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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Tommy and Tuppence Beresford return in Christie’s classic Postern of Fate, to investigate a deadly …
Not bad, but not as clear as usual. Last of the series...
Not bad, but not as clear as usual. Last of the series...
Quand Tave découvre Anna, elle est mal en point. Mais grâce à Zante, elle sera …
Emile nous a quitté dimanche, et j'avais envie de lire un de ses bouquins. Habituellement il écrivait pour le théatre, ici c'est un mini-roman. Je trouve que c'est super bien écrit, mais je ne suis probablement pas objectif. Salut l'artiste !
Emile nous a quitté dimanche, et j'avais envie de lire un de ses bouquins. Habituellement il écrivait pour le théatre, ici c'est un mini-roman. Je trouve que c'est super bien écrit, mais je ne suis probablement pas objectif. Salut l'artiste !
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table …
Most excellent as usual, perhaps even better than usual, or is it because I missed the gang ?
Sixteen years before Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen was elected president of the United States, a …
Not quite sure what to make fo this. Not bad at all, but to me a bit overwritten and quite previsible. But then I've probably been spoilt by the Department Q series :-)
Not quite sure what to make fo this. Not bad at all, but to me a bit overwritten and quite previsible. But then I've probably been spoilt by the Department Q series :-)
Roughneck is pulp noir master Jim Thompson's quasi-autobiography of the wandering wild days of one …
His life is certainly at part with many of the stories he wrote. Quite interesting, even if only half of it is true :-)
On her sixtieth birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on …
Most excellent as the others in the series. once again, very recommended reading !!!
When the head of Department Q, Detective Carl Mørck, finds himself handcuffed in a police …
very good as usual, and the last of the serie. realized I missed #9 before this one so still have one to read. Interresting ending. I won't spoil it :-)
very good as usual, and the last of the serie. realized I missed #9 before this one so still have one to read. Interresting ending. I won't spoil it :-)
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 👍