Category Archives: Suspense

Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff translated by Paul Norlen Simon & Schuster 2012 First published in Sweden 2009 Reviewed at Petrona, August 2012.

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Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin Ballantine Books (pb), 2012 Reviewed at Petrona, July 2012.

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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.

Posted in 4 star, Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Journalism, Norway, Series, Social comment, Suspense, Thriller, Translated | Leave a comment

Mildred Pierce by James M Cain

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Mildred Pierce by James M Cain Phoenix (Orion), 2011 First published in the USA 1941 First published in the UK 2002 Reviewed at Petrona, July 2012.

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Face of the Devil by N. J. Cooper

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Face of the Devil by N J Cooper Simon & Schuster, 2011 Karen Taylor #3 Reviewed at Petrona, May 2012.

Posted in 3 star, Books, Domestic, England, Europe, Medical, Police procedural, Psychology, Romance, Series, Suspense | Leave a comment

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming St Martin’s 2002 Clare Fergusson #1 Reviewed at Petrona, May 2012.

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Dead Scared by S J Bolton

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Dead Scared by S J Bolton Transworld (Bantam), 2012 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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Before I go to Sleep by S J Watson

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

Before I go to Sleep by S J Watson Transworld (Doubleday), 2011. Reviewed at Petrona, January 2012.

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Finders Keepers by Belinda Bauer

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Bauer, Belinda – ‘Finders Keepers’ Hardback: 400 pages (Jan. 2012) Publisher: Bantam Press ISBN: 0593066901 In the small villages of Exmoor (south-west England), children are going missing. The first disappearance is that of Jess Took, daughter of the Master of … Continue reading →

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