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Lorraine Connection - Dominique Manotti
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Winner 2008 Two years ago Dominique Manotti was shortlisted for the above award but lost out to Fred Vargas. This year she has reversed the decision, at the same … more »
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Lorraine Connection - Dominique Manotti
lizzysiddal wrote 1 day ago: Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Winner 2008 Two years ago Dominique Manotti was shortlisted for t … more »
Glister - John Burnside
lizzysiddal wrote 1 week ago: With eleven collections of poetry under his belt, including The Asylum Dance, which won the 2000 Whi … more »
The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg
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lizzysiddal wrote 1 week ago: The Scandinavian assault on the British crime market continues with new (to me) authors arriving on … more »
The Fifth Woman - Henning Mankell
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lizzysiddal wrote 1 month ago: In the week which contained the announcement of the 2008 CWA Dagger shortlists, with its inclusion … more »
Sunday Salon: I'd rather do the ironing!
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lizzysiddal wrote 2 months ago: “What?” I hear my fellow bookworms cry! It is true. A humungous pile of domestic ( … more »
The Man In The Window - K O Dahl
lizzysiddal wrote 2 months ago: ISBN: 0571232914 / 978057123291 Publication Date (UK): 1.05.2008 Review copy The Man in the Window … more »
The One From The Other - Philip Kerr
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lizzysiddal wrote 4 months ago: Which classic crime author comes to mind when you read this? Then the green curtain in the confess … more »
The Cry of the Owl - Patricia Highsmith
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lizzysiddal wrote 5 months ago: Patricia Highsmith #3 for me and my favourite to date - so good, in fact, that I have now decided to … more »
Sunday Salon (17.02.08) Out of Sorts
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lizzysiddal wrote 5 months ago: Well, the week went belly-up last Sunday when I lost my broadband connection. I couldn’t get … more »
Porfiry Petrovich lives on .....
lizzysiddal wrote 6 months ago: The search has begun. Who will occupy the place that has been reserved for Michael Dibdin these la … more »
End Games - Michael Dibdin
lizzysiddal wrote 6 months ago: The Best of 2007 posted a few days ago, it’s time to honour that other, less pleasant end of y … more »
Mildred Pierce - James M Cain
lizzysiddal wrote 6 months ago: Crime noir anyone? There’s something about the American crime fiction of the 1930’s and … more »
Prince Rupert's Teardrop - Lisa Glass
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lizzysiddal wrote 8 months ago: A debut novel and a first for this blog. I was contacted by Lisa Glass and asked if I would like … more »
Dutch Masters: The Darkroom of Damocles - W F Hermans
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lizzysiddal wrote 9 months ago: Published in Dutch 1958. Translation 2007 Ina Rilke. I don’t often go to book stores these d … more »
The Chameleon's Shadow - Minette Walters
lizzysiddal wrote 9 months ago: Q: Which author would you like to invite for dinner? And why? A: Minette Walters. A dark edg … more »
The Magician's Wife - Brian Moore
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lizzysiddal wrote 9 months ago: In 1856 Napoleon III sent Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin to Algeria to frighten the natives with a dis … more »
