01 May 2007

Ice Moon at Euro Crime

My review of Jan Costin Wagner's Ice Moon, an excellent, haunting police procedural set in Finland, has been posted at Euro Crime.

Also on Euro Crime is Karen Meek's review of the same book.

Don't forget to visit the Euro Crime website for competitions, news and other reviews of the crime world. This week's other new reviews: a second review of Cross by Ken Bruen; Sunnie Gill continues to be pleased with her recent discovery of Ann Cleeves as she reviews Hidden Depths; likewise Karen Chisholm is impressed with Stuart MacBride's Broken Skin.

And don't forget to contribute to our quiet Revish reading group, in which we are asking each other which is our favourite crime-fiction novel read so far this year. Some good recommendations in there: all you need to do is to add yours.

1 May 2007 20:38:47 | Book review

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Clare

Interesting to read two reviews of the same book like this. The same sort of feeling comes across - that of sadness - but quite different reactions.

Posted by: Clare | 01 May 2007 at 22:50

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