Ehsan Ehsani's Blog – January 2012 Archive (7)

Sorry: Dark and Disturbing but a notable German Crime Fiction

Zoran Drvenkar is a Croatian-German novelist whose recent thriller novel Sorry won the Friedrich-Glauser Prize in 2010. Born in Križevci, Croatia, he has lived in Germany since age three.

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 26, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Nice Swedish Crime Story: Frozen Tracks by Ake Edwardson

Åke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set. His crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Award for best crime novel.…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 22, 2012 at 10:48am — No Comments

A nice French crime fiction: An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas

Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of the French historian, archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. Her crime fiction policiers (police thrillers) have won three International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association, for three successive novels: in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She is the first author to achieve such an honor. Fred mostly writes…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 19, 2012 at 11:16am — No Comments

Review: The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer whose best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Miranda and their two sons Jack and Kit and many of his books happen in Edinburgh as well.…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 17, 2012 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Does mixing murder and archeology make a good crime fiction? In Janus Stone Yes...

Elly Griffiths is the British author of Ruth Galloway books, a unique series with a character very different from other crime fictions: She is a forensic archeologist. Elly’s interest in archaeology comes from her husband, Andrew, who gave up his city job to retrain as an archaeologist. She lives in Brighton, on the south coast of England, with her husband and two…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 13, 2012 at 10:48am — No Comments

Review: The King of Diamonds by Simon Tolkien (Fantastic book; I gave it 5 star rating)

The King of Diamonds  is a genuine five star book…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 10, 2012 at 4:16am — No Comments

Review of the Vine in the Blood by Leighton Gage

Right out of the oven, “A Vine in the Blood ” by Leighton Gage is the newest in the Chief Inspector Mario Silva stories. This time, Gage blends his story with Soccer (or…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on January 9, 2012 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

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