Villain, By: Shūichi Yoshida (trans by Philip Gabriel), A Conversational Review
Title/Author: Shūichi Yoshida , Villain (translated by Philip Gabriel) Title Elsewhere: Akunin (2007) Premise: what goes into the making of a killer? Year Published: August, 2010 in US / UK Length:...
View ArticleBook Review: The Caller, by Karin Fossum
The Caller (Inspecter Sejer 8), written by Karin Fossum and translated from the Norwegian by K.E. Semmel. This is my second book by this author, her latest and the eighth book in the Inspector Konrad...
View ArticleMortal Thoughts (1991)
I saw this movie a long time ago and enjoyed it enough to buy a cheap copy on DVD. MORTAL THOUGHTS stars Demi Moore with her then husband Bruce Willis and Glenne Headly. The movie would be best...
View ArticleHe Who Fears the Wolf – Karin Fossum
He Who Fears the Wolf, Karin Fossum Translator: Felicity David Pages: 300 Series: Konrad Sejer, 3 Setting: Norway People say that when Errki Johrma is around bad things tend to happen. He’s like a bad...
View ArticleReview: A Place of Execution – Val McDermid
Val McDermid pens a disturbing tale in her stand alone novel – A Place of Execution. It’s 1963 and on a freezing December night, 13-year-old Alison Carter goes missing in the isolated countryside of...
View ArticleBook Review: A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
Another new to me British writer: Ruth Rendell. She’s highly regarded by many for her nail biting psychological suspense type of crime fiction. She writes the Inspector Wexford series (1964 to now) as...
View ArticleIn A Lonely Place: Dorothy B. Hughes
I’ve been wanting to read Dorothy B. Hughes noir novel IN A LONELY PLACE (1947) since I first saw it mentioned earlier this year and I can’t remember where. IN A LONELY PLACE is dark, atmospheric read...
View ArticleBook Review: The Veiled One by Ruth Rendell
I think Ruth Rendell is amazing and I’m sorry to have waited so long to read her. Who else can write a novel of psychological suspense, tell you the motive and the ending upfront and then proceed to...
View ArticleBook Review: Beast in View by Margaret Millar
Beast in View (1955) by Margaret Millar Beast in View by Margaret Millar was published in 1955. It also won the Edgar Allan Poe award in 1956. I read this book in one sitting but then it’s only 176...
View ArticleThis Sweet Sickness (1961) By Patricia Highsmith
This Sweet Sickness (1961) by Patricia Highsmith is my fourth title from this wonderful writer. It is another psychological drama set during the late 1950’s. Quickly looking over her oeuvre, this title...
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