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Tag Archives: crime fiction
Quick Curtain by Alan Melville
After Death on the Cherwell, I have checked out a few more of the British Library’s Crime Classics series and Alan Melville‘s books really stand out among the bunch for the quality of their writing. Melville wrote a few crime … Continue reading
Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay
For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behaviour among her students, and bad publicity for the college. So her prim and cosy world is turned upside down when a secret society … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews
Tagged British Library, classics, crime fiction, Dorothy L Sayers, Mavis Doriel Hay, Oxford, recent reads, recommendations, reviews
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The Orenda Roadshow – Nordic Authors and the Beast from the East
It’s been a bit nippy in the last week, if you hadn’t noticed… Obviously, this had to be the week of the Orenda Roadshow – a large gaggle of brilliant authors from the UK and Europe travelling from Aberdeen to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Idle musing
Tagged Blue Night, crime fiction, Karen Sullivan, krimi, Orenda Books, Simone Buchholz, snow, Team Orenda, The Beast from the East, travel
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On Translating Simone Buchholz’s Blue Night
There’s much excitement at the moment because my translation of Simone Buchholz‘s wonderful German noir Krimi Blue Night (Blaue Nacht) is coming out in paperback at the end of March, published by the equally wonderful Orenda Books. It’s already available … Continue reading
Post-Referendum Reading – Vigilante
I haven’t been reading much lately, or it’s been taking me much longer to get through books than usual. There are all sorts of reasons for this, to do with family life, too much time on social media or playing … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews, Translation
Tagged Agatha Christie, blogging, books, Brexit, classics, comfort reading, crime fiction, detective fiction, fiction, funny books, Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen, literature, Lord of the Rings, Lucy Mangan, reading, recent reads, recommendations, reviews, Tolkien, translation, WITMonth, Wodehouse, Women in Translation
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Aufräumen – Angelika Waldis
Aufräumen (Piper Verlag, 2014) means “to tidy up”, and Luisa is having a clear-out. But the first thing that needs to go is her husband Alfred – an “artist”, who despises yet sponges off her – after almost 40 years … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews, Translation
Tagged Angelika Waldis, Aufräumen, books, crime fiction, German books, literature, Piper Verlag, reading, recent reads, recommendations, reviews
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Snow White Must Die
Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus, translated from German by Steven T. Murray (Pan Macmillan, 2012), certainly benefits from an eyecatching title and cover as well as “international bestseller status” and inclusion in Richard and Judy’s Book Club. Weirdly, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews, Translation
Tagged books, crime fiction, detective fiction, German books, Germany, Kirchhoff, mystery, Nele Neuhaus, Nordic noir, reading, recent reads, recommendations, reviews, Richard and Judy, Snow White Must Die, Steven T. Murray, Stieg Larsson, translation
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Irritating Beyond Measure: Ian Sansom’s The Norfolk Mystery
What the Publisher Says About It: Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley’s guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England; quaint villages, eccentric locals – and murder! It is 1937 and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran … Continue reading
Of Books and TV Adaptations: The Wings of the Sphinx
One of the first of my Christmas present books that I got through was the 11th in Andrea Camilleri‘s Montalbano series, The Wings of the Sphinx. It was also the first one I’d read where I’d seen the TV version … Continue reading
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