Since I just finished The Plantagenets I went straight into his sequel about the War of The Roses, which as he explains, is far more than the simple York v Lancaster struggle it is often presented as. He is a good narrative historian. It’s interesting to see how important Kingship was in those days to keep an unruly country with powerful and ambitious Lords in check. When the unfortunate (bi-polar?) Henry V1 came to the throne everything fell apart. Nicer for the French of course. Had a signed copy I picked up in Hatchards. (UK)

Pretty good simple history of Caesar and the principal assassins.

Welcome back Cutter. Sorry. Silly mood. I really enjoyed this dark, disquieting first person narrated thriller about a Chicago female reporter sent home to the South, and her awful mother, to investigate a couple of teen murders. Very well written. I am going to read more of her, she really delivers.

I enjoy his books and I had somehow missed this one, which is about a Berlin detective, but with the twist that Hitler is still alive and the Nazis won the war. An excellent read.

The latest in the Penguin paperback new translation and series of re-releases of these excellent short detective stories featuring the indefatigable Maigret. Perfect for a plane ride.

I really like some of his books, but others I find too long, and in this one once we got to talking dogs I’m afraid I lost interest. Far and away the most enjoyable I have read so far is the trilogy IQ84.