Beth’s Reviews > OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crime Writers > Status Update

Christopher Fowler - a beautiful reality 4*
Denise Welsh - what the actual hell? I'm going to research her; she's clever. 4.5*
Peter Robinson - THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT!!! I've had a bad spell of shit short stories and this one just restored my faith in the whole genre. I've always wanted to write Robinson; he's the author of DCI Banks. That was so clever and done in one and a half pages. 5*

I'm forcing myself to have breaks :')
Today because my muscles are actually dying from the train.
This month, to be fully recharged ready for placement in January.

John Harvey- what even was that? Yes, it was a crime but I wouldn't say it was exciting. 2*
Peter James - 'odd'. So strange. 2*
Denise Mina- meh! 1*
Adrian McKinty - all over a game of squash. Pretentious arsehole (the character not the author). 1*
James Sallis- the plot was limited and obvious. Why did I waste my time reading this? 1*
Maxim Jakubowski - that actually made me laugh 3*

Susan Duffy - what even was that? 2*

Ian Rankin - a disappointing 2*
Stuart Neville - a great potential 4.5*

Walter Mosley - (REMINDS ME OF THAT ICONIC DESTIEL SCENE) - 4.5* So, so good. Loved the futuristic vibe. It made me question my morality.
Fred Vargas -2.5*

3. Simon Lewis - disappointing police procedural. Yeah, I'm definitely not picking up one of his books.

2. Neil Gaiman - a very decent attempt at an adaptation of Holmes 3.5*. I have unrealistic expectations for Holmes (because it's my favourite book) and need it to be perfect. Mycroft was funny and Johnlock was strong but I did miss John's perspective. The ending has messed me up slightly/a lot...

I'm going to review it after each story so I can remember which I liked and didn't.
1. George Pelecanos is a new author to me and his writing style was refreshing and new. I'm surprised I quite liked it. 3*

Cannot wait for the next one: Neil Gaiman's adaptation of Sherlock Holmes.

I'm going to focus my energy on this book starting with Horowitz section because he signed it for me.
As there's 27 different stories, I can focus on one at a time and there'll seem less.