6 new reviews have been added today: J. Burdett: “Vulture Peak”, C. Chambers: “The First Horseman”, J. Fforde: “The Woman Who Died a Lot”, B. Cleverly: “Ellie Hardwick Mysteries”, L. Lehtolainen: “My First Murder”, D. Williams: “Treasure in Oxford”.
Schlagwort-Archive: Karen Meek
Rezension: Barbara Cleverly: “The Ellie Hardwick Mysteries”
“The Ellie Hardwick Mysteries” is a collection of five short stories, starring mid-twenties, Suffolk-based architect Ellie Hardwick.
Rezension: Lars Kepler: “The Nightmare”
“The Nightmare” is a nail-biting thriller, with chase after chase and tense situations, which culminates in a slightly implausible showdown with the main bad guy. It’s told in present tense which adds urgency and the shortish chapters end on cliffhangers.
Rezensionen: Black, Ewan, Jordan, McGilloway, Meyer, Nesbo, Perry, Quigley, Simms
Nine new reviews: Helen Black: “Blood Rush”, Chris Ewan: “Safe House”, Jo Nesbo: “The Bat”, Will Jordan: “Redemption”, Deon Meyer: “Dead at Daybreak”, Anne Perry: “Dorchester Terrace” and more.
Rezensionen: Cutler, Forrester, Macbain, Morgan, Nesser, Preston, Rankin, von Schirach, Welsh
Here are 9 new reviews which have been added to the “Euro Crime” website today: Judith Cutler’s “Burying the Past”, “Roman Games” by Bruce Macbain, Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”, Ferdinand von Schirach: “The Collini Case” and much more.
Rezension: Ferdinand von Schirach: “The Collini Case”
“The Collini Case” is a short, powerful and important crime novel, one that has played a part in the setting up of a (German) Ministry of Justice committee into looking at the effects of the past on the current state of the Ministry.
Service: Foreign Bodies – the Bibliographies
The final 5 of the 15 episodes of Radio 4′s European Crime Fiction are broadcasted. Most of the episodes have interviews with or references to other authors. Karen Meek puts their names and a link to their bibliography on Euro Crime.
Rezension: Adler-Olsen, Hunter, Kallentoft, Larsson, Sigurdardottir, Sussman, Thomson
Seven new reviews: Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Disgrace”, Alan Hunter’s “Gently with the Ladies”, Mons Kallentoft’s “Autumn Killing”, Asa Larsson’s “The Black Path”, Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s “I Remember You” and two more.
Rezensionen: Faletti, Fitzgerald, Gakas, Giuttari, Gregorio, Kent, Ohlsson u. a.
Nine new reviews: Giorgio Faletti: “The Killer in My Eyes”, Conor Fitzgerald: “The Fatal Touch”, Sergios Gakas: “Ashes”, Michael Gregorio: “Unholy Awakening”, Christobel Kent: “A Time of Mourning”, Kristina Ohlsson: “Silenced” and …
Rezensionen: Brodrick, Brooks, Ceder, Chatterton, Conway, Dahl u.a.
Neue Rezensionen zu William Brodrick: “The Day of the Lie”, Kevin Brooks: “Until the Darkness Comes”, Camilla Ceder: “Babylon”, Ed Chatterton: “A Dark Place to Die”, Simon Conway: “Rock Creek Park”, Arne Dahl: “The Blinded Man” and more.
Rezensionen: King, Nakamura, Smith, Stock, Swanston, Voss, Edwards
Neue Rezensionen: Laurie R. King: “Pirate King”, Fuminori Nakamura: “The Thief”, Mackenzie Smith: “Who Pays the Piper”, Jon Stock: “Dirty Little Secret”, “The King’s Spy” von Andrew Swanston und “Killing Cupid” von Louise Voss und Mark Edwards.
Rezension: Jon Stock: “Dirty Little Secret”
“Dirty Little Secret” is the conclusion to the Daniel Marchant/Legoland trilogy after “Dead Spy Running” and “Games Traitors Play” and takes place shortly after the dramatic conclusion to “Games Traitors Play”.
Service: Scottish Crime Book of the Year – Winner
Hot off twitter, the news is that the winner of the first Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Book of the Year is … Charles Cumming for “A Foreign Country”. The other nominees were:
Will Jordan: “Redemption”, Philip Kerr: “Prague Fatale”, Peter May: “The Lewis Man”.
Rezensionen: McDermid, McGilloway, Masters, Meyer, Moffat u. a.
Neue Rezensionen auf Euro Crime zu: “The Vanishing Point”, “Little Girl Lost”, “Smoke Alarm”, “Dead Before Dying” , “Protection”, “Rip Tide”, “A Dark Redemption”, “The Poison Tide” und “A Lesson in Secrets”.
Interview: Deon Meyer
Today sees the UK publication of Deon Meyer’s “7 Days”, the latest in the (Captain) Benny Griessel series. Deon’s previous two books, “Trackers” and “Thirteen Hours” were both shortlisted for the CWA’s International Dagger.
Rezensionen: Connolly & Burke, Craig, Fowler, Harris, Kinnings, McGowan, Meyer, Robertson, Sinclair
Neun Rezensionen zu: “Books to Die For”, “Buckingham Palace Blues”, “Bryant and May and The Invisible Code”, “The Anatomist’s Apprentice, Baptism”, “The Fall”, “7 Days”, “Island of Bones” und “Seventy Times Seven”.
Rezensionen: Child, Churton, French, Juul, Nickson, Rimington, Ryan, Slan, Thorpe
Here are 9 new reviews which have been added to the Euro Crime website today: A Wanted Man, The Babylon Gene; Broken Harbour, The Murder of Halland tr. Aiken Martin, Come the Fear, The Geneva Trap, The Bloody Meadow, Death of a Schoolgirl and Flight.
Artikel: Karen Meek on “Involuntary Witness” by Gianrico Carofiglio
Karen Meek savoured this book with its spare writing, smoothly translated by Patrick Creagh. Coming from reading British and American crime fiction where every character, no matter their profession, aims to be the detective this was such a refreshing change.
Rezension: Joanna Campbell Slan: “Death of a Schoolgirl”
The book is written in an authentic and easily readable style. It does suffer from a touch of Americanitus with a few gottens, sidewalks and snickers, a normalcy and an appearance by a mockingbird as well as toward for towards, talk with for talk to and write for write to.
Rezensionen: Bruce, Clark, Haas, Jones, Kallentoft und weitere
Besprochen werden: “The Silence” von Alison Bruce, “A Parliament of Spies” von Cassandra Clark, “Brenner and God” von Wolf Haas, “An Agent of Deceit” von Chris Morgan Jones, “Summertime Death” von Mons Kallentoft und weitere.