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What are the readers views on the proposed closing of 1,000 libraries? Who's sorry they voted for them now? The elderly will suffer the most. And those that can't afford to buy books.

Just finished a fine detective novel. Robert B. Parker's, School Days. Spencer, the P.I. is very much like Phillip Marlow. A terrific read. I shall be looking out for "Spencer" thrillers again. Two other Parker books I can recommend are, Poodle Springs and Perchance to Dream. Once again keeping...

A am reading "Samuel Pepys's Diary." at the moment. It has been a long time since I read it, and it is a long read. Near 600 pages in small print. I have only read around 30 pages so far, and it has been hard going as the start of it deals with political matters. And if you are not politically...

Just finished "A Pinch of Snuff." By Reginald Hill. The author of the Dalziel and Pasco thrillers. These are terrific novels full of humour as well. Other Hill novels I have recently read are "A Clubable Woman." "A Cure for all Diseases." "The Death of Dalziel." "On Beulah Hight." Highly...

I have enjoyed watching The Last Detective adaptation of Leslie Thomas's Dangerous Davies books on TV. So started reading Dangerous Davies and The Lonely Hearts. Really enjoying it. Much of it is different than the adaptation though. But then the film of the books always are different.

How do you go about building a personal library? Arnold Bennett suggests that we should spend three percent of our income in order to build a good library. I believe it can be done for a good deal less by buying second hand. I have done this by visiting used book shops and buying from such...

I would like to recommend crime lovers try reading the novels of John Creasey, who sometimes wrote under the name of J.J. Marric. The novels I refer to are the Gideon series.No other author since Dickens has done more to show London in all its many aspects. The books are more than than just...

Reading, "The Daughters of Cain." by Colin Dexter. An Inspector Morse book from the library.

Most books used to be around 200-300 pages long, these days, they are 500-600 pages. Why is that? Is it because the publishers think they can sell more at a higher price? You can put all you need to know of a story into a book 200 pages long, and that is the way things used to be. I have...

Started reading a Dalziel and Pasco thriller by Reginald Hill, that I had from the library yesterday. "The Death of Dalziel." These are terrific detictive novels and very humorous in places.

Just finished a Morse omnibus and starting today, Dearly Devoted Dexter. By Jeff Lindsay.

Reading another Inspector Morse mystery,The Jewel That was Ours. My third in a row.

Started a new Inpector Morse novel, The Wench Is Dead. How many of you are Morse fans?

I am reading for the first time a Colin Dextor novel on Inspector Morse. Last Bus to Woodstock. I have seen many of the TV adaptations, but this is my first read.

How many of you enjoy Ed McBain's 87th precinct novels as much as I do? And how many of you remember the early TV series based on the novels? Can't get enough of them. Alan.

Hi, I am new to the site. I am an avid reader or detective fiction, but read all sorts of books. Books on all subjects, fictional and real life. Just saying hello to all book worms. Alan.