recognising checkmate patterns

could anyone recommend a book that looks at matting patterns, possible combinations of peices etc. thanks

http://chesslessons4beginners.com/checkmate/lesson_8_checkmate_patterns.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate_pattern

Checkmate! By George Koltanowski. one of the best books on checkmate patterns. it is in descriptive notation, but descriptive is useful and easy to learn, well worth it

@micky1943 ive had a look and it seems pretty interesting, thanks 

Note that chesstempo.com's free chess tactics puzzles include various checkmate themes (Boden's Mate, Dovetail Mate, Escalator Mate, and many more) where chess.com's puzzles regretably do not. 

BUT, you can set up unrated theme puzzles on chess.com (not available on chesstempo.com) by going to Tactics Trainer, click on the "Training Mode" button to the left of Start, select Custom Unrated, and the choose among mating net, mate in 3, smothered mate, etc.  You can then go to the chesstempo.com tactics definitions page: http://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html and memorize the names of the mating patterns, then, after completing each chess.com mating pattern, tell yourself which one it is.  Take it from me as a retired educator in chemistry and physics with an Advanced Teaching Certificate that you remember better if you have a name to stick on the patterns you learn!

Note also, that the general tactics pattern definitions at both chesstempo (link above) and chess.com (https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-tactics--definitions-and-examples) are worth memorizing.

There's also a positional pattern page at chesstempo (http://chesstempo.com/positional-motifs.html) worth memorizing that includes things like Bad Bishop, Doubled Pawns, Knight Outpost, aand Pawn Storm.

If you've ever played a sport, you know the great importance of repetition. I'm doing the unrated custom tactics at chess.com every day.  If I only have time to do 5 in a session, I'm going to remember that tactic better after seeing it repetitively.

If you do want to focus on checkmate books, there is an excellent classic from 1962 (in descriptive notation) called The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud and Kahn, where good condition used copies are available from Amazon (US) from $5.99 including shipping.

Checkmate! by George Koltanowski, mentioned above by Lee Taylor, is an excellent choice but even used copies are going for $40 or more on Amazon.

As someone who also needs to learn patterns better, I'm not focusing on checkmate books: tactics books and puzzles that include them help my whole game better.  Dan Heisman's Back to Basics: Tactics, Martin Weteschnik's Chess Tactics from Scratch, and Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics are all books that are very helpful.

Someone on one of the threads here recommended Forcing Checkmate by James Stripes (https://www.amazon.com/Forcing-Checkmate-James-Stripes/dp/1520964307), a non-master chess coach and  high rated chess player.  I have no idea if this book is worthwhile but the one Amazon comment says: "The author uses a unique style to build a player's pattern recognition. Taking simple mate in 1 problems and building on them (up to mate in 6!) as the book goes along. And at the same time avoids heavy theory in order to keep it a fun and challenging read! I definitely recommend it to players from the E class up to the C class as a primer for pattern recognition and a good study on mating patterns!"

It seems that fellow has several books, and the reviews seem positive.

https://www.amazon.com/James-Stripes/e/B06XQVF46K/

 I think the best books for learning checkmate patterns are Renaud and Kahn, The Art of the Checkmate, now available in algebraic. Equally good with a different approach is Victor Henkin, 1000 Checkmate Combinations, but this book is out of print (except the Kindle edition), and can be hard to find.