#94. Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

Title:	Faceless Killers
Author:	Henning Mankell
Genre:	Scandinavian Crime Fiction/Murder/Police Procedural
Synopsis:	An elderly couple are brutally murdered in their remote farmhouse and social unrest follows as foreigners are implicated.
Verdict:	The flawed officer and his shambles of a life contrasts nicely with his professional work behaviour.
Pages:	298
Read:	October 2010

#93. Blameless by Gail Carriger

Title:	Blameless
Author:	Gail Carriger
Genre:	Supernatural/Alternate History
Synopsis:	Cast out by her husband for being pregnant with a child that tradition says can’t be his, Alexia goes to Italy to investigate her past to inform her future.
Verdict:	First time in a long time I’ve felt like giving a character a real smack. A series that invites involvement.
Pages:	355
Read:	October 2010

#92. Changeless by Gail Carriger

Title:	Changeless
Author:	Gail Carriger
Genre:	Supernatural/Alternate History
Synopsis:	Something is causing London’s supernatural population to revert to human state which is throwing society and politics into disarray and the soulless Alexia takes it upon herself to solve the mystery.
Verdict:	Quick, nicely plotted, less racy than the last but only to be expected. Bloody cliff-hanger ending!
Pages:	374
Read:	October 2010

#91. Makers by Cory Doctorow

Title:	Makers
Author:	Cory Doctorow
Genre:	Fiction/Future
Synopsis:	We follow the fates of a couple of grassroots inventors and the people who invest in their creations into a future that is as familiar as it is strange.
Verdict:	This sort of speculative fiction is really starting to grab me recently, the potential and the pitfalls of humanity that might crop up during the lifetime of the current generation made very real. Excellent book
Pages:	416
Read:	October 2010

#90. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett

Title:	I Shall Wear Midnight
Author:	Terry Pratchett
Genre:	Fantasy/Humour
Synopsis:	Something is turning people across the Disc against witches and Tiffany Aching must find out what.
Verdict:	Darker than the preceding Tiffany Aching books but beautiful and touching and well done.
Pages:	347
Read:	October 2010

#89. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P. G. Wodhouse

Title:	Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
Author:	P. G. Wodehouse
Genre:	Humour/Fiction
Synopsis:	Bertram Wooster is once again in danger of finding himself married and as he hurries to prevent this fate, tangles himself in other bothers.
Verdict:	Light, incredibly easy to read and gives a wonderful picture of a certain kind of Britishness.
Pages:	211
Read:	October 2010

#88. Soulless by Gail Carriger

Title:	Soulless
Author:	Gail Carriger
Genre:	Supernatural/Alternate History
Synopsis:	A young woman without a soul negotiates social and supernatural difficulties in a composite alternate-history Victorian society.
Verdict:	Hilarious, bald-faced entertainment with a fair wack of sauciness included. Great fun.
Pages:	373
Read:	October 2010

#87. Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg

Title:	Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow
Author:	Peter Høeg
Genre:	Murder/Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Synopsis:	When a young boy apparently leaps to his death from the roof of an apartment building only his taciturn neighbour investigates.
Verdict:	Wow. This started off amazing and then went crazy. Think it went a bit far for me but still good.
Pages:	410
Read:	October 2010

#86. The Third Heaven Conspiracy by Giuio Leoni

Title:	The Third Heaven Conspiracy
Author:	Giulio Leoni
Genre:	Historical Fiction/Murder Mystery
Synopsis:	Dante Alighieri investigates a murder in a Florence rife with crime and political intrigue.
Verdict:	Interesting setting but Dante was a short-tempered, self-important fool and the ending lacked power and closure.
Pages:	303
Read:	October 2010