tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post5199876521519938040..comments2024-03-02T22:28:45.521-05:00Comments on Inveresk Street Ingrate: Towers of Silence by Cath Staincliffe (Robinson 2003)Imposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-282101907339291172014-02-09T06:33:18.780-05:002014-02-09T06:33:18.780-05:00I did that with the George Gently books after seei...I did that with the George Gently books after seeing the TV series. It is quite weird ; they are so unlike the TV series it makes you wonder what they did apart from keeping the name. The books are set in Norfolk. Gently is a copper from the Met delegated out to "Northshire". They are very Olde School - one is even a Country House Mystery. The weirdest is the one about shenanigans caused by a sort of International Trotskyist Party and its efforts to subvert using its underground army. The target for all this? Great Yarmouth ("Starmouth") of course. I was bought a series of 10 from the Book People and worked my way through them. Actually it made Great Yarmouth sound so interesting I nearly went on holiday there last year. Well, I thought about it for 10 minutes.Mikeovswintonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-35145159102614276152014-02-07T09:27:11.191-05:002014-02-07T09:27:11.191-05:00I just realised that the only one I have missed fr...I just realised that the only one I have missed from the Kilkenny series is 'Missing'. I think I may have to read books 4 and 8 in the series again.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-43002984887160402762014-02-07T08:17:35.527-05:002014-02-07T08:17:35.527-05:00It's always nice to lock into series of books,...It's always nice to lock into series of books, and I've obviously been enjoying the Kilkenny books because I've been reading them in quick succession. (Part of what I like about the books and the character is the family dynamic that runs through all the books. Makes a nice change from the detective as loner/estranged from his or her family type.)<br /><br />Sadly, I don't have the next Kilkenny books immediately to hand so I'll have to toddle over to bookfinder.com to find the rest.<br /><br />In the meantime, I've shifted my book-reading focus to that other great city in the North West. ;-)<br /><br />And, no, sadly I don't get the Miranda Hart reference. I'm not sure I get Miranda Hart.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-21482366821633944872014-02-07T06:03:27.845-05:002014-02-07T06:03:27.845-05:00Doing the Cath Staincliffe/Sal Kilkenny thing are ...Doing the Cath Staincliffe/Sal Kilkenny thing are we? And why not. Great writer /great series/great city.<br />(And being in the states you won't twig the Miranda Hart ref above.)Mikeovswintonnoreply@blogger.com