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Category Archives: Crime novel
Zero To Hero — Donna Tartt spins a murder tale in Vermont
Murdered—Bunny is dead. He’s lying there at the foot of Mt. Cataract buried by a fateful April snow: “He’d been dead for ten days before they found him, you know. It was one of the biggest manhunts in Vermont history— … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry
Tagged A. E. Housman, American Literature, Bennington College, Donna Tartt, Hampden College, postaweek, The Secret History, Vermont
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Rowling– A Celebrity Falls In London’s Mayfair
It was a dark and stormy night (for it is in London that our scene lies)— the supermodel Lula Landry lies dead on the sidewalk below the balcony of her luxurious Mayfair apartment: Photographers stood massed behind barriers patrolled by … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, Fiction, Poetry
Tagged Afghanistan, Birds, British, JK Rowling, London, Police, postaweek, PTSD
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Jo Nesbø: Introducing Norwegian Policeman Harry Hole
The migrating Redbreast is a harbinger of spring in Oslo; seeing one in November is unusual. In the opening scene of the Jo Nesbø’s police thriller Redbreast, two bored police officers are watching an overwintering Robin Redbreast swoop down to … Continue reading
A Tourist in Sudan—Intrigue, Duplicity and Murder
The Sudan has oil for sale; it sells oil primarily to Asian countries, among them China. What if, instead, the sales went to Europe? Or to the U.S.? In Olen Steinhauer’s espionage tale The Tourist (book 1 of the Milo … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, eBook, Espionage
Tagged CIA, Finnegan’s Wake, Milo Weaver, Olen Steinhauer, postaweek, The Sudan
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Inspector Chen’s Shanghai: For the Good of the Party
Two middle-aged Chinese men meet on the Waibaidu Bridge in Shanghai—they look down at the polluted waters of the Suzhou River and reminisce of days past when the river was unpolluted and they fished for carp from the garden park … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, eBook, Fiction, Poetry, Translation
Tagged China, Inspecter Chen, postaweek, Shanghai
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The Robber Bride: Woman against Women
It is October 23, 1990 and the setting is an avant-garde restaurant in Toronto. A tall well-dressed woman walks into the Toxique at lunchtime. Her name is Zenia. She is tall, well-formed and about 50 years old, but she looks … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, Fiction, Mystery
Tagged Margaret Atwood, postaweek2011, Salman Rushdie, Toronto
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The Parker Novels—A Criminal’s Life. Fiction, Of Course
As this crime thriller opens, a criminal called Parker is leaving a New Jersey flophouse. He has arranged to meet with a man who has an idea for a heist. If the idea pans out, Parker will put together a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, eBook, Fiction
Tagged Noir, Parker Novels, postaweek2011, San Francisco
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Sorghum Justice: Murder and Vengeance in Mexico
As he enters the ripening sorghum field, Ramón sees an unclothed girl lying face down her own blood. He takes off his shirt to place it over the girl’s nakedness. He approaches closely: he recognizes her face; it is Adela his … Continue reading
Mexican Detective Cabrera Listens to Cumbia
In the fictional world created by Martin Solares: Detective Ramón Cabrera parked his car and walked into the Paracuán police headquarters. He went directly to the chief’s office and opened the door. As soon as he entered the office he … Continue reading
Noir Buenos Aires, A Homophobic Taxi Driver
“A shoemaker!” thinks Mareco. The thought is more that the homophobe can stand, “A shoemaker!” Mareco’s life is a disaster; he can’t sleep at night so he drives a cooperativa (taxi) until dawn—not the safest job for an inept and … Continue reading
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