Tag: detective
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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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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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No Dominion
By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Del Rey, 2006 Genres: Mystery, suspense, paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 2 ISBN: 9780345478252 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 251 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When vampyre detective Joe Pitt discovers that there is a new drug in his neighborhood designed…
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Already Dead
By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2005 Genres: Mystery, suspense, paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 1 ISBN: 034547824X, 9780345478245 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 268 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Joe Pitt wasn’t born with his name. Like most Vampyres he knows, he changed his…
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