Category Archives: short story

Katten og kællingen

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Smagsprøve på min næste danske novelle – Han skal bare ikke tro, han sådan kan smide mig ud herfra! Ikke efter fyrre år! Den gamle kone var så gal, at hun spyttede ordene ud, og jeg trak mig uvilkårligt et … Continue reading →

Posted in publication, short story | 2 Comments

The Charity Shop, parts VI and VII

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Cover photo: Ellen Nielsen. Read part I, part II, part III and IV, part V. VI – If only we knew who stole what. Constable Penrose had just gone through Rhapsody´s nice and tidy notes. He gave her a brief … Continue reading →

Posted in cozy mystery, Gershwin & Penrose, publication, short story | 9 Comments

The Charity Shop, part V

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Copyright: Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen – Your name is George Hepplewhite, and you´re one of the volunteers? – Retired joiner. Hepplewhite was a tall and handsome man with a broad chest. He beamed a proud smile at Rhapsody. – When did … Continue reading →

Posted in cozy mystery, Gershwin & Penrose, publication, short story | 12 Comments

The Charity Shop, parts III and IV

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Read part II Copyright: Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen III – I´m afraid I need reinforcements, Sir. I´ve just found a dead body in an antique ward… eh cabinet. – Reinforcement, Constable Penrose? One constable in Aldburgh should be more than enough, … Continue reading →

Posted in cozy mystery, Gershwin & Penrose, publication, short story | 12 Comments

The Charity Shop, part II

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Read part I Copyright: Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen – My husband seems to have gone missing somehow. The tweed-clad woman ran a hand through her hair. – At least he´s not where he should be. – Good morning, Madam. And whereabouts … Continue reading →

Posted in cozy mystery, Gershwin & Penrose, publication, short story | 13 Comments

The Charity Shop, part I

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Thank you to my readers for help and inspiration. I have not been able to use all your ideas, but I have done my best to squeeze most of them in. Setting: the fictional village Aldburgh in Yorkshire, not far … Continue reading →

Posted in cozy mystery, Gershwin & Penrose, publication, short story | 13 Comments

Christmas in Knavesborough

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Cover photo: Ellen Nielsen I don´t know why I seem to get all my ideas, good and otherwise, late at night, but I always do. This time my racing brain came up with the idea of a collection of Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Gershwin & Penrose, publication, short story | 7 Comments

Monkey Justice

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

My tough fight to conquer my TBR continues, and since May I have only bought ten books. Not bad, eh? But now and then you just should give in to temptation – or you will end up with NO BOOKS … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Patti Abbott, short story | 15 Comments

Stephen Booth, Claws (2007)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

A British short story featuring Ben Cooper. “The bones were tiny. They lay in his hand like a set of pearls, translucent and fragile. When he turned them to the light, he could see their fractured ends and hollow cores. … Continue reading →

Posted in British, review, review 2011, short story, Stephen Booth | 10 Comments

>Vintage Short Stories from Denmark

Posted on April 2, 2011 by

>As part of the Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge I have tried to read some stories that are a bit out of my usual diet. Here are three old stories from Denmark, all from “The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations”, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge, Danish, review, review 2011, short story, Steen Steensen Blicher | Leave a comment