5 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, psychological fiction
Setting: Berlin
7 Stars
2 Comments
translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside. Seeing a couple break-up in public Kris goes over to apologise to the woman. He tells her that her ex is sorry for what he has done, that he wishes he hadn’t, that … Continue reading
10 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, sff
Setting: Dream Archipelego
5 Stars
2 Comments
I have no idea what to say about this book. I have no idea what it is all about. But I suppose I should make some sort of an effort. The Islanders is not really a story, it is a … Continue reading
7 April 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, sff
Setting: California, contemporary
9 Stars
5 Comments
An October Daye novel #2 Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge October Daye is a changeling. Her mother is Amandine of the Daoine Sidhe, and her father was a mortal man. She works as a private investigator … Continue reading
24 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, romance, sff
Setting: alternate world, Britain - Victorian, Egypt
9 Stars
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An Alexia Tarabotti novel, The Parasol Protectorate: Book the Fifth Seeing as this it the fifth, and final, book in this series, knowing anything about the plot probably counts as spoilers for the previous books. So consider yourself warned. It … Continue reading
8 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Britain, Britain - 1950s
9 Stars
2 Comments
Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge It is the 1950s, and a devastating virus is sweeping Asia. It attacks grass, and grass feeds the world. Wheat is grass. And cows, sheep, etc all live on grass. At … Continue reading
20 February 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, short stories
Setting: England
8 Stars
2 Comments
In a small English village something is afoot. A local gent has lost his head, quite literally. Someone has murdered Donny Crispin by chopping his head off. And so Tim Rice comes to investigate. After all, Donny did some work … Continue reading
7 January 2012
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Goran Visnjic, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard
Script: Steig Larsson, Steven Zaillian
Genre: detective & mystery
Setting: Sweden
8 Stars
5 Comments
I haven’t read any of the book in the Millenium series, nor have I seen the Swedish version of this film. So I can’t comment on how well or not this adapts the source material. I will say that it … Continue reading
10 November 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, sff
8 Stars
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Sitting in Angelina’s Tavern, Eddie LaCrosse’s winter evening is suddenly disturbed by a delivery. The delivery of a coffin to be precise. Obviously this piques the interest of the other tavern patrons. And it is a dark winter night, what … Continue reading
25 May 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: contemporary
7 Stars
4 Comments
Martin Kobel specialises in helping people. That’s his job, as a therapist, people in need come to him and he helps them. And when he bumps into Annabelle Young at a cafe he sees in her someone he can help. But she hasn’t asked him for help, he passes her his card, hoping that will prompt her to ask for assistance. That doesn’t work. And she is a teacher, her trouble could easily damage a whole class of young impressionable children. He has to do something.
28 December 2010
Genre: general fiction, Juv/YA
Setting: Australia
5 Comments
ISBN: 1864488239 “I’ve got to get our of that house.” Janey looked almost small, walking past these angled girders. Growing up is hard. Even when you have encouraging responsibly parents, like Chloe. When you don’t, when your parents are like … Continue reading