THE GOLDFISH BOWL - Laurence Gough

 

A good serial killer tale.  Major cheats along the way but this was Gough's first effort.  Well worth seeking out

THE PIOUS AGENT -John Braine

 

In the mould of  James Bond.  Well written thriller.

THE FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR - Cameron McCabe

 

Tries to be too clever and fails.

BAD CHILI - Joe R. Lansdale

 

Lansdale writes comics without pictures.  Very violent and very, very entertaining.  Absolute literary chocolate, no substance but very satisfying as a Sunday afternoon read.

BLACK COFFEE - Agatha Christie

A novelisation of a play.  Both are very ordinary 

THE RASP - Philip MacDonald

 A 'locked room" from 1924.  Not bad for a first effort,  overly long but I've read the series gets better.

THE MAN WHOSE DREAMS CAME TRUE - Julian Symons

This is very very good, don't get put off by the cover.  Symons was in the upper echelon of crime writers

THE RIVERSIDE VILLAS MURDER -Kingsley Amis