Contemporary mysteries and thrillers ranging from the mid 1900s (plus or minus) to the present time
A wild ride of a thriller, with a few minor flaws… Pushkin Press has made a bit of a business translating foreign-language mysteries into English and I tend to enjoy reading mysteries written from an international point of view. So I was happy to receive an advance reading copy of The Second Life of Inspector […]
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First published in the 1990s – this book has aged well… One for the Money was originally published back in the 1990s and is just now being reissued in e-book. However, it has aged well, perhaps because it never took itself too seriously to start with. Cat Caliban has finally buried her husband, Fred, who
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a very nice, tightly written, series starter… I’m a big fan of police (or PI) procedurals and often not so much a fan of noir. But I really liked Max Tomlinson’s blend of the two in Vanishing in the Haight. First, I very much enjoyed Tomlinson’s writing, which I found to be crisp and concise
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Some things to think about while also solving a mystery… SJ Rozan tackles two difficult topics in her most recent Lydia Chin/Bill Smith entry, The Art of Violence. The first, as might be guessed from the book’s title, is the nature of art – or maybe the nature of Art, **with** the capital letter. And
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Much more than a traditional thriller…. Thrillers are often not my thing, so I’m still not quite sure why I picked up A Long Night in Paris and started reading it, ahead of all the other books in my “to be read” pile. But I’m glad I did. I think I was originally pulled in
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