This series of blog posts examines
books I’ve acquired which have spent considerable time on the shelf for one
reason or another (in some cases many years). In an order to rediscover what
attracted me to these books in the first place, each week/fortnight I plan on
revisiting a handful with the aim of pushing them up the TBR pile and rekindling
my interest.
The first post focuses on crime
(which is where my reading is at right now). These books are a mix of kindle and
print which I had fully intended to read asap simply because the blurbs sounded fantastic, yet
they have been overlooked time and time again for reasons I’m not sure
of.
First
up is EIGHTBALL BOOGIE by Declan Burke (shelved from 2011) – one of the first
books I bought for the kindle in early 2011 and I think that has something to do
with it being shelved for the past couple of years. Lost amongst my plentiful
collection of ebooks, this noir/hardboiled gem has
been laying in wait like a snake ready to strike venom into this noir lover’s
heart. I’m yet to read anything by Declan Burke, which is surprising given he
writes my genre of choice. This will be rectified soon.
Check out the Goodreads.com [GR] page for EIGHTBALL BOOGIE here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10794285-eightball-boogie
THE
BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ by Jonathan Nasaw (shelved from
2010) – the fifth book to feature former FBI Agent Pender. I’ve been a fan of
Jonathan Nasaw’s Pender series for over 10years with
FEAR ITSELF one of my all time favourite books. THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ takes a
step back in time to an earlier case which looks to be just as heinous as
Pender’s recent post retirement investigations. This is likely to sit on the
shelf a little longer, largely due to it being a ‘series’ book I want to first
familiarise myself with Pender again so a reread of book 4 WHEN SHE WAS BAD (a
sexually charged physiological thriller which I whole heartedly devoured a few
years ago – a worthy reread) is on the cards before dusting this one off.
WHEN SHE WAS BAD [GR]
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ [GR]
THE
BIG BANG by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (shelved from 2010) – nestled
in-between two of the newer Mike Hammer novels I’ve read in THE GOLIATH BONE
(#14, published 2008) and KISS HER GOODBYE (#16, pub 2011), the 15th
instalment in the Hammer series was overlooked partly as I had originally
intended to read the series in order of publication and only made it through the
first 9 (collected in three separate omnibus editions). I then felt the timing
was right to try one of the newer novels co-authored by Max Allan Collins (THE
GOLIATH BONE). Following that I obtained an e-arc of KISS HER GOODBYE via Netgalley to review which resulted in THE BIG BANG being
left to collect dust on the shelf. I recently went back to the first Hammer
novel in I, THE JURY which is the main reason for THE BIG BANG appearing in this
post.
THE BIG BANG [GR]
KISS HER GOODBYE [My Review]
THE GOLIATH BONE [My Review]
If
anyone’s interested, feel free to share your delayed gratification and post a
link in the comments to this post. Hopefully a gem or two will be unearthed.
Happy reading :-)
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