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I am glad this new Jane Casey lives up to your expectations. Miriam and I enjoyed her debut very much so I´d definitely also jump at a half-price offer. (I have checked the Kindle price - not too bad either).
Book Review: The Burning by Jane Casey
The Burning 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 late at night in sout...
The plot idea seems fine. A pity that the story did not live up to your expectations on other scores. And with regard to the two women, I said to Ole last night that in a modern series, you have to have some unhappy relationships. Marital bliss doesn´t sell.
Book Review: December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
December Heat 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. From his pr...
This is mean indeed! I suppose Simon Beckett and Ann Cleeves will have to go on the list, but we´ll see about the others.
New UK fiction for February
Feeling in an evil mood today, I thought I'd share some of the new books due to be published in the UK in February 2011, courtesy of The Bookseller (5 November issue, starting on p. 25). The Bookseller still has not got around to noting whether any of these are simultaneously published i...
Maxine, I do remember. Probably because it is a Scandinavian writer.
Book Review: The Water Widow by Ella Griffiths
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 ...
Oh, just for a second I thought it was *Elly* Griffiths.
Well, this one doesn´t sound bad either. I don´t mind *reading* about dentists.
It is so funny, though, that I have hever heard the least about this Norwegian writer in Scandinavia.
Book Review: The Water Widow by Ella Griffiths
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 ...
AbeBooks sell Total Eclipse from £ 0.63 + shipping.
Book Review: The Hunting Season by Elizabeth Rigbey
The Hunting Season 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 years working in Eritre...
So American readers also suffer from these restrictions? I thought you could buy just about anything from Amazon.com.
You have tempted me to buy Total Eclipse months ago, but as it is not an e-book, I will probably pick another one first ;) And no doubt I will get to "The Hunting Season" before or later - e-book or not.
The funny thing is that I had planned to begin reading Laura Wilson´s "Stratton´s War" today, but when my Kindle arrived, I pushed that button and downloaded her "Dying Voices" instead.
Book Review: The Hunting Season by Elizabeth Rigbey
The Hunting Season 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 years working in Eritre...
I agree with Sharon: lethally dull characters may make me throw the book through the room in despair. No matter how good the setting and the plot, if I don´t give a toss about what happens to anyone, the writer runs the risk that I give up the book after a few chapters.
When it comes to crimes, I prefer murder, but the very best writers can make me enjoy even a bank robbery.
Does it ruin the book if...
Robin Agnew What ruins a read for you? What will you put up with - what "x" makes "y" worthwhile? I recently finished a book where I mostly liked the characters; I thought the dialogue was pretty good, and the writing original; but for me it was ruined because I thought the actual crime was bo...
I have only skimmed parts of your review as I haven´t read Stratton´s War yet. It is on my TBR, and I expect to love it, but I have to plan my reading and writing a bit so it will have to wait until I am ready to tackle a story of 450 pages in a few days. I know that if I end up reading it over two weeks, I won´t appreciate it the way it deserves.
I don´t usually pick stories based on true crime either so I only read Megan Abbott´s "Bury Me Deep" because I won it. Lucky for me as the book bowled me over completely. I don´t remember many books I read last year, but I remember the impact of that one.
Book Review: A Capital Crime by Laura Wilson
A Capital Crime By Laura Wilson Quercus 2010 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 crime, I might not have embarked on it. And I wo...
Vera Stanhope in a sauna? That book is definitely a must, but my guess is she got lost or had some professional reason to be there.
Brian McGilloway is also good news but I can wait a bit as I have two Devlin novels on my shelf.
Spring 2011 books from Pan Macmillan
I received the Spring books catalogue from Pan Macmillan the other day, and as well as one or two upcoming titles that have previously featured on this blog, there are one or two more new books due that I am looking forward to. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves (February) is the new Vera Stanho...
You seem to have had a fantastic month! I am really looking forward to Blacklands, but I have a few books I ´should´ read first.
I joined netgalley recently, and when I didn´t get the first books I asked for, I asked for a third which I got immediately. And of course I received the first two the day after that. I am having problems with the format, though, so I am thinking about that Kindle again. If there are enough review examples around for Kindle, it doesn´t really matter if Waterstones will sell them to me or not, does it? ;)
My Euro Crime and Petrona reviews for October
My three reviews for Euro Crime during October were of very different books: the latest exciting journalism-crime case for Swedish reporter Annika Bengstrom; a detailed and (seemingly) realistic Scottish police procedural with a senior female protagonist; and a Jack Reacher adventure thril...
As Margot said .... (but I can´t always be here before Margot :D)
I have only read the first David Hunter story yet, but though I am looking forward to two and three (on my TBR), I don´t want to gobble three down in a row. Good stories should be cherished!
Profile of Simon Beckett in The Bookseller
The author Simon Beckett is subject of a one-page profile in the current (29 October) issue of The Bookseller (p. 24). Beckett is author of a series of novels about Dr David Hunter, a forensic anthropologist (a fairly popular profession in crime fiction these days). Having read and enjoyed the...
Slowly uncovering the secrets of some women´s lives - I think I smell a delicious story here. I am happy that you seem to have had good company on your day off!
Book Review: Sister by Rosamund Lupton
Sister By Rosamund Lupton Piatkus, 2010. This engrossing, haunting novel is told from the point of view of Beatrice, a young English woman who is a successful commercial art designer in New York, recently engaged to Tod. At the start of the novel, Beatrice is in her sister’s London flat, look...
So well put!
I am happy that our Discount Noir ebook is available everywhere and in several formats, but with the recent development (Waterstones e.g.) I have made up my mind it is definitely not the right time for a Danish lover of English fiction to buy that e-reader.
Some thoughts about restricting e-readership
Those of us (and our numbers are increasing rapidly!) who like to read in e-format often bemoan the way in which publishers sell the "rights" to their books on a regional basis hanging over from the world of print as the only reading medium. Of course, print readers (myself included) also find i...
She sounds like a great protagonist, one of those stubborn women who won´t take no for an answer. I just began reading one of McDermid´s Kate Brannigan stories, and I am sure I´ll also enjoy getting to know her!
Book Review: The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne
The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne Pan Macmillan Australia, 2008 In the oppressive heat of Darwin, capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, you can’t even swim in the sea to cool off because of the giant jellyfish. Detective Dusty (Frances) Buchanan is a tough, smart, 30-something female cop wh...
As you say, my review is mostly positive. Still, I did mention that the protag was not necessarily likeable, and that parts of the plot were a bit like Greek tragedy ;D
I read it as part of the global reading challenge, and therefore I wrote a short post about Cemetery Lake called ´a city is a city is a city´ as I agree with you that it could have been set in any place.
Book review: Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave
Cemetery Lake By Paul Cleave Arrow PB, 2009 (first published 2008). Theo Tate is an ex-cop turned private investigator, who as this novel opens is supervising the exhumation of Henry Martins, a man who died some years ago. His daughter firmly believed that he had been murdered by his second wi...
I like what I hear! And I am awaiting your review eagerly.
(Just passed "Twisted Wing" on to my son; I think he will also enjoy it a lot).
Just finished reading: Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin
Two or three weeks ago, I was contacted by Oceanview Publishing, who kindly asked if I would like to receive a copy of Kind of Blue, a debut novel by Miles Corwin. The novel looked interesting, as I like police procedurals and in this case the author had previously written three non-fiction bo...
I am all for testing things (especially for free) so I also joined Netgalley today.
You see, when some of my important suppliers begin reading e-books (which they can´t send off to new homes), I´ll have to find other sources to get some *new* crime fiction :D
And I suspect I will also buy a real e-reader before long, but not until I am sure which one suits me best. So your, Kerrie and Bernadette´s posts are very useful.
Kindle reading report 1
When I was given a Kindle (wireless version) for my birthday in September this year (a couple of weeks late, not because the kind present-giver had forgotten the date but because of Amazon's order backlog), I made a resolution only to download a book when I had finished one, that is, only to...
Definitely a book for my wishlist.
I liked his Lydmouth series very much, and I have one or two of his books on my TBR. Though I enjoy good historical fiction, I don´t read it very often, but that is only because it demands more concentration (at least British fiction - well, it isn´t my history after all ;D)
REVIEW: The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
If you drive down the A34 thorugh Oxford early on a summer morning as the sun is just beginning to rise to meet the mist coming off the meadows, you can catch a fleeting glimpse of the University's "dreaming spires" at their most ethereal. They are far off, elusive and full of mystery. I thoug...
You are not the only one who has pointed out weaknesses in her third book, but after her second which I read recently, it is definitely on my list.
How smart of you to borrow library books instead of buying them; perhaps for once my TBR is growing faster than yours. I decided to downsize mine recently, and August was a good month, but somehow it grows quite inexplicably this month ;)
Book Review: Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir Translated by Philip Roughton Hodder&Stoughton, 2010. £12.99 (not yet out in mass market paperback) Having recently re-discovered the charms of the local library, I was delighted the other day to spot a copy of Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s third novel about lawy...
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