All Blog Posts Tagged 'Man' (9)

The Trouble with Apartment A

In Prague, I lived in a building a lot like the one(s) in this photo from The Third Man. Not enough light; the faucets barely worked; there was a weird film poster of “Nanuk of the North” left behind by the previous tenant. And I mean weird. Like a cockamamie merger of Eskimo soft-porn and man and dog buddy adventure. But I loved that place, and it still gives me…

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Added by Victoria Dougherty on January 24, 2013 at 8:31am — No Comments

Review - The Sacrificial Man, Ruth Dugdall

Book Title: THE SACRIFICIAL MAN

Author: Ruth Dugdall

ISBN: 9781922079091

Series: Cate Austin

Year of Publication: 2012

Publisher: Text Publishing

Location: United Kingdom

Book Synopsis

When Probation Officer Cate Austin is given her new assignment, she faces the highest-profile case of her career. Alice Mariani helped her lover to die, and Cate has to recommend a sentence. But first she needs to understand.

Why did Alice agree to…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 5, 2012 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Review - A Man You Can Bank On, Derek Hansen

Book Title:   A MAN YOU CAN BANK ON

Author:   Derek Hansen

Publisher:   Hachette

Copyright:   2011

ISBN:   978-0-7336-2805-4

Book Synopsis:

Is it a CRIME to STEAL from bookies?

Can you TRUST an ex-BANK MANAGER?

Lambert Hampton is the man the Munni-Munni locals all turn to, and for good reason. This former bank manager helped them transform three million dollars - stolen from bookies by a gang of robbers - into a rescue package for their… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on July 6, 2011 at 9:24pm — No Comments

The Man Who Fooled SAVAK, a tale of love and love of freedom

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Added by Anthony S. Policastro on June 24, 2011 at 4:00am — No Comments

Review - The Anniversary Man, R.J. Ellory

Book Title: THE ANNIVERSARY MAN

Author: R.J. Ellory

Publisher: Orion

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-0-7528-9875-9

No of Pages: 390

Book Synopsis:

Twenty years ago John Costello's life, as he knew it, ended.

He and his beautiful girlfriend, Nadia, became victims of the deranged 'Hammer of God' killer who terrorised New Jersey City throughout the summer of 1984. This murderer went after young courting couples in an attempt to 'save their… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on November 22, 2010 at 1:19pm — No Comments

2009 Davitt Award Winners

At a fantastic night out and ceremony last night the Sisters in Crime 2009 Davitt Award winners were announced, wined, dined, feted and photographed.

The nights festivities were highlighted by a chat between Sue Turnbull and Justice Elizabeth King of the Supreme Court of Victoria, some fabulous food and 130+ Sisters in Crime and Brothers in Law turning out on a cold Melbourne night to celebrate some absolutely fantastic authors and books.

But without further ado - the… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 22, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas - review

Fred Vargas is a French crime writer who fits perfectly the image of the chain-smoking, cafe-haunting intellectual. Her novels (yes, Fred is a woman - real name Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau) have won the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger in three of the last four years. She just won it again, for her novel The Chalk Circle Man, published in France in 1996 but only… Continue

Added by Nick Gadd on July 31, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Gender Bias

Or "Why I'll probably never receive a Nobel Prize." More information here

Added by Michelle Gagnon on December 4, 2008 at 3:13pm — 14 Comments

Trashy People, Trashy Topics But One Helluva Good Movie

I could care less if a faded and jaded country star ever had an affair (while underage or at any time) with a big time baseball player. If a teenage Disney sensation slaps her fans in the face by posing for a trashy cover on a national magazine. It makes no difference to me if flashy actresses and kinky socialites flame out on drugs and booze or if an actor in a respected crime series tanks his career with heroin and a pharmacopia of other substances. Frankly, none of those stories merits any… Continue

Added by Doug M. Cummings on May 4, 2008 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments