A Taste of Ashes

Really enjoyed this one again – the second in the Valentine series (you do not need to have read the first) – Tony Black writes really superb crime fiction, often it seems a little below the radar. He also, incidentally, writes great fiction – so if you haven’t come across his novels yet I’d advise......more

Yeah, a solid piece of crime fiction. I knew the character's from the first book which encouraged me to go for the second. Some great dialogue between the police and great humour, but as the first book delivered, I found this was slightly drawn out, but equally, I enjoyed it. I didn't read it in one s......more

I love the visits back to the auld toon. Black knows Ayr weel. It's funny to me though how close some of the locations are that get mentioned in the book. Ayr is awfy wee. The story was good, but I definitely added a star because of the setting. It really talks to some of my feelings when I head bac......more

This book is brilliant read it from start to finish and could not put it down. It was a very easy read and it was the first time I have heard about this author. I would read more of his books.......more

I can't say I enjoyed this very much. Setting aside the psychic interludes, I found the main character unsympathetic, and the whole police team to be dysfunctional. The whole thing seemed disjointed and unrealistic to me. It may not have helped that I have not read the original book in the series, so......more