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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:...

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Book 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...

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Mortal 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...

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He 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...

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Review: 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...

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Book 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...

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In 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...

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Book 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...

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Book 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...

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This 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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