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Just finished Reginald Hill's The Roar of the Butterflies. A humorous PI story. Enjoyed it but not up to his usual Dalziel and Pasco thrillers.

Chiangmaifalcon and Contrarytwo. you are both on the same wave length as myself. It's like in Western films when they disarm someone and then throw away the weapons. Or they run out of amo' so throw away the gun???? Guns cost money and you can always get more bullets. But we are getting off the...

Hi Chiangmaifalcon. That was very interesting to read. Thanks for the info'. That is the trouble with being an expert at anything though, it spoils it for you as fiction. I sure get your point though. As I am in Britain, I know next to nothing about guns, so wouldn't have been put off by...

Just finished The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged `13 and three quaters.This is set to be a classic along with such books as The Catcher in the Rye. I have read it about 3 times now. Very funny book.

I get your point Chiangmaifalcon, knowing too much about a thing,can spoil the fiction. But I read just for the delight of believing that such guys as Spencer, Phillip Marlow, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer, are just possible...although I know in reality, that 'ain't so. Fiction is for fun. :-)

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...

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...

Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr, the likeable burglar..if there ever was such a thing, except in fiction...Raffles is another.

The Roar of the the Butterflies, by Reginald Hill, and School Days, by Robert B. Parker. Both thrillers. From the library.

Just finished Ian Rankin's "Bleeding Hearts." Not a Rebus, this one, It is about a haemophiliac hit man, being pursued by a really obnoxious American P.I. The story is told from the mouths of the assassin and the private eye. This is one of the best thrillers I have read since The Girl with...

Welcome Leo the Lion and a Merry Christmas.

Started reading L.A. Confidential. And found it hard going. Difficult to follow the disjointed sentences and American and cop slang.If I hadn't seen the film, I wouldn't know what was happening.So gave up at around 30 pages. Back to Ian Rankin and Collin Dextor for me.

Giving myself a change from crime fiction, and just finished reading A.A.Milne's book of five plays, entitled. First Plays.

Just finished, Leslie Thomas's " Dangerous in Love." I just love these books about Dangerous Davies the last detective. Extremely humorous, and a good myustery.

I haven't read either if these. Love the Dalziel and Paco series. Must look out for these two books.

Thought I'd read a play for a change and read, The Importance of Being Ernest. By Oscar Wilde.

. Much the same as you. A no-brainer. Quite corny. But it passed the time:flowers:

Just finished, Agatha Christie's The Labours of Hercules. A Hercule Poirot novel of 12 short stories.

Agatha Christie's The Labours of Hercules. A Hercule Poirot novel of 12 short stories.

Bought at a charity shop, Death is now my Neighbour. The Secret of Annexe 3. The Dead of Jerico. All by Colin Dexter. Inpector Morse thrillers. And, P.D. James's The Skull Beneath the Skin.