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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It’s 1971, the Cold War is still chilly, and ex-Detective Sergeant Cameron Kyle returns from …
Not really a follow up to fragile cage, more of a continuation. We get the same plot twist as in Moran - maybe not as many (yet ?). All in all quite enjoyable :-)
April, 1968. Detective Constable Cameron Kyle takes a bullet to the head. He survives—but the …
Very nice. Unsurprisingly, same style as Moran, but of course different.
« Ne réveillez pas le dragon qui dort. » Telle pourrait être l’injonction que les …
Que dire ??? Bizarre ? Le livre nous fait glisser d'une réalité dans l'autre, mais on fini par ne plus bien savoir ce qui est la réalité. C'est certainement un livre intéressant :-)
Que dire ??? Bizarre ? Le livre nous fait glisser d'une réalité dans l'autre, mais on fini par ne plus bien savoir ce qui est la réalité. C'est certainement un livre intéressant :-)
Disséminés sur des centaines de mondes, les hommes mènent une guerre désespérée contre les cruels …
Pas mal. Un peu prévisible, mais bon. Pose un problème intéressant, sans avoir l'air d'y toucher...
Pas mal. Un peu prévisible, mais bon. Pose un problème intéressant, sans avoir l'air d'y toucher...
Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting …
Vey funny book, easy read. For some reason I pictured the main carater as "Moss" from the IT crowd - I guess that says it all (altho the description did not correspond at all I must say). So recommended !
Vey funny book, easy read. For some reason I pictured the main carater as "Moss" from the IT crowd - I guess that says it all (altho the description did not correspond at all I must say). So recommended !
A brutal killing. A shattered team. A detective dragged back from the brink.
On …
Last instalment in the series. As twisty as the others - I think the series got its twistbooster around #5 or so, and the 4-5 last one definitely need to be read one after another. Of course it is possible not to, but you'd miss some details. All in all a very good series, if you like murder/thriller/detective series it is definitely recommended.
Last instalment in the series. As twisty as the others - I think the series got its twistbooster around #5 or so, and the 4-5 last one definitely need to be read one after another. Of course it is possible not to, but you'd miss some details. All in all a very good series, if you like murder/thriller/detective series it is definitely recommended.
A new cold case for DCI Brendan Moran coincides with the unexpected reappearance of a …
Closing the story - as usual in a totally unexpected way...
July, 1976 – Thames Valley, UK. Long, scorching days of blue skies, water shortages, and …
The master of plot twist is at it again. This one also ends up on a cliff hanger, so you'd better make sure you have the next instalment ready as well before you start DCI MOran #8 if you don't wanna die of frustration....
The master of plot twist is at it again. This one also ends up on a cliff hanger, so you'd better make sure you have the next instalment ready as well before you start DCI MOran #8 if you don't wanna die of frustration....
A fatal road traffic collision uncovers a bizarre murder when it transpires that an elderly …
This is the follow-up to "the ennemy inside" so having reading it is not really a pre-requisite but strongly recommended. Other than that, Scott must have taken a master course in plot-twist. Again !!! definitely recommended
This is the follow-up to "the ennemy inside" so having reading it is not really a pre-requisite but strongly recommended. Other than that, Scott must have taken a master course in plot-twist. Again !!! definitely recommended
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 :-)
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...
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 :-)
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
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.
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 !