Retired scientist, I read a lot, fiction and non-fiction, on a wide range of subjects, though science, politics, philosophy, law, science fiction and historical detective stories are favourites.
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The Testament is an adventure story by American author John Grisham. It was published in hardcover by Doubleday on February …
The Testament is an adventure story by American author John Grisham. It was published in …
It is interesting to consider the two preachers, Rachel in the Pantanal and Father Phil in the Trinity Church in St Michaels
Looking forward to Fire Court - the next in the series
Set in a period of English history I do not know much about, and I find historical detective fiction is a good route to learn about life in other times and places
Patrick Lanigan was once a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. …
Like many of Grisham's books the central character is s lawyer who is keen to leave the legal profession - none of them seem to have considered the option of becoming a writer of courtroom dramas as an alternative career !
This book, written by an expert on infectious diseases, starts with a description of his inadvertent release of a piece of misinformation on Twitter, and the following chapters describe how ideas, as well as germs, spread or not.
A flood of refugees keeps Montalbano and crew busy, while a seamstress’s murder keeps Montalbano occupied.
This was in the days when every domain on the Internet could be published in an Appendix in a book
A classic of Software Engineering, with clear explanations of the thought process behind the design from pioneering programmers. Read many years ago, and the principles behind it have stood the test of time well.
Interested to read his view on what happened to the place of truth in politics.
Loved What If? and was delighted to be given a signed copy of What If? 2 for Christmas.
Patrick Lanigan was once a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then he stole ninety million …
