Category Archives: Humorous Crime

Review: Eightball Boogie, Declan Burke

I really enjoyed this book: it’s dark, it’s gritty, and it’s funny. The main character is a detective (by any other name) hired to spy on a man’s wife. He is also trying to dig the dirt on a murder … Continue reading

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The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris, Chris Ewan

The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris is the second in the series. The first was Amsterdam. The three main characters from the first book are here in Paris – Charlie Howard (he is the narrator so I guess he has … Continue reading

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The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam, Chris Ewan

This book is narrated from the first-person perspective of Charlie Howard – a crime writer and burglar. He is an English man – a fellow Bristolian in fact – living, and working, in Amsterdam. The book is well-written, funny, with … Continue reading

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