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Collecting Cooper (2011, Atria Paperback)
"A gripping thriller about a former private investigator's search for redemption and a mental patient's dark obsession."--P. [4] of cover.
Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s …
1Q84 (2011, Alfred A. Knopf)
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion …
You have good reason to be afraid. . . .
It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this …
Trophy taker (2008, Avon)
A serial killer is on the loose. His target? Lone Western women lured to Hong Kong by the promise of …
Places in the Dark (2009, Random House Publishing Group)
It is autumn 1937 when a mystery woman appears in Port Alma, a sea village nestled on the chilly coast …
Silesian station (2008, Soho)
The second in the 'John Russel' series of novels, set in WWII Berlin.
Instruments of Night (2009, Random House Publishing Group)
Thomas Cook is one of today's most acclaimed writers of psychological thrillers, penning hypnotic tales of forbidden love and devastating …
The redbreast (2009)
"The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry …
Very well written, a bit confusing because of all the flashbacks and numerous characters with Norwegian names but well worth the effort with the main character's anti-hero incarnation, it's sweet cynicism and cold outlook on life.
Nesbo weaves an intricate thread built between events occurring during the Second World War and the present, a multiplicity of Norwegian names where we're not quite sure who's who and who did what to whom. One would need a character map in order to reliably follow the plot. But as said well worth the effort of reading on and follow Hole's hell though alcoholism and loss of close friends and savour with him the fact that he's being promoted because of what is perceived as a blunder that the authorities do not want to be revealed to the public,
Norway revealed as not a quiet paradise but as a cold and grey wasteland of …
Very well written, a bit confusing because of all the flashbacks and numerous characters with Norwegian names but well worth the effort with the main character's anti-hero incarnation, it's sweet cynicism and cold outlook on life.
Nesbo weaves an intricate thread built between events occurring during the Second World War and the present, a multiplicity of Norwegian names where we're not quite sure who's who and who did what to whom. One would need a character map in order to reliably follow the plot. But as said well worth the effort of reading on and follow Hole's hell though alcoholism and loss of close friends and savour with him the fact that he's being promoted because of what is perceived as a blunder that the authorities do not want to be revealed to the public,
Norway revealed as not a quiet paradise but as a cold and grey wasteland of sombre plot and gruesome murders.
The redbreast (2009)
"The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry …
Very well written, a bit confusing because of all the flashbacks and numerous characters with Norwegian names but well worth the effort with the main character's anti-hero incarnation, it's sweet cynicism and cold outlook on life.
Nesbo weaves an intricate thread built between events occurring during the Second World War and the present, a multiplicity of Norwegian names where we're not quite sure who's who and who did what to whom. One would need a character map in order to reliably follow the plot. But as said well worth the effort of reading on and follow Hole's hell though alcoholism and loss of close friends and savour with him the fact that he's being promoted because of what is perceived as a blunder that the authorities do not want to be revealed to the public,
Norway revealed as not a quiet paradise but as a cold and grey wasteland of …
Very well written, a bit confusing because of all the flashbacks and numerous characters with Norwegian names but well worth the effort with the main character's anti-hero incarnation, it's sweet cynicism and cold outlook on life.
Nesbo weaves an intricate thread built between events occurring during the Second World War and the present, a multiplicity of Norwegian names where we're not quite sure who's who and who did what to whom. One would need a character map in order to reliably follow the plot. But as said well worth the effort of reading on and follow Hole's hell though alcoholism and loss of close friends and savour with him the fact that he's being promoted because of what is perceived as a blunder that the authorities do not want to be revealed to the public,
Norway revealed as not a quiet paradise but as a cold and grey wasteland of sombre plot and gruesome murders.
When the bodies of two people are discovered in the remains of an arson fire …
I'm not a specialist of the period the book is set in (the reign of Henri II) but it seems to me difficult to believe that an English king of that period would put his faith in the knowledge of a woman (especially a foreign woman coming from Spain) with an Arab assistant, no matter how much that woman would have proved to him.
But I was nevertheless easily able to put aside this rather incongruous aspect of the novel and greatly enjoy reading on.
The plot is well written and from page to page never lets you down by getting Adelia and her friends out of one difficult situation only to put her in another one right away. With the main character we bounce from an escape from forest villains to miraculously surviving an attempt to bury her to being saved from certain drowning and so on.
And while …
I'm not a specialist of the period the book is set in (the reign of Henri II) but it seems to me difficult to believe that an English king of that period would put his faith in the knowledge of a woman (especially a foreign woman coming from Spain) with an Arab assistant, no matter how much that woman would have proved to him.
But I was nevertheless easily able to put aside this rather incongruous aspect of the novel and greatly enjoy reading on.
The plot is well written and from page to page never lets you down by getting Adelia and her friends out of one difficult situation only to put her in another one right away. With the main character we bounce from an escape from forest villains to miraculously surviving an attempt to bury her to being saved from certain drowning and so on.
And while it's not really difficult to guess who the culprits are there are some nice twists to the plot that keep the interest going.
All in all, a book I would gladly recommend to anyone interested in a good plot and a nice medieval setting.
