Monthly Archives: October 2015

Missing Person by Patrick Modiano ( France) 1978 (1980 Eng) / 168 pages rating 9.5 This is the second Modiano I’ve read although the first – Suspended Sentences – is really 3 novellas in one volume, Afterimage, Suspended Sentences, and Flowers of Ruin.  I guess I … Continue reading →

The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen  (Danish) 2015 / (512 pages) read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 37m Rating  A+ / crime #6 in the Dept. Q series I don’t read series books back-to-back,  not normally anyway.  I usually take my … Continue reading →

The Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen  (Denmark translated) 2013 / 528 pages read by Graeme Malcolm 14h 6m rating:  A –  crime (Dept. Q mystery – #4 ) Eeks!   I read this earlier this month (October) but forgot … Continue reading →

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith 2015 / 224 pages read by Lisette Lecat – 9h 20m rating – A++  /  very cozy crime #16 in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series Oh be still my heart!  I … Continue reading →

Trespass by Rose Tremain 2010 /  263 pages Read by – Juliet Stephenson 9h 15m Rating:  8.25 / literary suspense I’d read two of Tremain’s books prior to this one and enjoyed them so I nominated this for the Bookgroup List  November selection … Continue reading →

I’ve come to use the term “literary” as an adjective – like “literary crime” or “literary sci-fi.” Sometimes a book has precious little to offer other than literary value – interesting structure, lively, appropriate metaphors and other tropes, distinct language, … Continue reading →

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) 2015 / 512 pages Read by Robert Glenister  17h 58m Rating A-  / crime-detective (3rd in Cormoran Strike series) Compared to the two prior novels in this series,  Career of Evil includes some … Continue reading →

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark) 2014/ (496 pages) read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 25m rating A / detective (5th in the Dept. Q series) Second readings are often very profitable so as “leader” of an upcoming discussion I took … Continue reading →

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark) 2014/ (496 pages) read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 25m rating A / detective (5th in the Dept. Q series) Finished this about a week ago and forgot to post!  Carl Mørck, a love-lorn middle-aged … Continue reading →

J by Howard Jacobson 2014 / 342 pages read by Adjoa Andoh and Colin Mace  11h 5m rating 7 / literary dystopian I read this back in July but the Booker Group is just now discussing it and I felt a reread … Continue reading →

City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg 2015 / (946 pages) read by Rebecca Lowman and others/ 37h 53m rating  9  – / literary crime It’s disconcerting to have decided that for historical fiction to be historical it has to be set in … Continue reading →

A Conspiracy of Faith Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark / translated) 2013 / 528 pages read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 27m Rating A / crime – thriller (Dept Q series #3) I’m  not usually big on serial murder crime books but I’ll … Continue reading →

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence 1928 /  557 pages (Kindle) rating: 8 / classic – literary romance  (erotica) Published privately in Italy in 1928 this was immediately banned due to explicit sexual content and vulgarity.   It was only available … Continue reading →

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown 2013 / 418 pages read by Edward Herrmann rating – 9 / nonfiction history This book has had … Continue reading →

Again – this is the official Short List: Marlon James (Jamaica)       A Brief History of Seven Killings Tom McCarthy (UK)               Satin Island  Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria)       The Fishermen  Sunjeev Sahota (UK)               The Year of the Runaways Anne Tyler (US)                       A Spool of Blue Thread  Hanya Yanagihara (US)            A Little … Continue reading →

The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham 1937 / 170 pages (Kindle – no pages) #9 in the Albert Campion series rating B-  / classic crime (amateur sleuth who-done-it) Chosen by a group (never would have done this … Continue reading →

The Suspect by John Lescroart 2007 / (321 pages) read by David Colacci 11h 11m rating/ A- / legal thriller (Stand alone but may be a series) I’m working my way through the Dismas Hardy novels from Audible whieh are read by David Colacci … Continue reading →