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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88% complete! François has read 92 of 104 books.
When the body of a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted Icelandic village of Kálfshamarvík, …
On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten …
Interesting, even if the pace is quite slow. Unfortunately no chance to solve it for the readeras much isn't disclosed until the end...
On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright …
Good old Spenser :-) This one is not hilarious but it does the job.
At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda …
Chandler is a safe pair of hands.
At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda Loring in The Long Goodbye), …
Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man …
yet another strange book from Jim. It starts normal enough and plunges into a weird delirium. Not sure I like that style. It's probably the last book I read from him.
Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man like Dillon couldn't bring himself …
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime …
Matt always does for a relaxing reading :-)
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so …
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be …
No chance to Guess whodunnit:-(
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be willing to work entirely without …
He was 41 years old and as down-home polite as any man you'd want to …
surprising. Starts like a good gangster book, but finishes really weird. not saying any more :-)
He was 41 years old and as down-home polite as any man you'd want to meet. boyish grin, easy manners. …
