Category Archives: France

The Chatelet Apprentice by Jean-Francois Parot

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

The Châtelet Apprentice by Jean-François Parot translated by Michael Glencross Review posted at Petrona, August 2011.

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An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas, tr Sian Reynolds Reviewed at Petrona, June 2011 See here for review.

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Rendezvous by Esther Verhoef

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

Verhoef, Esther – ‘Rendezvous’ (translated by Alexander Smith) Paperback: 336 pages (Mar. 2011) Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc ISBN: 0857381342 Simone, her husband Eric and their two small children leave The Netherlands to settle in the south of France, where they … Continue reading →

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A Jew Must Die by Jacques Chessex

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

Chessex, Jacques – ‘A Jew Must Die’ (translated by W Donald Wilson) Paperback: 92 pages (Feb. 2010) Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press ISBN: 1904738516 In a small rural town in Switzerland, people are usually more concerned about the quality of the … Continue reading →

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Affairs of State, by Dominique Manotti

Posted on April 11, 2010 by

Affairs of State (Eurocrime) Affairs of State by Dominique Manotti.Translated by Ros Schwartz and Amanda Hopkinson.(EuroCrime, Arcadia, 2009. First published in France, 2001.)   This superbly exciting political thriller, set in the 1980s, takes as its premise a saying of … Continue reading →

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Badfellas, by Tonino Benacquista

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

Badfellas Translated by Emily Read. Bitter Lemon Press.  “The names of the characters depicted in this work have been changed to protect their identity. Similarly, the picture of the dog on the cover is not that of the Australian Cattle … Continue reading →

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The Chalk Circle Man, by Fred Vargas

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

The Chalk Circle Man Translated by Sian Reynolds. So I come to the last book I have to read that is on the shortlist for the 2009 International Dagger award. It’s French, and the first in the Adamsberg series that … Continue reading →

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Bruno, Chief of Police, by Martin Walker

Posted on April 15, 2008 by

Bruno, Chief of Police I didn't think I was going to like this book before I started it – I imagined a cross between a "cosy" mystery and a Peter Mayle-style expat's view of France – neither being quite my … Continue reading →

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Meltdown, by Martin Baker

Posted on March 2, 2008 by

Meltdown "Do you know who you're working for?" is the question under the title on the cover of this financial thriller. At first, the answer seems to be a Rupert Murdoch-like figure, as an exhaustively detailed head-hunting exercise is carried … Continue reading →

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Wash this blood clean from my hand, by Fred Vargas

Posted on February 24, 2008 by

Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand The eccentric Commissaire Adamsberg and his team, with varying degrees of reluctance, are going to Canada to learn about DNA fingerprinting techniques from none other than the famed Mounties. Before leaving, however, Adamsberg … Continue reading →

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