Category Archives: 2 star

Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Mogford, Thomas - ‘Shadow of the Rock’  Trade Paperback: 272 pages (Aug. 2012) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN: 1408824167 Spike Sanguinetti is the unusual name of the protagonist in this speed-read thriller set in Gibraltar and Tangier. Spike’s real name is … Continue reading →

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The Camera Killer by Thomas Glavinic

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

The Camera Killer by Thomas Glavinic translated by John Brownjohn Amazon Crossing, 2012 First published in Austria, 2002 Reviewed at Petrona, August 2012.

Posted in 2 star, Austria, Award winner, Books, Crime fiction, Domestic, Europe, Psychology, Satire, Social comment, Translated | Leave a comment

Border Run by Simon Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Lewis, Simon - ‘Border Run’ Paperback: 208 pages (Apr. 2012) Publisher: Sort of Books ISBN: 0956308651 BORDER RUN is a suspense novel set in the forest region of China near Myanmar (called Burma here). Will and Jake are two backpackers taking … Continue reading →

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Broken Silence by Danielle Ramsay

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Broken Silence by Danielle Ramsay Avon (Harper Collins) 2010 DI Jack Brady #1 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.

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Revenge of the Tide by Elizabeth Haynes

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Revenge of the Tide by Elizabeth Haynes Myriad Editions, 2012 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.

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Blood Falls by Tom Bale

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Bale, Tom – ‘Blood Falls’ Paperback: 496 pages (Feb. 2012) Publisher: Arrow ISBN: 0099559439 Joe Clayton is a man on the run; he is an ex-undercover policeman who has been involved in an operation that went horribly wrong when a … Continue reading →

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The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino translated by Alexander O Smith with Elye Alexander Little, Brown UK, 2011 (first published in Japan 2005) Reviewed at Petrona, February 2012.

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Long Gone by Alafair Burke

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Long Gone by Alafair Burke Avon (Harper Collins), 2011. Reviewed at Petrona, February 2011.

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