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Killing Me Softly by Nicci French. Psychological thriller/crime fiction 9/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/31/2006 1:22 PM
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Nicci French’s Killing Me Softly [ISBN 0 14 027529 0] is a “dark erotic and compulsive” crime fiction novel – and though many books say they are – this one is the real thing. It is so compulsively readable it is really scary – and you can feel yourself holding your breath at some particularly suspenseful times
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Robert Goddard – Sight Unseen. Crime fiction 9/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/30/2006 2:55 PM
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Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard [ISBN 0 552 15210 2] is a immensely satisfying crime fiction novel that shows his usual mastery of plot, of suspense and tension sustaining and of action. The narrative is nice and pacy with good use of flashback (not my favourite literary device) and is full of drama and tragedy that is well captured in the characterisations and descriptions
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The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan. Children’s/adults imaginative fiction 5/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/29/2006 2:11 PM
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Ian McEwan’s The Daydreamer [ISBN 0 009 959061 1] is a strange little book of stories, ostensibly for children, though I do feel that it would be a precocious child who you would read the stories to, and by the time they would read books of this complexity they may feel the content a little patronising
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Trail of the Dead by Jon Evans. Crime chiller 8/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/27/2006 12:57 PM
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Jon Evans crime thriller Trail of the Dead [ISBN 0 340 83145 6] is a first novel – and really very good indeed. The plot is nicely logical but quite twisty, too. The narrative grips from the very beginning – the original premise opened up at the outset drives the need to know exactly what is happening
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Blinded by Stephen White. Psychological thriller 7/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/24/2006 4:59 PM
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Stephen White’s crime fiction novel Blinded [ISBN 0 316 72501 3] has a plot that creaks a little at times with action almost entirely blocked by client confidentiality (which may well be true in real life, but why bore a story with it?) and , though the narrative is quite engaging and sticky –some of the action may seem
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Death in Springtime by Magdalen Nabb. Crime fiction 9/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/23/2006 11:32 AM
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Magdalen Nabb’s book Death in Springtime [ISBN 1 56947 415 X] is an early member of the series of Marshal Guarnaccia crime fiction stories set in Florence. I am afraid that I so enjoy the wonderful writing creating the sights, smells and tastes of Florence that it’s almost as good as a visit (well, perhaps not).
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Donna Leon – A Venetian Reckoning. Crime fiction 8/10 |
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By bookworm on
5/19/2006 12:31 PM
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A Venetian Reckoning by Donna Leon [ISBN 0 330 34416 1] is a quite early book featuring the wonderful Commisario Brunetti. As always, the excellent sense of location, strong characters and a nice tight plot.
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