Monthly Archives: April 2012

Spoiler alert!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Wow, one newspaper article gives away the surprises in no fewer than eight crime novels. Don’t read if you haven’t read: Daphne Du Maurier: Don’t Look Now Susanna Moore: In the Cut Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Alice … Continue reading →

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«La juguetería errante: Un misterio para Gervase Fen»

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Look what I found browsing YouTube, a neat little trailer for a Spanish translation of Edmund Crispin’s The Moving Toyshop. For Más información, go to: http://impedimenta.es/libros.php/la-jugueteria-errante

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The Key to Rebecca

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

The Key to Rebecca Ken Follett First published in the UK 1980, Hamish Hamilton Ltd This edition 1988, Pan Books ISBN: 0552118109 341 pages Score 2/5 This was another of Mrs Offence’s selections and is number 95 in the CWA Top 100. ‘The last … Continue reading →

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Covering themselves in glory

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

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There are so many new editions of classic crime titles with horrible covers (and I don’t mean badly designed, I mean undesigned), that I thought it was worth celebrating some great work from Vintage Books. They are the first four … Continue reading →

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Twice Shy

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Twice Shy Dick Francis First published in the UK 1981, Michael Joseph This edition 1982, Pan Books ISBN: 0330269186 256 pages Score 2/5 ‘My affection for horses was so deep and went back so far that I couldn’t imagine life … Continue reading →

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The best new-to-me author so far this year

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I thought this meme would be simple, but actually it’s a real challenge. What does ‘best’ really mean? It’s hard to know whether you’re looking at a ‘one-book wonder’ or an author who will hold your attention over several books.* … Continue reading →

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Pick of the month: March 2012

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

This post is related to Kerrie’s meme at Mysteries in Paradise. For me, March was a relatively busy reading month dominated by my quest to read the CWA’s top 100 crime novels. Helped by my birthday haul I covered 5 … Continue reading →

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