barbara fister: Whoa - this link was just posted at 4MA; Henning Mankell is somewhere on the flotilla off Gaza. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/31/henning-mankell-israel-flotilla-gaza
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Holding onto Unreviewed Review Books
Updated: 2010-05-31 14:09:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 31, 2010 Holding onto Unreviewed Review Books It's become crisis point space-wise here at Euro Crime HQ . The books are everywhere and I need to make a . cull What happens with review books is : this Books are sent direct to me as co-ordinator of the website and roughly once a week I email a list of received books with synopsis to the review team . They email back with their preferred choices , I post the books to them and await the reviews . I also get emails from publicists who ask about a review for a particular title and I circulate the details and get the book sent direct to the reviewer this is preferable to me as it speeds the process up and saves me on
New to me this year
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: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Monday , 31 May 2010 New to me this year In the first 5 months of 2010 I have read 16 new to me . authors You can locate my reviews below . The ratings are at the end of the . line THE MARATHON MURDERS , nbsp Chester D Campbell 4.1 DARK WINTER , William Dietrich 4.2 THE SWAYING PILLARS , Elizabeth Ferrars 4.2 THE BLOOD OF THE WICKED , Leighton Gage 4.9 THE SILENCE OF THE RAIN , Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza 4.5 INHUMAN REMAINS , Quintin Jardine 4.2 CONSEQUENCESNew to me this year
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The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison
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WIN A KIWI CRIME NOVEL (Crime Watch Giveaway)
Updated: 2010-05-31 00:36:00Murder They Wrote (guest post)
Updated: 2010-05-31 00:35:00III Edition of Getafe Negro – Madrid Crime Fiction Festival
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Lewis - Falling Darkness: review
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Declan Hughes and City of Lost Girls (Irish noir detective)
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UK paperback preview for September
Updated: 2010-05-30 15:44:00Weekly Geeks 2010-19: Getting Graphic
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 30 May 2010 Weekly Geeks 2010-19 : Getting Graphic This week's Weekly Geek task relates to graphic : novels Do you read graphic novels or memoirs Who are your favorite authors Which books do you recommend If you haven't read any , why not Some people have the impression that graphic novels are glorified comic books , are unsophisticated or don't qualify as serious literature . What do you think If you track your book numbers , do you count aNew Reviews: Janes, Kristian, McGilloway, Nadel, O'Connor, Sigurdardottir
Updated: 2010-05-30 09:16:00Sunday Salon: 30 May 2010 - Book Blog Carnivals
Updated: 2010-05-30 00:45:00: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 30 May 2010 Sunday Salon : 30 May 2010 Book Blog Carnivals Book Blog Carnivals are a great way of hooking up with other bloggers as well as collecting recommendations to add to your book wish list If you participate , then people come to your blog site to read your submission . too The Agatha Christie Blog Carnival published on my other blog earlier this week , contains , as you might expect , recommendations and links to reviews of Agatha9mm: An interview with Martin Edwards
Updated: 2010-05-30 00:27:00Review: THE SILENCE OF THE RAIN, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Updated: 2010-05-29 23:40:00: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 30 May 2010 Review : THE SILENCE OF THE RAIN , Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza First published 1997 in Portuguese Winner in 1997 of the Nestle and Jabuti prizes Brazil Translated into English by Benjamin Moser in 2002 This edition Picador 2003 ISBN 9-780330-490924 261 pages : Blurb In a parking garage in the center of Rio de Janeiro , corporate executive Ricardo Carvalho is found dead in his car , a bullet in his head , his wallet and briefcase missingStarted reading The Complaints by Ian Rankin
Updated: 2010-05-29 15:35:00THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE comes out on top
Updated: 2010-05-28 10:19:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Friday , 28 May 2010 THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE comes out on top Ten days ago I asked people to nominate their best Agatha Christie . novel Twelve people responded , many confessing that , like me , they hadn't read all the novels she . wrote Here is the resultant . list You will notice that 8 out of 12 chose THE MURDER AT THE . VICARAGE The Murder at the Vicarage 8 And Then There Were None 6 Murder On the Orient Express 5 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 5 DeathJeffery Deaver to write James Bond
Updated: 2010-05-28 08:26:00The Herring in the Library
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Look at these 50 gorgeous, iconic examples of stunning book jacket design. Many are familiar, but some will be new to you.Forgotten Book: THE GREENWAY by Jane Adams
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Thursday , 27 May 2010 Forgotten Book : THE GREENWAY by Jane Adams This week's edition of Friday's Forgotten Books is being hosted by George Kelley THE GREENWAY published 1995 was Jane Adams' debut novel , and became the first book in the Mike Croft series . It was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award in 1995 and for the Author's Club Best First Novel . Award . Blurb Cassie still has nightmares about that day in 1975 when she and her cousin SuzieDo Crime Fiction Awards, Shortlists, and Longlists matter to you?
Updated: 2010-05-25 09:09:00: , , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Tuesday , 25 May 2010 Do Crime Fiction Awards , Shortlists , and Longlists matter to you I'm not ashamed to say they do affect me , and in fact often provide direction to my . reading I'm always interested to see what makes it onto various longlists , and keep an eye out for titles that crop up on many lists . That's why I'm currently reading THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST by Stuart Neville . It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize BTW it is published in the UKReview: B - VERY FLAT, Margot Kinberg
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: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Tuesday , 25 May 2010 Review : B VERY FLAT , Margot Kinberg PublishAmerica 2010 ISBN 978-1-4489-7121-3 202 pages Serena Brinkworth is a dedicated music student at Tilton University , and a very talented violinist . Her dream is to win a competition that will make her the concertmistress in the Young Artists' Orchestra . She has been working very hard towards that end , and if she wins , the world will be her . oyster But life at Tilton University is aReview: THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST, Stuart Neville
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: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Monday , 24 May 2010 Review : THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST , Stuart Neville Soho Press US 2009 Published in the UK by Harvill Secker Random House as THE TWELVE ISBN 978-1-56947-600-0 326 pages Maybe if he had one more drink they'd leave him alone . Gerry Fegan told himself that lie before every swallow . No . They were still there , still staring . Twelve of them if he counted the baby in its mother's . arms Fegan is still a respected man in West Belfast ,International Dagger Speculation (2010) - the polls
Updated: 2010-05-24 09:57:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 24, 2010 International Dagger Speculation 2010 the polls I have now set up two polls , to close the day before the announcement of the winner of the International Dagger 2010 on 23 July at the Harrogate Crime Writing . Festival The first poll is : for The book you want to . win The second poll is : for The book you think will win The polls can be found on the RHS of the blog . We'll see how much correlation there is and you can see the results of last year's polls here Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 10:57 AM Labels : International Dagger Speculation 1 comments : Bernadette in Australia said . I'm going to endeavour to read them all before July I have to do that toCrimeFest Quiz Prize
Updated: 2010-05-24 09:16:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 24, 2010 CrimeFest Quiz Prize When the team I happened to be on won the 2010 CrimeFest quiz , the prize came in the form of a large cardboard box full of books , audio books and Lewis DVDs , from which we helped ourselves . Here's what I : took The James Patterson audio book is unabridged and will fit nicely into my teenage fiction interest . I don't normally listen to abridged books but the Kate Atkinson one is read by Jason Isaacs . Thinking it about it now , I have a feeling the Lee Child audio book was in my book bag . and not a prize . Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 10:16 AM Labels : Crime Fest quiz 1 comments : Bernadette in Australia said . Nice haul indeedDoes Audio Enhance?
Updated: 2010-05-24 08:05:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Monday , 24 May 2010 Does Audio Enhance It is an interesting question to ask yourself as you listen to the audio of a book , whether you would have enjoyed it as much . otherwise There is no doubt in my mind that a good narrator has the ability to enhance the reader's enjoyment of the book . I'm also sure that has something to do with the fact that the reader as a listener is at liberty to visualise the action and the . protagonist This is something thatBook Blog Review Carnivals
Updated: 2010-05-23 22:29:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Monday , 24 May 2010 Book Blog Review Carnivals The 44th Book Review Blog Carnival is currently being hosted at Busy Moms Who Love to . Read And it will be my pleasure to host the 45th Carnival in 2 weeks . time Submit your blog post here Posted by Kerrie at 6:59:00 AM Labels : book blog review carnival 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Search This Blog Loading . Customised Crime fiction search BREAKINGOT: Cat Photos
Updated: 2010-05-23 20:09:00: : skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 23, 2010 OT : Cat Photos I've been copying the CrimeFest photos onto my pc and came across these recent ones of Foxy . In the first one he's cutely curled up on some bubble wrap but in the second you can see why he has the nickname Fangy Fox Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 9:09 PM Labels : cats 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me View my complete profile My Other Blog Teenage Fiction for All Ages which I use to put my thoughts about the teenage fiction I've been reading paranormal and science-fiction so far and other relevant teenage fiction . news What I'm Reading Audio : TBC Print : TBC And on Twitter TwitterBack from CrimeFest
Updated: 2010-05-23 19:44:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 23, 2010 Back from CrimeFest I had rather a lengthy journey back from CrimeFest at Bristol today compared to the number of miles I had to go due to Sunday engineering works and broken down trains , and I haven't unpacked everything yet and I certainly haven't touched my packets . Apparently 12 came in one day this is rather unusual , possibly even a personal record Mark it in your diary next year's CrimeFest is 19-22 May 2011. Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 8:44 PM Labels : Crime Fest 1 comments : Maxine said . Oh dear , I think one of those is from me I have been receiving a steady trickle while you were in Bristol but nothing like that lot I am so glad you had aWeekly Geeks 2010-18: A Character Comparison
Updated: 2010-05-23 09:19:00: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 23 May 2010 Weekly Geeks 2010-18 : A Character Comparison This week's Weekly Geeks task has been eating at me all . day I hate being defeated by something For this week's task , let's take a close look at some of our favorite bookish characters . Specifically , think of a character that you really relate , to a character that you think you could jump right in the story and actually be , a character that you think the author might know you becauseLatest Agatha Christie Blog Carnival posted
Updated: 2010-05-23 02:28:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 23 May 2010 Latest Agatha Christie Blog Carnival posted The Carnival has 30 contributions from 11 contributors this time in a bumper . edition There are some new features this time Featured blog If we featured every post this blogger writes about Agatha Christie , we'd have a full carnival without any other submissions . Make sure you visit this remarkable blog . regularly : Discoveries This will be a category you can submit entries for from now on Sunday Salon: 23 May 2010: what is important to me
Updated: 2010-05-23 00:08:00: : : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 23 May 2010 Sunday Salon : 23 May 2010 : what is important to me Can visitors readily identify what your blog is about and what you read First of all on this blog I tell people who I : am . Hello I'm Kerrie , seriously addicted to crime fiction . To mark your visit , please leave a . comment I read and review crime fiction , so email me if you want to send me a book you would like me to read . Beware : I am in Adelaide , South Australia . I have2010 Global Reading Challenge: Update #9
Updated: 2010-05-22 02:30:00: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Saturday , 22 May 2010 2010 Global Reading Challenge : Update 9 I am restricting my participation in the 2010 Global Reading Challenge to crime fiction titles , but participants can use books of any genre of their . choosing Join the challenge here create your own visited country map The Extremist Level Read three novels from each of these continents in : 2010 Africa Asia Australasia Europe North America incl Central America South America Add two novelsInternational Dagger 2010 - Shortlist
Updated: 2010-05-21 17:24:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 21, 2010 International Dagger 2010 Shortlist Finally , the suspense is over . At today's Crime Fest , the shortlist for the 2010 CWA International Dagger Award was : announced Tonino Benacquista Badfellas Andrea Camilleri August Heat Arnaldur Indridason Hypothermia Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Deon Meyer Thirteen Hours Johan Theorin The Darkest Room The shortlists for the Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction , Dagger in the Library , Short Story and Debut Daggers were also announced . Details are on the CWA website Marcel Belins gives his winner's prediction in The Times Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 6:24 PM Labels : Awards 2 comments : Maxine said .Scandinavian Reading Challenge 2010 Update #2
Updated: 2010-05-21 12:50:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Friday , 21 May 2010 Scandinavian Reading Challenge 2010 Update 2 This challenge being run by The Black Sheep Dances The challenge is to read 6 books set in Scandinavia from March 1 to the end of 2010. My list will all be crime . fiction Here is what I have read so . far THE WATER'S EDGE , Karin Fossum Norway 13 March THE MAN FROM BEIJING , Henning Mankell Sweden 10 April THE SNOWMAN , nbsp Jo Nesbo Norway May 21 Planning to read HYPOTHERMIA by ArnaldurReview: THE SNOWMAN, Jo Nesbo
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: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Friday , 21 May 2010 Review : THE SNOWMAN , Jo Nesbo Harvill Secker 2010 Published in Norwegian 2007, translated into English by Don Bartlett 2010 ISBN 9-78186-553486 453 pages Sequentially 7 in the Harry Hole series The way children turn out is determined mainly by two things : conscious decisions their parents make and their DNA over which they have no control at all . Sometimes the two combine with totally unpredictable . consequences Nearly twentyTheakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2010 - Longlist
Updated: 2010-05-21 10:06:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 21, 2010 Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2010 Longlist From Booktrade A major accolade in the crime writing field , the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is unique in that it is the only one of its kind which is largely voted for by the general public . As of today Friday 21st May the public will have three weeks to vote for their favourite title at www.theakstons.co.uk , and the result of this vote will determine the eight titles that make it onto the shortlist . In the Dark by Mark Billingham Little , Brown If It Bleeds by Duncan Campbell Headline The Surrogate by Tania Carver Little , Brown The Business by Martina Cole Headline A SimpleCrime Fest Day 2.1
Updated: 2010-05-21 09:51:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 21, 2010 Crime Fest Day 2.1 My first panel of the day I Fought the Law : Authors who write both crime fact fiction , chaired by Martin Edwards who , though he claims not to be a morning person , led an interesting and lively . panel L-R : Alison Bruce Dan Waddell Martin Edwards Diane Janes Frances Brody Dan and Martin after the : panel Of particular interest to me was the fact that Diane Janes's book , The Pull of the Moon is partly set in Birmingham . Regular readers of this blog might be aware of how unusual this is . Alison Bruce's series has been on my radar for a while as it's set in Cambridge , another of my favourite settings . Dan Waddell has agreed toCrime Fest Quiz 2010
Updated: 2010-05-20 20:45:00I'm pleased to report that your erstwhile correspondent was part of the winning team, the Monkey Coalition, at the quiz tonight at Crime Fest. The team comprised readers Rik, Carol and myself and authors, Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards and Cath Staincliffe. The prize was a large mixed box of books, talking books and DVDs which we plundered to our own personal satisfaction. I'm afraid I had little to do with our success, rather it was Martin and Rik who stole the show!Forgotten Books: COMA by Robin Cook
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Thursday , 20 May 2010 Forgotten Books : COMA by Robin Cook This week's edition of Friday's Forgotten Books is being hosted by George Kelley 1990 was the year I had a wallow in Robin Cook's novels according to my little green . book COMA published in 1977 wasn't the first one I read , but then I wasn't as hooked on reading books in order of publication back . then COMA laid down a successful plot style for the author . Many of Robin Cook's 30 titles couldPublishing Deal - Cathi Unsworth
Updated: 2010-05-20 08:05:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Thursday , May 20, 2010 Publishing Deal Cathi Unsworth I'm currently running a competition to give-away copies of Cathi Unsworth's current book , Bad Penny Blues but on Booktrade the other day there were details of Cathi's next project , announced by Serpent's : Tail We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Cathi Unsworth the queen of London Noir's fourth novel . WEIRDO Cathi's editor John Williams : said We're thrilled to be publishing Cathi's new book her most personal and her most commercial title yet . Weirdo is a psychological thriller set in a seaside town in Norfolk Cathi Unsworth's home turf which moves between the eighties and the present , as a Cold CasesWhat this blog is about
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The image below, created with Tagxedo, reflects my preoccupations in my blog posts in the last week or so.
Audio Book Challenge Update - 18 May 2010
Updated: 2010-05-18 09:30:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Tuesday , 18 May 2010 Audio Book Challenge Update 18 May 2010 Audio Book Challenge is hosted at Royal Reviews I listen to books to and from work every day so hopefully this will be relatively easy to achieve . Add to that the fact that I've also realised the usefulness of an audio book on my I-Pod for long . flights I was planning to go for Addicted but now I've made Fascinated perhaps I should set my sights on . Obsessed There are four : levels CuriousInternational Dagger Speculation (2010)
Updated: 2010-05-17 18:35:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 17, 2010 International Dagger Speculation 2010 The shortlist for the CWA International Dagger will be announced at CrimeFest on Friday . As one of the judges , I do know what's on the list so cannot comment but I shall be running the polls as in earlier years , for what do you think will win and what do you want to win once the official announcement's been . made I thought I'd repost the list of titles published during the eligibility period , with links to Euro Crime reviews and perhaps people would like to comment below on which 6 titles would be in their shortlist . Maxine has reviewed some more of the titles on Petrona Boris Akunin She Lover of Death SelcukOT: Swift Activity
Updated: 2010-05-17 15:43:00: : skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Monday , May 17, 2010 OT : Swift Activity Last year I posted on the day that the swifts had returned to where I live . Last Monday , the 10th , I spotted my first swift of this year and thought I must see how the date compares to last year . I've been forgetting to look and seeing a group of them this morning has reminded me . Very spookily , I saw them for the first time in 2009 and 2010 on 10 May . Posted by Karen Euro Crime at 4:43 PM Labels : swifts 3 comments : Margot Kinberg said . Lovely photo , Karen Thanks for sharing . 4:54 PM Karen Euro Crime said . Not my photo alas , but maybe next year when I've invested in a decent camera 5:10 PM Maxine said . Wow , that isACRC Update - 17 May 2010
Updated: 2010-05-17 11:37:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Monday , 17 May 2010 ACRC Update 17 May 2010 My intent in the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge is to read her books in order , so that I can get some idea of what she is doing , problems she is attempting to solve , and her development as a writer . If you look at some of my reviews you will see that I have been able to undertake some of this . reflection Currently I am managing about a book a . month I've read 17 books and 8 collections of short . storiesReview: THE THIRD GIRL, Agatha Christie - audio
Updated: 2010-05-17 11:20:00: : , skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Monday , 17 May 2010 Review : THE THIRD GIRL , Agatha Christie audio Title originally published in 1966. This version is an audio book read by John . Woodbine From BBC Audio ISBN 9-781405-647762 Playing time 7 hours 20 . minutes Hercule Poirot has a client , a young woman , who comes to see him saying she thinks she has murdered someone . She won't sit down and shuffles on her feet , refusing to meet his eyes . And then she blurts out that he is too oldNew Reviews: Davidsen, George, Hilton, Markaris, Morris, Nova
Updated: 2010-05-16 20:16:00: : , , , , , skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 16, 2010 New Reviews : Davidsen , George , Hilton , Markaris , Morris , Nova This month's : competitions Win a copy of Deadly Trade by Michael Stanley Worldwide Win a copy of Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth UK only Here are this week's reviews , lots of third books this week Maxine Clarke reviews The Woman from Bratislava by Leif Davidsen , tr Barbara J Haveland Terry Halligan says that Elizabeth George is back on form with This Body of Death Michelle Peckham continues to enjoy the Joe Hunter series by Matt Hilton , now on its third entry : Slash and Burn Maxine also reviews Che Committed Suicide by Petros Markaris , tr . David Connolly the third inA New Borowitz Book
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Updated: 2010-05-16 00:16:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Sunday , 16 May 2010 Sunday Salon 16 May 2010 May is turning out to be a rather slow reading month for . me Finished so far 4.3, SMOKE MIRRORS , Kel Robertson May 11 4.2, THE LISTERDALE MYSTERY , Agatha Christie 10 May 4.2, MARCH VIOLETS , Philip Kerr 5 May audio 4.2, INHUMAN REMAINS , Quintin Jardine 4 May Kel Robertson's book was the joint winner of the Australian Crime Writers' Ned Kelly Award in 2009 along with DEEP WATER by Peter Corris CurrentlyBefore H.H. Holmes, there was... Harry Hayward
Updated: 2010-05-15 11:37:48Which is YOUR best Agatha Christie?
Updated: 2010-05-15 01:00:00: skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Saturday , 15 May 2010 Which is YOUR best Agatha Christie I saw this question posted on a blog yesterday and so I've queried my database to see what my top 10 look . like In some cases I read these or listened to them before I began the current Agatha Christie Reading Challenge where I have literally begun again , reading the novels in order of publication , so there aren't necessarily reviews of these on my . blog My top 10, with ratings , nbsp are MURDERThe Girl Who.. Some sort of record?
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: . skip to main skip to sidebar MYSTERIES in PARADISE Why MYSTERIES Because that is the genre I read . Why PARADISE Because that is where I . live Among other things , this blog , the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution , will act as a records of books that I've read , and random . thoughts Blogs I'm watching Agatha Christie Carnival Friday , 14 May 2010 The Girl Who . Some sort of record Amazon UK Crime Fiction Best Sellers comes into my RSS inbox every day and I've been watching the Stieg Larsson novels with some fascination : sorry if the print is a bit blurry but you will see what I mean Note how long they have been in the top 100. There's another list called most gifted that means most often given as gifts The top 6 in that list are THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO rated at 4 starsTransatlantic Title Change Alert
Updated: 2010-05-14 07:50:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 14, 2010 Transatlantic Title Change Alert It's just come to my attention that Sophie Hannah's The Other Half Lives at title which I always think of and have to stop pronouncing in chemistry terms is to be published in the US in June as the more mundane , The Dead Lie Down US : synopsis Ruth Bussey once did something she regrets , and her punishment nearly destroyed her . Now Ruth is rebuilding her life and has found a love she doesn’t believe she deserves . Aidan Seed is also troubled by a past he can’t bear to talk about , until one day when he decides he must confide in Ruth . He tells her that , years ago , he killed a woman named Mary . Trelease Ruth isMystery Fiction Favorites on MPR's Midmorning
Updated: 2010-05-13 01:00:00Coming Soon from Simon & Schuster (UK)
Updated: 2010-05-12 17:25:00: skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Wednesday , May 12, 2010 Coming Soon from Simon Schuster UK I've received the latest catalogue from Simon Schuster July December 2010 I'll be adding the following to the forthcoming releases page if they're not already there June Michael Jecks The Oath Knights Templar series Lynda La Plante Blind Fury Anna Travis July N J Cooper Lifeblood paperback original , 2 Karen Taylor The Medieval Murderers The Sacred Stone Ruth Newman The Company of Shadows Kevin Power Bad Day in Blackrock paperback August Neil Cross Captured paperback Jeremy Duns Free Country sequel to Free Agent Sarah Rayne House of the Lost paperback with a quote from the Euro Crime review of Ghost Song in theCLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime
Updated: 2010-05-09 15:52:23Best Links in The Theme
Updated: 2010-05-09 04:22:12: CLEWS Your Home for Historic True Crime By Crime Historian Laura James , Esquire c 2005-09 WELCOME to my study of historic true crime , a literary blog where the chairs rest at the intersection of history , journalism , law , and murder , and the shelves are filled with the finest true crime literature . PS STEAL FROM THIS LIBRARY AND IT'S PISTOLS AT . DAWN 1 Following 4 Followers Subscribe to this blog's feed Your email : address Powered by FeedBlitz Recent Posts Best Links in The Theme Dr . Zeo Zoe Wilkins made A Postcard from Braintree Recommended Links in the Theme On the senator who stood up to the Purple Gang and lost Links in the theme New study tries to explain why women read true crime New books 2010 Edgar Nominees for True Crime The cream of the crop Categories AuthorNew Reviews: Eastland, French, Grimes, MacBride, Parot, Stanley
Updated: 2010-05-08 23:53:00: : , , , , , skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Sunday , May 09, 2010 New Reviews : Eastland , French , Grimes , MacBride , Parot , Stanley This month's : competitions Win a copy of Deadly Trade by Michael Stanley Worldwide Win a copy of Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth UK only Here are this week's : reviews Rik Shepherd reviews Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland the first in the Inspector Pekkala series Maxine Clarke reviews the latest from Nicci French : Complicit Terry Halligan reviews the twenty-second outing for Richard Jury in Martha Grimes's The Black Cat Paul Blackburn reviews Dark Blood by Stuart MacBride the sixth in the Logan McRae series Laura Root reviews the latest in the Nicolas Le Floch series ,OT: Castle & books
Updated: 2010-05-07 09:20:00: : skip to main skip to sidebar Euro Crime Snippets about British and other European crime fiction , tv and . film Friday , May 07, 2010 OT : Castle books The tv show Castle has become one of my guilty pleasures . It's showing on Alibi on Wednesdays at 9pm . It's along the lines of The Mentalist with a male outsider coming in and showing the female detectives and her team how it's done . In this case Rick Castle is a best-selling crime . writer I recently found out that there are books being published as if they were written by Rick Castle the ones that he is writing in the show , his Nikki Heat series . Almost as confusing as how there are Bones books based on the tv series , which are based on the books by Kathy Reichs . In the trailer below , Stephen J Cannell and Michael Connelly join