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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Vers 2012, Caillol est tué en décryptant un tableau dans une église de Séville. À …
Episode suivant de la saga Ari, mais pas vraiment la suite des cathedrales. Pas mal, mais fort didactique par moment (et meme un peu lourd).
Vers 2012, Caillol est tué en décryptant un tableau dans une église de Séville. À …
Curieux de voir ce 3ème opus de la saga Ari.
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Hollow;2) "The Poirots": the complete …
this is the last of my (huge) batch of Agatha Christie. Quite interresting, as always :-)
Une mystérieuse organisation internationale protectrice de l'environnement s'empare de plusieurs régions du globe, à la …
Réponds à pas mal de question du rasoir d'Ockham. Pas mal du tout. je continue d'explorer l'univers de l'auteur :-)
Réponds à pas mal de question du rasoir d'Ockham. Pas mal du tout. je continue d'explorer l'univers de l'auteur :-)
Ari Mackenzie, analyste atypique et controversé des Renseignements généraux, est confronté à la plus extraordinaire …
Bien ficelé, mais on reste un peu sur sa faim et on est obligé de lire le volume suivant (les cathédrales du vide!)
The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay …
nice twist, I'm tempted to say as always :-)
nice twist, I'm tempted to say as always :-)
During a blinding snowstorm, a homicidal maniac traps a small group of people in an …
Always wanted to read the novel that was the basis of the famous "mousetrap". A bit simple for my taste (translate: I had found whodunnit) but nice all the same.
Always wanted to read the novel that was the basis of the famous "mousetrap". A bit simple for my taste (translate: I had found whodunnit) but nice all the same.
I don't like it when external info allow Poirot to solve the case. As a reader I should have the same info if i'm to have a chance to solve the riddle :-(
I don't like it when external info allow Poirot to solve the case. As a reader I should have the same info if i'm to have a chance to solve the riddle :-(
Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to …
Not bad at all. nice plot twist !!!
Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient personal secretary; …
For once I guessed the plot - not very often with A. Christie. Guess been reading too many of them lately.
(titre original : Appointment with Death) est un roman policier d'Agatha Christie publié le 2 …
A bit obvious this time, but still nice...
Not bad but a bit slow for me. Also not really a chance for the reader to solve it by himself, so.. Don't like those books where you need external knowledge unavailable to the reader.
Not bad but a bit slow for me. Also not really a chance for the reader to solve it by himself, so.. Don't like those books where you need external knowledge unavailable to the reader.
When Billy set out from Glasgow as a young man he never looked back. He …
Excellent kind of biography, but then again, I'm a fan, so...
Excellent kind of biography, but then again, I'm a fan, so...
AGATHA CHRISTIE is the author of more than 80 novels and story collections. Her books …
This is a very unusual Agatha Christie. None of the usual heroes. It's a kind of spy story, obviously very much influenced by the events of 1968 (it's published in 1970). Not my favorite AC by far, but interesting nonetheless.
This is a very unusual Agatha Christie. None of the usual heroes. It's a kind of spy story, obviously very much influenced by the events of 1968 (it's published in 1970). Not my favorite AC by far, but interesting nonetheless.
Stephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have …
Thrilling as ever - Stephen is a master :-). Follow up of "Finders Keepers".
Thrilling as ever - Stephen is a master :-). Follow up of "Finders Keepers".