Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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69% complete! François has read 72 of 104 books.
A fatal road traffic collision uncovers a bizarre murder when it transpires that an elderly passenger in one of the …
He came to save a life. He left with a ghost from a past he …
I'll call this matrioshka, with a plot twist nested in a plot twist nested in a plot twist :-)
I'll call this matrioshka, with a plot twist nested in a plot twist nested in a plot twist :-)
He came to save a life. He left with a ghost from a past he tried to forget. When DCI …
She vanished from the charts. Now she's buried in silence. When the body of up-and-coming …
As usual, breath-taking and plot twist upon plot twist... Stayed awake half the night to finish it - what else can I say...
She vanished from the charts. Now she's buried in silence. When the body of up-and-coming pop star Michelle LaCroix is …
A call from an old friend whose wife has vanished from their home in Co.
…twists and turn! and more plottwist. That the way I like it :-)
A call from an old friend whose wife has vanished from their home in Co.
Kerry prompts DCI Brendan …
When Simon Dracup’s daughter is kidnapped, he learns that his only hope of finding her …
Interesting - not strictly speaking a DCI Moran stories, even if he does make a guest star apparition in the book :-) Reads like an Indiana Jones
When Simon Dracup’s daughter is kidnapped, he learns that his only hope of finding her lies within the pages of …
The Solar Pons Omnibus is a collection of detective fiction stories by author August Derleth. …
Probably the longest it has taken me to finish a book, but for my defense, it's a 1300 page book :-). This was a complete discovery of a rather old series. The book collects all 71 of the Solar Pons stories by Derleth, which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle written in 1928 and onwards. And GREAT pastiche at that ! If you've read and enjoyed the original SH, you should love Solar Pons. Everything is copied, including the writing style. I found those stories both thrilling and hilarious. The nods and winks abound, including to Poirot (renamed Poiret and suddenly french instead of Belgian), and to time travel.
Definitely recommended.
Probably the longest it has taken me to finish a book, but for my defense, it's a 1300 page book :-). This was a complete discovery of a rather old series. The book collects all 71 of the Solar Pons stories by Derleth, which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle written in 1928 and onwards. And GREAT pastiche at that ! If you've read and enjoyed the original SH, you should love Solar Pons. Everything is copied, including the writing style. I found those stories both thrilling and hilarious. The nods and winks abound, including to Poirot (renamed Poiret and suddenly french instead of Belgian), and to time travel.
Definitely recommended.
The Solar Pons Omnibus is a collection of detective fiction stories by author August Derleth. The set collects all of …
During his time as an inspector with the Paris Surete, Monsieur Pamplemousse had been "in …
Disappointed by the book. While the plot in itself is not bad, what killed me is this: the hero is supposed to be french, and the action happening in Paris. First anywhere he's going is described with plenty of useless details which only give the impression the author has never set foot in Paris and is working with a map in front of him: He took rue Lepic then made a left rue Chambrol to end up at the crossing of rue Bicagnol and Posmeyer or something in the way thereof. Talk about I'm paid by the word so I'll add as many as I can, never mind if they're useless. And then of course the french is plain wrong - gender and grammar error kill it completely if you happen to really speak french. I'm sure for english readers throwing in the odd word adds a je-ne-sais-quoi to the …
Disappointed by the book. While the plot in itself is not bad, what killed me is this: the hero is supposed to be french, and the action happening in Paris. First anywhere he's going is described with plenty of useless details which only give the impression the author has never set foot in Paris and is working with a map in front of him: He took rue Lepic then made a left rue Chambrol to end up at the crossing of rue Bicagnol and Posmeyer or something in the way thereof. Talk about I'm paid by the word so I'll add as many as I can, never mind if they're useless. And then of course the french is plain wrong - gender and grammar error kill it completely if you happen to really speak french. I'm sure for english readers throwing in the odd word adds a je-ne-sais-quoi to the story, but I just couldn't believe that somebody as known as the author couldn't be bothered to have the french checked by a french speaker. Spoiled it a lot for me. But if you don't speak french, go ahead, have fun !
During his time as an inspector with the Paris Surete, Monsieur Pamplemousse had been "in at the death" on more …
Menaces de sabotage sur des stations pétrolière en Alaska et au Canada. Qui sont les …
J'aimais bien Alistair, mais cela a quand même un peu (tout petit peu) vieilli :-)
J'aimais bien Alistair, mais cela a quand même un peu (tout petit peu) vieilli :-)
Menaces de sabotage sur des stations pétrolière en Alaska et au Canada. Qui sont les saboteurs ? une enquête pleine …
