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Crime/Spy/Thrillers - A Bit of A Binge1 comment

lizzysiddal wrote 4 weeks ago: The thing about crime/spy/thrillers is that they are so quickly read that I can’t keep pace wi … more →

Tags: Black, Benjamin, brammer rod, Hill Reginald

Talking about Detective Fiction - P D James7 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 1 month ago: I have just spent the most intriguing weekend in the company of P D James. (I was going to say delig … more →

Tags: Non-Fiction, James P. D.

Ordinary Thunderstorms - William Boyd1 comment

lizzysiddal wrote 1 month ago:  … and he rode up the escalator to the first floor and selected a seat in the corner of the ca … more →

Tags: Boyd William

The Death of the Author - Gilbert Adair3 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 3 months ago: Short Story September – Week Three – Novella One It’s time to break a taboo or two … more →

Tags: Scottish literature, Adair, Gilbert

The Salati Case - Tobias Jones5 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 3 months ago: The setting of  Tobias Jones’s first novel isn’t obvious to those whose Italian geograph … more →

Tags: Edinburgh Book Festival 2009, jones tobias

TSS: EIBF 2009: Not the Harrogate Crime Festival1 comment

lizzysiddal wrote 3 months ago: WIth 750 events at the EIBF to choose from, it’s possible to have many festivals in one.  I mi … more →

Tags: Sunday Salon, Edinburgh Book Festival 2009, schenkel andrea maria, Price Richard, Nesser Hakan, staalesen gunnar

TSS: March Violets - Philip Kerr1 comment

lizzysiddal wrote 9 months ago: And so my Year in Books reading  project brings me to the city, where I shall be holidaying in July. … more →

Tags: Kerr Philip

Book Group: The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde5 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 9 months ago: Take one egg (Humpty Dumpty), scramble (murder) and set the most underrated detective since Colombo … more →

Tags: FForde Jasper

Child's Play - Carmen Posadas6 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 10 months ago: Carmen Posadas is a literary superstar in Latin America, Spain and other countries in Europe.  Origi … more →

Tags: posadas carmen

The Two Faces of January - Patricia Highsmith2 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 11 months ago: 1964  Crime Writers Association Best Foreign Novel Chester MacFarland is on the run, the American ag … more →

Tags: prizewinners, Highsmith Patricia

The Crossroads - Niccolo Ammaniti4 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 11 months ago: Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Canongate Books (8 Jan 2009) Language English ISBN-10: 1847670377 IS … more →

Tags: prizewinners, foreign fiction, Ammaniti Niccolò, Publishers, Canongate

Book to TV Series: Wallander - Henning Mankell2 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: In the past few weeks UK TV viewers have been treated to a BBC adaptation of  3 Henning Mankell nove … more →

Tags: Mankell Henning

I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti4 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: You heard me.   I’m not scared ….. just slightly terrified!  I have allowed myself to be … more →

Tags: foreign fiction, Ammaniti Niccolò

Helpless - Barbara Gowdy3 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: Barbara Gowdy likes to push the boundaries of fiction.  Her backlist includes The White Bone, writte … more →

Tags: Canadian Literature, prizewinners, Gowdy Barbara

TSS: A Very Special Library Reservation + Giveaway5 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: You may know that I lead a reading group at Motherwell library.  I’m not a librarian – t … more →

Tags: cumming charles, Sunday Salon

Romanno Bridge - Andrew Greig

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: Sassenachs like myself can sometimes feel a trifle uncomfortable north of Carlisle.  Like the time, … more →

Tags: Scottish literature, greig andrew

Lorraine Connection - Dominique Manotti

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Winner 2008 Two years ago Dominique Manotti was shortlisted for t … more →

Tags: prizewinners, foreign fiction, manotti dominique

Glister - John Burnside1 comment

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: With eleven collections of poetry under his belt, including The Asylum Dance, which won the 2000 Whi … more →

Tags: Scottish literature, burnside john

The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg4 comments

lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: The Scandinavian assault on the British crime market continues with new (to me) authors arriving on … more →

Tags: foreign fiction, Läckberg Camilla


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