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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Winterland, by Alan Glynn
Winterland WINTERLAND is a brilliant book. A young man is shot in the beer garden of a Dublin pub. His mother Catherine is devastated but most of his family are privately unsurprised, as the victim is a known … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Eurocrime, Ireland, Political, Thriller
Tagged crime fiction, eurocrime, ireland, noir, political thriller, psychology thriller, thriller
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Afterlight, by Alex Scarrow
Afterlight Afterlight, by Alex Scarrow (Orion, May 2010) What would Britain be like 10 years after the oil has run out? This stark question is the basis of Afterlight, a crackingly absorbing thriller. The novel is ostensibly a sequel to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, England, Europe, Outdoors, Series, Thriller
Tagged crime fiction, england, science fiction, thriller
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Vodka Doesn’t Freeze, by Leah Giarratano
Vodka Doesn't Freeze (Detective Jill Jackson Mysteries) Vodka Doesn’t Freeze by Leah Giarratano (Bantam) A novel bought to me by the slow boat from Australia, sent on its way by the generous Bernadette Inoz (;-) ), whose blog Reactions to Reading is essential for … Continue reading
Posted in Australasia, Australia, Crime fiction, Debut, Police procedural, Thriller
Tagged australia, crime fiction, police procedural, psychology thriller
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The Twelve, by Stuart Neville
The Twelve In this impressively gripping debut novel, Gerry Fegan is living a miserable life after serving a prison sentence for terrorist murders. Released as part of the Northern Ireland peace process, he’s ravaged by guilt and haunted by the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Debut, Europe, Ireland, Political, Thriller
Tagged crime fiction, eurocrime, ireland, noir, northern ireland, political thriller, thriller
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Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
Twenty-five years ago, a poor farming family in Florida was massacred, the only survivors being two of the children, Ben, the eldest, and Libby, the youngest. Libby was taken in by her aunt who lived in a nearby trailer park, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Psychology, Thriller, USA
Tagged crime fiction, domestic thriller, psychology thriller, usa
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Black Water Rising, by Attica Locke
Black Water Rising Feted by wondrous reviews and on any number of award shortlists (including the Edgar and the Orange prize), I was predisposed to like this first novel about a lawyer in 1980s Houston, Texas. The book opens promisingly … Continue reading
Posted in Award winner, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Legal, Political, Psychology, Thriller, USA
Tagged crime fiction, political thriller, psychology thriller, usa
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Entanglement, by Zygmunt Miloszewski
Entanglement Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Entanglement combines three of my favourite elements in a novel: a strong sense of place, a realistic criminal investigation, and psychotherapy. I liked it very much indeed, not least because of the faultless … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Europe, Poland, Police procedural, Political, Psychology, Translated
Tagged crime fiction, eurocrime, legal thriller, poland, police procedural, psychology thriller
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Where the Shadows Lie, by Michael Ridpath
Where the Shadows Lie (Fire and Ice) WHERE THE SHADOWS LIE is an exciting, readable and solid thriller. Magnus Jonson is a young Icelandic-American policeman in Boston who has reported one of his colleagues for taking kickbacks. The colleague … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, England, Eurocrime, Iceland, Police procedural, Thriller
Tagged adventure, crime fiction, england, eurocrime, iceland, police procedural
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Shadow Family, by Miyuke Miyabe
Shadow Family Translator Juliet Winters Carpenter Originally published in Japan in 2001 with the title R. P. G. (Role Playing Game), Shadow Family is the second of Miyuki Miyabe’s novels to be translated into English (the first was All She … Continue reading →