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Alex Walters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Crime writer, among other strange things. Joint owner of the Solus Or Writing Retreat on the Black Isle. New book: https://t.co/xRIGop0SeF

11 books
Book Cover for: Slough House, Mick Herron

Slough House

Mick Herron
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

@martynwrites Mick Herron’s Slough House books have a character clearly based on Johnson but if anything he’s understated.

Paperback, 2021

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis, Kingsley Amis

Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

@BarryHurford Funny, isn’t it? I love port but find it too strong for everyday drinking (to use the Kingsley Amis phrase). Crackers, cheese, alcohol. I understand those are the main food groups.

Hardcover, 2022

$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Book of Forgotten Authors, Christopher Fowler

The Book of Forgotten Authors

Christopher Fowler
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

Currently reading @peculiar’s wonderful Book of Forgotten Authors. Some years ago, my wife bought from Leakey’s in Inverness a book once owned by Peter Van Greenaway’s daughter. Tucked inside was a copy of a signed oath by PVG which I may sometime use as the basis of a book plot. https://t.co/pgBIZvIs5s

Paperback, 2019

$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Collected Ghost Stories, M. R. James

Collected Ghost Stories

M. R. James
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

@DBelbin @FiveLeavesBooks I must read that. Sisson & Parker was a constant haunt of mine as a teenager in the 70s. I still have many books I bought there including a splendid old hardback copy of M R James's Collected Ghost Stories. A lovely old-school bookshop.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: On Troublesome Creek: Stories, James Still

On Troublesome Creek: Stories

James Still
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

@DBelbin @FiveLeavesBooks I must read that. Sisson & Parker was a constant haunt of mine as a teenager in the 70s. I still have many books I bought there including a splendid old hardback copy of M R James's Collected Ghost Stories. A lovely old-school bookshop.

Paperback, 2022

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cromarty: Being a Tourist's Visit to the Birth-Place of Hugh Miller, Nicholas Dickson

Cromarty: Being a Tourist's Visit to the Birth-Place of Hugh Miller

Nicholas Dickson
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

Still time to book on to this if you fancy a trip to glorious Cromarty this coming weekend. https://www.cromartyartstrust.org.uk/events/7-may-2022-writing-workshop-with-alex-walters-building-fictional-worlds.asp

Paperback, 2021

$17.95Member price:$16.16 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alan Sillitoe

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Alan Sillitoe
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

Excellent piece by @MatthewReiszTHE about the films of his father, Karel. As a Nottinghamian by birth, I can endorse the impact on the city of his adaptation of ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’. https://t.co/rsrOIEtvd6

Paperback, 2010

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Dragon Under the Hill, Paul R. Price

The Dragon Under the Hill

Paul R. Price
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

This is the ultimate niche post. As a teenager, I longed for a film version of Gordon Honeycombe’s wonderful novel Dragon Under the Hill with a soundtrack by Mike Oldfield. Listening to Tubular Bells 50 years on, I still think I was right.

Paperback, 2019

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Metroland, Julian Barnes

Metroland

Julian Barnes
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

@frankcottrell_b The final ‘chase’ scene in Lucky Jim? Most of Julian Barnes’s Metroland.

Paperback, 1992

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Human Assets, Daniel J. Shrader

Human Assets

Daniel J. Shrader
Alex WaltersAlex Walters

‘A totally fast and gripping read’ ‘A great book, fast paced and exciting to the end’ ‘You just have to keep reading to see what is going to happen next’. First reviews coming in for Human Assets. Out on 26 Oct - pre-order for just 99p. https://t.co/U83NCV6Pt7

Paperback, 2016

$9.95Member price:$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book