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Jul 5, 20131 min read
125. Gunnar Staalesen - The Writing On The Wall
A bit of Scandinavian crime pushed in the UK heavily a couple of years ago following the Wallander boom. OK-ish as a story, middle-class...
Jun 14, 20131 min read
116. R. J. Ellory - The Devil And The River
Great, big book - post Vietnam meets Raymond Chandler (the end is very Chandler-esque - serious wealth and serious corruption). Small...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
116. Leena Lehtolainen - My First Murder
1st book about Maria Kallio. Character of some interest but plot very cliched; could almost be 'My First Barbie Doll'. Get this from...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
116. Leena Lehtolainen - My First Murder
1st book about Maria Kallio. Character of some interest but plot very cliched; could almost be My First Barbie Doll. Get this from...
May 16, 20131 min read
104. Torquil MacLeod - Meet Me In Malmö
The first in a series, written by an English man (I assume) featuring a Swedish female detective. Basically a police procedural, leans...
May 16, 20131 min read
105. Torquil McLeod - Murder In Malmö
You can see where this is going, in several senses. ('Meet me in M...,' 'Mayhem in M..), just need enough crime related nouns beginning...
May 10, 20131 min read
103. Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Mankell can write, unlike Billingham. This is a short and quite slight book, possibly the first Wallander novel, but Mankell creates...
May 8, 20131 min read
102. Mark Billingham - The Burning Girl
Still can't make up my mind about this guy; this was not a great book. Need to find another author! Get this on Amazon
Apr 23, 20131 min read
101. Mark Billingham -Scaredy Cat
The 2nd book. I can't get a clear fix on this guy - they're lurid, over violent, with a fairly unlikeable hero, but clever and well...
Apr 18, 20131 min read
99. Mark Billingham - Sleepyhead
Thought I would try another straight away; this is the first Tom Thorne book. I thought it was structurally a bit repetitive (ie of no.98...
Apr 13, 20131 min read
98. Mark Billingham - Lazybones
A new (to me) crime writer, but the reviews say 'Move over Morse, Rebus et al'; and for once I agree with no great hesitation. This guy...
Apr 7, 20131 min read
96. Henning Mankell - One Step Behind
Trying to rush through another to hit no.100 by 7th April. This is a great book; it is the one about the postal worker who shoots three...
Mar 28, 20131 min read
90. Peter Robinson - Before The Poison
I had read this before but asked D for it for my birthday last year. Enjoyed it less 2nd time round; Robinson seems a bit mannered (not...
Mar 2, 20131 min read
83. Arnaldur Indridason - Jar City
I think this is the 1st book in the series and it is another cracker. Man found murdered in anonymous flat, turns out he raped a woman...
Feb 28, 20131 min read
82. Arnaldur Indridason - Silence Of The Grave
Another old murder; this time from WW2 Reykjavik. Hints of a fairy story about it; particularly the family suffering from the very...
Feb 21, 20131 min read
80. Arnaldur Indridason - The Draining Lake
Fantastic book about Icelandic left-wing students encouraged to study in Leipzig in Cold War; the body of one is found murdered in the...
Feb 12, 20131 min read
78. Arnaldur Indridason - Voices
Much better than no.76, more like no.75. This guy is quite good; original plotting, three quite interesting cops, especially Erlendur,...
Feb 2, 20131 min read
76. Arnaldur Indridason - Arctic Chill
Sounds a bit like a frozen pudding. Elinborg has become a minor character in this one, her boss Erlendur is the major one. He is a rather...
Jan 11, 20131 min read
72. Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - Cop Killer
Same schizophrenia. Main plot good; woman murdered in town inhabited by two different murderers who appear in no.54 and no.55, so both...
Jan 7, 20131 min read
71. Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - The Locked Room
8/10 in the series ( I have just bought 9). The locked room is apparently analogous to a chess puzzle; how has someone been shot dead (in...