The SMB Book thread

Broken - Don Winslow 8/10
Further up this thread, I've expressed my disappointment at Don Winslow's most recent offerings. Overblown, cliched and trying to make political points that have been made a hundred times before.
Broken is a return to what he is best at. Punchy, fast paced thrillers. A collection of seven novellas with characters and settings fans will be familiar with. Only the last of the seven is a bit of a letdown and it's no surprise that it's when he seemed to be making a political point.
The other six, whilst probably the bits from the cutting room floor of his other novels, all work well and keep you turning the page.

Broken: From the No. 1 international bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Cartel trilogy eBook : Winslow, Don: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Broken: From the No. 1 international bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Cartel trilogy eBook : Winslow, Don: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Burying Reggie - Alan Parkinson 12/10
I might just about get away with this as it's a book thread. ;)
When an easy-going lorry driver uncovers a dead friend’s secret, he has to decide whether to bury it before it buries him.
Been a bit of a slog getting this over the finish line (it's taken three years) but early feedback suggests it's my best yet.
Available on Kindle and in paperback and hardback.

Burying Reggie eBook : Parkinson, Alan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Burying Reggie eBook : Parkinson, Alan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Very thoughtful and enjoyable book. At the very least everyone who finishes it should come out looking at a complex situation from a different point of view. The author is great on emphasising empathy writing from personal experience working in humanitarian causes.

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CJ Tudor . "The other people " . Involved suspense novel .
She's from Nottingham but loads of the references in experience are well observed and relatable to all " northern " life .
All her stuff is good .
 
Reading the S Thomas Russell "Thermis series", these books are historical fiction about HMS Themis, a Royal Navy frigate, at the time of the French Revolution under the command of Charles Hayden
A sort Sharpe series on the sea. Only Hayden is to much of a gentlemen to shag anything in a petticoat

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Charles Hayden

Series list: Charles Hayden (4 Books) by S. Thomas Russell. A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating.
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist Richard Shepherd.

A mix of pretty interesting anecdotes from his working life and pretty dull/sad from his personal life. He seemed to be in a loveless marriage for pretty much the entirety, he almost comes across as robotic with his emotions. Perhaps that's something that comes with the job to a degree.

Some of the cases were either before my time or I just wasn't aware of them, I'm sure it'll add something more for those people who lived through it.
 
If anyone is into reading science fiction thrillers, I am currently running a free Ebook promotion on Amazon for my book - Double Jeopardy. If you would like a free kindle copy click on the link below. Promotion finishes tomorrow.

Double Jeopardy: An Intense Science Fiction Thriller (Mirror Wars Book 1) eBook : Bayles, Alan, Chaparro, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Double Jeopardy: An Intense Science Fiction Thriller (Mirror Wars Book 1) eBook : Bayles, Alan, Chaparro, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Could go down like a lead balloon on here or be parsnipped by a Mod, but worth a go, maybe we can share recommendations and highlights from our favourite reads.

I'm just starting to read Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung and I'll move onto a Champ Man 97/98 book afterwards as a decompressor, sometimes you need a bit of light reading after you taken in something heavy.


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I'm curious to know what you're reading so share your latest book in here.
 
Read the Bob Mortimer autobiography and Eddie Hearn: 12 Rounds to Success (which was inadvertently pretty comical) last week. Got about halfway through Shoedog (Nike founder Phil Knight’s memoir) over the weekend - that’s been the pick of the three so far.
 
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I'm mainly reading this thread.;)

The SMB Book thread

The Cold, Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty. 6/10 Police procedural set in Northern Ireland in the early 80s. Really enjoyed the first half - great sense of time and place. Wasn't so convinced by the second half, and the ending was a bit weak - with all the loose ends tied up by a chapter-long...
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It did do a search but didn't see that, happy to merge @mods
 

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