Sunday Books #15

Hey

I mention in Fridays post 'Ideas Needed' that I was looking to end this series but as I haven't got any ideas to replace it, I will continue with this series till then.

Rivers Of London

Ben Aaronovitch

Published: Aug 2011

432 Pages

Description

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service.Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England.

Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thanes, and digging up graves in Convent Garden....and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying

The Goldfinch

Donna Tart

Published: Oct 2013

784 Pages

Description

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by a family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.

Revenge

Martina Cole

Published: Oct 2013

560 Pages

Description

Michael Flynn is untouchable in a world of power, money and violence. He fights for what he wants and he takes it, whatever the cost. He learns the rules of the Life from the best and when his mentor, legendary Face Patrick Costello, is taken out, no one questions that Michael Flynn is his natural successor. For Michael, loyalty - and crime - pay.

Perhaps Micha Flynn is not so untouchable after all, and he must learn that......

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Debbie

FTC: All descriptions are from Amazon & all images are from google.