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The Guest Editor genre allows one of our featured authors to select writers who have inspired or encouraged them and share with you a few thoughts and feelings about each author's work.
Guest Editor's Featured Books
Guest Editor's Chosen Authors
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The Last 10 Seconds
Simon Kernick
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 6 May 2010.
Simon Kernick is fast becoming one of the top crime writers in Britain today and at Lovereading we have been fans for a long time. Here we have another...
Format: Hardback - Released: 21/01/2010
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The Crime Trade
Simon Kernick
The dark, gritty underbelly of London is split open to let the bloody entrails of undercover policemen, informers, drugs, big money, gun battles and revenge spill forth. This is noir urban crime, tough stuff. It’s his second with number three...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/05/2011
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Relentless
Simon Kernick
Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 11th July 2007.A great opening which hooks you from the start and keeps you tight throughout. Refreshingly, the hero, Tom, is not a cop but an ordinary man (possibly the only...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/05/2011
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Severed
Simon Kernick
A brilliant opening chapter and the pace is fast and furious throughout. Tyler wakes up in a room with a dead body and no recollection of how he got there and certainly no recollection of the events he then sees...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/05/2011
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Target
Simon Kernick
Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
November 2009 Book of the Month.
One of the best London-based, gritty crime novelists around who shot to fame with Relentless...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2009
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A Walk Among the Tombstones
Lawrence Block
Tenth book in the Matt Scudder series and still Block gets better and better. A gripping read from start to finish.
February 2010 Guest Editor Simon Kernick on A Walk Among the Tombstones
An author who perhaps more than any...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/12/2000
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Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane
Lehane creates believable and vulnerable characters, even the good guys have their faults. A child has gone missing without a trace, drug money has gone missing too. Are the two connected? And then another child goes missing. This is one...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2007
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
With the Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie wanted to write a mystery that the reader couldn't solve. When Roger Ackroyd is murdered following the suicide of his friend Mrs Ferrar, it seems everyone has something to gain from his...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/09/2006
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Get Carter
Ted Lewis
Gritty look at the criminal underworld in a northern town, revolving around Jack Carter returning home to look in to the suspicious circumstances surrounding his brothers death. Bleak and cool, grim and dangerous this is a true classic.
February 2010 Guest...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/1992
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo
One of Simon Kernick's favourite books.
The ultimate gangster book and yet this is not just a story of the mafia in the 1940’s but also a story about family. Don Corleone, The Godfather, is a powerful, dangerous and devoted...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
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Simon Kernick
our Guest Editor for February
Simon Kernick is one of Britain's most exciting new thriller writers. He arrived on the scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, and his big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which became the bestselling thriller of 2007. Simon's research is what makes his thrillers so authentic. He talks both on and off the record to members of Special Branch, the Anti-Terrorist Branch and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.
Author photo © Johnny Ring Simon Kernick on...
A Walk Among The Tombstones
An author who perhaps more than any other, inspired me to write my first novel. This was the first of his I read and still my favourite. Click here to read more...
Gone Baby Gone
A beautifully written and crafted thriller, packed with twists and turns, and containing probably the tensest shootout scene I’ve ever read, as well as several of the most terrifying characters. Click here to read more...
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
A classic example of masterful plotting and the best of all her books, in my opinion. It has a huge twist that at the time was both brave and original. Click here to read more...
Jack’s Return Home (Get Carter)
The best British gangster novel of all time, filmed famously as ‘Get Carter,’ starring Michael Caine. It’s the tale of a hitman who goes home to Doncaster to investigate his brother’s suspicious death. Click here to read more...
The Godfather
A sweeping, majestic epic that spans fifty years in the life of the Corleone family. It’s a supremely entertaining story, full of double-dealing and intrigue, and with a cast of unforgettable characters. Click here to read more... |
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