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BRYANT & MAY-PECULIAR CRIMES
As with all book series some novels are better than others, but without a doubt, the Bryant & May series of detective novels deserve their place amongst the best of the genre. If you like well written British crime novels with a cast of quirky characters and tonnes of twists and turns then this series is most definitely for you.
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WRATH OF ANGELS
I realise waiting until the 11th novel in a sequence is not the best way to introduce oneself to a writer or his by now legendary character, but having said that it didn't hinder me in any way from enjoying Wrath of Angels by John Connolly or accepting Charlie Parker as the detective I'd most likely turn to in an emergency. Apparently Connolly writes each novel to be read either as a standalone experience or part of a 'sequence' rather than a 'series' and that paid off for me because while I picked up the existence of a rich past history shared by a number of the characters I didn't get the feeling I was left out of a private joke
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THE ANGEL’S GAME
The Angel's Game is Carlos Ruiz Zafón's follow up novel to the international bestseller The Shadow of The Wind (although it is meant to be a prequel). I read the latter on holiday a number of years ago and was bowled over by not just the way he drew characters and teased out a complicated plot, but also by the literary quality of the writing, even after translation from the original Spanish.
