20 January 2008

New reviews at Euro Crime

The new book reviews are up at Euro Crime. I am billed as not enjoying my two very much, though in retrospect they both had plenty of strong points, even if the whole was a tad disappointing in each case. One is Die With Me by Elena Forbes, a south-west London police-procedural with a creepy but cardboard villain (a more positive review is here); and the other is The Dark Eye by Ingrid Black -- Irish noir that would have been better if a bit leaner and shorter.

Other Euro Crime reviews this week are much more positive, I am glad to report: Terry Halligan loved What Came before he Shot Her by Elizabeth George (I hated it, I'm afraid); Karen Meek enjoyed The Damned Season by Carlo Lucarelli; and Frank Tallis's Fatal Lies got the thumbs up from Laura Root.

Also on Euro Crime, all the latest book reviews in the media are here; the authors' pages (links to home pages of many European crime writers) now have 608 entries; the future releases pages have been updated (see what books are due for publication); and win a copy of Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis (UK and rest of Europe only).

20 Jan 2008 20:11:44 | Books

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Ann Darnton

I do so agree with you about the Elizabeth George - such a disappointment.

Posted by: Ann Darnton | 27 January 2008 at 15:55

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