galenkia Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 The latest in the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series. About half way through the book and my early take is Konrath is injecting a bit too much of his political leanings in this book. Most of his politics I agree with, but IMHO he should leave it for his non-fiction writings. A bit too many references to the pandemic as well; some add to the story line, other references not so much so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 The Mauritius Command is the fourth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1977. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Book 4 and series finale in the Special Agent Atlee Pine series and the latest release from one of my favourite authors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I've almost finished the first book in Conn's 'Wars of the Roses' series, and it's a great read. I've always been hopeless at English history as everyone of importance seems to be called Henry or Edward or Richard, and remembering which of them is which is usually beyond my attention span. As usual, Conn makes it all clear and very interesting, and as you get involved in their lives in the books, it makes it easy to remember who's who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Peter Jukes - Beyond Contempt The Inside Story of the Phone Hacking Trial YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT, RIGHT ? You know all about the phone hacking trial, don't you? Rebekah Brooks was acquitted and Andy Coulson went to jail. But why? Why was Brooks, the public face of the phone hacking scandal, whom many believed must have known about bribery and hacking, found not guilty on all charges? • Why did Coulson's expensive defence not impress reporters? • What impact did Rupert Murdoch’s millons have on the trial? • And why did the jurors reach the decisions they did? Blow by blow: Crown v Rebekah Brooks & Others Jukes starts at the start. October 2013 and reporters are packing London’s Old Bailey for the start of an epic eight-month courtroom clash – the longest concluded criminal trial in English history. It's a showdown that will pit tabloid newspaper executives in Rupert Murdoch's News International stable against a newly emboldened British state. The journalists are variously accused of phone hacking, corrupting public officials and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. After years of cover up involving News International, the Metropolitan Police and the Government, the judge tells the jury: “British justice is on trial.” Insight into British journalism and politics Peter Jukes, a TV crime writer, tweets the first few days – and accidentally sets up the UK's first journalism crowd-funding. New media exposes the old. The trial lays bare the venality and surveillance of the News of the World: its ability to pry into the lives of anyone who matters, at any moment. A Hollywood actress. A missing girl. A Cabinet minister. It's also a battle. Battle of wits between London’s top lawyers With Rupert Murdoch's millions, seven defendants hire London's top QCs. Rebekah Brooks has the £5,000-a-day silk for corporations, Jonathan Laidlaw. For the Crown is the Liverpudlian Andrew Edis QC. Several times the multi-million pound cases totters on the brink of collapse. Drawing on verbatim court exchanges and exhibits, Jukes reveals the daily reality and grand strategies of a major criminal trial. He gives the secret of Rebekah Brooks' 14 days in the witness box. He explains why during a cigarette break a defence lawyer gave him a wry smile. And he discloses the failings of the Crown Prosecution Service – which contribute to the jury’s shocking verdicts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Zeb said: Peter Jukes - Beyond Contempt The Inside Story of the Phone Hacking Trial YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT, RIGHT ? You know all about the phone hacking trial, don't you? Rebekah Brooks was acquitted and Andy Coulson went to jail. But why? Why was Brooks, the public face of the phone hacking scandal, whom many believed must have known about bribery and hacking, found not guilty on all charges? • Why did Coulson's expensive defence not impress reporters? • What impact did Rupert Murdoch’s millons have on the trial? • And why did the jurors reach the decisions they did? Blow by blow: Crown v Rebekah Brooks & Others Jukes starts at the start. October 2013 and reporters are packing London’s Old Bailey for the start of an epic eight-month courtroom clash – the longest concluded criminal trial in English history. It's a showdown that will pit tabloid newspaper executives in Rupert Murdoch's News International stable against a newly emboldened British state. The journalists are variously accused of phone hacking, corrupting public officials and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. After years of cover up involving News International, the Metropolitan Police and the Government, the judge tells the jury: “British justice is on trial.” Insight into British journalism and politics Peter Jukes, a TV crime writer, tweets the first few days – and accidentally sets up the UK's first journalism crowd-funding. New media exposes the old. The trial lays bare the venality and surveillance of the News of the World: its ability to pry into the lives of anyone who matters, at any moment. A Hollywood actress. A missing girl. A Cabinet minister. It's also a battle. Battle of wits between London’s top lawyers With Rupert Murdoch's millions, seven defendants hire London's top QCs. Rebekah Brooks has the £5,000-a-day silk for corporations, Jonathan Laidlaw. For the Crown is the Liverpudlian Andrew Edis QC. Several times the multi-million pound cases totters on the brink of collapse. Drawing on verbatim court exchanges and exhibits, Jukes reveals the daily reality and grand strategies of a major criminal trial. He gives the secret of Rebekah Brooks' 14 days in the witness box. He explains why during a cigarette break a defence lawyer gave him a wry smile. And he discloses the failings of the Crown Prosecution Service – which contribute to the jury’s shocking verdicts. Court cases are still being settled now, was reading the other day about another payout. Cost them ten's of millions of pounds in compensation so far, and rightly so. The bastards think they can do what they like and write what they like with no consideration for the victim or the consequences for them. Best thing they did was shut the News Of The World down, slippery bastards and their entrapment set ups to get a front page story. Should shut down the fucking Sun newspaper as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 First read of a Michael Connolly book, bit late to the party🙂 Been reading it on and off over Xmas. It's reasonably entertaining, but haven't really warmed to the characters in the book the same way I did with say the Easy Rawlins series. Hopefully it will improve in the 2nd half. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Lemondropkid said: First read of a Michael Connolly book, bit late to the party🙂 Been reading it on and off over Xmas. It's reasonably entertaining, but haven't really warmed to the characters in the book the same way I did with say the Easy Rawlins series. Hopefully it will improve in the 2nd half. Read everything of his up to his latest hardback. The older ones like this are better than the later ones,but most author's seem to slowly degrade in quality, just look at King,Koontz,Grisham etc . Surprised you didn't really get into it, but everyone can't like the same things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 15 hours ago, galenkia said: Read everything of his up to his latest hardback. The older ones like this are better than the later ones,but most author's seem to slowly degrade in quality, just look at King,Koontz,Grisham etc . Surprised you didn't really get into it, but everyone can't like the same things. Very true. And just as well we don't all like the same things as otherwise books, movies, etc, would become very boring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 21 hours ago, galenkia said: Read everything of his up to his latest hardback. The older ones like this are better than the later ones,but most author's seem to slowly degrade in quality, just look at King,Koontz,Grisham etc . Surprised you didn't really get into it, but everyone can't like the same things. I thought I was bound to love it! It did I'll admit improve in the final act of the book, there was a twist I didn't see coming 300+ pages in that got me really interested for the first time. I then rattled through to the end of the book. Clearly Mr Connelly has survived well enough without my patronage!, and millions worldwide like yourself love the series🙂 Equally sure my local charity shop will be happy to get a brand spanking new copy to sell (one careful owner), and someone else will enjoy it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Had this for a while been saving it for the right time, cold and dark Jan will do. Love this series 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Been quite a long time since I read a John Grisham. Halfway through this one and so far very entertaining. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 A very good read about some incredibly brave men and women. What I didn't know was that British actor Anthony Quayle,who played a Major in The Guns of Navarrone,was actually an SOE operative in Albania during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Desolation Island - the fifth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. + 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 The latest from one of my favorite Australian authors. I especially like that it's location is based in an area that I used to spend my summer holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I am continuing to work my way through the excellent Philipp Kerr novels featuring Bernie Gunther - they just keep getting better with every book: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Just started this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) Was recommended this- new author for me. Another bestseller that's passed me by! Edited January 10, 2022 by Lemondropkid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Just finishing this one. Number 28 in the long running Stephanie Plum series. Not for everyone but this one is very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 The Fortune of War is the sixth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1979. It is set during the War of 1812. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Flew through Peter May's the Black House, really good read. Broadening my horizons with another new author, has started well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Started this earlier. The author visits old abandoned places and examines how they have evolved into things like nature haven's etc. Interesting read, and recommend by the sales assistant in Waterstones when he saw me pick it up as he has read it himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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