 | A Dark-adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
Buy used from: £0.01 One of the many utterly riveting books she's written. In this one as in "The House of Stairs" we know the who, but not the how.
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 | The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 Absolutely haunting.
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 | The Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell
Buy new: £15.29 / Used from: £0.01 This is horrifying in how ruthlessly it marches towards its climax. Managed to make me forget a bad breakout, as well as robbing me of a lot of sleep.
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 | The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 This is almost cheery. I did say almost.
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 | Bones and Silence (Dalziel and Pascoe) by Reginald Hill
Buy used from: £0.01 Maybe Hill's best book
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 | Exit Lines (Dalziel and Pascoe) by Reginald Hill
Buy used from: £0.01 I read this after a burglary, waiting for the broken lock on my flat to be changed. It took my mind off things.
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 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Buy used from: £3.57 The first book I read all in one go. Still one of Le Carre' best.
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 | The Player of Games (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £5.29 / Used from: £0.43 Another that I could not stop reading until the end
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 | Use of Weapons (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 In my opinion, Banks' best
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 | Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £0.01 All Pratchett's books are fabolous. This is also riveting.
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 | Altered Carbon (Gollancz S.F.) by Richard Morgan
Buy used from: £0.01 Bought on a whim - could not put it down for the life of me.
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 | Farthing by Jo Walton
Buy new: £14.26 / Used from: £7.76 Totally unputdownable. Although the author is British, it's an American import.
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 | Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Buy used from: £6.00 As above, surprisingly riveting.
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 | Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford
Buy new: £9.97 / Used from: £1.45 A thick book, but thoroughly gripping. Made Amundsen my hero
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 | The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Stranger Than...) by Sebastian Junger
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Lousy movie, but unforgettable book - unsentimental, epic, gripping. And totally unputdownable
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