I loving walking in the great UK outdoors -- usually in the Scottish highlands or (more usually) in and around the Peak District, which is close to where I live. I read a lot of police procedurals and books about software development.
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Number 3 in the Martin Beck Mystery series.
"The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries ... finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a …
An unidentified corpse is found near Vigàta, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman …
Harriet Vane attends her Gaudy (reunion) at Oxford to find a mystery brewing. The first part of the book involves …
Raven Black begins on New Year's Eve with a lonely outcast named Magnus Tait, who …
Not great literature, but a pleasant enough distraction. The plot was fine, but the story was told in prose that I found sometimes awkward, ungainly and immature.
A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in …
Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are some of the great masterworks of science fiction. Unsurpassed …
In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood although there are …
A very real little girl named Alice follows a remarkable rabbit down a rabbit hole and steps through a looking-glass …
The latest thrilling instalment in Indridason's CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Reykjavik Murder Mystery series.One cold autumn night, a woman is …
