• Crime Fiction Pick of the Month October 2012 - a meme

    Updated: 2012-10-31 21:30:00

  • Crime Fiction Pick of the Month October 2012 - a meme

    Updated: 2012-10-31 21:30:00
    : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 1 November 2012 Crime Fiction Pick of the Month October 2012 a meme Crime Fiction 2012 Many crime fiction bloggers write a summary post at the end of each month listing what they've read , and some , like

  • Happy Halloween

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:12:56
    Happy Halloween from everyone at AbeBooks. So far I’ve seen a witch, Madonna in her cowboy phase and Obi Wan Kenobi, while getting my morning coffee.

  • THE BAT: JO NESBO trans DON BARTLETT

    Updated: 2012-10-31 11:09:53

  • Montalbano goes to The Potter's Field

    Updated: 2012-10-31 10:11:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , October 31, 2012 Montalbano goes to The Potter's Field The penultimate episode in this second run of Inspector Montalbano at 9pm on 3 November , is The Potter's Field based on The Potter's Field book the thirteenth in Camilleri's series The Potter's Field which I loved is arguably a perfect crime novel and won the 2012 CWA International . Dagger As torrential rain pours down on Vigata , a plastic bag containing a body cut into pieces is found in a clay field . All the signs point to an old-fashioned Mafia killing . But why is Montalbano's trusted colleague and friend Mimi Augello suddenly irritable and short-tempered , and why is he insisting that the investigation be assigned to him Could Mimi

  • News of Nesbo’s Harry Hole: UK publishing schedule

    Updated: 2012-10-31 09:00:52

  • Jo Nesbo & Harry Hole news

    Updated: 2012-10-31 08:11:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , October 31, 2012 Jo Nesbo Harry Hole news I was very pleased to receive this press release from Harvill Secker yesterday about two more Harry Hole books coming into English next year and confirming that Phantom wasn't the end of the : series POLICE will be published by Harvill Secker in autumn 2013. POLICE continues the story of PHANTOM , which was a Sunday Times 2 bestseller when it was published in March this year , spending 7 weeks in the top ten . The Harry Hole novels have sold over 15 million copies worldwide , over 3 million of those in the . UK Fans will also be delighted by the news that COCKROACHES , the second book in the Harry Hole series , will be published shortly after POLICE .

  • Award-Winning Author Pens Cozy Mystery

    Updated: 2012-10-31 08:00:17
    NovelGazer Happy Halloween Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Award-Winning Author Pens Cozy Mystery post from The New Book Review on 31 October 2012 04:00:17 AM . The New Book Review Hot Chocolate Genre : Cozy mystery novel By Dawn Greenfield Ireland , award-winning author Book launch tour I recently read a great book I just had to share with you . If you like Grandma Mazur in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series , you'll love Hot Chocolate The characters are all quirky and funny , and , when you aren't laughing out loud , you'll be smiling It s a hilarious cozy mystery novel set in the very wealthy Houston suburb of River Oaks .

  • Sarah Ward: Article on the BBC website on the portrayal of Scotland Yard detectives in fiction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20143967

    Updated: 2012-10-31 07:08:05

  • Review: DEKOK AND THE GEESE OF DEATH, A. C. Baantjer

    Updated: 2012-10-31 06:54:00

  • Review: DEKOK AND THE GEESE OF DEATH, A. C. Baantjer

    Updated: 2012-10-31 06:54:00
    : : , . . 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 31 October 2012 Review : DEKOK AND THE GEESE OF DEATH , A . C . Baantjer Dutch title : De Cock en de ganzen van de dood 20th in series , originally published 1983 translated from Dutch by H . G .

  • We Interrupt This Broadcast….

    Updated: 2012-10-30 19:57:27

  • All I Need is a TV Show*

    Updated: 2012-10-30 18:55:56

  • Jose Ignacio: I read on page 429 (Not Dead Yet, by Peter James) 'It was 12:30 a.m. and he felt wired.' I presume this is to avoid any confusion with 12:30 p.m.

    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:08:06

  • Maxine: Elly Griffiths's next Ruth Galloway novel out in Nov. http://www.ellygriffiths.co.uk/dyingfall.htm

    Updated: 2012-10-30 16:10:46

  • Cats in Crime Fiction

    Updated: 2012-10-30 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , October 30, 2012 Cats in Crime Fiction My other half is currently reading Tom-All-Alone's by Lynn Shepherd which I got for him as he likes his Dickens and he is regaling me with quotes about the main character's cat . The cat wakes , stretches languorously on the bed then turns himself slowly upside-down , inviting adulation . As demonstrated by Foxy . Read the Euro Crime review by . Terry Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:00 AM Labels : cats Lynn Shepherd Tom-All-Alone's 1 : comment Margot Kinberg said . Karen Oh , now that's a great photo to go with that quote I love it 11:18 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom 2013 International Dagger Eligibles Euro

  • The Science Fiction Universe … and Beyond: Syfy Channel Book of Sci-Fi

    Updated: 2012-10-30 08:57:16
    If your coffee table is going to display a book on science-fiction movies and television, it may as well be branded with the one cable channel responsible for airing much of it. That book is Michael Mallory’s THE SCIENCE FICTION UNIVERSE … AND BEYOND: SYFY CHANNEL BOOK OF SCI-FI. (While the title contains no fewer [...]

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - X is for EXPERT WITNESS

    Updated: 2012-10-29 21:34:00

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - X is for EXPERT WITNESS

    Updated: 2012-10-29 21:34:00
    : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 30 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 X is for EXPERT WITNESS I've decided that for the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme this year I will try to feature books I've read in 2012. So this week the letter X

  • BSP: Cited in White Death

    Updated: 2012-10-29 20:01:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , October 29, 2012 BSP : Cited in White Death Spotted this today in the paperback edition of White Death by Tobias Jones a quote from Laura's review More Euro Crime citations can be found here Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:01 PM Labels : cited Tobias Jones White Death 2 : comments Margot Kinberg said . Well-done , Karen Congratulations 8:03 PM LauraR said . Thanks Karen , I am v excited to see this 8:36 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom 2013 International Dagger Eligibles Euro Crime Review Policy Updated About Me Karen Euro Crime Library Assistant , Cat Owner , Doctor Who , Crime Fiction and Teenage Fiction . fan View my complete profile My Other Blog

  • The Visible Man – Top 10 Expensive Sales of Books by H.G. Wells

    Updated: 2012-10-29 17:04:17
    Prolific and forward-thinking, H.G. Wells penned notable novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, Kipps and The History of Mr Polly. His stories have been embraced by Hollywood, television and radio, and continue to influence numerous genres of fiction. Discover the most expensive [...]

  • Review: AFTER THE FUNERAL, Agatha Christie

    Updated: 2012-10-29 10:53:00

  • Review: AFTER THE FUNERAL, Agatha Christie

    Updated: 2012-10-29 10:53:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 29 October 2012 Review : AFTER THE FUNERAL , Agatha Christie first published 1953 aka FUNERALS ARE FATAL this version : Hamlyn Publishing AGATHA CHRISTIE CRIME COLLECTION 1970 length : 173 pages source

  • Review: THRILL CITY by Leigh Redhead

    Updated: 2012-10-29 04:27:46

  • Empathy with Harry Hole

    Updated: 2012-10-29 00:08:53

  • 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet X is for Alfonso X of Castile

    Updated: 2012-10-29 00:03:00

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter X

    Updated: 2012-10-28 21:30:00
    : : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 29 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter X 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: Blake, Creed, Garnier, McNeill, O'Connor, Rowson, Russell, Shepherd, Varenne

    Updated: 2012-10-28 16:24:00
    : : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , October 28, 2012 New Reviews : Blake , Creed , Garnier , McNeill , O'Connor , Rowson , Russell , Shepherd , Varenne Here are 9 new reviews which have been added to the Euro Crime website : today Rich Westwood reviews Nicholas Blake's third Nigel Strangeways mystery There's Trouble Brewing which was reissued earlier this year with three other titles Geoff Jones reviews Adam Creed's fourth DI Wagstaffe book Death in the Sun set in Spain Earlier this week I reviewed Pascal Garnier's How's the Pain tr . Emily Boyce a most unusual short crime story Susan White reviews the debut from Fergus McNeill , Eye Contact set in Severn Beach Maxine Clarke reviews Niamh O'Connor's Too Close for

  • OT: It's double Cat-urday

    Updated: 2012-10-27 20:09:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Saturday , October 27, 2012 OT : It's double Cat-urday The girls now 15 get a bit overlooked Caturday-wise because they are quite difficult to get decent pictures of , especially Pippa , the darker tortie . Here they are quite : recently Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:09 PM Labels : cats 3 : comments Margot Kinberg said . Karen Oh , thanks for sharing They are lovely I'm so glad you got good photos of them . 9:33 PM Kathy . D said . What beautiful cats . What is the name of the other cat 4:56 AM Karen Euro Crime said . The white one is Toffee and the black one Pippa originally Treacle but renamed because of her bat-like ears 8:45 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments

  • Review: LOVE SONGS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE, Colin Cotterill - audio book

    Updated: 2012-10-27 07:22:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 27 October 2012 Review : LOVE SONGS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE , Colin Cotterill audio book book published in 2010, audio version published by Blackstone Audio in 2011 7 in the Dr Siri Paiboun series set in

  • New titles from Little Brown (Jan - June 13)

    Updated: 2012-10-26 13:36:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , October 26, 2012 New titles from Little Brown Jan June 13 The catalogues for January to June 2013 are rolling in so I will be doing individual posts per publisher , starting off with Little , Brown and their imprints Here are the titles relevant to Euro Crime or are translated Little Brown February Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino Abacus February The Day of the Lie by William Brodrick paperback 4th Father Anselm March The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith paperback 13th Mma Ramotswe , PI , Botswana April The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Simon Mawer paperback June The Crocodile by Maurizio de Giovanni 1st Inspector Giuseppe Lojacono , Naples May The Black Rose

  • Review: A KILLING COAST, Pauline Rowson

    Updated: 2012-10-25 23:10:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 26 October 2012 Review : A KILLING COAST , Pauline Rowson Published 2012 by Severn House ISBN 978-0-7278-8144-1 215 pages 7 in the Andy Horton series source : my local library Synopsis from author site

  • Best Literary Halloween Costumes

    Updated: 2012-10-25 19:51:26
    Are you looking for ideas for the best literary halloween costumes? Book-themed costumes can be classy and clever and great for a theme, but hard to come up with. Costumes from books also often seem to require a lot of detail to be recognizable. If you’re looking for ideas for bookish costumes for this halloween, [...]

  • Giving Hay the Heave-Ho

    Updated: 2012-10-25 17:35:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , October 25, 2012 Giving Hay the Heave-Ho I went to Hay on Wye today and sadly this may be my last time . There are posters like the one below dotted around the town . One cafe has asked customers to refrain from using laptops , iPads and iPhones in their . premises I got my Kindle out in The Granary which has wi-fi before I realised that I was putting myself at risk of assault watch the anti-Kindle video on the hayontv website Videos for and against Kindles can be found on Hayontv.com You cannot even buy a Kindle book in Hay on Wye at least from your Kindle as it has no mobile signal and is currently resisting the introduction of a mast and a supermarket Though there is a mobile phone shop .

  • Marjorie Celona Interview

    Updated: 2012-10-25 17:20:28
    Marjorie Celona – if you haven’t heard the name before, remember you heard it here first, because she is going places. The Victoria, British Columbia-born author is on a launch tour for her debut novel right now. Simply titled Y, the novel has already generated all kinds of literary buzz, earned legions of devoted fans, [...]

  • Forgotten Book: A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS, Jeffrey Archer

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:06:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 25 October 2012 Forgotten Book : A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS , Jeffrey Archer I've based my contributions to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books this year on books I read twenty years ago in 1992. The

  • Review: How's the Pain? by Pascal Garnier

    Updated: 2012-10-24 08:44:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , October 24, 2012 Review : How's the Pain by Pascal Garnier How's the Pain by Pascal Garnier translated by Emily Boyce , June 2012, 163 pages , Gallic Books , ISBN : 190831303X On the dot of eight o'clock , the TV news signature tune spread like a powder trail down the row of caravans , the newsreader's chubby face replicated endlessly . 8221 Simon is about to retire from the extermination business and is on his way to his last job . When he is overcome with sickness enroute he decides to spend the night in the Spa town of Val les Bains . There he meets a young man , a very pragmatic soul , Bernard , who is looking after his mother whilst he recuperates from losing two fingers at . work Simon

  • Review: MIDWINTER SACRIFICE, Mons Kallentoft

    Updated: 2012-10-23 23:52:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 24 October 2012 Review : MIDWINTER SACRIFICE , Mons Kallentoft published Hodder Stoughton 2011 Translated from Swedish by Neil Smith aka MIDWINTER BLOOD ISBN 978-1-444-72150-8 440 pages Source : my

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - W is for Martin Walker - THE CROWDED GRAVE

    Updated: 2012-10-23 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 23 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 W is for Martin Walker THE CROWDED GRAVE I've decided that for the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme this year I will try to feature books I've read in 2012. My choice

  • European Crime Writing & Martin Beck on Radio 4

    Updated: 2012-10-22 10:51:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , October 22, 2012 European Crime Writing Martin Beck on Radio 4 A reminder that a weekday , daily series about European Crime Writing begins on Radio 4 this afternoon and that the Martin Beck Killings , starring Steven Mackintosh , begin on the : 27th Foreign Bodies presented by Mark Lawson starts on BBC Radio 4 on Monday October 22 nd at 13.45 with a shortened omnibus edition on Fridays at 9pm . nbsp Each episode is available to download . nbsp The Martin Beck Killings are broadcast on Saturday afternoons beginning October 27 th at . 2.30pm Details of the first few episodes , which begin with Poirot and Maigret can be found here Each episode is 15 minutes . long Foreign Bodies : A History Of

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter W

    Updated: 2012-10-21 22:30:00
    : : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 22 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter W 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: Faletti, Fitzgerald, Gakas, Giuttari, Gregorio, Kent, Ohlsson, Rinaldi, Vichi

    Updated: 2012-10-21 08:03:00
    : : , , , , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , October 21, 2012 New Reviews : Faletti , Fitzgerald , Gakas , Giuttari , Gregorio , Kent , Ohlsson , Rinaldi , Vichi This week we have an Italian theme with seven of the nine reviews either set in Italy , about an Italian or written by an . Italian Here are 9 new reviews which have been added to the Euro Crime website : today Professor Michelle Peckham reviews Giorgio Faletti's The Killer in My Eyes , tr . Howard Curtis and has some problems with the science Michelle also reviews Conor Fitzgerald's The Fatal Touch the second in the Commissioner Blume series set in Rome Stepping briefly away from Italy , Amanda Gillies reviews the paperback release of Sergios Gakas's Ashes tr .

  • CWA Awards 2012 - Gold, Steel & Creasey winners

    Updated: 2012-10-19 10:33:00
    : , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , October 19, 2012 CWA Awards 2012 Gold , Steel Creasey winners The winners of the CWA's Gold , Ian Fleming and John Creasey Daggers were announced last : night CWA John Creasey New Blood : Dagger Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne Headline A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash Transworld Bantam Winner Good People by Ewart Hutton HarperCollins What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright Canongate Wiley Cash said As an American writer , it's a shock and a real honor to win an award in a genre with such a proud British tradition . CWA Ian Fleming Steel : Dagger Dare Me by Megan Abbott Picador A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming HarperCollins Winner The Fear Index by Robert Harris Hutchinson Reamde by Neal

  • Montalbano's Age of Doubt & some good news

    Updated: 2012-10-18 12:50:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , October 18, 2012 Montalbano's Age of Doubt some good news The next and ninth episode in this second run of Inspector Montalbano at 9pm on 20 October , is The Age of Doubt based on The Age of Doubt book the fourteenth in Camilleri's series The Age of Doubt is published in the UK on 22 November though it was released in the US in . May The yacht of a wealthy woman docks at Vigata's harbour as a disfigured body is discovered at sea . Coastguard Laura Belladonna is assigned to the case to assist Montalbano and the two soon become close . The investigation casts doubts on the motives and sincerity of the yacht's crew and Montalbano begins to suspect that there may be more to the story they have given

  • Forgotten Book: WELL SCHOOLED IN MURDER, Elizabeth George

    Updated: 2012-10-18 07:40:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 18 October 2012 Forgotten Book : WELL SCHOOLED IN MURDER , Elizabeth George Last week my post in Forgotten Books about Agatha Christie provoked a couple of responses about whether someone as well known

  • Review: Silenced by Kristina Ohlsson

    Updated: 2012-10-17 09:25:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , October 17, 2012 Review : Silenced by Kristina Ohlsson Silenced by Kristina Ohlsson translated by Sarah Death , August 2012, 468 pages , Simon Schuster UK , ISBN : 1847379613 The Stockholm police special team headed by Alex Recht returns in Silenced the sequel to Unwanted Alex's team is small comprising civilian Fredrika , the promising but sexist Peder and a newcomer Joar . After Fredrika's performance in Unwanted she is now accepted in the team and the tiresome attitudes against her have gone Heavily pregnant and not feeling well she is on reduced hours so Joar is brought in . He and Peder do not get on particularly well at the beginning and their relationship . deteriorates The team are

  • Review: THE SAINT ZITA SOCIETY, Ruth Rendell

    Updated: 2012-10-17 08:03:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 17 October 2012 Review : THE SAINT ZITA SOCIETY , Ruth Rendell Format Kindle Amazon click on this link to read a . sample File : Size 450 KB Print : Length 290 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - V is for Virginia Duigan, THE PRECIPICE

    Updated: 2012-10-15 22:40:00
    : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 16 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 V is for Virginia Duigan , THE PRECIPICE I've decided that for the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme this year I will try to feature books I've read in 2012. My

  • American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s

    Updated: 2012-10-15 09:51:05
    Over the last few years, the Library of America publishing project has broadened its definition of “the best and most significant American writing” to include crime fiction (Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, David Goodis), horror (H.P. Lovecraft, AMERICAN FANTASTIC TALES) and science fiction (Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut). Now, using its earlier AMERICAN NOIR set as [...]

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter V

    Updated: 2012-10-14 22:15:00
    : : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 15 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter V 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

  • Website Updates - October 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-14 14:55:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , October 14, 2012 Website Updates October 2012 Website Update The Euro Crime website's state of play on : 14.10.12 On the Reviews page links to individual pages have been added for reviewers Mark Bailey , Lynn Harvey , Lizzie Hayes , Sarah Hilary , Rich Westwood and Susan White . On the New Releases page I've added 2013 UK releases by category though there aren't any anthologies listed yet The Author Websites page now lists 954 . sites In Bibliographies there are now bibliographies for 1815 authors 9334 titles with links to 2410 reviews I've added new bibliographies for : Martyn Beardsley , August Blanche , Susanna Calkins , Phil Campion , Karen Charlton , Sheila Connolly , Michael Ennis , M C

  • William Falo: Hi, I love crime fiction especially darker novels and live in the USA. Is it worth ordering The Killing by David Hewson? It is a huge book. I never saw the TV series. I am currently reading The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield. It is great so far.

    Updated: 2012-10-12 11:28:24

  • Danish Tasties

    Updated: 2012-10-12 08:17:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , October 12, 2012 Danish Tasties A number of Danish authors titles are getting a UK publication next : year Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series continues with Redemption published in April and Contempt in September no details available yet published by . Penguin Two boys , brothers , wake tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea . Their kidnapper has gone , but soon he will return . Their bonds are inescapable . But there is a bottle and tar to seal it . Paper and a splinter for writing blood for ink . A message begging for . help In Copenhagen's cold cases division Carl Mørck has received a bottle . It holds an old and decayed message , written in blood . It is a cry for help from two boys .

  • Forgotten Books: Agatha Christie?

    Updated: 2012-10-11 06:18:00
    : : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 11 October 2012 Forgotten Books : Agatha Christie Over at Friday's Forgotten Books this week we are celebrating Agatha Christie . Week So I'm going to take the opportunity to beat my own drum so to speak

  • Publishing Deal - Hans Olav Lahlum

    Updated: 2012-10-10 10:27:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , October 10, 2012 Publishing Deal Hans Olav Lahlum A brief snippet in today's Bookseller about a new to English crime trilogy from Norwegian author Hans Olav : Lahlum Mantle publisher Maria Rejt has acquired world English language rights in a crime trilogy written by Norwegian historian Hans Olav . Lahlum Rejt plans to publish all three titles in 2014. The first book is titled Human Flies and is scheduled for March 2014. Here's a description from the Panmacmillan rights guide : catalogue Oslo , 1968. The body of Harald Olesen , politician and war hero who fought with the resistance , is found in his apartment . He has been shot . dead As Detective Inspector Kolbein Kristiansen known as K2 begins

  • Child, Lee - A Wanted Man (2012)

    Updated: 2012-10-09 19:01:15
    Lee Child - A Wanted Man (2012) Reviewed by David J. Montgomery Having written seventeen books in the Jack Reacher series, most of them big best-sellers, Lee Child is the very definition of an old pro; a master of keen suspense, tricky plots, and beautifully choreographed violence. Unlike a lot...

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 - U is for UNGER

    Updated: 2012-10-08 22:30:00
    : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 9 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet 2012 U is for UNGER I've decided that for the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme this year I will choose books I've read in 2012. Imagine my horror when I discovered that my

  • Review: CHALK VALLEY, Dan Johnstone

    Updated: 2012-10-08 11:58:00
    : : , 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 8 October 2012 Review : CHALK VALLEY , Dan Johnstone Format : Kindle , e-book File : Size 858 KB Print : Length 363 pages Simultaneous Device : Usage Unlimited : Publisher D.L.Johnstone July 13, 2012

  • Crime Fiction Alphabet: the letter U

    Updated: 2012-10-07 22:30:00
    : : 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 Authors A-Z Reading Challenges 2011 2011 Reviews 2010 reviews 2009 Reviews 2008 reviews Agatha Christie Novels Agatha Christie Short Stories Crime Fiction Alphabet All Reviews ranked Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival 8 October 2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet : the letter U 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

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