Archive for the ‘Sleuths Series’ Category
THE FIFTH WOMAN by Henning Mankell
I first read this 1997 novel (the sixth in Henning Mankell’s Inspector Wallander series) in 2004, and saw the television adaptation starring Kenneth Branagh last year. So the general outline was familiar; I even knew who the murderer was going to be. All the same, I read the book this time with just as much enjoyment as on the first occasion, and with even more appreciation of detail of its texture.
December 18, 2011
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Tags: 2012 - authors with books published this year, Foreign Detective, Henning Mankell, Sleuth · Posted in: Sleuths Series, Sweden
THE DROP by Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch is the real deal. Michael Connelly’s THE DROP is another superb entry in this outstanding series about an L. A. cop who is cynical and battle-weary, yet still committed to doing his job.
December 17, 2011
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Tags: 2011 PB Release, 2012 - authors with books published this year, Michael Connelly, Sleuth · Posted in: 2011 Favorites, Award Winning Author, California, Job, Sleuths Series
ALL CRY CHAOS by Leonard Rosen
In Leonard Rosen’s superb mystery, ALL CRY CHAOS, Henri Poincaré, fifty-seven, is a veteran Interpol agent who believes that it is “better to let one criminal go free than to abuse the law and jeopardize the rights of many.”
November 3, 2011
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Tags: 2011 Favorites, Foreign Detective, Interpol, Mathmatician, Permanent Press, Philosophical, Sciences, Sleuth · Posted in: 2011 Favorites, Debut Novel, Sleuths Series, World Literature
THE AFFAIR by Lee Child
What’s a writer to do when his action hero ages? One option is to go back in time.
In THE AFFAIR, Lee Child flashes back to 1997, when Major Jack Reacher (his thirty-six year old protagonist and first-person narrator) was an army MP. Leon Garber, Reacher’s commanding officer, sends Jack to Carter Crossing, Mississippi, to monitor a potentially explosive situation.
October 22, 2011
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Tags: 1990s, 2012 - authors with books published this year, 2012 PB Release, 2013 - authors with books coming out in 2013, Lee Child, Sleuth, Thriller · Posted in: Sleuths Series, Thriller/Spy/Caper, US South
THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Danish Detective Carl Morck is a walking tormented shell of his former self. Recently returned to work, he is living with post-traumatic stress disorder following an incident that ended with the shooting death of one of his colleagues and a shot that paralyzed his friend, Detective Hardy. Morck was also injured by a shot to the head. So far the perpetrators have not been found and Morck lives with survivor’s guilt. He is difficult to get along with, often late to work, and no longer has his heart in his work.
September 10, 2011
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Tags: 2011 Favorites, 2012 - authors with books published this year, 2012 PB Release, Foreign Detective, Scandinavian, Sleuth · Posted in: 2011 Favorites, Denmark, Drift-of-Life, Noir, Sleuths Series
A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny
Three Pines is a village near Montréal that is so small it does not appear on any map. For its size, this town has had an inordinate number of murders; solving them is the job of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté de Quebec and his team of detectives. This time, the victim is a woman, Lillian Dyson, whose art criticism years ago was so caustic that she was responsible for putting an end to budding careers. Louise Penny’s A Trick of the Light is all about artists—their insecurities, craving for recognition, pettiness, resentment, and jealousy.
September 2, 2011
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Tags: 2012 - authors with books published this year, 2012 PB Release, 2013 - authors with books coming out in 2013, AA, Alcoholic, Art, Montreal, murder mystery, Sleuth · Posted in: Award Winning Author, Canada, Character Driven, Good and Evil, Reading Guide, Sleuths Series, Small Town
