I stumbled on this one, as I often do, through a Kindle deal. It’s a great way to discovery a new author or a new genre without spending a bunch of money, or at least without a trip to the library. Martin Jensen is a Danish novelist (there are a lot of really good Scandinavian writers, aren’t there?) who has written a bunch of books. From what I can tell, these books are the first to be translated into English. There are two right now […]
Heading down the Norwegian crime story Hole
Everyone says that if you like crime fiction, murder mysteries, and the like, then definitely check out Norwegian crime fiction. And Jo Nesbo is one of the best in the business (or so I’m told). His main character is Oslo detective Harry Hole. Apparently American and English publishers decided to start translating the books that came later in the series first (set in Oslo), for whatever reason. However, this was the first book – and Harry has travelled from Oslo to Sydney to investigate the […]
Poirot doesn’t impress in his first story
Fortieth book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. I like mysteries and thrillers, but this one didn’t impress me much. It might be because Agatha was such a pioneer in this genre that a lot of other writers must have borrowed from her and so, this particular story (the first perhaps, in her famous Hercule Poirot series) appears to be far too familiar.The plot was quite simple. I was even able to guess the most likely culprits. However, as soon as Hercule starts to […]
Carnival of Fools
This is another VF read from earlier in the year, same month as Undead and Unwed. Hence reading two vamp romances at the same time. In similar fashion, the characters seem to have questionable intelligence. However, at least this one had two enjoyable enough mysteries intertwined with the romance. A Girl’s Guide to Vampires is the first entry in the Dark Ones series by Ms. MacAlister. Joy and her friend Roxy end up in eastern europe working a book fair (Can I haz your job, please!). They decided to […]
Sire, the night is darker now / And the wind blows stronger
Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story (1937) exploits seasonal chill to the max on every possible level. It’s cold, neck-deep in snow–and there might be ghosts or other unearthly things hiding in the shadowy whiteness. The story begins conventionally enough, with a group of strangers stuck on a train that’s stuck in a snowdrift. One of them, an elderly man who seems to know a lot about the paranormal, and the traces left on the present by violent or highly emotionally-charged events of the […]
This book is no longer on Amazon for some reason
I found Kim Wright’s “City of Mystery” series through Amazon, I’m pretty sure I got the books for my Kindle for free, or close to free. I will always give a free mystery a try (and believe me, there are plenty of lousy ones out there that I’ve happily downloaded and just as happily deleted after the first few chapters). This series is actually quite good. City of Bells, the fourth book, takes place in Calcutta, India. For those of you who aren’t familiar with […]
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