Category: police procedural
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October is a Great Month for Nordic Noir
Often I will put books on hold with the library and they all tend to come in at once – or in a very short time period. This is what is happening right now. I’ve had many items on hold for months which have started to arrive. First I got Phantom by Jo Nesbø. I…
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Mastiff
By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper; 3 ISBN: 9780375814709 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 593 Setting: Kingdom of Tortall Time period: 249 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary: Beka Cooper and her partner, Mattias Tunstall, are summoned to a hunt by their Lord…
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
By Jussi Adler-Olsen; translated by Lisa Hartford Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton, 2011 Genres: Mystery, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, suspense, thriller, crime thriller Series: Department Q; 1 ISBN: 9780525952480 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 396 Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide…
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The Last Child
By John Hart Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Minotaur Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, thriller ISBN: 9780312359324 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 373 Setting: Rural North Carolina Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Thirteen year old Johnny Merrimon has been looking for his twin sister, Alyssa, since she was abducted a year ago. In this…
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Bloodhound
By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper trilogy; 2 ISBN: 9780375814693 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 551 (includes Glossary, Cast of Characters, and Notes about the Provost’s Guard) Setting: Corus and Port Caynn, Tortall Time period: 247 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary:…
Ra's Spiral Path 