Library Loot - February 11 to 17
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Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and me that encourages
bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d
like to...
DJ´s Bait in the Box #
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A tasty titbit for you this week:
“It was all the descendants of the family, living and dead, who raised the
spanner in the young woman´s arm and brought ...
LISBETH SALANDER AT THE BARN CINEMA
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*Thanks to Karen at Euro Crime for drawing my attention to a comment on her
blog that the Swedish movie, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, will be shown
a...
It’s not that I’m ungrateful but…
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…I do hate being told what to do (always have done, always will do, it gets
me into more troublesome situations than you can imagine). However I would
be r...
All the nice people will be at Sleuthfest
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It never ceases to amaze me that so many mystery authors seem to be on a
level playing field. By that I mean that no matter their level of
success, most...
Trevor Eve makes an ITV Drama
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Trevor Eve is to executive produce and star in ITV Drama Kidnap and Ransom:
ITV today announced the commission of a brand new drama, KIDNAP AND RANSOM.
The...
Deadman's Hill
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The name of Roger Forsdyke may not yet be very well known to crime fans
outside the UK, but to British crime writers it is certainly familiar. Roger
has...
Suffer the Children...
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Children are an essential part of most of our lives. We raise them, we love
them, and we hope that they go on to become successful adults. One of the
tradi...
When God first came alive to me
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I am participating in a discussion group (for me online; for others, either
online and/or IRL) with the First Lutheran Church of Jamestown, N.Y. on the
boo...
Crime in Translation - French
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I repeat a comment received here on a previous post: Talk at the French Institute in London 7.30pm, 17 March 2010. Dominique Manotti and Joan Smith on the Po...
filmorama
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It's that kind of day at this the time of the year when I hunker down and
get glued to the DVD player. Or go to the movies. So much of my inspiration
comes...
Game, sets and matching titles
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Feeling in a bit of a silly mood, I thought I would share some of the titles of the many books that are sitting on my shelves waiting to be read. They seem t...
We have lots of winners ...
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... but only two get books. So many eye-opening and thought-provoking
replies poured in for Friday's competition about fallen cities that I'll
award two c...
What, Me Prolific??
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Regular visitors to my blog will know that I am guilty of blogging far too
much! Already this month I have written about 15 blog posts in 8 days - I
just c...
The Trouble with Magic by Madelyn Alt
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Finished: 09/02/10 Genre: Paranormal/Mystery Rated: B Opening Sentence: ‘…I
don’t know what made me abandon my usual path to work on that particular
Octobe...
The Deep Blue Goodbye by John D. MacDonald
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Location: Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and the Keys
This is one of my North American selections for Dorte's 2010 Global Reading
Challenge.
Travis McGee lives ...
Book Giveaway: Wild Penance by Sandi Ault
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I am excited to present my very first book giveaway! I looked at how other
bloggers conduct book giveaways and have copied shamelessly the same
methods. ...
Blue Lightning, by Ann Cleeves
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[image: Blue Lightning (Shetland Quartet 4)]
The last book in the Shetland Quartet is set on Fair Isle, childhood home
of detective Jimmy Perez. Jimmy ...
Hook a Publisher with a Great Proposal
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Weekend Masterclass: Getting your book published requires more than great
writing – you also need to know how the publishing world works and how to
attra...