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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At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda Loring in The Long Goodbye), …
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.
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.
Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man like Dillon couldn't bring himself …
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime …
Matt always does for a relaxing reading :-)
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so …
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be …
No chance to Guess whodunnit:-(
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be willing to work entirely without …
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 :-)
He was 41 years old and as down-home polite as any man you'd want to meet. boyish grin, easy manners. …
William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run …
Not bad but déjà vu all over again
William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental …
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.
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 …
