Dark Side of the Road, The An Ishmael Jones Mystery Hardcover Simon R. Green

from tldegray

3.5/5 stars. This was typical Simon R. Green, with a main character who might as well be brother to John Taylor, Eddie Drood, and JC Chance. I happen to enjoy that character, so I'm okay with it. What I really loved about this book was that it was a supernatural country house mystery. A group of ...

from lostinalibrary

Ishmael Jones is someone who lives his life on the dark side of the road. He works for the enigmatic Colonel and together they work to uncover the secrets and horrors that lurk in this dark. Thing is, Ishmael has secrets of his own that must be kept buried which means he tries to remain unseen an...

from JalenV

The Dark Side of the Road is the first book in the Ishmael Jones mystery series by Simon R. Green. I read it after reading books two and five, so I was spoiled about the outcome. Didn't matter. Our book opens with Ishmael Jones at a hotel bar in London. As he tells us, 'It was that bleary-eyed ti...

from Ralphd00d

I have enjoyed several of Simon Green's books over the years, and this was no exception. For some reason, I was a bit leery of reading this, thinking it was possibly a book in the middle of a series, and having maybe not read the possible prior stories, I would be left on the darkside of the road...

from Kurt.Rocourt

This is a fun book to read when you want something different. While it has the feeling of an Agatha Christie novel it soon gets past that. The villain is who you would expect but their not what you would expect. I enjoyed the mystery playing the way it. The author wrote a very smart, tense, yet e...