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October 2022 Leftovers

Batman: The Impostor by Mattson Tomlin

The Son by Jo Nesbø

Killer Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury

The Devil's Wedding Ring by Vidar Sundstøl

November 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy belated Halloween to all who observe! Again, I don’t have as many leftovers as I did in recent months since I’m logging so many full reviews for the Book Bingo. But here’s what I got, all of them quality 4-star reads…   Batman: The Impostor Really enjoyed this one. A fresh take, helped by the fact that Batman is surrounded by characters with no history. Jim Gordon is off the force. Alfred has forsaken him (or vice versa). No Joker, no Riddler, Penguin functions […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Batman, comic book, crime, Graphic Novel, hard case crime, Jo Nesbo, Killer Come Back to Me, Mattson Tomlin, mystery, nordic noir, Norway, occult, oslo, Ray Bradbury, short stories, Speculative Fiction, The Devil's Wedding Ring, the son, thriller, Vidar Sundstøl

Jake's CBR14 Review No:194 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Batman, comic book, crime, Graphic Novel, hard case crime, Jo Nesbo, Killer Come Back to Me, Mattson Tomlin, mystery, nordic noir, Norway, occult, oslo, Ray Bradbury, short stories, Speculative Fiction, The Devil's Wedding Ring, the son, thriller, Vidar Sundstøl ·
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A high-octane thriller that stretches credibility — if you care

The Son by Jo Nesbo

May 18, 2015 by Valyruh Leave a Comment

This bloody action-packed Norwegian police procedural/thriller is as exciting and fast-paced in its telling as it is absurd in its plot. The “hero” is young Sonny Lofthus, a lifer and a drug addict who has spent the past 15 years behind bars copping to crimes committed by the crime syndicate that runs all manner of nasty operations in Oslo. In return, he is kept happily supplied with top quality heroin, to which the assistant warden is well paid to keep a blind eye. The broken […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: corruption, mole, murder, Nesbo, Norway, oslo, Prison

Valyruh's CBR7 Review No:33 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: corruption, mole, murder, Nesbo, Norway, oslo, Prison ·
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Payback is a bitch

The Son by Jo Nesbo

January 19, 2015 by janniethestrange Leave a Comment

When Sonny isn’t on the nod, alone in his prison cell at Staten, he is The Confessor. Inmates of all persuasions come to him for absolution, for healing. Others, like a fallen minister and a crooked lawyer, get him to do the confessing for others. It’s been like this for 10 years, until lifer Johannes Halden comes to unburden himself to The Son. Then the story really takes off. From the writer who created detective Harry Hole (10 books so far), comes a stand alone […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Jo Nesbo, oslo, scandinavian crime fiction, the son, thriller

janniethestrange's CBR7 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jo Nesbo, oslo, scandinavian crime fiction, the son, thriller ·
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