Anne Holt nominated for the 2012 Edgar Award
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Crime and mystery fiction
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http://bookblog.scandinavianbooks.com/anne-h...
Book Art
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I've been mesmerised this week by the novel uses of books and paper.
Defacing books is a bad thing obviously, but not when it’s put to use like
this.
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Meme me up, Scotty! Autopsy overload!
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After catching the bug from Rhian over at It’s a Crime! (or a Mystery…),
here’s the first in an occasional series entitled Meme me up, Scotty! The
idea i...
Friday Afternoon Quiz – win a novel!
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Win a PB copy of Jason Webster’s Or the Bull Kills You. How do people react
to books? Here are three review summaries for crime thriller novels from
Amazon...
German crime fiction – did not finish.
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Oliver Bottini, Mord i Zen (2010). [I did not finish this German crime
story - too much vodka and Zen, too little police work for me. As far as I
can see, ...
When murder is monstrous and motiveless
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Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster was published by Simon and Schuster on
March 1 2012. In this exclusive article for Bookdagger, Lloyd ruminates on
what...
At the movies: This Means War
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CIA Agents Tuck and FDR are partners and great friends and would lay their
lives on the line for each other. Tuck feels like there’s something
missing in ...
Stuffed crowdedly with adverbs
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*A*dverbs are out of favor in crime fiction these days, but American pulp
writing in the middle of the last century was full of them — stuffedly full.
In ...
Forgotten Book - Some Must Watch
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Ethel Lina White is a writer I've mentioned a few times on this blog. She's
remembered today mainly as the author of the book on which Hitchcock's
great fi...
Bookish Quotes: On favourite books
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Today's Bookish Quote comes from John Green's The Fault in Our Stars which
I read over the weekend. Nothing like a good sobfest to start your Sunday
mornin...
Book News: Janet Laurence
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It's been around ten years since Janet Laurence's last (fiction) book was
published but I'm pleased to see that she has a new series beginning with Deadly
...
Cara Black Guest Post: Murder at the Lanterne Rouge
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Today I welcome *Cara Black*, Author of the *Aimee Leduc Investigations*mystery series.
*Cara Black will be in Berkeley on March 14 for a Literary Salon wi...
P.L. Glaus, Broken English
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I’m sure I’m not the only mystery lover in the United States who took
advantage of the demise of Borders bookstore to stock up on some low-cost
mysteries. ...
Review: SPARKLING CYANIDE, Agatha Christie
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- originally published 1945, aka REMEMBERED DEATH
- This edition in a collection called SEVEN DEADLY SINS published by
Harper Collins in 2004, ...
Review - Tempest in the Tea Leaves
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This book is nominated for an Agatha Award under the Best New Novel
category, so I took this opportunity to review it. Check out the review
and share your...
Book review: Desert Wives by Betty Webb
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Desert Wives by Betty Webb Lena Jones #2 Poison Pen Press, 2011; originally
published 2002 Kindle format Lena Jones is an ex-cop, now a private
investigato...
A Bit About My Personal Library
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Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them
–A...
Review: Grey Souls (2003), by Philippe Claudel
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This post is bilingual, scroll down for the English language version Almas
grises. Traducción de José Antonio Soriano Marco, 2005. Título original:
Les Âme...
ASHES: SERGIOS GAKAS trans ANNE-MARIE STANTON-IFE
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Ashes is a good read, but perhaps it should be read at a time when the
reader is feeling optimistic about the world and their life. It is a very
dark and...
No, no, I don’t feel guilty, but thanks for asking…
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On Sunday, I wrote about how I felt guilty for not reading many books from
a box of books that a friend sent me. The overwhelming response seemed to
be tha...
A fair dinkum month – February 2012
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We reviewed five books this month Sulari Gentill A Few Right Thinking Men
Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues Katherine Howell, Silent Fear
Sylvia Johnson, Watc...
My Reading Week in Review – week ending 04/03/12
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Here is my reading summary for the week ending 4th March 2012 (well is two
weeks really because I didn’t finish any the previous week) Each week I
give a s...
Review: THE POTTER’S FIELD by Andrea Camilleri
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Although I haven’t read all the books in this series I have read enough of
them to both know what to expect when opening the front cover of a new one
and t...
The books that changed me
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The Sydney Morning Herald's Sunday edition runs a regular piece called The
Books That Changed Me. Each week, an author nominates five books they
think imp...
More tales of Sherlock....
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*A Study in Sherlock*
Edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Kinger
2011
Bantam Books
"Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon"
If nothing else, the recent edi...
Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
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Kindle edition, published by Mulholland Books, 2011.
Mulholland now has 9 of Jim Thompson's available as e-books and they intend
to make 25 of Thompson'...
Miss Lemon's Mystery Roundup, 2011
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Aside from a fragrant cup of Earl Grey, there is almost nothing Miss Lemon
likes more than tucking in to a delicious mystery. The more British that
myster...
Is Reading A Dying Art?
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Three times last week I was speaking to young friends and associates and
they informed me that they never read books anymore. One even admitted he
had neve...
What speed do you read?
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Take the test. Then, like me, take it again after you’ve had a big strong
cup of coffee. Because you’re competitive. What speed do you read? My
score: 505 ...
Preparing the Lure
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The next installment of Jimmy Kiley's movie making exploits - Preparing the
Lure - is up at Spinetingler. The first three can be found at:
King Canute - Po...
Book Art
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I've been mesmerised this week by the novel uses of books and paper.
Defacing books is a bad thing obviously, but not when it’s put to use like
this.
...
Frightful Friday: The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
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Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary
or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is
actually ...
Friday's Forgotten Books, Friday, March 9, 2012
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Thanks to Cullen Gallagher for taking a chance of a novice's attempt at a
western. You can find it on FIRES ON THE PLAIN. Along with two other great
yarns....
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG...
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by Stephen Jay Schwartz
My Wild Card Tuesday interview with film director Kevin Lewis this week
emphasized the fact that a screenwriter more often than...
The Friday 56
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This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join on
the fun go to The Friday 56.
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
...
What Did You Make on March Break?
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March Break is almost upon us and you still might be figuring out what you
can do with the kids that week. DK Canada has some great ideas.
Parents can s...
Brad Parks, Guest Blogger
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I always allow guest bloggers to choose their theme, and sometimes they
surprise me. I usually expect a blog about their books, their characters or
writin...
One Year Ago Today
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Your father and I were enjoying lunch at the Cheesecake Factory one weekend
in 2009 when I brought up the subject of having a baby. Your dad was used
to m...
When murder is monstrous and motiveless
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Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster was published by Simon and Schuster on
March 1 2012. In this exclusive article for Bookdagger, Lloyd ruminates on
what...
Turn Your Back If You Dare
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Gabriella Herkert
*Catnapped *and *Doggone*
Who can you trust? Let's start by admitting that if you are searching for
the blindly devoted on this blog...
How to Be an Author's Dream
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By Russel D McLean
(a response to “How to be an independent bookseller’s dream)
A few months ago, this article cropped up on the web, pulling ire from
cer...
Belly Up to the Bar and Have a Drink With Me.
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Hello there everyone!
My name is Robert K. Lewis, and I'm one of the new kids on the Inkspot
block. I got the call about my Midnight Ink sale back in Janua...
#9: A Dangerous Talent (An Alix London Mystery)
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A Dangerous Talent (An Alix London Mystery)
Aaron Elkins (Author), Charlotte Elkins (Author)
[image: Ranking has gone up in the past 2...
My Life in Books
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Have you already been following Simon's (at Stuck in a Book) series My Life in Books? You can find me there today, so please head on over as I am being featu...
NEWS FLASH: There Are No Shortcuts to Success
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By John Gilstrap
Everyone who does anything for a living owes it to himself to take
advantage of learning opportunities. Even after one has attained
jo...
On the Road, Good News, & a Brief Update
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Good news, readers! (1) I'm on the road this week, and not really positioned to do a long post. So, no rambling piece from me this week. I will be short. Con...
Clue!
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Volunteered tonight at the Rehberg campaign, had fun but tired now. Had
some dinner, took a hot steaming shower (fighting a cold), now I'm doing
the blog....
"Wig hat jack knife, Out on bail for life"
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Happy International Women's Day with The Cramps' DAMES, BOOZE, CHAINS AND
BOOTS.
Nice prizes for the Bloody Scotland short story competition, and Scottish ...
Random Thursday
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Random is back from London where I have been with the gorgeous Florence. Totally knackered as I stayed over the night before and at 7am heard thundering feet...
Listening to James Ellroy
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*(Editor’s note: Steven Powell is a British scholar and the co-editor of The
Venetian Vase, a crime-fiction blog. I became acquainted with him when he
invi...
Conferencing: A Week in Review
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Last week I posted that I was at Sleuth Fest and had left my wife home alone in a snowstorm with three kids. This week, I offer a follow-up. Sleuth Fest was ...
Booking Through More
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*Which non-series book would you most like to read the sequel to? Do you
have any wishes for what might happen in it?*
The first book ...
Birds Of A Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
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*Synopsis From Back Cover:*
*Maisie is on another dangerously intriguing adventure in London between
the wars. It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has ...
Sherlock Holmes WHAT?
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I like Sherlock Holmes. Of course. And I like Dover Publications, a company
that has published and republished a great many classic mysteries,
including ma...
April 2012 Mystery Book New Releases
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The following Mystery Books will be released in April 2012: Barbara Allan:
Antiques Disposal (This will be the 6th in the Trash ’n’ Treasures Mystery
Serie...
What Are You Doing?
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Today, I’m over on The Blood-Red Pencil talking about self-publishing and
authors taking on more and more duties. I hope you’ll come over, read the
post, t...
Review - Tempest in the Tea Leaves
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This book is nominated for an Agatha Award under the Best New Novel
category, so I took this opportunity to review it. Check out the review
and share your...
More!
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A while ago, I interviewed my readers for a change, and my final question
was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I
got som...
The Molly Maguires
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Was the purpose of this secret society of Irish immigrants, The Molly
Maguires, to fight oppressive mine owners in the mid 1800s in Pennsylvania
- or were ...
Quilt Story’s Block of the Month (BOM) Club
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I really love the online quilting community for their willingness to
sponsor quilt alongs (QAL), offer free tutorials, and share their amazing
quilts. Heat...
Blood Sports Make Me Giggle!
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I love me some irreverence, and irreverence is the name of the game in
TheTournament of Books. But a reverent irreverence, ya know???
Whatever...I'm postin...
BOND, ARCHER & GIVENS are Back
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JAMES BOND at the BARBICAN CENTRE, LONDONI have always been a sucker for
the James Bond franchaise and was pleaed to find out that between 6 July -
5 Sep 2...
Wellington Writers & Readers - here I come...
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I am very excited to be winging my way to Wellington this weekend for my
first experience of the *New Zealand International Festival of the Arts* *Writ...
"Una habitación en Holanda", de Pierre Bergounioux
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Pierre Bergounioux es uno de esos escritores intelectuales franceses que
aparecen de vez en cuando, sin hacer ruido, sin pretender brillar
especialmente...
Des nouvelles de René Reouven
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Les apparitions publiques de René Reouven sont rares, très rares. On ne
manquera donc pas cette (très et trop) courte vidéo où l'auteur du *Détective
vol...
Standing Water by Terri Armstrong
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Last week (28 February 2012) Terri Armstrong’s debut novel Standing Water
was published. Pre-publication it won the 2010 Yeovil Literary Prize and I
can un...
#SinC25 Round-Up – The Challenge Thus Far
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Here are the names of women writers highlighted by bloggers in the Sisters
in Crime 25th Anniversary Book Bloggers’ Challenge. (By the way, it’s not
too la...
Sunday Salon: Another Ms Cranky-Pants
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I was reading Eva's blog a few weeks back which she aptly named Just Call
Me Ms Cranky-Pants in which she confessed to abandoning books, and asked
her fe...
A Rage In Harlem, By: Chester Himes
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Chester Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) brings to life the sights
and sounds of urban life and crime in the 1950′s and 1960′s Harlem in the
first...
Review: Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark
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Links: Amazon, Amazon UK, Book Depository UK Personally I’m always wary of
celebrity authors believing that the celebrity part of the equation has
been mor...
The Thief, by Fuminori Nakamura
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The Thief (by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen
Coates and published by ShHo Crime) is a stripped-down philosophical crime
novel, ...
Books Received - February 2012
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It is the good fortune of The Hungry Detective to now and again receive
books from authors, publishers or their associated marketing agencies.
These books ...
Rogue Male, Geoffrey Household
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Geoffrey Household’s 1939 thriller novel *Rogue Male* deals with a plot to
kill HItler. Only it’s not actually a plot, it’s more of a solo mission
that at ...
Chapbook Giveaway
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Okay, I'm needy. Please validate me by reviewing my work. Your efforts will
not go unrewarded. The first three people to review either THE POINT or WEE
R...
HIGH ADVENTURE by Donald E. Westlake
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Pilot Kirby Galway is having a bad week. He has two different customers
(for the Pre-Columbian artifacts he smuggles) show up at his home in Belize
at the...
Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth
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"He was climbing steadily higher toward the top of Irontongue Hill, where
the wreckage of *Sugar Uncle Victor* lay. In the gullies, snow already lay
over ...
In praise of the bookstore
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On Saturday afternoon, at the end of a whistlestop tour around the glories of Georgian Bath, I spied a bookstore. I'd been pretty well disciplined over the h...
Health hazards of being a writer
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Okay, so maybe you’re thinking this sounds like a bizarre blog title. And I
guess it is something we don’t talk about much. So here it is, the health
hazar...
Standard Candles
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It is obvious from reading numerous McDevitt novels that while he is a
superb storyteller, his interests are more than merely plot. He is
fascinated by his...
The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
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This is a young adult book for boys aged 12-15 years. Supposed to be action
packed, I must say I was pretty bored with it. Well, I am not a boy and I
am...
MIA.
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Hi All! We've been MIA for a little while now, but don't worry we'll be
back in top form soon. We've been working to consolidate all of our
internet presen...
You don’t look a day older
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Swedish novelist Henning Mankell recently called a halt to his
mega-bestselling Inspector Wallander series with the novel The Troubled
Man. According to a...
Monday, September 19: The Scribbler
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DOORWAYS by James Lincoln Warren Jim Morrison, the famous Dionysiac
rock’n’roll star, claimed that his cult band the Doors was named after a
line in the ma...
Saying Good-Bye to Weekly Geeks
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything
to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it
while w...
AVOID AMAZON SURCHARGE ON 'CLAWS'
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The popularity of Kindle ebooks which we're currently experiencing in the
USA and UK isn't matched in most of the other countries around the world.
One of...
Damaging
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For the three sporadic readers who still miss my blog, I have news. I’m
joining the crew of Do Some Damage and will start blogging there
alternating Monday...
Hiatus
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The post explaining it all is here, but this is the short version: I started a new gig as the News Editor for Publishers Marketplace, the first time I have h...