Monthly Archives: December 2010

>En dansk udfordring

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Efter to år med krimibloggen må jeg jo indrømme, jeg er blevet mere og mere engelsk. Ikke med vilje, men mange af de danske bloggere, jeg har fundet på min vej, blogger ikke særlig regelmæssigt. (Jeg er rigtig glad … Continue reading →

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>Tim Comstock, Reunion in Carmel (2010)

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This thriller is the American writer´s debut. On the first page, we meet a decapitated body and the anonymous killer during a violent storm: “Another maimed form lay on the wet sand, its topmost part shorn away by the … Continue reading →

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>And a fourth challenge: Ireland Reading Challenge 2011

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>No, I can´t resist this one. Besides, I have five Irish novels on my TBR. Five books I´ve been looking forward to for weeks or months. And do you think I can resist Jane Casey´s The Burning for long? (Neither … Continue reading →

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>Charlotte MacLeod, The Recycled Citizen (1987)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This Canadian cosy mystery is the seventh Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn mystery. When you have read the very first lines, the scene is set: ´Coffee, Theonia?´Mrs Adolphus Kelling was a strong woman for her age and size. She … Continue reading →

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>Status 2010

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> STATUS 2010 I have had a feeling that since I began blogging, I have also expanded my horizon quite a bit so like several fellow bloggers, I will publish my own list of the new authors I read in … Continue reading →

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>Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Merry Christmas to all my readers!  I hope you are all going to have a wonderful holiday no matter how and when you celebrate it.  For us, Christmas begins this afternoon in church, and afterwards we will have dinner, … Continue reading →

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>Christmas Toffee – the Ending

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Rhapsody didn´t really have time to solve a murder mystery in between all the Christmas preparations in the large vicarage so she tried her best to leave it to Archie and his colleagues. She was very pleased, though, when … Continue reading →

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>Christmas Toffee (part 4)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> See part 3. Rhapsody poured herself a generous glass of cold water in the kitchen. She had come home from the party rather late, and after all that eggnog she felt slightly out of sorts. What was that? Miss … Continue reading →

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>Christmas Toffee (part 3)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> See part 2 Toffee´s big chance came when she received an invitation to Sir Bellini´s pre-Christmas Party. She had been itching to meet the world-famous violinist, Knavesborough´s only celebrity. Apart from herself, that was. She donned her best silk … Continue reading →

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>Christmas Toffee (part 2)

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Vicarage knick-knack  See part 1 A few days later Rhapsody and Psalmonella Gershwin, the vicar´s daughters, came across the newcomer while shopping in the local grocery. “Isn´t that Miss Brown?” Psalmonella nudged her sister. “No, it can´t… Dear me, … Continue reading →

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