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Norwegian By Night

Advantages: Great characters, good plot
Disadvantages: Maybe too short

Amazon’s book description: He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars – never, of course not – but Sheldon can’t help but wonder what it is he’s doing here… Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his g ...

mattydalton 08.04.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Norwegian By Night - Derek B Miller

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New York Thins

Advantages: Of its time, insights into the studio system, decent plots
Disadvantages: Probably not for the general crime reader

I've recently been discovering the original works of Raymond Chandler which, like many people, I'd only really known from the Hollywood renditions. A natural, if backwards, progression from there was clearly to the writer that Chandler called the ace perf ...

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Review of Return of the Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett

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The Bubble Gum Thief

Advantages: Engaging, Good character development, New spin on the genre
Disadvantages: Not sure anorexia was dealt with fully

...Amazon's book description: Special Agent Dagny Gray is smart, athletic, and fearless. She's also fragile, depressed, and anorexic. If she doesn't get healthy soon, the FBI will drop her--and she'll never have a chance to end the crime spree of the so-cal ...

mattydalton 07.03.2013 · Read full review
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Review of The Bubble Gum Thief - Jeff Miller

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The Chessmen - more Stalemate than Checkmate

Advantages: Readable and quick to plough through
Disadvantages: Predictable and shallow. Disappointing close to a pretty good trilogy.

Having just read the second of the Lewis Trilogy, The Lewis Man, I was pleased to spot the last in the series, The Chess Men on special soft back edition at the airport. Although it was to mean I'd have to lug the book (hard backed sized) half way across ...

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Review of The Chessmen - Peter May

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The Chessmen brings a Wonderful Trilogy to an Emotional Close

Advantages: A return visit to the starkly beautiful setting of the Scottish islands.
Disadvantages: Sad the trilogy has to end and to think that we'll never hear from these characters again.

The Chessmen brings to a close the trilogy that began with The Blackhouse, followed by The Lewis Man. I'm not a big fan of crime books, or whodunits, but I've loved these books. Each of the books have featured an investigation into a murder in the prese ...

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Review of The Chessmen - Peter May

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