Crime Fiction

Forgotten Book -Silence of a Purple Shirt

Updated: 2012-08-31 09:58:00

Ngaio Marsh Award: In the blue and yellow corner: BOUND

Updated: 2012-08-31 09:17:00

Ngaio Marsh Award: In the blue and white corner: BY ANY MEANS

Updated: 2012-08-30 20:11:00

Classic crime in the blogosphere, August 2012

Updated: 2012-08-30 19:51:25

Reality Bites: American Realism in Literature

Updated: 2012-08-30 18:12:33

A little reality doesn’t hurt. It’s possible to live vicariously through imaginative fiction but the American Realism movement wanted arts and culture to reflect the harsher aspects of real life. Stephen Crane, Upton Sinclair, Ellen Glasgow, Horatio Alger and many other writers produced books filled with tough, uncompromising storylines. Sometimes we may need a little [...]

BBC1, 9pm, Good Cop – starts tonight

Updated: 2012-08-30 17:28:56

Euro Crime Review Policy - Updated

Updated: 2012-08-30 17:26:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , August 30, 2012 Euro Crime Review Policy Updated Here is an update to the review policy at Euro Crime . The main change is to how we receive and request review books see background info Euro Crime is dedicated to the promotion of British and European crime writers , be it terms of bibliographies and upcoming releases or the weekly review . selection I do receive emails about books that fall outside the remit of Euro Crime from time to time so I thought I'd try and lay out what is and isn't likely to be . reviewed Qualifies 1 If the author is British European irrespective or where the book is set eg Lee Child , Ann Cleeves , Martin Edwards , Matt . Hilton 2 If the setting is British European

Moira Redmond: Dandy Gilver: I haven't seen mention of this series on here yet, does anyone else like them? Catriona McPherson is one of my favourites - not very Scandinavian but highly recommended. Her books feature Dandy Gilver, a 1920s moneyed lady, as detective. http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/things-you-wouldnt-guess-about-gloves.html

Updated: 2012-08-30 16:08:51

Arvon Crime Fiction Courses in October and November 2012

Updated: 2012-08-30 14:05:52

Forgotten Book: A GREAT DELIVERANCE, Elizabeth George

Updated: 2012-08-30 11:46:00

: : , 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 30 August 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

Forgotten Book: A GREAT DELIVERANCE, Elizabeth George

Updated: 2012-08-30 10:46:00

Maxine: Zane Lovitt’s THE MIDNIGHT PROMISE « Bite The Book – Book Reviews and Industry Views

Updated: 2012-08-30 07:11:35

Young adult novel PIG BOY scoops Ned Kelly Award!

Updated: 2012-08-30 04:06:00

BURNED: THOMAS ENGER trans CHARLOTTE BARSLUND

Updated: 2012-08-30 00:15:47

Treasures at the 2012 Vancouver Book Fair: Sept 22-23

Updated: 2012-08-29 22:52:54

The 2012 Vancouver Book Fair is fast approaching. This year’s event will be held Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at UBC Robson Square. Along with the Alcuin Society, AbeBooks is a proud sponsor of the event and we hope to see you there. Visitors will see a variety of gorgeous literary treasures, [...]

Karen Meek: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Pretty-ebook/dp/B008NXKBG4/ref=zg_bstf_362247031_1

Updated: 2012-08-29 19:03:13

CWA Awards Shortlists - Gold, Steel, New Blood 2012

Updated: 2012-08-29 18:46:00

: , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , August 29, 2012 CWA Awards Shortlists Gold , Steel , New Blood 2012 The short-lists for the CWA's Gold , Ian Fleming and John Creasey Daggers were announced whilst I was : away The short list for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger is as : follows Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne Headline A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash Transworld Bantam Good People by Ewart Hutton HarperCollins What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright Canongate The short list for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is as : follows Dare Me by Megan Abbott Picador A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming HarperCollins The Fear Index by Robert Harris Hutchinson Reamde by Neal Stephenson Atlantic Books The short list for the

Karen Meek: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Project-Nirvana-Walter-trilogy-ebook/dp/B008UABYQG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346264721&sr=1-1

Updated: 2012-08-29 18:26:35

Maxine: OT but anyone in the UK tempted to buy the soon-to-be-introduced Nook, please note that the UK versions (unlike the US ones) will not contain colour. The only other "advantage" over Kindles therefore seems to be the allegedly larger archive of books - no idea of the books' comparative prices, though.

Updated: 2012-08-29 14:52:08

Review: THE STONECUTTER, Camilla Lackberg - audio book

Updated: 2012-08-29 07:16:00

: : , 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 August 2012 Review : THE STONECUTTER , Camilla Lackberg audio book Audio version available from Audible.com narrated by Eamonn Riley Length : 16 hours book published in Swedish in 2010 translated

The next case for Inspector Montalbano (tv)

Updated: 2012-08-28 20:10:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , August 28, 2012 The next case for Inspector Montalbano tv The next episode in this second run of Inspector Montalbano at 9pm on 1 September , is Equal Time which is not based on any of the books in Camilleri's series but may be based on a Camilleri short . story When a man is found murdered with a sawn-off shotgun , Vigata police are called upon to extinguish what appears to be the beginnings of a new Mafia war . But Montalbano has his doubts on the exact nature of this particular murder . When he is taken off the case and assigned to investigate the disappearance of a young Ukrainian woman , he gradually uncovers a series of links between the two cases . Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:10 PM

Jose Ignacio: Black Out (Frederick Troy 1) by John Lawton is available [Kindle editon] at €3,90. I remember seeing some suggestions on which books to read and in what order, but can't find that advice. Can anyone help? Thanks

Updated: 2012-08-28 07:57:04

Crime Fiction Alphabet: O is for Octavia

Updated: 2012-08-27 23:33:00

: : 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 28 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : O is for Octavia I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their . authors So they'll all

Out of This World: Carl Sagan’s Books

Updated: 2012-08-27 17:52:05

Carl Sagan brought the heavens a little closer to Earth through his books. A scientist of such repute that he advised NASA, Sagan popularised science for ordinary folks by writing about the cosmos and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Innumerable folks all over the world discovered that opening one of Sagan’s books was opening the [...]

Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter O

Updated: 2012-08-26 23:20:00

: : 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 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter O 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. Many thanks to those who

Top 10 Books Parents Think Children Should Read

Updated: 2012-08-24 18:55:29

I was interested to read in The Telegraph earlier this week about a survey by the University of Worcester which asked 2,000 adults which books they would be most anxious to pass on and have their children read. The results demonstrated once more the strong ties of nostalgia to reading, with participants wanting to pass [...]

JK Rowling’s Single American Casual Vacancy Tour Date

Updated: 2012-08-23 22:11:18

American Harry Potter fans hoping to catch a glimpse of author JK Rowling promoting her new book in person may be disappointed. According to Entertainment Weekly’s, Shelf Life blog, Rowling, whose new book The Casual Vacancy is due out next week, will make just one U.S. appearance, at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center on [...]

Review: Death of a Schoolgirl by Joanna Campbell Slan

Updated: 2012-08-23 09:41:00

: : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , August 23, 2012 Review : Death of a Schoolgirl by Joanna Campbell Slan Death of a Schoolgirl by Joanna Campbell Slan August 2012, 339 pages , Berkley Publishing Group , ISBN : 0425247740 1820 Yorkshire and married couple Jane Eyre Rochester and Edward Rochester and their newborn son Ned are living in a ramshackle hunting lodge after the Rochester home has been burnt down . Edward's eyes were damaged in the fire and he is now partially sighted . Edward's ward Adele is down in London at a small and exclusive boarding school however the Rochesters are worried about her as her letters have been short and formal with no mention of the new arrival to the family . Matters come to ahead when a letter

Review: ASIA HAND, Christopher G. Moore

Updated: 2012-08-23 07:45:00

: : , . 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 23 August 2012 Review : ASIA HAND , Christopher G . Moore Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 452 KB Print : Length 273 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 0802170730 : Publisher Atlantic Books May 1,

A bit of a slow month...

Updated: 2012-08-22 11:38:00

: . 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 August 2012 A bit of a slow month . If you check my Latest Additions you'll see that I have only managed 4 books so far this month which is a bit tortoise-like for . me I'm on my 5th at the moment and

Harry Lipkin, Private Eye

Updated: 2012-08-22 09:21:50

A business card reading “Harry Lipkin, professional mensch” could sum up the mystery novel HARRY LIPKIN, PRIVATE EYE by Barry Fantoni. Lipkin is an 87-year old P.I. still working down in Miami. He knows the cases he gets are not what you would call “high-priority,” but he does his job throughly — just a bit [...]

Reacher's Rules

Updated: 2012-08-21 08:30:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , August 21, 2012 Reacher's Rules As well as the books , the film and the e-novellas there : is Reacher's Rules : Life Lessons From Jack Reacher Prefaced by Lee Child and published in . November My name is Jack Reacher . No middle name , no . address I've got a rule . People mess with me at their own . risk Rule 1. If in doubt drink coffee Rule 2. Never volunteer for anything . Soldier's basic . rule Rule 3. Don't break the furniture Rule 4. Only have one woman at a time Rule 5. Be on your feet and ready Rule 6. Show them what they're messing with Hand-to-hand combat Travelling light Cracking codes Handling weapons Conquering your deepest fears Understanding women Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:30

Crime Fiction Alphabet: N is for NEXT OF KIN

Updated: 2012-08-20 23:47:00

: : 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 21 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : N is for NEXT OF KIN I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their . authors So they'll

The Return of Inspector Montalbano

Updated: 2012-08-20 17:49:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , August 20, 2012 The Return of Inspector Montalbano Yes , next Saturday 25th sees the return of Inspector Montalbano to BBC4 at 9pm with the remaining 12 episodes . I have so far watched eight of the first ten and have saved the last two until more news about the second series I do this with books too and have loved . them The first episode of the second batch is Turning Point based on the novel Rounding the Mark the seventh in Andrea Camilleri's series One of Montalbano's most difficult cases begins during one of his habitual morning swims , when he finds a decomposed body floating in the water . The investigation leads him to uncover the unsavoury realities of international child trafficking .

Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter N

Updated: 2012-08-19 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 20 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter N 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. Many thanks to those who

New Reviews: Becker, Carter, Ellis, Fantoni, Jansson, Krajewski, Mogford, Nadel, Upson

Updated: 2012-08-19 20:19:00

: : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , August 19, 2012 New Reviews : Becker , Carter , Ellis , Fantoni , Jansson , Krajewski , Mogford , Nadel , Upson Here are 9 new reviews which have been added to the Euro Crime website , and they include two related to the 2012 Olympics plus the settings include Gibraltar , Poland , Sweden , USA twice as well as London and : Devon The first of the Olympics related books is James Becker's Echo of the Reich reviewed here by Amanda Gillies JF reviews Chris Carter's The Death Sculptor the fourth in the Detective Robert Hunter series set in LA Terry Halligan reviews Kate Ellis's The Cadaver Game the latest in the Wesley Peterson series which is now out in paperback Lynn Harvey reviews

Review: THE CROWDED GRAVE, Martin Walker

Updated: 2012-08-18 01:01:00

: : , 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 18 August 2012 Review : THE CROWDED GRAVE , Martin Walker Published by Quercus 2011 ISBN 978-1-84916-321-7 358 pages Source : my local library 4 in the Bruno Courreges series Synopsis Amazon Life in

Forgotten Book, MURDER IN THE MEWS, Agatha Christie

Updated: 2012-08-16 01:39:00

: , , 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 16 August 2012 Forgotten Book , MURDER IN THE MEWS , Agatha Christie 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

Thrill Week September 1 to 8

Updated: 2012-08-15 23:26:00

: 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 August 2012 Thrill Week September 1 to 8 Marce , one of my blogging friends , is hosting Thrill Week for the second year running , for Bloggers and Authors who love to read and write Thrillers , Mystery

Review: Two For Sorrow by Nicola Upson (audio book)

Updated: 2012-08-15 08:24:00

: : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , August 15, 2012 Review : Two For Sorrow by Nicola Upson audio book Two For Sorrow by Nicola Upson read by Sandra Duncan , Whole Story Audiobooks September 2010, 13 CDs , ISBN : 9781407459271 TWO FOR SORROW is the third book from Nicola Upson to feature real-life crime writer Josephine Tey . Josephine doesn't do any detecting , rather she leaves that to the fictional Archie Penrose from Scotland Yard . We're back in London , after Cornwall in ANGEL WITH TWO FACES , and Josephine is staying at the women's-only Cowdray Club , run by her old teacher , Celia Bannerman . Josephine is writing a fictional account of the Sach and Walters case two women who were hanged for baby farming” ie baby

Crime Fiction Alphabet - M is Michael Robotham's SAY YOU'RE SORRY

Updated: 2012-08-14 12:29:00

: 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 14 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet M is Michael Robotham's SAY YOU'RE SORRY I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their .

Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2012

Updated: 2012-08-13 08:00:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , August 13, 2012 Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2012 The shortlist for the first Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Book of the Year has been : announced Charles Cumming A Foreign Country Harper Collins Will Jordan Redemption Random House Philip Kerr Prague Fatale Quercus Peter May The Lewis Man Quercus Denise Mina Gods Beasts Orion Craig Russell Dead Men Broken Hearts Quercus The Award seeks to recognise and reward excellence in Scottish crime writing , first published between 1 August 2011 and 31 July 2012. Over 40 books of fiction and non-fiction were submitted by UK publishers . Eligible books were by writers born in Scotland , by writers living in Scotland , or books set in .

New Reviews: Bruce, Clark, Haas, Jones, Kallentoft, Niven, O'Connor, Staincliffe

Updated: 2012-08-12 13:50:00

: : , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , August 12, 2012 New Reviews : Bruce , Clark , Haas , Jones , Kallentoft , Niven , O'Connor , Staincliffe Here are 8 new reviews which have been added to the Euro Crime : website Following on from last week's review of The Calling we have Susan White's review of Alison Bruce's latest , The Silence This is the fourth outing for DC Goodhew and his colleagues and it doesn't fail to delight Terry Halligan reviews Cassandra Clark's A Parliament of Spies the fourth in the Abbess of Meaux series I review Wolf Haas's Brenner and God tr . Annie Janusch the first but not the last thankfully book by this Austrian author to be translated into English Lynn Harvey reviews Chris Morgan Jones'

Review: THE HEADHUNTERS, Peter Lovesey

Updated: 2012-08-12 01:35:00

: : , 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 August 2012 Review : THE HEADHUNTERS , Peter Lovesey published 2008 by Soho Press ISBN 978-1-56947-490-7 324 pages 2 in the Hen Mallin series source : my local library Synopsis Fantastic Fiction

New Titles from Faber

Updated: 2012-08-10 18:05:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , August 10, 2012 New Titles from Faber Browsing through the new Faber catalogue for July-December 2012, these are the titles of euro crime : interest June Peter Leonard Voices of the Dead paperback 1 Harry Levin July P D James Death Comes to Pemberley paperback Thomas Enger Pierced 2 Henning Juul , Reporter , Oslo August Chris Ewan Safe House Doug Johnstone Hit and Run paperback September JG Sinclair Seventy Times Seven Nicola Upson Fear in the Sunlight paperback 4 Josephine Tey October Sam Eastland Siberian Red paperback 3 Inspector Pekkala , Revolutionary Russia November Adam Creed Death in the Sun paperback 4 Detective Inspector Wagstaffe , London December Thomas Enger Pierced paperback 2

National Bookshop Day Australia 2012

Updated: 2012-08-10 09:56:00

: 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 August 2012 National Bookshop Day Australia 2012 Many thanks to Random House Australia which sent me this reminder . invitation I must admit I am not buying nearly enough paper . books And here is a card

Review: THE HOUSE OF SILK, Anthony Horowitz - audio book

Updated: 2012-08-09 11:46:00

: : , 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 9 August 2012 Review : THE HOUSE OF SILK , Anthony Horowitz audio book Unabridged audio recording available from Audible.com narrated by Derek Jacobi Length : 10 hours 23 minutes Publisher : Orion

Forgotten Australian author: Joan O'Hagan

Updated: 2012-08-09 11:13:00

: : 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 9 August 2012 Forgotten Australian author : Joan O'Hagan 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 then my

New Titles from Allison & Busby

Updated: 2012-08-09 07:02:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , August 09, 2012 New Titles from Allison Busby Browsing through the new Allison Busby catalogue for July-December 2012, these are the titles of euro crime : interest July Zoe Sharp Fifth Victim paperback 9 Charlie Fox , ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard June Thomson Holmes and Watson paperback June Thomson The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes paperback August Anna Dean A Place of Confinement 4 Miss Dido Kent , 1800s D E Meredith Devoured 1 Professor Adolphus Hatton Albert Roumande , Victorian England Jacqueline Winspear A Lesson in Secrets paperback 8 Maisie Dobbs , Psychologist and Investigator , 1930s London September Michael Bond Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat 12 M . Pamplemousse and

Film Noir Reader 4: The Crucial Films and Themes

Updated: 2012-08-08 09:39:15

Before their new and massive FILM NOIR, THE DIRECTORS volume, the most recent entry in co-editors Alain Silver and James Ursini’s series was FILM NOIR READER 4. The more noir films I watch — and the tally numbers many this year — the more I’m interested in delving deeper into the subgenre’s scholarship; I find [...]

Review: Brenner and God by Wolf Haas

Updated: 2012-08-08 08:30:00

: : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , August 08, 2012 Review : Brenner and God by Wolf Haas Brenner and God by Wolf Haas translated by Annie Janusch , June 2012, 215 pages , Melville International Crime , ISBN : 978-1612191133 BRENNER AND GOD is the seventh in the Brenner series by Austrian author Wolf Haas but the first to be translated into . English Former Viennese police officer Simon Brenner has a new job as a chauffeur . His main role is driving Helena , the two-year-old daughter of a successful couple along the autobahn between her mother , running an abortion clinic in Vienna , and her father , an owner of an important construction firm in Munich . On one such trip Brenner has to refuel the car and leaves Helena in the

Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012: L is for Louise and Lovesey

Updated: 2012-08-07 11:59:00

: : 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 7 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 : L is for Louise and Lovesey I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their . authors

New Titles from Simon & Schuster

Updated: 2012-08-06 08:00:00

: Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , August 06, 2012 New Titles from Simon Schuster Browsing through the new Simon Schuster catalogue for July-December 2012, these are the titles of euro crime : interest July N J Cooper Vengeance in Mind paperback 4 Karen Taylor , Psychologist Camilla Grebe Asa Traff Some Kind of Peace The Medieval Murderers The First Murder August Chris Carter The Death Sculptor 4 Homicide Detective Robert Hunter , LA Michael Dobbs A Sentimental Traitor paperback 5 Harry Jones Casey Hill Torn 2 Riley Steel , Forensic Investigator , Dublin A J Kazinski The Last Good Man paperback Kristina Ohlsson Silenced 2 Inspector Alex Recht team September Bruno Hare The Wreck Lynda La Plante Prime Suspect paperback reissue Kevin

Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter L

Updated: 2012-08-05 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 6 August 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter L 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. Many thanks to those who have

Review: SAY YOU'RE SORRY, Michael Robotham

Updated: 2012-08-05 11:38:00

: : , 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 5 August 2012 Review : SAY YOU'RE SORRY , Michael Robotham To be published in Australia by Little , Brown 14 August 2012 ISBN 978-1-84744-525-4 434 pages Source : review copy given to me by Hachette

New Reviews: Anderson, Black, Blake, Bruce, Gerhardsen, Jardine, Lackberg, Peacock, Wood

Updated: 2012-08-05 07:45:00

: : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , August 05, 2012 New Reviews : Anderson , Black , Blake , Bruce , Gerhardsen , Jardine , Lackberg , Peacock , Wood Here are this week's 9 new reviews which have now been added to the Euro Crime : website Lynn Harvey reviews Just Business by Geraint Anderson , who has written a fully-fledged thriller around the Cityboy character of Steve Jones Mark Bailey reviews Tony Black's Murder Mile the second in the DI Rob Brennan series set in Edinburgh Terry Halligan reviews the first of Nicholas Blake's Nigel Strangeways books , A Question of Proof which has been recently been republished by Vintage Michelle Peckham reviews Alison Bruce's The Calling the third in the DC Goodhew ,

PREVIEW Graphic Classics: Halloween Classics

Updated: 2012-08-04 19:35:41

Coming in September from the GRAPHIC CLASSICS line is HALLOWEEN CLASSICS, a full-color, 144-page collection of five scary tales in the EC Comics tradition, complete with a horror host! Featured are adaptations of: • Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” • Mark Twain’s “A Curious Dream,” • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Lot No. 249,” [...]

Reading Next

Updated: 2012-08-03 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 4 August 2012 Reading Next TBRN to be read next at any time you can see what I'm reading in the TBRN block in the right hand . margin It is a bit misleading to list them all like this because I really only