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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97% complete! François has read 101 of 104 books.
A teenage girl is raped and murdered. A father turns his back on his son. A vicious press lord turns …
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... :-)
The army wants Nero Wolfe urgently, but he refuses their clarion call to duty. It takes Archie Goodwin to titillate …
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
In the year 4022, an amateur archeologist makes an important discovery in the long buried country of Usa that has …
With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel …
Nero and Archie as they are - nice and funny,
With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the …
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.
When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero …
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...
Bad cop Jerry Broadfield didn't make any friends on the force when he volunteered to squeal to an ambitious d.a. …
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #2. "For those who yearn to walk those mean streets, no …
Nice twist and turns, as usual.
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #2. "For those who yearn to walk those mean streets, no one provides a more satisfactory …
One of the first of the scudder series.
