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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...
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 29, 20131 min read
75. Arnaldur Indridason - Outrage
After the Swedish, let’s try some Icelandic. This is very good indeed, female detective, complex family life, cleverly plotted. Elinborg...
Jan 26, 20131 min read
74. Maj Sjowall & Per Wahlöö - The Terrorists
The last one in the series and pretty good. There is a wonderful lawyer whose name I can't remember who speaks I am sure with the authors...
Dec 8, 20121 min read
63. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - Murder At The Savoy
Another excellent book in this excellent series. It is hard to characterise what I enjoy in these books; slightly sardonic humour and...
Nov 19, 20121 min read
58. Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö - The Laughing Policeman
Very good, again; I do like these books (obviously). There is quite a gang of policemen, all with their individual quirks, and because...
Nov 14, 20121 min read
56. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - The Man On The Balcony
This one is very Ed McBain police procedural. You get to know a lot of Beck's colleagues a lot better. Child sex murderer loose in...
Nov 12, 20121 min read
55. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - The Man Who Went Up In Smoke
The 2nd book in the series. Wonderful descriptions of Budapest, when Beck sent over there and very much a spy story while he is there...
Nov 10, 20121 min read
54. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - Roseanna
The first Martin Beck novel was written by a Swedish communist husband and wife team in the 1960's. Well dramatised on Radio 4 recently,...