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Monthly Archives: June 2012
A Fountain Filled With Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming
A Fountain Filled With Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming Minotaur/St Martin’s, 2003 Clare Fergusson #2 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 3.5 stars, Books, Crime fiction, Domestic, Mystery, North America, Police procedural, Romance, Series, Social comment, USA
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The Pied Piper by Ridley Pearson
The Pied Piper by Ridley Pearson Orion, pb 2004 (first published 2003) Boldt & Matthews #5 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 3.5 stars, Books, Crime fiction, North America, Police procedural, Political, Series, Social comment, Thriller, USA
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Broken Silence by Danielle Ramsay
Broken Silence by Danielle Ramsay Avon (Harper Collins) 2010 DI Jack Brady #1 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 2 star, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, England, Europe, Police procedural, Series, Social comment
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Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti
Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz Arcadia, 2008 (first published 2006) Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
The Last Girl by Jane Casey
The Last Girl by Jane Casey Ebury Press, 2012 Maeve Kerrigan #3 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 3 star, Books, Crime fiction, England, Europe, Ireland, Legal, Police procedural, Series, Social comment
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In Her Blood by Annie Hauxwell
In Her Blood by Annie Hauxwell Penguin/Michael Joseph, 2012 (Australia) Catherine Berlin #1 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 3 star, Australia, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, England, Europe, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, Thriller
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The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen
The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen translated by Paul Norlén Stockholm Text, 2012 (e-book), first published in Sweden 2008 Hammarby police #1 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 3 star, Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Police procedural, Psychology, Series, Social comment, Sweden, Translated
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Missing Persons by Nicci Gerrad
Missing Persons by Nicci Gerrard Penguin, 2012 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka
Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka Insomniac Press, 2003 Russell Quant #1 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.
Posted in 2.5 stars, Books, Canada, Crime fiction, Debut, Humour, North America, Private investigator, Series, Social comment
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A Willing Victim by Laura Wilson
Wilson, Laura - ‘A Willing Victim’ Hardback: 400 pages (Apr. 2012) Publisher: Quercus ISBN: 1849163111 The fourth in the addictive DI Ted Stratton series is set in 1956, at the time of the Suez crisis and the Soviet invasion of Hungary. … Continue reading →