Some recent reads in September

Persuader by Lee Child This is book #7 in the Jack Reacher series.   I find this series is very easy reading and this one was no exception.  The one thing that stood out for me in this novel was the amount of technical information that was included about guns – not my cup of tea…

Welcome to Shetland. . .Tuesday Travels

This welcome sign is in the town of Lerwick.  We arrived in Lerwick aboard one of the Northlink ferries. The day we arrived the weather was beautiful. One day while we were exploring the area around the harbour at the centre of the town we saw several of the tender vessels which were used to…

Some additions to my Reading Challenge

Never Surrender by Michael Dobbs“10 May 1940. Hitler launches his devastating attack that within days will overrun France, Holland and Belgium, and that will bring Britain to its knees at Dunkirk. Only one man, Winston Churchill, seems capable of standing in his way. Yet Churchill is isolated, mistrusted by many of his colleagues, and tormented…

Shetland

There have been some wonderful reviews of the most recent Shetland series showing on BBC ONE.  Series four had its final episode this week. Shetland the unsung hero of British crime Those of you who have followed my blog for a while will know that I have read all of Ann Cleeves books.  Her books…

October was a slow blogging month for me.

I haven’t blogged as frequently as I usually do so October has been a quiet month.  I’m sure November will be much busier.  I can’t believe how close we are getting to Christmas.  It has just sneaked up on me. I have been doing a fair bit of reading recently so here are a few…

Crime in Shetland kept me guessing

I have just finished reading two books by the author Ann Cleeves.  I have written previously about her writing, Red Bones being the book. This time I have read Silent Voices featuring the Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope.  This is not one of the Shetland series but  a wonderful detective story.  Apparently this is a series…