Monthly Archives: December 2010

Roseanna, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

This is the first in the ten book Martin Beck series. Bleak and grim for the most part. They couldn’t resist switching to a tense thriller for the last two chapters. A friend gave us the entire set of ten … Continue reading →

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Salazar, Second Draft

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

Finished the second draft last night. The word count now is 70,162 – up from 54,000 for the first draft. This is in Word. I previously used Open Office but the word count is way out. I am happy with … Continue reading →

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Fog on the Tolbiac Bridge, Léo Malet

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

Nestor Bruma again. This one is not as good as the others I have read. A shame as so many of his books have not been translated. This is not a bad book – just not as good as some … Continue reading →

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Red Harvest, Dashiell Hammett

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

This is the first novel in a book of four. Enjoyed it – but then the man is a master. The arrival of some Leo Malet books will delay my reading of The Dain Curse – next in the book … Continue reading →

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Sunrise Behind the Louvre, Léo Malet

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

There has been a lot of ice on the roads so the busses are going slowly. This means more time to read. I lose myself in the Burma books. They show their time a little (the last few I’ve read … Continue reading →

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Mayhem in the Marais, Léo Malet

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

I read this over a weekend – I love these Nestor Bruma detective novels. The only downside is that they are French trasnlations and about 6 or 7 out of 40 or 40 have been transalted. I have made a … Continue reading →

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Salazar

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Mad Sunday is on hold for now – it becomes too hard to edit a draft straight after writing it. Instead the last two weeks have been spent re-writing Salazar. I have been inspired by reading The Pericles Commission by … Continue reading →

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