Category Archives: Journalism

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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Attack in the Library by George Arion

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Attack in the Library by George Arion Translated by Ramona Mitrica, Mike Phillips, and Mihai Risnoveanu. First published in Romania 1983, this translation published by Profusion, Nov 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, January 2012.

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The Child Who by Simon Lelic

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

The Child Who by Simon Lelic Mantle, January 2012. Reviewed at Petrona, December 2011.

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Fallen Idols by Neil White

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Fallen Idols by Neil White Avon, 2007 (Kindle edition) Reviewed at Petrona, December 2011.

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Anger Mode by Stefan Tegenfalk

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Anger Mode Stefan Tegenfalk Translated from Swedish by David Evans Nordic Noir books, 2011 (originally published 2009) Reviewed at Petrona in October 2011.

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Burned by Thomas Enger

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Burned by Thomas Enger translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund Faber&Faber, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.

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