François finished reading The widening gyre by Robert B. Parker
Good old Spenser :-) This one is not hilarious but it does the job.
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Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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97% complete! François has read 101 of 104 books.
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François started reading The widening gyre by Robert B. Parker
François finished reading Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) by Raymond Chandler
At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda …
Chandler is a safe pair of hands.
François started reading Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) by Raymond Chandler
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) by Raymond Chandler
At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda Loring in The Long Goodbye), …
François finished reading A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson
Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man …
yet another strange book from Jim. It starts normal enough and plunges into a weird delirium. Not sure I like that style. It's probably the last book I read from him.
François started reading A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson
A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson
Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man like Dillon couldn't bring himself …
François finished reading The sins of the fathers by Lawrence Block
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime …
Matt always does for a relaxing reading :-)
François started reading The sins of the fathers by Lawrence Block
The sins of the fathers by Lawrence Block
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so …
François finished reading A Family Affair by Rex Stout
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be …
No chance to Guess whodunnit:-(
François started reading A Family Affair by Rex Stout
A Family Affair by Rex Stout
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be willing to work entirely without …
François finished reading The Getaway by Jim Thompson
He was 41 years old and as down-home polite as any man you'd want to …
surprising. Starts like a good gangster book, but finishes really weird. not saying any more :-)
François started reading The Getaway by Jim Thompson
The Getaway by Jim Thompson
He was 41 years old and as down-home polite as any man you'd want to meet. boyish grin, easy manners. …
François finished reading After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson
William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run …
Not bad but déjà vu all over again
François started reading After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson
After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson
William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental …
François finished reading The Criminal by Jim Thompson
A teenage girl is raped and murdered. A father turns his back on his son. …
Not quite sure what to do with this book. Seems like an unfinished exercice to me. Not recommended.