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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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...
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.
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:-(
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 :-)
William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run …
Not bad but déjà vu all over again
A teenage girl is raped and murdered. A father turns his back on his son. …
Not quite sure what to do with this book. Seems like an unfinished exercice to me. Not recommended.
The army wants Nero Wolfe urgently, but he refuses their clarion call to duty. It …
2 short stories - a bit disappointing but apparently written at the time the author was busy with the war, so... Archie is in fact in the army... :-)
In the year 4022, an amateur archeologist makes an important discovery in the long buried …
Excellent book. Very short - 100 page but plenty of illustrations - for obvious reasons. Hilarious but at the same time asking real questions about what will be left of our civilisation in a 1000 yers. definitely recommended
With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel …
Nero and Archie as they are - nice and funny,
When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies …
Entertaining as usual. This book is several decades old and some people probably would be offended by some of the words. I'm not.
Bad cop Jerry Broadfield didn't make any friends on the force when he volunteered to …
Good old Scudder is at it again :-) As usual easy reading...
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #2. "For those who yearn to walk those mean streets, no …
Nice twist and turns, as usual.