• Laura Root: Australian crime fiction bargain for Kindle UK - Torn Apart by Peter Corris (Cliff Hardy PI series) is £1.39

    Updated: 2012-05-31 18:16:39

  • Rob: Crime writers auction off characters/corpses to help pay for a new morgue in Dundee. http://www.millionforamorgue.com/

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:48:11

  • Till offer åt Molok (The Sacrifice to Molok) by Åsa Larsson

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:18:00

  • Crime Writing Month-Tributes to Reginald Hill

    Updated: 2012-05-31 13:50:50

  • Kerrie: I'm off my Australian kick now and starting some of the Scandinavian e-books on my Kindle

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:33:21

  • May pick of the month

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:03:43

  • Review: MURDER AT THE ROCKS, Jill Paterson

    Updated: 2012-05-31 09:59:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : MURDER AT THE ROCKS , Jill Paterson Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 374 KB Print : Length 266 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 0646558536 : Publisher Jill Henderson June 13, 2011

  • Review: MURDER AT THE ROCKS, Jill Paterson

    Updated: 2012-05-31 08:59:00

  • CrimeFest - Lee Child Interview

    Updated: 2012-05-31 08:38:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , May 31, 2012 CrimeFest Lee Child Interview Peter Guttridge interviews Lee Child at Crimefest 2012 Peter opens the interview with the Tom Cruise issue to get it out of the way takes 15 minutes to answer but of course very interesting stuff At the first meeting with Hollywood people LC is mostly obsessed about 8 dollar water from Norway . How can it be 8 Used it in a later . book Many big stars have been interested in playing Reacher , LC recounts time he was on train from Manchester to Norwich these are small trains and he had George Clooney on the phone However through working in tv from a young age he is somewhat jaded met Laurence Olivier when he was 22 23. Reacher is defined by three things

  • Forgotten Book: FLOWERS IN THE RAIN, Rosamunde Pilcher

    Updated: 2012-05-31 04:11:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Forgotten Book : FLOWERS IN THE RAIN , Rosamunde Pilcher For many of my contributions this year to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books I am focussing on the books I read 20 years ago in

  • Forgotten Book: FLOWERS IN THE RAIN, Rosamunde Pilcher

    Updated: 2012-05-31 03:11:00

  • Reseña: El verano de los juguetes muertos de Tony Hill

    Updated: 2012-05-30 19:46:00

  • Dark Angel by Mari Jungstedt – the Anders Knutas series

    Updated: 2012-05-30 17:59:34

  • Review: Thomas Enger – Burned

    Updated: 2012-05-30 16:25:05

  • crimeficreader: Wolf Haas - Brenner and God is now translated into English. Anyone here interested in reading? Hard copies and net galley available. I have sent a query on whether the hard copies can be sent to the UK as the publisher is US.

    Updated: 2012-05-30 16:20:53

  • crimeficreader: http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/column_view.aspx?COLUMNIST_ID=1 Ripley's up for June!

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:25:22

  • Review: THE PRECIPICE, Virginia Duigan

    Updated: 2012-05-30 12:24:00
    : : , 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 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 30 May 2012 Review : THE PRECIPICE , Virginia Duigan Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 431 KB Print : Length 292 pages : Publisher Random House Australia June 1, 2011 Sold : by Amazon Digital Services

  • Review: THE PRECIPICE, Virginia Duigan

    Updated: 2012-05-30 11:24:00

  • Kensal Rise library stripped in night of books and Twain plaque

    Updated: 2012-05-30 10:41:15

  • Time for some classic Shakespeare

    Updated: 2012-05-30 08:30:10

  • Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance

    Updated: 2012-05-30 01:18:12
    The swift, often personal form of justice known as vengeance is such a perennial ingredient of crime fiction that it’s a wonder an original anthology of short stories devoted to this theme hasn’t appeared earlier. No worries: Best-selling author Lee Child — he of the Jack Reacher series — has more than made up for it [...]

  • Crimefest 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-29 23:30:00

  • CrimeFest - Roslund-Hellstrom Interview

    Updated: 2012-05-29 19:18:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , May 29, 2012 CrimeFest Roslund-Hellstrom Interview International Dagger Chair Janet Laurence interviewed Anders Roslund AR and Borge Hellstrom BH on the final day of CrimeFest . They had been on panels individually but I think this was the first time the pair spoke . together Roslund-Hellstrom won the International Dagger last year for Three Seconds which had me gripped . Three Seconds is the fifth book in the series whereas the current release , Cell 8 which covers capital punishment in America , is the third . The next book in English will be Two Soldiers which is the sixth and is I understand out in English later this . year Here are my notes from the interview : The pair first met over phone

  • ShelfLook App – Save Your Neck!

    Updated: 2012-05-29 18:50:46
    As of May 1st, there is an app available from Azymous Interactive that allows users browsing bookstore shelves to not crane their necks to read spine titles. It’s called ShelfLook, and this is version 1.0, so coming improvements are likely. From the web site: “Do you hate turning your neck sideways to read book titles [...]

  • Really Useful Books: Collectible Almanacs

    Updated: 2012-05-29 18:04:13
    It’s always useful to know about the next holy day, full moon or high tide. Cures for common ailments and crop planting charts are also handy. Almanacs have been printed since 1457 and make for a fascinating book collection. This selection of rare almanacs stretches from Benjamin Franklin to a sporting reference book still being [...]

  • Sarah Ward: This was my top ten classic crime that I was talking about last week. Feel free to disagree - it's a personal list only. No noir for example which I don't really read. And shows my weakness for the police procedural ;-) http://www.crimesquad.com/topten.asp

    Updated: 2012-05-29 17:16:34

  • And Jane Eyre's at it too

    Updated: 2012-05-29 08:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , May 29, 2012 And Jane Eyre's at it too We've had Jane Austen doing a bit of sleuthing so why not Jane Eyre I know one's a real person and one's fictional Death of a Schoolgirl by Joanna Campbell Slan is the first in the Jane Eyre Chronicles and will be published in August by : Berkely Synopsis from : Goodreads In her classic tale , Charlotte Brontë introduced readers to the strong willed and intelligent Jane Eyre . Picking up where Brontë left off , the year is now 1851, and Jane’s life has finally settled into a comfortable pattern . She and her beloved Edward Rochester have married , and have an infant son . But Jane soon finds herself in the midst of new challenges and threats to those she

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - Letter B is for the BOY IN THE SUITCASE

    Updated: 2012-05-28 23:30:00
    : 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 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 May 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 Letter B is for the BOY IN THE SUITCASE I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their .

  • 15 Vintage Seed Catalogues

    Updated: 2012-05-28 18:45:36
    Vintage seed catalogues are important historical documentation of our agricultural heritage. They remain an invaluable record of seed varietals and plants of the time, when crops and species evolve season over season. And fortunately for us all, many are also exquisitely beautiful as art and design.

  • Crime Writing Month in the UK – Reginald Hill

    Updated: 2012-05-28 16:05:06

  • 2012 Dagger Shortlists

    Updated: 2012-05-28 13:05:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 28, 2012 2012 Dagger Shortlists I was away at Crimefest last weekend so I'm trying to catch up on the important things I've missed . I'd already prepared my International Dagger shortlist post as I knew this one Also announced on Friday were the shortlists for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger , the Dagger in the Library , Non-Fiction Dagger , Short Story Dagger and Debut ie unpublished . Dagger Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Shortlist The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau Orion I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni Hersilia Press Bitter Water by Gordon Ferris Corvus Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr Quercus Icelight by Aly Monroe John Murray Sacrilege by SJ Parris HarperCollins A Willing Victim by

  • Publishing Deal - Chris Nickson

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:32:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 28, 2012 Publishing Deal Chris Nickson Chris Nickson , author of the historical Richard Nottingham series , has a publishing deal for a new series , set in the recent past in Seattle . From Booktrade Creative Content , the specialist digital publishing company , has signed a 3-book deal with Chris . Nickson Changing country , century and the gender of the protagonist Nickson's Emerald City is a trilogy of crime novels set in Seattle during the evolving grunge music scene of the 1980s and 90s , featuring music journalist Laura . Barton Ali Muirden of Creative Content said We were really excited when we read Chris's manuscript , as it encapsulates Seattle during the period . Chris lived and

  • Crime titles on Richard & Judy List

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:25:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 28, 2012 Crime titles on Richard Judy List Richard and Judy's Summer Reading List has been announced . There are ten titles and the ones with crime adventure content : are Richard Harris The Fear Index Lars Kepler The Hypnotist tr . Ann Long Review by Maxine Review by Lizzie Penny Hancock Tideline They are now available to buy in a special promotion in W H . Smiths More information about the bookclub is on Richard Judy's website Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 1:25 PM Labels : Lars Kepler Penny Hancock Richard and Judy Richard Harris 1 comments : Maxine Clarke said . Oh dear I was unimpressed with The Hypnotist but did finish it , which is more than I can say for Tideline , which I found tedious

  • Review: THE MISSING, P D Martin

    Updated: 2012-05-28 08:54:00
    : : , 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 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 28 May 2012 Review : THE MISSING , P D Martin Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 205 KB Print : Length 38 pages : Publisher Murderati Ink March 4, 2012 Sold : by Amazon Digital Services : Language

  • Review: DEATH MASK, Kathryn Fox

    Updated: 2012-05-28 06:47:00
    : : , 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 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 28 May 2012 Review : DEATH MASK , Kathryn Fox Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 577 KB : Publisher Pan Australia October 1, 2010 Sold : by Macmillan : Language English : ASIN B0045EPNM2 source : I

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - Letter B

    Updated: 2012-05-27 23:30:00
    : 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 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 28 May 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 Letter B The Alphabet in Crime Fiction a Community . Meme This meme was run first on this blog in 2009-2010 and was re-run in 2011. Last week we featured the letter A

  • Reading lists: various CWA shortlists

    Updated: 2012-05-27 05:51:00
    : : 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 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 May 2012 Reading lists : various CWA shortlists At CrimeFest in Bristol some shortlists have been announced , in case you need more books or authors to look out . for International Dagger The Potter’s

  • Tweeting from Crimefest

    Updated: 2012-05-26 16:55:00
    I'm currently away at Crimefest and having been taking electronic notes. Myself and a few others have been tweeting too which you can read on twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23CrimeFest2012 and get a flavour of the panels.

  • Review: CHELSEA MANSIONS, Barry Maitland

    Updated: 2012-05-26 12:39:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : CHELSEA MANSIONS , Barry Maitland Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 646 KB : Publisher Allen Unwin July 27, 2011 Sold : by Amazon Digital Services : Language English : ASIN

  • Uh Oh

    Updated: 2012-05-25 23:46:22
    Since I’m going to host a summer reading project here, I should probably do some straightening up, like getting a new theme since the old one broke (*sniff*) and taking off the outdated book list. Probably should have considered this beforehand.

  • Bad to the Bone: The Worst Children in Literature

    Updated: 2012-05-25 22:24:27
    Children are a blessing but authors have a habit of creating horrific fictional children that not even a mother could love. Few things have as unsettling effect on the psyche of a reader than a plotline that includes the shattering of innocence. From We Need to Talk About Kevin to Lord of the Flies, there [...]

  • International Dagger 2012 - Shortlist

    Updated: 2012-05-25 18:30:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 25, 2012 International Dagger 2012 Shortlist And the 6 shortlisted titles for the 2012 International Dagger are . Andrea Camilleri The Potter's Field tr . Stephen Sartarelli Maurizio De Giovanni I Will Have Vengeance tr . Anne Milano Appel Asa Larsson Until Thy Wrath be Past tr . Laurie Thompson Deon Meyer Trackers tr . K L Seegers Jo Nesbo Phantom tr . Don Bartlett Valerio Varesi The Dark Valley tr . Joseph Farrell More about the selected titles and other shortlists announced tonight can be found at the CWA's website I'll be setting up the usual polls when I return from CrimeFest . Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 7:30 PM Labels : Awards CWA Daggers International Dagger Speculation 3 comments :

  • Not nice weather

    Updated: 2012-05-25 11:29:00
    : 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 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 25 May 2012 Not nice weather For 3 days now we have been experiencing sandstorm in Abu . Dhabi Tends to keep you inside . Temperatures have ranged from 38 to 45 C with winds up to 35 . kmph Posted by Kerrie

  • Review: COOKING THE BOOKS, Kerry Greenwood

    Updated: 2012-05-24 05:39:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : COOKING THE BOOKS , Kerry Greenwood Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 583 KB Print : Length 312 pages : Publisher Allen Unwin September 28, 2011 Sold : by Amazon Digital Services :

  • Forgotten Book: KINDERGARTEN, Peter Rushforth

    Updated: 2012-05-24 03:59:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Forgotten Book : KINDERGARTEN , Peter Rushforth For many of my contributions this year to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books I am focussing on the books I read 20 years ago in 1992. By

  • Review: The White Lie by Andrea Gillies

    Updated: 2012-05-23 12:42:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , May 23, 2012 Review : The White Lie by Andrea Gillies The White Lie by Andrea Gillies , Short Books Ltd , February 2012, ISBN : 1780720394 Andrea Gillies is the author of the non-fiction book KEEPER which won the Orwell Prize 2012 and she now turns her hand to fiction with possibly award-winning results with the labyrinthine THE WHITE . LIE The book : opens 2008 My name is Michael Salter , and I am dead dead , that much I know for sure . 8221 Michael is the reader's guide and interpretor as he takes us from the present , to further in the past and even further back again . All the events occur at Peattie , an old country estate adjacent to a loch . The plot is quite simple : fourteen years

  • Euro Crime Cited on The Black Path

    Updated: 2012-05-21 23:43:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , May 22, 2012 Euro Crime Cited on The Black Path A quote from Maxine's review of Asa Larsson's Until Thy Wrath Be Past has been used on the back of the hardback release of The Black Path which is published 7 June by MacLehose Press.Here are Maxine's reviews of Until Thy Wrath Be Past and The Black Path US Edition Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 12:43 PM Labels : Asa Larsson cited The Black Path 1 comments : kathy d . said . Congratulations to you both I read Until Thy Wrath Be Past due to this review , and I was so glad I did . It was the only book which I have thoroughly enjoyed , which contains a supernatural . aspect Asa Larsson did an excellent job with this book . 6:10 AM Post a Comment Newer

  • Website & Email Issues

    Updated: 2012-05-21 23:40:00
    Just to let you know the Euro Crime website is unavailable at the moment as is my eurocrime email account. Don't know what's happened - I'm blaming my web host - but apologies if you've sent an email in the last 24 hours as I haven't been able to download them. I can be contacted via twitter or on my alternative email karen at weatherwax dot co dot uk.

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - Letter A is for Anne Holt

    Updated: 2012-05-21 23:30:00
    : 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 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 22 May 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 Letter A is for Anne Holt I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their . authors So

  • Review: THE ABOMINABLE MAN, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

    Updated: 2012-05-21 17:27:00
    : : , 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 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 22 May 2012 Review : THE ABOMINABLE MAN , Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo Kindle Amazon File : Size 2010 KB Print : Length 288 pages : Publisher Harper Perennial April 3, 2009 Sold : by HarperCollins

  • International Dagger - Shortlist Speculation

    Updated: 2012-05-21 12:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 21, 2012 International Dagger Shortlist Speculation The shortlist for the CWA International Dagger will be announced at CrimeFest on Friday . I've listed the eligible titles by author , rather than by month published below . Which six books do you think will make the shortlist And or which six books would you have put on your shortlist Boris Akunin The Diamond Chariot , tr . Andrew Bromfield George Arion Attack in the Library Anouar Benmalek Abduction , tr . Simon Pare Laurent Binet HHhH Classed as fiction with thriller elements Mikkel Birkegaard Death Sentence , tr . Charlotte Barslund Xavier-Marie Bonnot The Voice of the Spirits tr . Justin Phipps Horst Bosetzky Cold Angel : Murder in Berlin

  • Sebastian Bergman on BBC4

    Updated: 2012-05-21 08:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 21, 2012 Sebastian Bergman on BBC4 One of the dramas I mentioned in my year of translated tv shows post earlier this year was Sebastian Bergman starring Rolf Lassgard . The first of the two episodes will be on Saturday 26 May at 9pm on BBC4 Brilliant , difficult and politically incorrect , Sebastian Bergman is one of Sweden's leading police profilers . His life and and career are on the skids when he returns to his home town , two weeks late for his mother's funeral but just in time to help the local police solve the brutal murder of a 15-year-old . boy Titled Den Fördömde in Swedish , Sebastian Bergman was released in 2010. Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:00 AM Labels : BBC4 Sebastian Bergman

  • Review: THE BROTHERS OF BAKER STREET, Michael Robertson

    Updated: 2012-05-20 15:07:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : THE BROTHERS OF BAKER STREET , Michael Robertson Kindle Amazon File : Size 392 KB Print : Length 288 pages : Publisher Minotaur Books March 1, 2011 Sold : by Amazon Digital Services

  • New Reviews: Black, Carver, Gregory, Hannah, Hill, Lock, McGilloway, Meyer, Rees

    Updated: 2012-05-20 08:23:00
    : : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 20, 2012 New Reviews : Black , Carver , Gregory , Hannah , Hill , Lock , McGilloway , Meyer , Rees Competition During May closes 31st you can win a copy of Tessa Harris's The Anatomist's Apprentice The competition is open to UK residents Answer the question and fill in the form here New Competition Win YA Thriller Soul Beach by Kate Harrison here UK Ireland only Here are this week's 9 new : reviews Amanda Gillies reviews Helen Black's , Twenty Twelve which involves terrorism at the London Olympics Terry Halligan reviews Will Carver's The Two the second outing for Detective Inspector January David Terry also reviews Susanna Gregory's The Piccadilly Plot the seventh in the

  • Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2012 - Longlist

    Updated: 2012-05-19 09:46:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Saturday , May 19, 2012 Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2012 Longlist The longlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2012 has been announced . The winner will be announced at Harrogate however we the public will be able to vote on the shortlist from 5 July . From the press : release Crime writing's most wanted accolade , the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award returns to highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels published by British and Irish authors whose novels were published in paperback from 1st June 2011 to 31st May 2012 The winning author receives a cash prize of 3000 an a handmade , engraved beer barrel provided by Theakstons Old . Peculier 2012

  • Review: DEFENDING JACOB, William Landay

    Updated: 2012-05-19 07:12:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : DEFENDING JACOB , William Landay Kindle Amazon File : Size 1551 KB Print : Length 431 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 1409115372 : Publisher Orion March 15, 2012 Sold : by Hachette

  • Euro Crime - Mystery Month

    Updated: 2012-05-18 20:41:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 18, 2012 Euro Crime Mystery Month It's mystery month over at Booklist Online and they've been running series of interviews with fans of the genre and today they've put up an interview with me about Euro Crime , the blog , the website and cats . Read the article here and check out the whole month's worth and see how many familiar faces you spot and how many more you should be reading Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:41 PM Labels : Euro Crime 2 comments : Margot Kinberg said . An excellent interview , Karen Well done 9:53 PM Maxine Clarke said . Yes , a superb interview , Karen . I learnt a few things from it Well done , I hope it results in a few more American readers learning of your great

  • Music on Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    Updated: 2012-05-18 12:05:56
    Confession time: I’ve never liked THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, but I continue to harbor a mild fas-cin-a-tion with why people do. It’s with that interest that I read Dave Thompson’s MUSIC ON FILM book on what has been called the ultimate cult movie. In a book so small it’d fit snug in your back [...]

  • Pirate King

    Updated: 2012-05-18 01:00:55
    Laurie R. King’s PIRATE KING is the 11th entry in her series featuring Sherlock Holmes and the rather remarkable Mary Russell. I’ve reviewed some of the earlier books, and while they’re all highly enjoyable and well-written — for King is a very smooth and polished writer — they’re not what one could call very Sherlockian. [...]

  • Kristian Ohlsson's books to be televised

    Updated: 2012-05-17 19:21:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , May 17, 2012 Kristian Ohlsson's books to be televised Kristina Ohlsson's series featuring Fredrika Bergmann is being made into a tv . series From The Hollywood Reporter In the latest deal for a Nordic noir franchise , Stockholm production group NICE Drama has snatched up rights to a trio of novels by young crime writer Kristina . Ohlsson The deal , which hopes to follow on such Scandi crime success stories as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Killing will see NICE produce a six-episode TV series and three 90-minute films based on Ohlsson's books Unwanted The Daisy and Guardian Angels Ohlsson's trilogy centers on Fredrika Bergman , an investigative analyst for the police who uses her

  • Forgotten Book: THE KILLING BOTTLE, L.P. Hartley

    Updated: 2012-05-17 03:34:00
    : : , . 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 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 17 May 2012 Forgotten Book : THE KILLING BOTTLE , L.P . Hartley For many of my contributions this year to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books I am focussing on the books I read 20 years ago in 1992.

  • Review: CROOKED HOUSE, Agatha Christie

    Updated: 2012-05-16 06:46:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : CROOKED HOUSE , Agatha Christie Kindle Amazon File : Size 345 KB Print : Length 292 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 031298166X : Publisher HarperCollins Masterpiece ed edition

  • Are you accessing e-books? If so, how?

    Updated: 2012-05-16 05:14:00
    : , 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 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 May 2012 Are you accessing e-books If so , how It is over 6 months since I asked this question and I am interested not only to see what proportion of readers of this blog are using e-books , but also

  • Win: Soul Beach by Kate Harrison

    Updated: 2012-05-15 19:35:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , May 15, 2012 Win : Soul Beach by Kate Harrison I'm currently hosting a giveaway of Young Adult crime thriller Soul Beach by Kate Harrison over on my other blog , Teenage Fiction for All Ages So if you want to potentially treat yourself or a family member and live in the UK or Ireland enter the giveaway by the end of the . month My review of Soul Beach the first part in a trilogy , nbsp is here Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:35 PM Labels : competitions Kate Harrison Soul Beach 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 CWA International Dagger International Dagger Eligibles 2012 Share book

  • Stockholm Text & Swedish Queens of Crime

    Updated: 2012-05-14 15:32:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 14, 2012 Stockholm Text Swedish Queens of Crime I came across Stockholm Text after they made one of their titles , The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen , available on Netgalley and today I received a press release giving a bit more information about : them SWEDISH CRIME WRITERS GO GLOBAL : LAUNCH OF STOCKHOLM TEXT PUBLISHING As the only dedicated digital-first publisher in Scandinavia , Stockholm Text is set to publish 25 English language books for worldwide distribution in 2012. The first titles will be on sale as trade paperback and e-books on all leading platforms beginning May 15th . Stockholm Text has attracted some of the most popular authors of the region , in genres ranging from

  • A Bitter Truth

    Updated: 2012-05-14 12:57:51
    Best-selling author Charles Todd is actually a duo: a mother and son who live in different states. I can’t even imagine how that writing dynamic works. They have also created two thoroughly fascinating series characters, the literally haunted Ian Rutledge and the formidably strong Army nurse Bess Crawford. I can’t even imagine how difficult that [...]

  • Review: BICYCLE SHOP MURDER, Robert Burton Robinson

    Updated: 2012-05-14 12:33:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : BICYCLE SHOP MURDER , Robert Burton Robinson Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 334 KB Print : Length 250 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 1448610818 Simultaneous Device : Usage

  • Competition Winners October 2011 - February 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-14 07:37:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 14, 2012 Competition Winners October 2011 February 2012 Here are details of who won what in the last few months' Euro Crime competitions October 2011 The ten winners of a copy of Strangled in Paris by Claude Izner : were Sarah Benjamin Jen Boucher Rick Carr Sheila Coulson James Fenlon Philip Greenwood Dave Johnston Christine Johnson Roma Pearshouse Roger Stanley No competitions in November and December 2011 January 2012 The five winners of a copy of Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley : were Joanna Coleshill Cathy Clarke Becky Lindroos Diane Smith Kerry Tannahill February 2012 The winner of a set of The Broken Token Cold Cruel Winter and The Constant Lovers by Chris Nickson : was Neville

  • New Reviews: Bolton, Bruen, Faletti, Graham, Haynes, Hill, Lackberg, Wahloo, Winspear

    Updated: 2012-05-13 18:23:00
    : : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 13, 2012 New Reviews : Bolton , Bruen , Faletti , Graham , Haynes , Hill , Lackberg , Wahloo , Winspear Competition During May closes 31st you can win a copy of Tessa Harris's The Anatomist's Apprentice The competition is open to UK residents Answer the question and fill in the form here Here are this week's 9 new : reviews Michelle Peckham is a bit disappointed in S J Bolton's fifth book , and second in the DC Lacey Flint series , Dead Scared which is set in Cambridge Lynn Harvey is bowled over by Ken Bruen's Headstone the ninth in the Jack Taylor series set in Galway Laura Root reviews Giorgio Faletti's I am God , tr . Howard Curtis a standalone thriller set in New York

  • Review: BELIEVING THE LIE, Elizabeth George

    Updated: 2012-05-13 08:27:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : BELIEVING THE LIE , Elizabeth George Published 2012 copy made available to me by publisher Penguin at Netgalley.com Available from Amazon 17 in the Inspector Lynley series Synopsis

  • Review: THE HOUSE AT SEA'S END, Elly Griffiths

    Updated: 2012-05-12 09:46:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Review : THE HOUSE AT SEA'S END , Elly Griffiths Paper version published 2011 Audible version released 2011 Narrated by Jane McDowell Length : 10 hrs 48 mins source : I bought it 3 in the

  • Got the itchy feet again - on our travels

    Updated: 2012-05-10 23:30:00
    : 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 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 May 2012 Got the itchy feet again on our travels Posts on this blog may be a little erratic for the next 7 weeks We leave for Abu Dhabi . today By the time you read this , we will have left . home First

  • Review: The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg (audio book)

    Updated: 2012-05-10 10:42:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , May 10, 2012 Review : The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg audio book The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg tr . Tiina Nunnally , read by Eamonn Riley , HarperCollins Publishers Ltd , March 2012, 12 CDs , ISBN : 978-0-00-744374-1 The Drowning is the sixth in the Erica Falck-Patrik Hedstrom series set in Fjallbacka and takes place a few months after the events in The Hidden Child Christian Thydell , one of Fjallbacka's librarians has finally had his novel The Mermaid which he was working on in the previous book published to great critical acclaim however all is not well with Christian as he's been receiving threatening letters which have put him in a dreadful mental state . Erica , a true-crime writer ,

  • Forgotten Book: A GREAT DELIVERANCE, Elizabeth George

    Updated: 2012-05-10 01:30:00
    : : , 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 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 May 2012 Forgotten Book : A GREAT DELIVERANCE , Elizabeth George For many of my contributions this year to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten . Books I am focussing on the books I read 20 years ago in

  • New Reviews: Cotterill, Crouch, Griffiths, Johnstone, MacBride, Marston, Nykanen, O'Brien, Staincliffe & new Competition

    Updated: 2012-05-06 09:17:00
    : : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 06, 2012 New Reviews : Cotterill , Crouch , Griffiths , Johnstone , MacBride , Marston , Nykanen , O'Brien , Staincliffe new Competition New month , new competition . During May closes 31st you can enter a competition to win a copy of Tessa Harris's The Anatomist's Apprentice The competition is open to UK residents Answer the question and fill in the form here Here are this week's reviews of which there are 9 again . There are also more updates to the new releases pages see below Michelle Peckham reviews the delightfully named Grandad , There's a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill the second in the Jimm Juree series set in present-day Thailand Susan White reviews last

  • Win: The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris

    Updated: 2012-05-05 13:24:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Saturday , May 05, 2012 Win : The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris Thanks to the generosity of the author , Tessa Harris Euro Crime has five copies of The Anatomist's Apprentice to . giveaway To enter the draw , just answer the question and include your details in the form . below This competition is open to UK residents only and will close on 31 May 2012. Only 1 entry per person per household . please All entries will be deleted once the winners have been notified . The death of Sir Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire . No one mourns the dissolute young man except his sister , the beautiful Lady Lydia Farrell . When her

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