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Saturday 18th May 2013

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Cranford

Author : Elizabeth Gaskell

Reviewed by Roger, on 18 May 2013

Review of "Cranford"

What is the point, I have to ask.


Friday 17th May 2013

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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest

Author : Stieg Larsson

Summary :
lisbeth back in action

Reviewed by Roger, on 17 May 2013

Review of "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest"

More from the spring of scandinavian noir.


Tuesday 30th April 2013

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Our Kind of Traitor

Author : John le Carre

Summary :
Russian criminal oligarch defects to British Intelligence to escape being overthrown. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 30 Apr 2013

Review of "Our Kind of Traitor"

Not one of his best, story unfolds routinely and the ending is a cop-out


Friday 5th April 2013

1962

Roseanna

Martin Beck Book 1

Authors : Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo

Summary :
Swedish police procedural investigation of murder

Reviewed by Roger, on 05 Apr 2013

Review of "Roseanna"

ok. Pre-dates the current fashion, a lot of time spent on realistic evocation of how slowly an investigation can proceed.


Sunday 10th March 2013

2005

Human Traces

Author : Sebastian Faulks

Reviewed by Roger, on 10 Mar 2013

Review of "Human Traces"

Actually as I read this I realised that I was re-reading it


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