Monthly Archives: October 2009

>Spring Cleaning

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Not quite the right season, is it? What I should give you is a story called “The Blue Vase”, but what you see is what you get today: My writing course exercise 1 (Dialogue; working title = breaking up). ”I … Continue reading →

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>Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986)

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Review no 100! This psychological thriller is the first one crime fiction writer Ruth Rendell wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine. In the first chapter, the reader learns that Vera Hillyard, Faith´s aunt, was executed for murder several years … Continue reading →

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>DJ´s Bait in the Box # 38

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [This ´delicious´ bait box belongs to Bookwitch.] This thriller is not the author´s debut, yet in some sense a beginning. “There was one crumb of comfort for him. No one knew. If today the head cashier remarked upon Vera´s … Continue reading →

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>R.D. Wingfield, Night Frost (1992)

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[Udgivet på dansk under titlen Nattens Frost i 1995] This police procedural is the third in the series about Detective Inspector Jack Frost. The main case at the beginning of this story is the disappearance of fifteen-year-old Paula Bartlett, but … Continue reading →

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>D for Dexter

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> For this week´s alphabet meme I considered titles with the word death in them, but there are far too many. Instead I decided to call attention to the very best twentieth century D: Colin Dexter, the author of thirteen … Continue reading →

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>The Blue Vase

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Weekend post. As my readers seemed to enjoy participating in my September game by offering ideas for a story about these shoes, I will try to do something similar in October. So here you have a blue vase. Where might … Continue reading →

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>Helen Fitzgerald, Dead Lovely (2007)

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This thriller is the author´s debut. Helen Fitzgerald grew up in Australia, but has made her career as a writer in Glasgow. As the bait quotation shows, we are told on the very first page that Krissie, the main character, … Continue reading →

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>Anthony Gilbert, No Dust in the Attic (1962)

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This British author´s real name was Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-1973). Janice Grey is on the run from her husband, the charming but criminal Pat Grey. She fears that he and his gang are not only involved in burglary, but also … Continue reading →

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>DJ´s Bait in the Box # 37

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [This week´s bait box – a porcupine bird? – belongs to Dawn, She is Too Fond of Books, and it may tell you more about the characters of the book than you think] This thriller is the author´s debut. … Continue reading →

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>C for Christie, Cleeves, Craig. II

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This is a ´recycled post´from October the 9th. I have decided to join Kerrie´s crime-related alphabet game instead of the Scandinavian one (because very few of these participants blog about books). Jeg tror, forfatteren Agatha Christie taler for sig selv.I … Continue reading →

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