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Bern

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo & The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson

Political activist, crusading journalist and best-selling author... dead before his time. And that's just the author. Everything about this…

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Sarah Gillis

Fred Vargas: Wash this Blood Clean From My Hand

i have just finished this book, the first i have read from this (female, French) writer. Apparently the book was put up for an award. It i…

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Bern

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo & The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson

Political activist, crusading journalist and best-selling author... dead before his time. And that's just the author. Everything about this…

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7 Jul 16
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Jacqui

Blind Vines by Erica Spindler

This book is about a woman called Alex whose mother commits suicide and leaves behind a mysterious past which Alex sets out to find. Afte…

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0 Jul 8
Jacqui

Lost by Michael Robotham

This is the 2nd book in his series and it was really great read. The first book in the series 'The Suspect' is about the character Joseph O…

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0 Jul 6
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The other side of silence by Bill Pronzini

The main character rescues a woman from her attempted suicide in Death Valley, then devotes his time trying to recover her son, kidnapped…

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0 Jun 7
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Dead tomorrow by Peter James

The best crime fiction book I have read in recent years.  Good narrative, finely tuned plot and sub-plots, believable characters.  The sto…

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0 May 17
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The Death of Faith by Donna Leon

To read a book by Donna Leon is to walk the streets, and travel the canals,of the most beautiful city in the world with the appealing Commi…

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0 Nov. 16, 2009
Jenni Wong

Even money by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

An intriguing crime thriller for the third collaboration between Dick Francis and his son, Felix involves a bookmaker/likeable hero (if po…

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0 Oct. 18, 2009
Kate

The tenderness of wolves- Stef Penney

This novel is set in the frozen wilderness of Canada in 1867, and centres around the murder of a reclusive fur trader, the repercussions…

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0 Sep. 22, 2009
Lindach

The Veils of Venice by Edward Sklepowich

Another title in the Urbino Macintyre mystery series. Urbino Macintyre is an American with Italian ancestry who now lives in Venice where…

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0 Aug. 28, 2009
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Third Degree by Greg Iles

What a great read. Greg Iles is a very talented writer and I've just become a fan. A most appealing psychological thriller. (This review w…

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0 Jun. 10, 2009

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The time is 1995, but everybody is linked by their past. Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren’t easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband and twelve-year-old daughter. Josh has biza…
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Truth is the beginning of the sequel to Peter Temple's "The broken shore". It's about violence, battery, crime,  corruption and deceit His clarity grabs you from the start and an engaging novel (which is what I love). It's well paced and evocative.…
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  This fabulous prequel to the Black Magician Trilogy is set hundreds of years before the events of the first books. It could be read on its own but I think it would be better to read the trilogy first. One of the main mysteries from the trilogy is…
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I really liked this series too! I thought they were borderline romancey, but still excellent. The internal struggle that Wen was dealing with throughout the book was depicted magnificently. Will there be another one - That is the question! Has anyon…
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