ohjimmyjimmy Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Sorry if there is already a books thread anywhere BUT I'm looking for recommendations for some really good reads, i'm bored of the same old rubbish to be honest, i'm looking for some good series' or even stand-alone books, preferably fiction, preferably not science fiction or romance. I like a good series, but they seem to go stales after a while, think Lee Child / Jack Reacher, and the Tom Wood 'Victor' series - i need a fresh start on a completely new author or style. All recommendations will be checked out and will be welcome ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 i'm on these at the minute. I've read the first 2 and about to start the 3rd Shaun Attwood arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, a penniless business graduate from a small industrial town in England. Within a decade, he became a stock-market millionaire. But he was leading a double life. After taking his first Ecstasy pill at a rave in Manchester as a shy student, Shaun became intoxicated by the party lifestyle that would change his fortune. Years later, in the Arizona desert, Shaun became submerged in a criminal underworld, throwing parties for thousands of ravers and running an Ecstasy ring in competition with the Mafia mass murderer Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Party-Time-Extraordinary-Confessions-Dealer-ebook/dp/B00BFTT6RI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521442&sr=8-2&keywords=sean+attwood https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Time-English-Shaun-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00OJZKUT8/ref=pd_cp_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00OJZKUT8&pd_rd_r=e980d12f-0f59-11e9-b592-c9d5bbabcfe8&pd_rd_w=mdqPJ&pd_rd_wg=WMxWX&pf_rd_p=0ca7ef78-a9c4-4935-a8ff-59221f1ded3e&pf_rd_r=88493S3M5PQGHHYY4R89&psc=1&refRID=88493S3M5PQGHHYY4R89 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07L3T7CNH/ref=series_rw_dp_sw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohjimmyjimmy Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Read them , really enjoyed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohjimmyjimmy Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 His story was also on tv recently as one of the 'Banged Up Abroad' series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) i recommended these 2 to sweep a while ago, both really good last I heard he was making a film https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gypsy-Boy-bestselling-memoir-childhood-ebook/dp/B002VD6NMI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521805&sr=8-1&keywords=gypsy+boy https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gypsy-Boy-Run-Mikey-Walsh-ebook/dp/B0057MLP0U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521805&sr=8-2&keywords=gypsy+boy I read this over christmas https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sure-Thing-Greatest-Racing-History-ebook/dp/B00GDFVUMS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521867&sr=8-1&keywords=barney+curley Edited January 3, 2019 by L/H White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 minute ago, L/H White said: i recommended these 2 to sweep a while ago, both really good last I heard he was making a film https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gypsy-Boy-bestselling-memoir-childhood-ebook/dp/B002VD6NMI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521805&sr=8-1&keywords=gypsy+boy https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gypsy-Boy-Run-Mikey-Walsh-ebook/dp/B0057MLP0U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521805&sr=8-2&keywords=gypsy+boy Aye, good books them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmW Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 13 minutes ago, Sweep said: Aye, good books them How's your film progressing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, MalcolmW said: How's your film progressing? quite well, just have to keep re-doing the bumming scenes, can't get them right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted January 3, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 3, 2019 read most of the leather and kernick ones ok, but do get samey like dc wolfe, author tony parsons aa dhands first was very good, second not so much - helps if you know the geography of bradford im also a fan of a bit of icelandic, started with these 3 by yrsa sigurdardottir Non-series novels Ég man þig (2010) (English translation by Philip Roughton, I Remember You, UK:2012) Kuldi (2012) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Undesired, UK:2015) Lygi (2013) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, Why Did You Lie?, UK: 2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohjimmyjimmy Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Casino said: read most of the leather and kernick ones ok, but do get samey like dc wolfe, author tony parsons aa dhands first was very good, second not so much - helps if you know the geography of bradford im also a fan of a bit of icelandic, started with these 3 by yrsa sigurdardottir Non-series novels Ég man þig (2010) (English translation by Philip Roughton, I Remember You, UK:2012) Kuldi (2012) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Undesired, UK:2015) Lygi (2013) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, Why Did You Lie?, UK: 2016) Cheers will look into some of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2980 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I'm going to recommend somebody slightly less famous but relatively local (Liverpool/North Wales). Conrad Jones I know of him because he used to work for McDonalds. He was working in Bridge St, Warrington when the IRA bomb went off. His novels are mainly Crime Thrillers but he has done a couple of horrors too. His Kindle books are dirt cheap really, especially if you buy one of the series' https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conrad-Jones/e/B002BOBGRE/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1546532290&sr=8-2-ent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Bill rogers. Di Caton series. Very readable and cheap. Free with kindle unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I can not be arsed with fictional books. If it's any good they will make a film. I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Underpants said: I can not be arsed with fictional books. If it's any good they will make a film. I hope this helps. And if it's shit they might make a film as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boby Brno Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 The Bernie Gunther series of books by Philip Kerr should keep you occupied for quite a while if you get into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted January 3, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Escobarp said: Bill rogers. Di Caton series. Very readable and cheap. Free with kindle unlimited. Bill's a friend of mine, absolutely lovely bloke, I've not ready any of his books yet though (oops) Fantasy wise, i can recommend loads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Following on from the Stig Larsson trilogy [Dragon Tattoo etc] I have just got The Girl in The Spiders Web, The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye and pre ordered The girl Who Lived Twice, David Lagercrantz took over Larsson's writing mantle and he is supposed to be a decent writer. IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Jo Nesbø - Norwegian - Harry Hole series. Peter James - Roy Grace series. The David Lagerkrantz Salander books aren't a patch on Larson's IMO. Jeffrey Deaver - Lincoln Rhymes series. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted January 4, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2019 I did a.couple of harry holes I watched snowman His bad was that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 i'm reading Tony mccoy's book at the minute, this is next though, love prison ones https://www.amazon.co.uk/Damage-Done-Twelve-Bangkok-Prison-ebook/dp/B0057WTF3Y/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1546605608&sr=8-12&keywords=prison+books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Hill Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Any of Tom Sharpe's books are a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 03/01/2019 at 13:21, L/H White said: i'm on these at the minute. I've read the first 2 and about to start the 3rd Shaun Attwood arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, a penniless business graduate from a small industrial town in England. Within a decade, he became a stock-market millionaire. But he was leading a double life. After taking his first Ecstasy pill at a rave in Manchester as a shy student, Shaun became intoxicated by the party lifestyle that would change his fortune. Years later, in the Arizona desert, Shaun became submerged in a criminal underworld, throwing parties for thousands of ravers and running an Ecstasy ring in competition with the Mafia mass murderer Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Party-Time-Extraordinary-Confessions-Dealer-ebook/dp/B00BFTT6RI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546521442&sr=8-2&keywords=sean+attwood https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Time-English-Shaun-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00OJZKUT8/ref=pd_cp_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00OJZKUT8&pd_rd_r=e980d12f-0f59-11e9-b592-c9d5bbabcfe8&pd_rd_w=mdqPJ&pd_rd_wg=WMxWX&pf_rd_p=0ca7ef78-a9c4-4935-a8ff-59221f1ded3e&pf_rd_r=88493S3M5PQGHHYY4R89&psc=1&refRID=88493S3M5PQGHHYY4R89 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07L3T7CNH/ref=series_rw_dp_sw There's a few episodes of him and his mate on the True Geordie podcast if you're interested. Couldn't help but get strong Billy Bullshitter vibes from him myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 The Attwood story on Banged up abroad was interesting but in a pretty grubby atttempt to milk it, the story was written over 3 books. For Prison tales 'The damage done' as mentioned above and 'Forget you had a daughter' take some beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Get some Tim Powers read, especially 'Dinner at Deviants Palace' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 12 hours ago, Duck Egg said: The Attwood story on Banged up abroad was interesting but in a pretty grubby atttempt to milk it, the story was written over 3 books. For Prison tales 'The damage done' as mentioned above and 'Forget you had a daughter' take some beating. just got the sample for that, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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