My new reads

[angelophile]

I popped into the bookstore over lunch and found they had a special offer on – as part of a "What will you discover today?" promotial a whole bunch of books reduce to just 99p. Since I've pretty much caught up on my reading (the last few books I've read have been rereads of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and Equal Rites) I figured I'd try a few books at that price. Haven't really lost anything if I can't get into them. So I picked up:

Rumble Tumble – By Joe R. Lansdale
Another of the Leonard Pine and Hap Collins thrillers, I already own this, but my copy's threadbear so picked up a new one. In the book white trash Hap and his homosexual, black soulmate Leonard set out to rescue Hap's girlfriend's daughter from a life of drugs and prostitution in the heard of Texas.

I'm Not Scared – By Niccolo Ammaniti
One relentlessly hot summer in a tiny rural community in Italy, the adults shelter indoors while six children range across the scorched, deserted countryside. 9 yr old Michele makes a discovery so terrifying he dare not tell anyone about it.

Two for Texas – By James Lee Burke
Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to spend the rest of his days suffering in a chain gang. Escaping, he flees the state across the river to Texas, taking with him a beautiful Indian squaw and a fellow prisoner. And as they make their way towards General Houston's infamous Texas Rangers they find themselves in the midst of the final tragic battle for the Alamo.

The Story of My Disappearance – By Paul Watkins
A thriller set in the sea-soaked world of Nantucket fishermen - a world of savage beauty, violence and death. An ordinary seaman, turns out to be an East German spy haunted by his experiences among the Muhadjadin in Afghanistan.

Devil in a Blue Dress – By Walter Mosley
LA in 1948 and an out of work black war veteran becomes embroiled in the search for missing torch singer, Daphne Monet and in the trail through the sleazy, fearful city he is lucky to be under the protection of the murderous Mouse.

The Flood – By David Maine
Noe's family - his wife, sons and daughters-in-law - tell what it's like to live with a man touched by God, while struggling against events that cannot be controlled or explained. The Flood is a wickedly funny, wildly imaginative retelling of one of the most dramatic stories known to mankind.

The Roaches Have No King – By Daniel Evan Weiss
When Ira Fishblatt's girlfriend. Ruth Grubstein, moves into his apartment, he has the kitchen renovated to make her feel at home. She is tickled pink, but hundreds of other houseguests aren't - the cockroaches who'd been living high on the hog before they were starved out. With the unwitting help of Rufus, the local cocaine dealer, they encourage a romance between Ira and the pretty neighbour. Elizabeth, and rid themselves forever of Ruth and her damnable tidiness.

The Necropolis Railway – By Andrew Martin
When railwayman Jim Stringer moves to the garish and tawdry London of 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. Perplexingly, the men he works alongside have formed an instant loathing for him. And his predecessor has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Can Jim work out what is going on before he too is travelling on a one-way coffin ticket aboard the Necropolis Railway?