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It's a Mystery

Advantages: A good crime story
Disadvantages: Poor characterisation

Steig Larsson has a lot to answer for. After reading and loving his Millennium trilogy, I was interested in discovering further Scandinavian crime fiction and thrillers. When Amazon suggested I might like this book, I was keen to read it. I didn't know th ...

Essexgirl2006 27.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Draining Lake - Arnaldur Indridason

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The Second Coming.

Advantages: Despair, laughter, intrigue - it is all there !
Disadvantages: None

The Daily Telegraph listed the northern Irish author Colin Bateman among their top 50 crime writers. Colin has written books for both adults and children alike. The main character of the `Turbulent Priests` is a guy called Dan Sharkey, who appears on mo ...

Sarahjh1 15.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman

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