Category Archives: Journalism

A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read Warner/Mysterious Press 2006 Reviewed at Petrona, August 2012.

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The Eyes of Lira Kazan by Eva Joly and Judith Perrignon

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

The Eyes of Lira Kazan by Eva Joly and Judith Perrignon translated by Emily Read Bitter Lemon Press, 2012 First published in France, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, August 2012.

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Season of the Witch by Arni Thorarinsson

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Season of the Witch by Arni Thorarinsson translated by Anna Yates Amazon Crossing, 2012 first published in Iceland as Tími nornarinnar (The Witching Hour), 2005 Einar #4 Reviewed at Petrona, August 2012.

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Meltwater by Michael Ridpath

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Ridpath, Michael - ‘Meltwater’  Hardback: 320 pages (June 2012) Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 085789644X The third in this author’s Fire and Ice series, set in Iceland, is as fast and packed with incident as the first two books, WHERE THE SHADOWS LIE and 66 DEGREES NORTH. … Continue reading →

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Pierced by Thomas Enger

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Pierced by Thomas Enger translated by Charlotte Barslund Faber&Faber, 2012 Henning Juul #2 Reviewed at Petrona, July 2012.

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Murder on the 31st Floor by Per Wahloo

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Wahloo, Per - ‘Murder on the Thirty-First Floor’ (translated by Sarah Death) Paperback: 224 pages (Dec. 2011) Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099554763 Written in 1964, only 16 years after publication of Orwell’s 1984, MURDER ON THE THIRTY-FIRST FLOOR has much in common … Continue reading →

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Last Will by Liza Marklund

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Last Will by Liza Marklund translated by Neil Smith Emily Bestler books/Atria/Simon&Schuster 2012 First published in Sweden 2006, as Nobels testamente Annika Bengtzon #6 Reviewed at Petrona,  May 2012.

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Dark Angel by Mari Jungstedt

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Jungstedt, Mari – ‘Dark Angel’ (translated by Tiina Nunnally) Trade Paperback: 288 pages (Mar. 2012) Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 0385617097 This Gotland-set series has really hit its stride; the sixth outing for Inspector Anders Knutas and his colleagues is a riveting … Continue reading →

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Look Again by Lisa Scottoline

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Look Again by Lisa Scottoline Macmillan, 2009. Reviewed at Petrona, March 2012.

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Bloodland by Alan Glynn

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Bloodland by Alan Glynn Faber & Faber, 2011. Reviewed at Petrona, February 2012.

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