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Jane Hill is an English writer I sort of “discovered” earlier this year. I am fairly sure she is not read by a North American audience, as I can only find reviews on the British Amazon.co.uk. And not that many by the way. I kinda liked her two previous “crime” novels Grievous Angel and The […]
I liked Robert Harris’ Pompeii. I read it in a few days, enjoyed it, and found the story to be well written. But – there is a but – it could be boring at times. It was definitely not the 5* read I had expected it to be. Anyway, I loved the ancient setting in […]
Have you ever worked in an office? If so, you will recognize a lot of the stuff going on in the Miller-Shanks Advertising Firm. The story, e by Matt Beaumont, takes place during a few weeks in January 2000, where everybody is supposed to be busy with a new campaing for Coke. But of course, […]
Superbly well written mystery (and more) about you Aussie mathematician Samantha Flood/Sam and young Spanish/English catholic Miguel Madero/Mig. They meet each other by coincidence in Illtwaithe, a small town far out in the country side in England. Sam is in Illtwaithe to find out what happened to her grandmother who used to live in Illthwaite […]
I just reviewed Gallows View which was the first Inspector Banks novel. This one, Friend of the Devil, is the no. 17! I haven’t read many inbetween, but I will. It wasn’t a problem reading no. 17, so I am pretty sure they can all be read independently, although I think I like better to […]
This is the first in a long series with InspectorAlan Banks as the main character. I had already read a couple when I decided to read the whole series and begin with the beginning.I am under no circumstances familiar with the topography of England, but I do know that this series takes place in the […]
I cannot decide whether I like this book or not. Was it boring, did I hate it? I really don’t know. I liked the gothic atmosphere with old English halls, mysteries and depraved upper-classes, dark secrets…I also liked the quiet heroine Margaret who loves old books and who definitely has some skeletons in her closet. […]
It is pretty easy to detect that The Murder Ballad is written by the same author who wrote Grievous Angel. This book is just as easy to read and build over much the same mould. But I still liked it. Much more than I had expected. The plot is better than in Grievous Angel. Still […]
Very easily read story about Justine Fraser, an English woman somewhere between 38 and 34. The book is such an easy read that it is hard to believe that it has been written for a grown up audience. But on the other hand, the story has a nice flow, so no complaining about that. I […]
This is number three book in the series about chief Simon Serrailer, his family, colleagues and other persons in the fictious English town Lafferton. The two first books “The Various Haunts of Men” and “The Pure in Heart” has just been mentioned, click here to check it out. I recommend that you read the books […]
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