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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The newspaper refers to the dead body only as Victim 2117 - the two thousand, …
this is the one I liked least of all the series. While we do get loads of answers, it is not (by far) as light and funny as the others.
Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet …
Getting deeper and deeper into the background of the side people (no, not telling), and a front story which is getting crazier and crazier :-)
In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl …
Another fascinating story from department Q where we learn more about carl, Assad and Rose on the top of a dive in the past to find the mysterious VW driver...
Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson longs to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a …
Again very good. We learn more about Assad's background, and Rose...
Again very good. We learn more about Assad's background, and Rose...
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.