Ehsan Ehsani's Blog – March 2012 Archive (12)

Top 10 Great Serial Killer Novels

These days, it's hard to find a crime fiction which doesn't include a serial killer: A single death might seem to boring or insignificant to shape a novel around. But in most of these novels, the character of serial killer is just one element in the story and not the biggest part of the plot.

Therefore we looked at the books we have read during the…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 30, 2012 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Have you ever read a Japanese crime fiction? “The Thief” By Fuminori Nakamura

In the case you have not read any Japanese crime fiction or thriller so far, we suggest you take a look at "The Thief " by Fuminori Nakamura. Born in 1977 and graduated…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 29, 2012 at 5:44am — No Comments

This is as close as you get to Agatha Christie: "Death at the Jesus Hospital"

David Dickinson, the Irish author of Lord Francis Powerscourt series. With a first-class degree in Classics from Cambridge, he worked in British television (BBC) for many years and was the editor of Newsnight and Panorama as well as Monarchy. He now divides his time between Somerset and France writing his…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 28, 2012 at 2:12am — No Comments

The Bedlam Detective: Probably the most literary historical crime fiction we read this year

Stephen Gallagher is the English writer of several novels and television scripts, including for the BBC television series Doctor Who for which he wrote two serials, Warriors' Gate (1981) and Terminus (1983).  He is also very active in crime fiction area and…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 26, 2012 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Bloodland By Irish Author Alan Glynn

Alan Glynn is an Irish writer born in 1960 in Dublin and is the author of four novels, from which the first one The Dark Fields (2001) was made into a film in 2011 by Neil Burger as Limitless . Alan’s another notable work is Winterland which was published in 2009 and is a thriller with a compelling story. (Check out…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 25, 2012 at 11:09am — No Comments

Like Spy Novels? A look at Scorpion Betrayal by Andrew Kaplan

Andrew Kaplan is best known for his spy thriller novels featuring a former operative code-named Scorpion. He worked as a freelance journalist and war correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and has also served in the army. His new novel…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 23, 2012 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Have You Seen The Swedish Version of Wallander?

Although many of the folks who saw "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" featuring Daniel Craig liked the movie; they liked the original Swedish version as much if not more. We guess the same holds with Wallander.

I was fascinated when I watched Henning Mankell struggling detective on TV on PBS channel. Kenneth Branagh did a great job of portraying the character as it…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 22, 2012 at 11:45pm — No Comments

One of the finest forensic thrillers we read this year: The Bone Yard

Today Jefferson Bass is probably one of the most well-known names in the sub-genre of Forensic Suspense. The writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson started out by writing…
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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 22, 2012 at 12:23am — No Comments

A Notable Police Procedural: "No Mark Upon Her" By Deborah Crombie

Deborah Crombie is a familiar name among fans of police procedural novels. A native of Texas, she lived in England for several years and the Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series is a result of her British life experience. As a three-time Macavity Award winner and an Edgar Award nominee, her novels have got attention by New York Times and LA Time and one of her books…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 14, 2012 at 9:40am — No Comments

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke By Maj Sjowall And Per Wahlöö

Swedish Crime Fiction would not have been what it is today without Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. A common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden, they conceived and wrote a series of ten novels (police procedurals) about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the national police in which the character of Martin…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 13, 2012 at 7:01am — No Comments

“Woman With Birthmark” By Håkan Nesser

Woman with Birthmark (or in Swedish "Kvinna med födelsemärke") is a 1996 novel by Håkan Nesser, which won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in the same year.…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 11, 2012 at 7:09am — No Comments

How do you like our new look?

We are still in the beta mode with the new look; but were already excited to share this. Based on the feedbacks from the readers we decied to move to the new strcuture; This is the beta version of what can hopefully become the first mystery and crime fiction Newspaper on web so your support, ideas and comments are appreciated.

 

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on March 3, 2012 at 3:30am — No Comments

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