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Tag Archives: Leo Malet
Review: Spike Milligan: His Part in Our Lives & Death of a Marseilles Man
Death of a Marseilles Man, Léo Malet Léo Malet is one of my favourite crime writers. He happens to have been a combination of things I admire: a member of the Surrealist group in the 1930′s and the instigator of … Continue reading
The Tell-tale Body on the Plaine Monceau, Léo Malet
That’s it with Nestor Burma and the New Mysteries of Paris. One more of these books has been translated into English but I haven’t been able to find a copy. This one involves a murder and suicide. Leading to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Leo Malet, Nestor Burma, The Tell-tale Body on the Plaine Monceau
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Fog on the Tolbiac Bridge, Léo Malet
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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Sunrise Behind the Louvre, Léo Malet
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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Tagged Leo Malet, Nestor Burma, Sunrise Behind the Louvre
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Mayhem in the Marais, Léo Malet
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
Salazar
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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Tagged Gary Corby, Leo Malet, Mad Sunday, Salazar, The Pericles Commission
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Mission to Marseilles, Leo Mallet
This is the fourth of the Nestor Burma detective stories I have read. The previous two were, 120 Rue de la Gare(book 1), Dynamite Versus QED (book 2), and Rats of Montsouris (book 15). This one was book 4. They … Continue reading
