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Category Archives: Science
White Heat by M J McGrath
White Heat by M J McGrath Mantle (Macmillan), 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.
Posted in 2.5 stars, Books, Canada, Crime fiction, Debut, Medical, Mystery, North America, Science, Social comment
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Intuition by Allegra Goodman
Intuition by Allegra Goodman Reviewed at Petrona in April 2011. See here for review.
Posted in Academia, Books, North America, Science, Social comment, USA
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Experimental Heart by Jennifer L. Rohn
Experimental Heart is a novel in two parts: the first is an account of the biologists in a leading institute in London, and the research they do; the second is a plot-driven story. In chapter 1, Andy O’Hara, a postdoctoral … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books, Debut, England, Europe, Science, Social comment, Thriller
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Trial by Blood, by John Macken
Trial by Blood Debut novel DIRTY LITTLE LIES introduced GeneCrime, a high-tech forensic laboratory led by Reuben Maitland and attached to the UK police force. The first 100 or so pages of the sequel TRIAL BY BLOOD recap how everything … Continue reading
The Simian curve, by Mark Lalbeharry
The Simian Curve THE SIMIAN CURVE starts with a harrowing chapter about a lost child, by far the most tense part of the book. It rapidly changes, however, into a completely different type of story, as the rescue services attempting … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, England, Eurocrime, Europe, Police procedural, Political, Science, Thriller
Tagged "police procedural", england, eurocrime
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Jar City
Jar City Arnaldur Indridason Finished Jar City this morning. It was indeed good. Interestingly, the plot turned out to centre round the Iceland genetics database, which we've covered a lot in Nature. The Iceland population is sufficiently isolated for a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Iceland, Medical, Police procedural, Science, Series, Translated
Tagged book review, crime fiction, eurocrime
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Last Will by Liza Marklund
Last Will by Liza Marklund translated by Neil Smith Emily Bestler books/Atria/Simon&Schuster 2012 First published in Sweden 2006, as Nobels testamente Annika Bengtzon #6 Reviewed at Petrona, May 2012.