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Robert Cosgrove Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1710
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Posted: 03 November 2016 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | 1
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Finished listening to Ian Rankin's Even the Dogs in the Wild on CD. The narrator had a slight Scottish accent, appropriate of course for the hero and setting, but listening to it in the car combined with ambient traffic noise, and sometimes, rain and windshield wipers, proved a little bit difficult. I always have a little difficulty getting into Rankin's books, but invariably my interest picks up and wind up enjoying them.
Rankin's hero, retired Inspector John Rebus, is called back in a consulting capacity when a respected Lord and former prosecutor is murdered, and someone makes a similar attempt on the life of Rebus' old frenemy, crime lord Cafferty.
James Best, I see you were reading this book a bit back. How did you like it?
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 March 2014 Location: United States Posts: 890
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Posted: 04 November 2016 at 6:05pm | IP Logged | 2
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Robert:
Having read almost all of the Inspector John Rebus series, I found that EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD was up to Rankin's usual standard of excellence. I will admit that I was a bit leery when Rankin opted to have Rebus finally retire from the police force, but he has kept my interest by having him continue to serve as a mentor of sorts to detective Siobhan Clarke and to inject himself into her investigations.
Rankin also did a good job of introducing the new crimelord that Clarke is going to be dealing with in his earlier novel STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE. It was good to see that villain return and begin to establish himself as a potential foil for both Clarke and Rebus.
And I like that Rankin's other series' main character (Malcolm Fox) has joined the party. I enjoyed the two previous Fox novels (THE COMPLAINTS and THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD) and was glad to see him return to the regular police force after his stint in "Internal Affairs." Whether he develops into a detective that Rebus can "groom" from a distance remains to be seen.
Be on the lookout for the next Rebus novel (RATHER BE THE DEVIL) when it hits the stores on January 31st.
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 March 2014 Location: United States Posts: 890
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Posted: 04 November 2016 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | 3
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Now starting the first novel in the DC Ben Cooper & DC Diane Fry mystery series set in northern England...
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Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 17700
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Posted: 06 November 2016 at 12:01pm | IP Logged | 4
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A LESSON IN DECEIT
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Thom Price Byrne Robotics Member
LHomme Diabolique
Joined: 29 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 7593
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Posted: 06 November 2016 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | 5
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LOST GODS by Brom
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Robert Cosgrove Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1710
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Posted: 12 November 2016 at 10:27am | IP Logged | 6
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Having really enjoyed Arthur Herman's Freedom's Forge, I decided to read his new biography, Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior. The book has been widely praised in the press as an even-handed assessment, but the general tone is sympathetic to MacArthur. Some classified information has been released in recent years, and Herman makes good use of it, explaining some of the intelligence successes and failures that were important in MacArthur's career, both in the Philippines and Korea. MacArthur's differences with Truman are examined in a nuanced light; Herman sees the Truman administration, strongly influenced by George Kennan, with a predominantly eurocentric view of the post-war world, as opposed to MacArthur, who thought the future was with the rising pacific states. Interestingly discussed is the political need of the Democrats to diminish MacArthur after Truman fires him, and the Republican misplaying of the MacArthur card by suggesting a communist cabal within the administration brought about his ouster, when of course, no such communist conspiracy existed.
Some good debunking of erroneous stories, such as the one that MacArthur faked the famous photo of him wading ashore upon return to the Philippines (as I recall, that view was adopted by the MacArthur movie of a few decades back, in which the general was played by Gregory Peck).
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Marc M. Woolman Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 April 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 2096
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Posted: 12 November 2016 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | 7
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I've just started/re-started the Dean Koontz Frankenstein series of novels.
The first two books in the series came to Canada and I bought them as they came out, but the rest of books never appeared here. Amazon rectified that.
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 March 2014 Location: United States Posts: 890
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Posted: 13 November 2016 at 1:36am | IP Logged | 8
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Now starting:
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Bob Freeman Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 18 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 881
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Posted: 13 November 2016 at 7:16am | IP Logged | 9
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The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
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Christopher Frost Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 24 October 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 484
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Posted: 13 November 2016 at 9:15am | IP Logged | 10
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Bob, I just finished that a few weeks ago. It was an interesting read for any TP fan.
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Matthew Chartrand Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 June 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1357
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Posted: 13 November 2016 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | 11
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
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Joie Simmons Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 31 July 2007 Location: United States Posts: 288
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Posted: 15 November 2016 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | 12
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Just finished this. Not bad, a little bit repetitive, but you're warned about that in the opening. The Eisner Caniff interview is great. Eisner asked good questions.
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