Monthly Archives: September 2011

Misterioso by Arne Dahl

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Maxine

Misterioso Arne Dahl, translated from Swedish by Tiina Nunnally (Intercrime #1) Pantheon, 2011 (first published in Sweden 1999) Review first posted at Petrona, Sept 2011.

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Villain by Shuichi Yoshida

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Maxine

Villain by Shuichi Yoshida Translated by Philip Gabriel Harvill Secker, 2010 (first published in Japan in 2007). review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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Dregs by Jørn Lier Horst

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

Dregs Jørn Lier Horst Translated by Anne Bruce (from Norwegian) Sandstone Press, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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Proof of life by Karen Campbell

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

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 →

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Up Jumped The Devil by Blair S. Walker

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

Up Jumped the Devil Blair S. Walker Amazon Encore, 1997 Review first posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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Why Don’t You Come For Me? by Diane Janes

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

Why Don’t You Come For Me? by Diane Janes Constable, 2011. Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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Cold Wind by C J Box

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

Cold Wind by C J Box (Joe Pickett #11) Corvus, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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The Last Lie by Stephen White

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

The Last Lie by Stephen White (Alan Gregory series #16) Signet, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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Rain by Stephen Gallagher

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Maxine

Rain by Stephen Gallagher Hodder & Stoughton 1991 (PB, HB published 1990) Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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The Hidden Child by Camilla Lackberg

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Maxine

Lackberg, Camilla – ‘The Hidden Child’ (translated by Tiina Nunnally) Paperback: 400 pages (June 2011) Publisher: Harper ISBN: 000741949X At the end of THE GALLOWS BIRD, young mother and author Erica Falk discovers a trunk in the attic containing a … Continue reading →

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