Monthly Archives: June 2010

>Reading & Writing

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Have you seen my competition this week: win an Amazon gift voucher. The library wanted to see the books I carried home last month so I have just selected some new temptations. The most interesting ones seem to be:Jan Costin … Continue reading →

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>Plotting, Planning and Polishing

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>I have just seen what I blogged about immediately after my summer holidays began last year. Late June seems to be my time for plotting. First of all I intend to polish an old crime manuscript and send it off … Continue reading →

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>Football help wanted!!!

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Please, help me, supporters of England´s football team: – what did you (or your spouse) say when you saw that the assistant referee stole England´s second goal (last minutes of the first half)? No foul language, please, I need dialogue … Continue reading →

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>Cozies & Competition

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>2010 Cozy Mystery Challenge One of my goals for June was to finish my cosy mystery challenge. Done! 1. Donna Moore, Old Dogs (2010) – cosy caper – read in April2. M.C. Beaton, Death of an Outsider( 1988) – read … Continue reading →

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>Ngaio Marsh, Artists in Crime (1938)

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Ngaio Marsh (1895 – 1982) may still be the most famous crime fiction writer from New Zealand. This novel is the sixth in the Alleyn series, and the story where he meets Agatha Troy, the brilliant painter, whom he marries … Continue reading →

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>Repecca Tope, Death in the Cotswolds (2006)

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This British novel is the third in the Thea Osborne series but the first I have read. The murder weapon was a novelty to me, and the idyllic setting is a small Cotswold village: “I had wasted much of the … Continue reading →

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>Thy´s Day # 19

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

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>DJ´s Bait in the Box # 66

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [This cute box belongs to Kelly, Kelly´s Thoughts and Ramblings] I have no idea how many of my readers know this British writer – but let´s see. “She was wearing a sleeveless body warmer over a shirt. The ghastly … Continue reading →

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>I Write Cozies (Jackie Fullerton)

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Today´s guest blogger is Jackie Fullerton, American crime fiction writer. I read and reviewed her second novel “Revenge served Cold” recently and asked her what she thought about her books being branded ´cozy mysteries´. Thank you very much, Jackie, for … Continue reading →

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>Kaaberbøl og Friis, Et stille umærkeligt drab (2010)

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Denne danske spændingsroman er den anden i trilogien om sygeplejersken Nina Borg. Jeg var fræk nok (ivrig nok?) til at tigge forfatterne om et anmeldereksemplar, og det fik jeg heldigvis. Tusind tak! Se min anmeldelse af Drengen i kufferten. Dramaet … Continue reading →

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