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Monthly Archives: September 2011
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.
Posted in Asia, Books, Crime fiction, Japan, Mystery, Noir, Romance, Social comment, Translated
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Dregs by Jørn Lier Horst
Dregs Jørn Lier Horst Translated by Anne Bruce (from Norwegian) Sandstone Press, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Mystery, Norway, Police procedural, Series, 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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Up Jumped The Devil by Blair S. Walker
Up Jumped the Devil Blair S. Walker Amazon Encore, 1997 Review first posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Journalism, North America, Series, Social comment, Thriller, USA
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Why Don’t You Come For Me? by Diane Janes
Why Don’t You Come For Me? by Diane Janes Constable, 2011. Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, England, Europe, Mystery, Psychology, Thriller
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Cold Wind by C J Box
Cold Wind by C J Box (Joe Pickett #11) Corvus, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Domestic, Legal, North America, Series, Social comment, Thriller, USA
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The Last Lie by Stephen White
The Last Lie by Stephen White (Alan Gregory series #16) Signet, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Domestic, Legal, North America, Psychology, Series, Social comment, Thriller, USA
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Rain by Stephen Gallagher
Rain by Stephen Gallagher Hodder & Stoughton 1991 (PB, HB published 1990) Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, England, Europe, Thriller
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The Hidden Child by Camilla Lackberg
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
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Domestic, Eurocrime, Europe, Mystery, Police procedural, Series, Sweden, Translated
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Misterioso by Arne Dahl
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.