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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Burning by Jane Casey
Ebury, November 2010 (paperback). Part police-procedural and part psychological suspense, The Burning is a very good crime novel. From the cover words, one would think that this book is about a serial killer who is attacking young women walking home … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, England, Europe, Police procedural, Psychology
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The Siege by Stephen White
Signet, 2010 (first published 2009). How does one write an original thriller in the crowded niche of books about terrorists/hostages? If the author had not been Stephen White, I would not have picked up this book on the grounds that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, North America, Political, Tech/Internet, Thriller, USA
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The Girl With the Crystal Eyes by Barbara Baraldi
translated by Judith Forshaw "A seductive serial killer is stalking the streets of Bologna", according to the blurb. If that's your cup of tea, then you might enjoy this novel. The story is about two young women. One of them, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Eurocrime, Europe, Italy, Police procedural, Thriller, Translated
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The Man in the Window by K O Dahl
(translated by Don Bartlett)Paperback: 496 pages (May 2008) Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 9780571232918 I loved THE MAN IN THE WINDOW. Like its (chronological) predecessor, THE LAST FIX, it is a traditional detective story set in Oslo, Norway, with Inspector … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Eurocrime, Europe, Norway, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, Translated
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The Water Widow by Ella Griffiths
translated by J. Basil Cowlishaw Quartet books, 1986. First published in Norway 1977. The second of Ella Griffiths's two novels that were translated into English, The Water Widow, is another engaging, brisk-paced investigation for detective brothers Sergeant Rudolf and Detective Karsten Nilsen … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Mystery, Norway, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, Translated
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Raid and the Blackest Sheep by Harri Nykanen
translator Peter Ylitalo Leppa Ice Cold Crime, 2010, Kindle format (first published in Finnish, 2000) Raid is a young, silent and mysterious enforcer who has been paid to accompany Nygren, an ill, ageing criminal recently released after a long jail … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Finland, Police procedural, Series, Thriller, Translated
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Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin
Ash Levine quit the LAPD in a mixture of guilt and anger when a witness to a crime he was investigating was shot and killed. He’s very much at loose ends, though, stifled by his family and not enjoying the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, North America, Police procedural, USA
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A Capital Crime by Laura Wilson
A Capital Crime is a great piece of storytelling. I am glad of my policy of knowing nothing about the content of books before I read them, as had I known that this novel is based on a famous real-life … Continue reading
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The Hunting Season by Elizabeth Rigbey
Penguin, 2007 (first published by Michael Joseph 2006) Matt Selekis is a doctor at a large hospital in Salt Lake City. He specialises in endocrine and oncological surgery, and is something of a (lower case s) saint, having spent some … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, England, Medical, Mystery, North America, Psychology, USA
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December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Translator Benjamin Moser First published in Portuguese 1998; first published in English 2005. In the winter heat of Rio de Janeiro, a young homeless boy witnesses an insensible drunk being helped into a car outside a restaurant late at night. … Continue reading →