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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In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including …
Another most excellent book in the department Q series. This series is very enjoyable - warning tho: better read them in sequence, because if every book can stand alone, there is also several background story about the protagonists that are better read in sequence.
Carl Mørck holds in his hands a bottle that contains old and decayed message, written …
Excellent. J'adore cette série du département Q. C'est bien ficelé et rigolo à la fois.
Excellent. J'adore cette série du département Q. C'est bien ficelé et rigolo à la fois.
American expat Kate Moore drops her kids at the international school, makes her shopping rounds, …
The book isn't bad BUT: unfortunately, it hinges on the previous one, the plot of which is quoted heavily. So if you plan to read them, read them in sequence !!! There is no point or incentive for me to read the previous one now, as I know all the details of the plot.
The book isn't bad BUT: unfortunately, it hinges on the previous one, the plot of which is quoted heavily. So if you plan to read them, read them in sequence !!! There is no point or incentive for me to read the previous one now, as I know all the details of the plot.
Pat Cosgrove was a convict in the state's vilest prison, and Doc Luther gave him …
Interesting plot. Unfortunately not a chance for the reader to guess, which is what I like but nice all the same. Easy reading 👍
— Où suis-je ? — Au village. — Qu'est-ce que vous voulez ? — Des …
somehow does not quite feel the same as the series, but then I guess that had to be expected :-) Still entertaining !
Must read to understand trump. real eye opener !
Lorsque commence la partie d?échecs contre ce jeune inconnu arrogant qui déplace ses pièces sans …
toujours aussi bon...
Dr. Peter S. Murphy runs a clinic to cure alcoholics. But his charges believe that …
Strange book as usual with the author, but this one actually has a plot :-)
When the body of a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the …
Interresting book - same people as in blackout, moving along the timeline. Slow pace, like often in the nordic roman noir but nice nonetheless.
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...
Interesting, even if the pace is quite slow. Unfortunately no chance to solve it for the readeras much isn't disclosed until the end...
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.
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.
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.
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime …
Matt always does for a relaxing reading :-)
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be …
No chance to Guess whodunnit:-(