• Some thoughts on crime fiction in 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-31 16:05:18

  • Tributes to Maxine

    Updated: 2012-12-31 13:40:00
    Tha family's offical tribute website for Maxine Clarke is online here where you can donate to her designated charity and see photos and post your own thoughts.Tributes from her nline friends have been collated by Margot at We Remember.

  • I Wish You All!

    Updated: 2012-12-31 13:24:00

  • We’ll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet…

    Updated: 2012-12-31 02:03:10

  • Arrived Today

    Updated: 2012-12-31 00:50:00

  • Mrs Peabody: Calling all bloggers - how do you keep track of or log the books that you have read over the year? I don't do this methodically as yet, but would like to, and am wondering if there are snazzy apps or web sites that can help, and that you would recommend. Thanks in advance!

    Updated: 2012-12-30 23:11:59

  • Farewelling 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-30 22:02:00

  • Farewelling 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-30 22:02:00
    : 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 December 2012 Farewelling 2012 My annual post to ring out the old year and welcome the . new Where does time go This year my post comes from North America where the landscape is covered with snow . nbsp

  • and speaking of conspiracies....Thursday at Noon, by William Brown

    Updated: 2012-12-30 19:38:00

  • The Whisperer – Donato Carrisi

    Updated: 2012-12-30 19:17:58

  • Mrs Peabody’s 2012 review

    Updated: 2012-12-30 18:36:17

  • Christopher MacLehose: A life in publishing

    Updated: 2012-12-29 15:00:45

  • Australian crime fiction we’ll be reading in 2013

    Updated: 2012-12-29 05:09:19

  • Review: DEATH LIES BENEATH, Pauline Rowson

    Updated: 2012-12-28 00:25:00
    : : , 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 28 December 2012 Review : DEATH LIES BENEATH , Pauline Rowson Format : Kindle from an e-book ARC kindly suppled by the author published November 2012 8 in the DI Andy Horton series File : Size 396 KB

  • Acorn, Tree, Etc.

    Updated: 2012-12-25 17:52:50
    I was in my sons’ room, looking for a missing book. Here’s what I saw, “hidden” under 9yo Drake’s pillow: Ransom and Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan, two scary books I loved as a kid.

  • Christmas Greetings from Lapland!

    Updated: 2012-12-25 15:15:00

  • Review: DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, Donna Leon

    Updated: 2012-12-24 23:25:00
    : : , 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 December 2012 Review : DRAWING CONCLUSIONS , Donna Leon format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 543 KB Print : Length 274 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 043402144X : Publisher Cornerstone Digital April

  • Goodbye Maxine

    Updated: 2012-12-24 18:52:00

  • Merry Christmas all

    Updated: 2012-12-23 22:14:00
    Even though we'll be having a northern hemisphere White Christmas this year..

  • Happy Christmas 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-23 10:57:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , December 23, 2012 Happy Christmas 2012 The daily posts of favourite discoveries of 2012 by the Euro Crime review team will continue in the New Year . I'm signing off for a couple of weeks . now Firstly I must give my thanks to my lovely reviewers and the readers of this blog and . website Thank you for the comments both on the blog and privately regarding Maxine There will be a site set up by the family where we can share our memories , and I'll post the link when I get it . I'm sure she'd love this picture of Foxy in complete relaxation . And I hope your festive break is . similar Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 10:57 AM Labels : cats Happy Christmas 4 : comments Manda Panda said . Have a happy

  • Favourite Discoveries 2012 (6)

    Updated: 2012-12-22 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Saturday , December 22, 2012 Favourite Discoveries 2012 6 Today's instalment of favourite discoveries of 2012 comes from Lynn Harvey who blogs at Little Grey Doll as well as reviewing for Euro Crime . Lynn has chosen a . DVD Lynn Harvey's Favourite Discovery of 2012 In addition to Euro Crime , I love animation in particular adult or art-film animation . So I admit that I may be pushing the concept of discovery here toward that of positively hunted-for It's the DVD of Alois Nebel a Czech feature length animation directed by Tomas Lunak and based on a trilogy of graphic novels by Jaroslav Rudis and Jaromir 99. The film is set in 1989 at the time of the fall of the Russian-controlled Czech Communist regime .

  • Review: THE EDGE OF NOWHERE, Elizabeth George

    Updated: 2012-12-21 17:08:00
    : : , 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 December 2012 Review : THE EDGE OF NOWHERE , Elizabeth George Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 544 KB Print : Length 400 pages : Publisher Hodder September 13, 2012 Sold : by Hachette Book Group :

  • Favourite Discoveries 2012 (5)

    Updated: 2012-12-21 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , December 21, 2012 Favourite Discoveries 2012 5 Today's instalment of favourite discoveries of 2012 comes from Rich Westwood who goes back to the 1960s for his . choice Rich Westwood's Favourite Discovery of 2012 My greatest discovery of 2012 was the greatest discovery of 1965 to a lot of . people I've read a lot of fantastic crime fiction this year , but until November I'd yet to find a new series I could wolf down the way I do Bryant and May or Montalbano . That requires a mix of readability , likeability and personality . I found all three in the Modesty Blaise books by Peter . O'Donnell I knew there were Modesty Blaise comics and a film , but had no idea there were 13 novels by her creator

  • Bill Gates’ Top Reads of 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-20 20:30:19
    For those of you who didn’t know, Bill Gates – yes that Bill Gates – has a blog; on which he writes about the sorts of things that would interest any multi-billionaire philanthropist/technologist: Education, Health, Development, and most importantly Books. Most recently he has posted his top 10 reads from 2012 including full reviews of [...]

  • Detailed & Mythical: Willy Pogany’s Art

    Updated: 2012-12-20 17:39:35
    Books illustrated by Hungarian-born illustrator Willy Pogany are treasured by collectors who love the combination of art and literature. Known for his precise artwork and motifs of mythical animals, Pogany’s illustrations can be ranked alongside the best of Edmund Dulac, N.C. Wyeth and Arthur Rackham. From Faust to the Three Bears, discover the art of [...]

  • Favourite Discoveries 2012 (4)

    Updated: 2012-12-20 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , December 20, 2012 Favourite Discoveries 2012 4 Today's instalment of favourite discoveries of 2012 comes from Geoff Jones . He chooses a best-selling Scottish . author Geoff Jones's Favourite Discovery of 2012 I enjoy Amazon's kindle promotions where they let you purchase a book by a new author for a nominal amount and once hooked the price increases for the follow up books to the correct one which is fair enough This year I started reading Gordon Ferris's books . He has two series on the go . The first one was Danny McRae and there have been two books so far , set in London post second world war . He has been badly injured in the war and is trying to make a living as a private investigator .

  • Penguin’s Brightest Star: Coralie Bickford-Smith

    Updated: 2012-12-19 17:43:23
    She’s not an author but an illustrator. Coralie Bickford-Smith‘s artwork for Penguin has been setting high standards in the publishing world. Her use of colour, patterns and eye-catching imagery is second to none. The works of John Buchan, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jane Austen have never looked so good. Click through for [...]

  • Fantastic Vintage Book Find of the Day: Poison Case No. 10 by Louis Cornell

    Updated: 2012-12-19 16:40:56
    Today’s gorgeous book find of the day is from 1931: Poison Case No. 10 by Louis Cornell. I couldn’t find out much information on Louis Cornell, and he seems to have had a very brief writing career. He also seems to have had some dark proclivities – here’s another one, Murder Case No 33. No [...]

  • Favourite Discoveries 2012 (3)

    Updated: 2012-12-19 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , December 19, 2012 Favourite Discoveries 2012 3 Today's instalment of favourite discoveries of 2012 comes from Mark Bailey . He chooses a Sherlock Holmes tv series but not one of the usual suspects . Mark Bailey's Favourite Discovery of 2012 My favourite discovery of 2012 was the Igor Maslennikov Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson television plays these are Russian language adaptations made in the late 1970s and 1980s starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr . Watson The first one I saw was The Hound of the Baskervilles from 1981 which got a Region 2 release in May 2012 It was a relatively faithful adaptation with one slight change being Sir Henry Baskerville and his butler

  • 2012 Nordic Reading Challenge completed

    Updated: 2012-12-18 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 19 December 2012 2012 Nordic Reading Challenge completed I seem to have read an awful lot of Swedish crime fiction this . year First of all 1 in 7 of the books that I have read have been Nordic , and then

  • My Friend Maxine

    Updated: 2012-12-18 20:39:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , December 18, 2012 My Friend Maxine I only met Maxine Clarke aka Petrona in 2007 and yet it feels like I've known her forever . Our first face to face meeting wasn't in auspicious circumstances as we chose to meet on the day the gales hit Britain . Trains were reduced to 50mph and so I was late . Still , we managed to meet , eat and hit it off . My journey was easier back to the Midlands as I was travelling on a diesel line , Maxine's was a little harder as Waterloo was badly . affected Aside from emails our next event was a lunch in late summer with the lovely ladies at Quercus , Nicci and Lucy , who handed us a proof of a little known book , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo A few months later we

  • Maxine (Petrona) will be sorely missed

    Updated: 2012-12-18 16:07:00
    : 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 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 19 December 2012 Maxine Petrona will be sorely missed News came through yesterday of the passing of Maxine Clarke Petrona My own blog was just begun , nearly 5 years ago , nbsp when I noticed regular

  • Favourite Discoveries 2012 (2)

    Updated: 2012-12-18 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , December 18, 2012 Favourite Discoveries 2012 2 Today's instalment of favourite discoveries of 2012 comes from Norman Price who blogs and reviews at Crime Scraps as well as at Euro Crime . He chooses a Scandinavian author whose work I've enjoyed more with each . book Norman Price's Favourite Discovery of 2012 My discovery of 2012 was the author Anne Holt , who with her book from way back in 1993, The Blind Goddess translated by Tom Geddes , proved once again that it is characters that make crime fiction . Plot is how those characters perform , but it seems secondary in a successful series such as the Van Veeteren , Montalbano or Brunetti . books With lawyer Karen Borg , police lawyer Hakan Sand ,

  • Review: LETHAL INVESTMENTS, Kjell Ola Dahl

    Updated: 2012-12-17 21:26:00
    : : , 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 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 December 2012 Review : LETHAL INVESTMENTS , Kjell Ola Dahl Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 547 KB Print : Length 368 pages : Publisher Faber and Faber Crime September 1, 2011 first published in

  • The Avid Reader: Beth’s Best Reads of 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-17 20:23:44
    What was that whooshing sound, and why is my hair all ruffled? Ah yes, that must be 2012 flying by at the speed of light. How can it be almost 2013 already? It seems just yesterday we were nervously joking about the Mayan calendar, and now here we (still) are. Can it truly be that [...]

  • Radio News: Modesty Blaise on Radio 4

    Updated: 2012-12-17 09:00:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , December 17, 2012 Radio News : Modesty Blaise on Radio 4 A five-part adaptation of A Taste for Death by Peter O'Donnell featuring Modesty Blaise begins at 10.45am this morning on Radio 4 and is repeated at 7.45pm . The episodes are 15 minutes . long Susan White recently reviewed A Taste for Death for Euro Crime and we'll have more on Modesty Blaise in the next few days . She's glamorous , intelligent , rich and very , very cool . Modesty Blaise has been called the female James Bond but she's much more interesting than that . With her expertise in martial arts and unusual weapons , the ability to speak several languages and her liking for fast cars , twenty-something Modesty became a female icon

  • This About Sums it up

    Updated: 2012-12-16 21:07:40
    Yep.

  • MiP will host Global Reading Challenge for 2013

    Updated: 2012-12-16 19:43:00
    In answer to a couple of emails I've had, MYSTERIES in PARADISE will host a Global Reading Challenge for 2013. So does anybody have any suggestions for changes in the structure or rules? Does the Mr Linky set up for each "continent" work ok for you or would you rather a monthly reporting system? Please leave suggestions in comments. I might not get a "sign up" post with a suitable image up until mid January as I don't return to Australia until then, but feel free to commit via a comment on this post.

  • New Reviews: Camilleri, Gray, Johnston, Marklund, Quinn, Rhodes

    Updated: 2012-12-16 13:35:00
    : : , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , December 16, 2012 New Reviews : Camilleri , Gray , Johnston , Marklund , Quinn , Rhodes Here is the final set of reviews to be added to the Euro Crime website in 2012 however over the next couple of weeks I'll be posting the reviewers' favourite discoveries of 2012 on the blog , so please check back . frequently I'm continually grateful to the dedicated reviewers who keep the review section of Euro Crime going with their submissions . Early in the New Year I'll be compiling their favourite reads of 2012. The next set of reviews will appear around 6-7 January 2013. Here are the final reviews of : 2012 Susan White reviews the paperback release of the International Dagger Award-winning

  • Some reading challenges will go uncompleted this year

    Updated: 2012-12-15 19:06:00
    : 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 16 December 2012 Some reading challenges will go uncompleted this year Each year reading challenges give me something to aim for , as well as a method of getting some balance into my reading . diet

  • Free Ebook - The Complete Sherlock Holmes

    Updated: 2012-12-13 09:24:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , December 13, 2012 Free Ebook The Complete Sherlock Holmes Released today , The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle is available to download for free from Amazon.co.uk and Kobo The complete collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales , both long and short , compiled together for the first time by Simon Schuster for free This fantastic collection is accompanied by an exciting new introduction from Robert Ryan , a writer who's own book has been fully endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate . A big Holmes fan himself , he will undoubtedly provide a fascinating new look at the detective and his bizarre ability to read both people and objects , in order to discover who dunnit .

  • Review: THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY, Louise Penny

    Updated: 2012-12-12 18:54:00
    : : , 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 13 December 2012 Review : THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY , Louise Penny Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 684 KB Print : Length 384 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 0312655460 : Publisher Minotaur Books August

  • Film News: Love Crime

    Updated: 2012-12-12 09:43:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , December 12, 2012 Film News : Love Crime French thriller , Love Crime starring Kristin Scott Thomas , is released in the UK on Friday . It's already available in the US on . DVD From the official website The final film from director Alain Corneau SERIE NOIRE , TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE LOVE CRIME pits the fiery talents of Ludivine Sagnier A GIRL CUT IN TWO and Oscar-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas THE ENGLISH PATIENT against each other in a deliciously twisted tale of office politics that turn , literally , . cut-throat When Christine , a powerful executive Scott Thomas brings on a naive young ingénue , Isabelle Sagnier as her assistant , she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her

  • Free Short Story - Bruno and le Pere Noel (Martin Walker)

    Updated: 2012-12-11 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , December 11, 2012 Free Short Story Bruno and le Pere Noel Martin Walker Quercus continue to spoil us with this , their third free short story after ones by Alex Connor and Elly Griffiths Martin Walker's Bruno and le Pere Noel can be downloaded at amazon.co.uk and is also available free at Kobo It's the last market day before Christmas and Bruno , Chief of Police is preparing for a traditional gastronomic feast . But , never off duty for long , Bruno is called to action when he receives information that a prisoner on parole has gone missing , last seen heading for St Denis , where his ex-wife and son . live The goose , the oysters , his English girlfriend's Christmas pudding and Bruno's famous

  • Collecting your best crime fiction for 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-10 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 11 December 2012 Collecting your best crime fiction for 2012 This is just an advance warning that I will be collecting your best crime fiction reading for 2012 early in the new year . I will provide a Mr

  • TV News: Jack Irish on FX (UK)

    Updated: 2012-12-10 11:06:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , December 10, 2012 TV News : Jack Irish on FX UK Jack Irish starring Guy Pearce , based on the novels by Australian author Peter Temple begins on Friday 14 at 9PM on FX with the first of two feature-length episodes : Bad Debts followed a week later by Black Tide Jack Irish Guy Pearce is a man getting his life back together again . A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded he now spends his days as a part-time investigator , debt collector , apprentice cabinet maker , punter and sometime lover the complete man really . An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found dead or alive , Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past . That is until the past finds him Find out more about the

  • New Reviews: Burdett, Chambers, Cleverly, Fforde, Lehtolainen, Williams

    Updated: 2012-12-09 14:28:00
    : : , , , , , Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , December 09, 2012 New Reviews : Burdett , Chambers , Cleverly , Fforde , Lehtolainen , Williams Here are 6 new reviews which have been added to the Euro Crime website : today Lynn Harvey reviews John Burdett's Vulture Peak the fifth in his Thailand-set series featuring Buddhist detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep Michelle Peckham , a real-life scientist , is not enamoured of the fictional science in Clem Chambers's The First Horseman Earlier this week , on the blog , I reviewed the audio book of Barbara Cleverly's Ellie Hardwick Mysteries a collection of traditional amateur sleuth short stories Susan White reviews Jasper Fforde's The Woman Who Died a Lot the seventh in the Thursday Next

  • Review: THE BOMBER, Lisa Marklund

    Updated: 2012-12-08 19:26:00
    : : , 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 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 December 2012 Review : THE BOMBER , Lisa Marklund Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 743 KB Print : Length 528 pages : Publisher Transworld Digital November 24, 2011 Originally published in 2005

  • Free Short Story - Ruth's first Christmas Tree (Elly Griffiths)

    Updated: 2012-12-08 09:30:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Saturday , December 08, 2012 Free Short Story Ruth's first Christmas Tree Elly Griffiths A seasonal short story , Ruth's first Christmas Tree by Euro Crime favourite Elly Griffiths is available for . free Ruth's first Christmas Tree is available on US Amazon and also as a pdf via when you sign up at the Quercus website It is three days before Christmas and a bitter wind is blowing across . Norfolk Until her daughter was born , forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway didn’t do Christmas , but now that Kate is a year old , she wants it to be . special She must get a tree , shop for food , clean the house , buy presents , including one for her new boyfriend—who she isn’t even sure is her boyfriend—and remember

  • Art Reflects Crime Reflects Life

    Updated: 2012-12-07 09:01:54
    The debut novel of Lucie Smoker, DISTORTION, is a mystery involving a slashed-up corpse and a nightclub burnt to ashes. In this essay, the Oklahoma-based author discusses how one character uses a unique method to further the murder investigation: painting the crime scene in reverse perspective. I wrote a mystery about an artist — but [...]

  • Agatha Christie Theatre Company's Go Back for Murder

    Updated: 2012-12-07 09:00:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , December 07, 2012 Agatha Christie Theatre Company's Go Back for Murder The next production for the Agatha Christie Theatre Company is Go Back for Murder which will be touring from January : 2013 Now in its eighth thrilling year , the Agatha Christie Theatre Company presents a production of the queen of crime’s classic Go Back For . Murder Carla Le Marchant learns a disturbing family secret her mother , Caroline Crale , died in prison after being convicted of poisoning her father . Caroline leaves an intriguing legacy in the form of a letter professing her innocence and , believing this to be true , Carla is determined to clear her mother’s name . Suspects , secrets , and red herrings abound in

  • Review: The Ellie Hardwick Mysteries by Barbara Cleverly (audio book)

    Updated: 2012-12-06 09:06:00
    : : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , December 06, 2012 Review : The Ellie Hardwick Mysteries by Barbara Cleverly audio book The Ellie Hardwick Mysteries by Barbara Cleverly read by Suzi Aitchison , AudioGO September 2012, 4 CDs Barbara Cleverly is probably best known for her historical Joe Sandilands series set for the first few books in India . The Ellie Hardwick Mysteries is a collection of five short stories , starring mid-twenties , Suffolk-based architect Ellie Hardwick , first published between 2003 and 2006 in crime and women's magazines . Love-Lies Bleeding is set in a Norfolk stately home run by a charity . The repair of a staircase leads to a discovery which requires Ellie to solve a paternity question from several

  • Review: HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK, Agatha Christie

    Updated: 2012-12-05 21:56:00
    : : , , , 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 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 6 December 2012 Review : HICKORY , DICKORY , DOCK , Agatha Christie Format : Kindle Amazon first published 1955 File : Size 390 KB Print : Length 307 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 0007120990 :

  • 2012 Aussie Author Challenge - 20 books read

    Updated: 2012-12-05 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 6 December 2012 2012 Aussie Author Challenge 20 books read I have just completed my 20th Australian crime fiction read for the year . I still think I should be reading even more , and may get through a

  • New Titles from Head of Zeus - Jan-June 2013

    Updated: 2012-12-05 13:20:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , December 05, 2012 New Titles from Head of Zeus Jan-June 2013 Taken from Head of Zeus's Spring catalogue , here are their new crime titles relevant to Euro Crime for January to June : 2013 March The Babylon Gene by Alex Churton paperback White Bones by Graham Masterton published in the US as A Terrible Beauty in 2003 1 Detective Superintendent Katie Maguire , Ireland April Shadows in the Night by Jane Finnis paperback 1 Aurelia Marcella , Innkeeper , AD 90s , Roman Britain One For Sorrow by M E Mayer aka Mary Reed Eric Mayer paperback 1 John the Eunuch The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield paperback 1 Vengeance of Memory trilogy Wine of Violence by Priscilla Royal paperback 1 Eleanor , Prioress of

  • National Book Awards - Winners

    Updated: 2012-12-04 20:38:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Tuesday , December 04, 2012 National Book Awards Winners The National Book Award winners have been announced tonight and the winner of the Crime Thriller of the Year is Lee Child A Wanted Man Crime Thriller of the Year For a novel in this genre from a UK author which has made an outstanding impact in bookselling outlets in terms of acclaim and . sales Lee Child A Wanted Man WINNER Also : shortlisted Sophie Hannah Kind of Cruel Susan Hill A Question of Identity Anthony Horowitz The House of Silk Peter James Perfect People Denise Mina Gods and Beasts Ian Rankin has won the Outstanding Achievement Award Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:38 PM Labels : Awards Ian Rankin National Book Awards 2 : comments Harvee

  • Review: SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington

    Updated: 2012-12-04 18:57:00
    : : , 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 5 December 2012 Review : SISTERS OF MERCY , Caroline Overington Format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 614 KB Print : Length 213 pages : Publisher Random House Australia October 24, 2012 Sold : by Amazon

  • Review: DEATH OF A CARPET DEALER, Karin Wahlberg

    Updated: 2012-12-04 15:52:00
    : : , 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 5 December 2012 Review : DEATH OF A CARPET DEALER , Karin Wahlberg format : Kindle Amazon File : Size 636 KB Print : Length 394 pages Page Numbers Source : ISBN 9187173212 : Publisher Stockholm Text

  • Free Kindle Short Story (UK) - Unearthing the Bones (Alex Connor)

    Updated: 2012-12-03 20:29:00
    : Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , December 03, 2012 Free Kindle Short Story UK Unearthing the Bones Alex Connor Unearthing the Bones a short story by Alex Connor is currently free on UK Amazon Kindle Blurb on : Amazon A human skull is discovered in . Madrid A serial killer takes a life in London . The race is on , to own the most notorious relic of all time . A scorching short story and an enticing prequel to Alex Connor’s MEMORY OF BONES . nbsp Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:29 PM Labels : Alex Connor ebooks free book Kindle Unearthing the Bones No : comments 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

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