What Zidane could do with a ball, Maradona wished he could do in orange." -- RIMB Platini

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[Monoethnic Social Club]

PS. "What Zidane could do with a ball, Maradona wished he could do in orange." -- RIMB Platini

Fixed!

Your lucky Ive got a real football match to run off to... pfft how dare you blaspheme like that.

Have a good weekend mate.

 

[Football us life]

Picked up a gem of a secondhand book in a give away stall, Clifton Beach, just north of Cairns.

STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN’S GRAVE: IAN RANKIN

Genre : Crime/Murder mystery.

Setting: Edinburgh and Inverness in Scotland, about 15 years ago.

Length : 356 pages.

Why I chose the book? Have read quite a few Ian Rankin books prior.

Review:

A cold case comes back to life. Former Detective Inspector, John Rebus, is a civilian working in a cold case unit, and is used as an auxilary on the case. Rebus is out of date with the internet plus Facebook, Twitter used in investigations.

Most senior current cops don’t want Rebus involved with his maverick, anarchic style, except his old prodigy, now Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke.

He constantly annoys careerist seniors, and has to break rules and use his crim and old police contacts to solve the case. Rebus is a superb detective.

Clarke recognises Rebus’ innate talent and experience, plus his dogged persistence to recognise clues to identify the perpetrator, that no other working cop does.

A few cops are exposed as bent, and their cop colleagues are furious with Rebus for exposing their corrupt mates.

Rebus is constantly funny and makes witty comments. He and Clarke have a lot of witty dialogue. Love the humour.

Clarke is a bit of eye candy and attracts a lot of male attention, particularly senior male cops, who don’t like her working closely with Rebus.
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Brilliant book! Ian Rankin is unequivocally one of the best crime writers! His author peers adulate him.

Rankin is on a level of his own....

While he’s often grouped with other fantastic crime writers, I think he's really has carved out a unique space that few others occupy.

There is a massive, incredibly loyal community of Rankin devotees out there.

Including me!!

 

[Decentric]

Rankin is on a level of his own....

While he’s often grouped with other fantastic crime writers, I think he's really has carved out a unique space that few others occupy.

There is a massive, incredibly loyal community of Rankin devotees out there.

Including me!!

I think Rankin may have been the top crime writer in the English language, but IMO Robert Galbraith/JK Rowling’s Strike series may be even better.

Notwithstanding, many readers think Galbraith’s books are too long. I disagree. They are very entertaining. I don’t want them to end.

Michael Connelly, the LA based crime writer is very good in this genre, prolific, and is probably writing better than when he started.

I might be biased, but love the Edinburgh setting that Rankin uses, and usually Rebus and Clarke traverse Scotland - a county I’ve travelled all over and love - apart from the weather.

 

[Football us life]

I think Rankin may have been the top crime writer in the English language, but IMO Robert Galbraith/JK Rowling’s Strike series may be even better.

Notwithstanding, many readers think Galbraith’s books are too long. I disagree. They are very entertaining. I don’t want them to end.

Michael Connelly, the LA based crime writer is very good in this genre, prolific, and is probably writing better than when he started.

I might be biased, but love the Edinburgh setting that Rankin uses, and usually Rebus and Clarke traverse Scotland - a county I’ve travelled all over and love - apart from the weather.

Another Scottish author I'm right into is John Niven.....

His writing is quite diverse and he's a bit of a 'black comedy' specialist. Almost in the Irvine Welsh variety!

He's alao done a couple of crime books but in 'black comedy caper'types of settings. He's a former music industry executive qho channeled his experiences into his breakout 2008 novel, "Kill Your Friends", a dark comedy which completely skewered the music business and which was made into a film.

He's also a highly in demand tv screen writer too.

 

[Decentric]

Another Scottish author I'm right into is John Niven.....

His writing is quite diverse and he's a bit of a 'black comedy' specialist. Almost in the Irvine Welsh variety!

He's alao done a couple of crime books but in 'black comedy caper'types of settings. He's a former music industry executive qho channeled his experiences into his breakout 2008 novel, "Kill Your Friends", a dark comedy which completely skewered the music business and which was made into a film.

He's also a highly in demand tv screen writer too.

I’ve seen the name John Niven in secondhand bookshops.

Thanks!

 

[Football us life]

I’ve seen the name John Niven in secondhand bookshops.

Thanks!

A little bit of an acquired taste Inauppose but once you kind of 'get him' he's a very interesting author.