Sunday Salon: Eurocrime reviews

Unable to relax in any salons today, I can instead refer you to the excellent Euro Crime: New Reviews for this weekend. Two books that I've reviewed and are posted today are The Accident Man by "Tom Cain", which featured on Sunday Salon the other week while I was reading it; and Excursion to Tindari, part of the sublime series by Andrea Camilleri. Other books are reviewed at the Euro Crime link, and there are many, many more on the Euro Crime website.

Comments

[Ann Darnton]

I haven't managed to get in to the Camilleri series. Is there on that you would suggest as a good starting place?

[Maxine]

I would recommend The Shape of Water, the first in the series, see http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/The_Shape_of_Water.html
It is lovely, very quick to read (short). If you don't like it, then you probably won't like the rest either.
Accidentally, I read them out of order after that, but it is better to read them in sequence.

[Dave Lull]

The . at the end of the URL should be dropped:

http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/The_Shape_of_Water.html

[Norm]

But if you do like it you have the pleasure of seven more already translated awaiting you, and The Paper Moon due out in March 2008.

[Maxine]

Thanks, Dave, have fixed the link.
Yes, quite agreed, Norm!

[Euro Crime (Karen M)]

I loved The Shape of Water. The beginning where the two 'dustmen' (?) carry the action reminded me of old Dr Who Episodes (Tom Baker era) where a couple of characters would be the comic aside before the Tardis arrived in front of them.

[Maxine]

Oh yes, I remember that, Karen -- I wasn't quite sure what to make of the book at all at first -- but soon began smiling, and just couldn't stop after that.