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Category Archives: Noir
Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
Headhunters by Jo Nesbø translated by Don Bartlett Harvill Secker, 2011, first published in Norway 2008 Reviewed at Petrona, October 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Noir, Norway, Thriller, Translated
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Anger Mode by Stefan Tegenfalk
Anger Mode Stefan Tegenfalk Translated from Swedish by David Evans Nordic Noir books, 2011 (originally published 2009) Reviewed at Petrona in October 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Europe, Journalism, Noir, Police procedural, Political, Series, Sweden, Translated
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All Yours by Claudia Pineiro
All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro translated by Miranda France Bitter Lemon Press, 2011 (first published in Argentina 2006) Reviewed at Petrona, October 2011.
Posted in Argentina, Books, Crime fiction, Humour, Noir, Romance, Satire, South America, Translated
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Ashes by Sergios Gakas
Ashes by Sergios Gakas translated by Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife MacLehose Press 2011, first published in Greece 2007 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Greece, Noir, Police procedural, Political, Translated
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Proof of life by Karen Campbell
Campbell, Karen – ‘Proof of Life’ Hardback: 469 pages (June 2011) Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 1444700456 PROOF OF LIFE is one of those novels that has several apparently disparate strands that the reader gradually realises are connected, in this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Eurocrime, Europe, Noir, Police procedural, Scotland, Series, Social comment, Thriller
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Sweet Money by Ernesto Mallo
Sweet Money by Ernesto Mallo translated by Katherine Silver Bitter Lemon Press, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, July 2011.
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes Reviewed at Petrona, June 2011 See here for review.
Posted in Books, Classic, Crime fiction, Debut, Humour, Noir, North America, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, USA
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Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell is a poetic novella set in the Ozarks – the impoverished and (in this book) icily cold mountain region of Missouri and Arkansas. Ree Dolly is a 16-year-old member of one of the clannish and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Mystery, Noir, Social comment, USA
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American Visa by Juan de Recacoechea
American Visa Translated by Adrian Althoff. Publisher, Akashic Books, 2007 (first published in Spanish, 1994). A taxi grinds to a halt in the middle of crammed street parties and demonstrations in downtown La Paz, Bolivia, and Mario Alvarez disembarks. Alvarez is searching … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Books, Noir, Social comment, South America, Translated
Tagged bolivia, crime fiction, noir
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Villain by Shuichi Yoshida
Villain by Shuichi Yoshida Translated by Philip Gabriel Harvill Secker, 2010 (first published in Japan in 2007). review posted at Petrona, September 2011.