Category Archives: Outdoors

Border Run by Simon Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Maxine

Lewis, Simon – ‘Border Run’ Paperback: 208 pages (Apr. 2012) Publisher: Sort of Books ISBN: 0956308651 BORDER RUN is a suspense novel set in the forest region of China near Myanmar (called Burma here). Will and Jake are two backpackers taking … Continue reading →

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Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Maxine

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr Berkley, 2003; first published 1993 Anna Pigeon #1 Reviewed at Petrona, June 2012.

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Force of Nature by C J Box

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Maxine

Force of Nature by C. J. Box Corvus, 2012 Joe Pickett #12 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.

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An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Maxine

An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo Virago, 2012 Reviewed at Petrona, March 2012.

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Trackers by Deon Meyer

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Maxine

Trackers Deon Meyer translated by Laura Seegers (from Afrikaans) Hodder & Stoughton, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.

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Fire and Ice by Dana Stabenow

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Maxine

Fire and Ice By Dana Stabenow Reviewed at Petrona, August 2011.

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Back of Beyond by C J Box

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Maxine

Back of Beyond by C J Box Reviewed at Petrona in May 2011. See here for the review.

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The Joe Pickett novels by C J Box

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Maxine

The Joe Pickett novels by C J Box. Reviewed at Petrona from Jan-June 2011. See here for reviews of all the books in this series. Open Season by C J Box (Petrona, January) Savage Run by C J Box (Petrona, … Continue reading →

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Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indridason

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Maxine

Indridason, Arnaldur – ‘Operation Napoleon’ (translated by Victoria Cribb) Paperback: 336 pages (Oct. 2010) Publisher: Harvill Secker ISBN: 1846552850 Ten years ago, Arnaldur Indridason took a break from his excellent series about dour, depressed Icelandic police inspector Erlendur, and published … Continue reading →

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Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Maxine

Dead at Daybreak Translated from the Afrikaans by Madeleine van Biljon. Dead at Daybreak is an exciting yet emotional thriller about a broken man, Van Heerden (we learn his first name later on in the book). At the outset, he … Continue reading →

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