: . Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , January 31, 2012 Also Published As . After yesterday's post which announced the retitling of Arne Dahl's Misterioso a title suitable for everywhere else it seems from the covers on his website as The Blinded Man I thought I'd have a look at what else has been retitled in the last couple of years or so . Usually the UK title is first with the US title in brackets , but not . always Published in 2010, 2011 and 2012 so far Jussi Adler-Olsen Mercy apa The Keeper of Lost Causes 2011 Sam Barone Quest for Honour apa Conflict of Empires 2010 Quentin Bates Frozen Out apa Frozen Assets 2011 M C Beaton Death of a Chimney Sweep apa Death of a Sweep 2011 Mark Billingham Good as Dead apa The Demands 2011
John Grisham is known primarily for his legal thrillers. Rightfully so, in my opinion. His legal thrillers are great. One reason why they are great is that John Grisham is an excellent story teller. So, while his non-legal-thrillers may not be quite as good as his legal thrillers, I have found that I like several [...]
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 31 January 2012 Review : BLOOD MOON , Garry Disher published by Text Publishing 2009 ISBN 978-1-921351-87-7 314 pages : Source my local library 5 in the Challis
: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , January 30, 2012 Publishing Deal Arne Dahl In the how did I miss this category , belated news of a UK publishing deal for Swedish author Arne Dahl . From The Bookseller Harvill Secker has acquired two books by Swedish crime writer Arne Dahl , with senior crime editor Alison Hennessey making her first signing in her new role . Hennessey bought UK and Commonwealth rights , excluding Canada , in the titles , both from Dahl's Intercrime series . Harvill Secker plans to publish the first book , The Blinded Man as a Vintage paperback in July 2012, and the , second Bad Blood in summer 2013. The Blinded Man kicks off the series which follows an elite team of detectives assembled to investigate
: : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , January 29, 2012 New Reviews : Cato , Cordy , Enger , Hochgatterer , Learner , Nickson , Smith , van der Vlugt , Wallace As well as reading the 9 new reviews , if you haven't already , do enter the competition which closes on 31st : win Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley no geographical restrictions Here are this week's : reviews Lizzie Hayes reviews Joyce Cato's A Fatal fall of Snow the second in this culinary series and which is set at Christmas Susan White reviews The Colour of Death by Michael Cordy which is set in the US and covers synaesthesia and cults Lynn Harvey reviews Thomas Enger's Burned , tr . Charlotte Barslund now out in paperback , and she's keen to read the
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 29 January 2012 Review : THE VAULT , Ruth Rendell published by Hutchinson 2011 ISBN 978-0-0919-3710-2 266 pages Source : my local library 23 in the Wexford series
: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Saturday , January 28, 2012 New Non-Fiction guides to European Crime Fiction There are not one but two new guides to European crime writing published this month . The first is Barry Forshaw's very readable guide to Scandinavian crime fiction : Death in a Cold Climate I received a proof copy of this and it's one I keep dipping in to , and I particularly like the insights offered by the translators The other book , which has just been brought to my attention , and which should be out in a few days is The Dragon Tattoo and Its Long Tail : The New Wave of European Crime Fiction in America by David . Geherin Here are the covers and official : blurbs Death in a Cold Climate is a celebration and analysis of: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , January 27, 2012 Publishing Deal Hilary Bonner A new publishing deal for Hilary Bonner has been announced . From The Bookseller Pan Macmillan has acquired two psychological thrillers by Hilary . Bonner Publishing director Wayne Brookes bought world rights for The Cruellest Game and an as-yet-untitled novel . Pan Macmillan plans to publish the first title in 2013. The Cruellest Game follows an apparently perfect family , tracing the calamitous sequence of events which follow unexpected revelations of lies and duplicity Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 7:50 AM Labels : Hilary Bonner publishing deals 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Euro Crime: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , January 27, 2012 Favourite Discoveries 2011 10 The final instalment of favourite discoveries of 2011 comes from Maxine Clarke who has chosen a tv series and a . book Maxine Clarke's Favourite Discoveries of 2011 I think my two crime fiction discoveries of the year have been The Killing though I prefer the straight translation of Forbrydelsen , The Crime Danish TV series and the Norwegian novel Dregs by Jorn Lier . Horst The Killing series 1 was compelling and tense viewing . For me , the best thing about it was the character of Sarah Lund because at last here is a female TV detective who is a real person , not forced into any of the usual gender cliches that the medium seems to insist upon and why
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 27 January 2012 Review : A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD , Alan Bradley published by Orion Books 2011 ISBN 978-0-7528-9715-8 389 pages Source : my local library 3 in: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , January 26, 2012 Sarah Death on Book Cafe If you're a visitor to the FriendFeed Crime and Mystery Room and if not do come along then you'll have heard about this a few days . ago I downloaded the podcast after Maxine at Petrona had mentioned it but only got round to listening to it last . night 16 January 2012 Jo Nesbø says that Per Wahlöö was the godfather of Scandinavian crime writing' , creating the archetypical disillusioned , troubled but somehow dedicated detective now familiar to us from the work of Steig Larsson , Henning Mankell and Nesbø himself . Sarah Death , the translator of two new editions of Wahlöö's classic crime novels , explains why now's the time to discover him for .
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 26 January 2012 Forgotten Book : COLOUR SCHEME , Ngaio Marsh For my contribution this year to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books I am going to focus on the books I
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 26 January 2012 Review : THE MISSING , Jane Casey Published by Ebury Press Random House 2010 ISBN 978-0-09193-599-3 485 pages : Source My local library Synopsis
: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 26 January 2012 Review : Some Agatha Christie short stories I recently discovered that Amazon had 14 Agatha Christie short stories available free here so I bought them 
: , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 26 January 2012 Celebrating Australia Day , 26 January 2012 Nice and hot here today in . Adelaide Staying inside in the cool . Watching the tennis , the cricket , and: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Riverside Lady Cover Theme Yes , the mysterious lady walking along the Thames presumably gets another outing . This time she's on the upcoming Waiting for Sunrise by William . Boyd Other covers that she's appeared on and similar ones that I know about are shown . below Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 12:37 PM Labels : Copycat Covers cover similarities 1 comments : Margot Kinberg said . Karen Oh , this is a good choice for theme I hadn't really thought of how many covers there are that look like this . 12:44 PM Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Euro Crime Review Policy Full list of 2012 eligibles for CWA International Dagger International Dagger: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , January 24, 2012 Whitechapel III Start Date The third series of ITV's excellent Whitechapel begins next Monday at 9pm . There are six episodes comprising three two-part investigations which are inspired by three real-life crimes criminals : The Ratcliffe Highway Murders , The Whitehall Mystery and The Zodiac . Killer As far as I know , the Ratcliffe Highway Murders , unlike Jack the Ripper haven't featured in much crime fiction . There is of course the non-fiction account , The Maul and The Pear Tree by P D James and T A Critchley which was reissued in 2010 and there will be Lloyd Shepherd's debut novel , The English Murder which is to be published 1 . March Blurb : London , 1811. The twisting: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , January 24, 2012 Lady in Red Cover Theme In one of those weird coincidences , today at work I placed copies of both of these books on the recently returned popular reads' stand . The cover for the more recent Season Light is very striking and then I noticed they both had the same lady in them , albeit with a modified . bodice NB . The actual cover of Season of Light comes with a sticker of course : saying We think if you like PHILIPPA GREGORY you'll love KATHARINE McMAHON Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 7:48 PM Labels : Copycat Covers cover similarities 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Euro Crime Review Policy Full list of 2012 eligibles for
Omnibus editions are the ultimate treat for avid readers devoted to the works of an author.: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 24 January 2012 Agatha Christie Blog Carnival January 2012 The first Agatha Christie Blog Carnival for 2012 is now . posted There are 10 contributions from 8 .: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , January 23, 2012 Cited on To Tell The Truth I've had sight of an early copy of Anna Smith's To Tell The Truth which is published by Quercus on 2 February and on the reverse is a quote from Amanda Gillies' review of The Dead Won't Sleep the first in the Rosie Gilmour . series Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:13 PM Labels : Anna Smith cited 4 comments : Margot Kinberg said . Karen Well done , and thanks for sharing 8:21 PM Anonymous said . Could I review this one too , please flutters eyelashes in an I promise to write another nice review kind of way Ax 9:39 PM Anonymous said . oops , that Ax was me , Amanda . 9:39 PM Dorte H said . Well-deserved fame 9:54 PM Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe
A doll possessed by the devil, a freshly dug-up corpse, a musician driven to madness, a mentalist with a twisted gift, a woman who suspects her husband is a vampire, a family driven by greed — these are among the tales of terror in the hardcover comics anthology INNER SANCTUM, written and illustrated by Ernie [...]: : , . skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 23 January 2012 Review : THE BROTHERHOOD , Y.A . Erskine Published Bantam , Random House 2011 ISBN 978-1-74275-015-6 379 pages source : my local library Synopsis: : , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , January 22, 2012 New Reviews : Anderson , Ferris , McDermid , Moffat , Stanley , Templeton Website Updates Earlier today I discovered that Scotland will have its first dedicated crime festival in September : Bloody Scotland so I have gone with a Scottish theme today with the exception of a review of the current African competition prize and the competition prize : Win Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley no geographical restrictions Here are this week's : reviews Amanda Gillies reviews Lin Anderson's sixth Rhona Macleod instalment , Final Cut look out for Amanda's review of Picture Her Dead which I have in the queue to post , plus the first few books in this series are extremely: : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , January 22, 2012 Event News : Bloody Scotland Scotland will have its own crime festival this year . Bloody Scotland will take place in Stirling , 14-16th September 2012. Peering at the photo on the website joining Ian Rankin will be Lin Anderson , Tony Black , Alex Gray , Allan Guthrie , Alanna Knight , Stuart MacBride , The Mulgray Twins , Craig Russell and many others from this list of Scottish authors Follow the progress on twitter : bloodyscotland Website : Bloody Scotland Scottish crime fiction is amongst the best in the world It is the most popular genre amongst Scottish readers both in bookshops and in libraries , it generates countless screen adaptations , and yet at present none of our: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , January 22, 2012 Seeing Double Yvonne has just posted the new reviews up at Reviewing the Evidence a site which kindly lets me link to their reviews to supplement those written by the Euro Crime review team . Yvonne is also able to access those books published over the . pond Reading through the reviews , you'll see a remarkable similarity in two Minotaur Books' : covers Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 12:10 PM Labels : cover similarities 1 comments : Harvee said . That gentleman does get around 3:31 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Euro Crime Review Policy Full list of 2012 eligibles for CWA International Dagger International Dagger Eligibles 2012 Share: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , January 20, 2012 Update on The International Dagger Eligibles I have been keeping the master list of 2012 International Dagger Eligibles list up to date , adding in new titles and linking in the reviews from the Euro Crime website . There have been one or two changes from when I first posted . it One of the most significant is the change in publication date for Disgrace the sequel to Jussi-Adler Olsen's Mercy voted Euro Crime Reviewers' Favourite Read of 2011 from March to June which puts it into next year's . list The cover has a Sarah Lund vibe or is it just me Other movers are : Petros Markaris's Basic Shareholder which will now be published in 2013 month unknown at the moment and the eagerly: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , January 20, 2012 Edgar Awards 2012 Nominees The shortlists for the 2012 Edgar Awards have been announced . In the Best Novel category , there is much to please fans of translated and or European crime fiction with four of the five nominees falling into one of those categories and all four have been reviewed on Euro Crime The Ranger by Ace Atkins Penguin Group USA G.P . Putnam's Sons Gone by Mo Hayder Grove Atlantic Atlantic Monthly Press The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Minotaur Books tr . translated by Alexander O Smith Elye J Alexander 1222 by Anne Holt Simon Schuster Scribner tr . Marlaine Delargy Field Gray by Philip Kerr Penguin Group USA G.P . Putnam's Sons Marion Wood Books: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 20 January 2012 Review : STEPS TO HEAVEN , Wendy Cartmell : Format Kindle Edition File : Size 400 KB Print : Length 200 pages : Publisher Wendy Cartmell October 9,
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 19 January 2012 Forgotten Book : A BOX OF TRICKS , Simon Brett This is my contribution this week to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books My delight in the novels of
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 18 January 2012 Review : THE ANATOMY OF GHOSTS , Andrew Taylor published by Penguin 2010 469 pages ISBN 978-0-718-15659-6 source : local library Synopsis FantasticMy tv guide is featuring Whitechapel III in its next edition which means it should start sometime in the w/c 28 January. Here's the teaser trailer released on Christmas Day:: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , January 16, 2012 Luther wins Golden Globe More accurately Idris Elba has won a 2012 Golden Globe in the category Best Actor Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV for his portrayal of the character Luther in the series of the same . name So far there have been two series of Luther both are available on DVD and have been followed up by an original novel from the series creator , Neil Cross : Luther : the Calling which is reviewed here by Sarah Hilary for Euro Crime . Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:48 AM Labels : Awards Golden Globe Idris Elba Luther Neil Cross 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Euro Crime Review Policy Full list of 2012 eligibles for: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 16 January 2012 Crime Fiction Pick of the Month 2012 a meme Many crime fiction bloggers write a summary post at the end of each month listing what they've read , and some: : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , January 15, 2012 New Reviews : Goodwin , Harvey , James , Johnston , Kitson , Koppel , Marklund , Pastor , Price As well as the 9 new reviews , don't forget to see which title , author and translator made the top spot for the Euro Crime reviewers' favourite book of 2011 The competition's still open : win Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley no geographical restrictions Here are this week's : reviews Susan White reviews the latest in the Yashim the Eunuch series by Jason Goodwin , An Evil Eye and Susan has even tried some of the recipes featured in this series John Harvey's Good Bait features a new protagonist plus a couple of characters from earlier books including DCI Karen
: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 14 January 2012 Best Crime Fiction Reads 2008 2011 I have collected best crime fiction reads for the past 4 years now from a range of . participants In that time 154
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 13 January 2012 Review : TOWARDS ZERO , Agatha Christie This edition part of the Hamlyn Agatha Christie Crime Collection dedicated to Robert Graves 144 pages first: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 13 January 2012 Review : THE HANGMAN , Louise Penny : Format Kindle Edition File : Size 208 KB : Publisher Grass Roots Press October 24, 2011 Sold : by Amazon Digital: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 13 January 2012 Best crime fiction reads 2011 all the authors I have been collecting lists of best crime fiction reads for 2011 for a couple of weeks now . You will see: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , January 12, 2012 Photos of Nimes the cat I'd like to thank everyone for their kind words on the blog and in emails about our sad loss last week . Now the shock has passed , we've been able to reflect back on the life Nimes shared with us . Remembering how he used to follow us on walks round the housing estate we used to live on in Ipswich , how he seemed to find one of our other cats when he followed Nimes back and how he would lurk in the hedges of the cycle path and surprise us . When we moved to the Midlands we had several rented houses until we settled in out current house 14 years ago . When we moved in , we thought the house was secure and let him out of the cat box . A few minutes later: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , January 12, 2012 When Two Cover Themes Meet What do you get when the Twilight-esque hands clasped theme meets an old favourite , butterflies in a glass jar Diane Chamberlain's books are marketed as for fans of Jodi Picoult , and you can see a slight resemblance in cover style ahem Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 10:25 AM Labels : cover similarities 2 comments : Maxine said . Very good spot 6:39 PM avisannschild said . Whoa , not only are the images similar but the blurbs are similar as are the fonts and the font colours though the author and title are reversed on the second book I'd say the resemblances are more than slight Good catch 10:17 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 12 January 2012 Best crime fiction reads 2011 authors with multiple mentions I have been collecting lists of best crime fiction reads for 2011 for a couple of weeks now .: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 11 January 2012 Review : MURDER AT THE SAVOY , Maj Sjöwall Per Wahlöö audio audio book available from Audible.com length 6 hrs 32 mins Narrated by Tom Weiner 6 in the
: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 11 January 2012 Review : A TRICK OF THE LIGHT , Louise Penny Published by Sphere 2011 404 pages ISBN 978-1-84744-426-4 source : my local library 7 in the Chief: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 11 January 2012 Best crime fiction reads for 2011 titles mentioned once I have been collecting lists of best crime fiction reads for 2011 for a couple of weeks now . You: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , January 10, 2012 The Caller Cover Opinions This week's selection for cover opinions is the US and UK covers for Karin Fossum's The Caller tr . K E Semmel . The US release is not until August 2012. You can read an extract here The UK mass-market paperback with a new series look , I understand will be out in . July So what are your thoughts on the US LHS and UK RHS covers Which would entice you to pick the book up if you were not familiar with the books of Karin Fossum Both have the same quote from Jo . Nesbo If you have read it , how well do the covers match the story I actually thought that was a grave-stone on the US cover which would sort of fit in but I think it's just a gap in the . trees: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 10 January 2012 Best crime fiction reads 2011 titles with multiple mentions I have been collecting lists of best crime fiction reads for 2011 for a couple of weeks now .: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , January 09, 2012 Euro Crime reviewers favourite reads of 2011 I've asked the recent contributors to Euro Crime to choose their five favourite European reads of 2011 and a total of 73 titles have been submitted . The following favourites come from the lists submitted by : Pat Austin , Mark Bailey , Maxine Clarke , Amanda Gillies , Terry Halligan , Lynn Harvey , Sarah Hilary , Geoff Jones , Michelle Peckham , Norman Price , Laura Root , Rich Westwood , Susan White and myself there is some overlap with the 2010 favourites The most mentioned titles : are 4 : votes Jussi-Adler Olsen Mercy , tr . Lisa Hartford 3 votes Asa Larsson Until Thy Wrath Be Past , tr . Laurie Thompson Jo Nesbo The Leopard , tr .: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 9 January 2012 Best Crime Fiction Reads for 2011 it's gonna take some time Today I have begun the task of aggregating people's lists for their best crime fiction reads: : , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , January 08, 2012 New Reviews : Becker , Bruce , Dahl , Ferris , Griffiths , Tallis Reviewers' Top 5s As well as 6 new reviews , I have uploaded the Euro Crime reviewers' favourite reads of 2011 by reviewer . Tomorrow I will announce the favourite book , favourite author and favourite translator of 2011 based on the aforementioned submissions The competition's still open : win Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley no geographical restrictions Here are this week's : reviews Amanda Gillies reviews the latest from James Becker , The Nosferatu Scroll or The Vampires of Venice for Dr Who fans . which continues the high standard of the earlier books Alison Bruce's , third DC Goodhew book ,: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Pages Home 2012 Global Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Challenges Update Latest additions 2012 Reviews All Reviews ranked Authors A-Z Reading Challenges Update 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 8 January 2012 Review : OUR KIND OF TRAITOR , John Le Carre audio book published 2010 available from Audible.com Abridged Length : 5 hours Narrator : John Le Carre: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , January 06, 2012 Nimes RIP Our eldest cat Nimes had to be put down today aged 20 1 2. He'd been deteriorating quickly so we took the sad decision to go to the vets . He was a quiet cat , nothing flashy about him but he was much loved by the humans and other cats in the household . We gave him a good life and lots of chicken and he has left us with some happy . memories Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 7:54 PM 14 comments : Margot Kinberg said . Oh , Karen , I am so , so sorry for your loss . Nimes was a member of your family , and a loss like that is always so painful . Thoughts and wishes going out to you . 8:01 PM Sarah said . So sorry karen . I had my 18 1 2 year old cat put down last year . She