Monday, January 9, 2012

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Sheila at  Book Journey. For this meme, bloggers post what they finished last week, what they're currently reading, and what they plan to start this week. 

We're still here in Nicaragua but the rest of the family headed home this morning from Granada where we currently are. Kids have school...




FINISHED THIS WEEK:


Last week my reading consisted of police procedual mysteries, light enough but enjoyable reading.






Coast Road

Ireland's 'Celtic Tiger' has imploded. The murder of Patrick Larkin, an alcoholic and mentally ill homeless man strikes a chord with the public. His solitary walks along the coast road in a posh suburb near Dublin had earned him the nickname 'The King of Ireland.' Months pass and the case goes cold, but indignation rises: has the case been 'kicked into the long grass?'


I'I've always enjoyed John Brady's books especially as they are located in Ireland mainly around Dublin. I didn't think his last one "The Going Rate" was especially good. But he totally redeemed himself with "The Coast Road". A great read with the economic collapse and the Catholic Church as part of the plot.



Still Midnight (Alex Morrow, #1)
Armed men invade a family home, shouting for a man nobody's heard of. As DS Morrow tries to uncover one family's secrets, she must protect her own.






























I am also a huge fan of Denise Mina and read this one out of order as it is an earlier story however it didn't make a difference to me except I knew some future happenings in some of the characters' lives.
This is a great long read. Another police procedural with lots of characters some crazy, some just dumb!!
The only sub-plot that I didn't enjoy and didn't think was necessary was the kidnapped character and his recounting of his escape from Uganda as a child with his mother, this runs repeatedly through the book.


STARTED LAST WEEK: 


The Bulgari Connection
A fast-moving, elegant novel set in contemporary London in the glittery world of charity auctions, big business, high art, and more than enough money to spare.
Take one wealthy businessman on to his second marriage to an avid, successful young women; one ex-wife who happens to be a saint; one artist, and a portrait for sale; two women wearing Bulgari necklaces: add a touch of the supernatural, a big dose of envy, stir, and see what happens.


1 comment:

  1. Just started "A Dance with Dragons" by George RR Martin (the next in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire").

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