It's a full life, if a trifle banal

I plan to start it tonight, although I gather it's something of a page-turner.

I certainly thought so. I think I read it almost *too* quickly.

these books are brutal, violent, and absolutely not for the squeamish or the faint at heart.

Thanks for the warning. They sound more the DH's sort of thing than mine, though not much like Reginald Hill.