Monthly Archives: January 2011

>Håkan Nesser, En fortælling om hr Roos (2009)

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Denne biblioteksbog er den tredje i den svenske serie om vicekriminalkommissær Gunnar Barbarotti. Se min anmeldelse af bind to. Hovedpersonen, den usigeligt almindelige Valdemar Roos, sidder fast i sit dødsens kedsommelige liv med arbejdet på termokandefabrikken og det ikke-eksisterende … Continue reading →

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>Daim Stories

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> If you wonder where I am… Oh, you don´t? (Don´t think you can shut me up so easily). I should be adding page after page to my novel, and I have made some progress, but I can´t help my … Continue reading →

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>Ann Rosman, Fyrmesterens datter (2010)

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Denne svenske krimi er forfatterens debut. Nogle polske håndværkere finder et lig i murværket mens de er i færd med at restaurere fyrtårnet Pater Noster. Men bygmesteren har en stram deadline og kan ikke tillade sig forsinkelse, så i … Continue reading →

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>Kate Summerscale, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2008)

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This is a British non-fiction account of a true crime in Victorian England which took place in 1860. The gruesome story begins when three-year-old Saville Kent is taken away from his bed in the nursery in the middle of … Continue reading →

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>Thy´s Day # 38

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

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>DJ´s Bait in the Box # 87

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This week´s book is of a different category – let´s see what my intelligent readers make of it. “… Benger lifted the lavatory lid and peered in until his eyes adjusted to the darkness. ´By steadily looking down, I … Continue reading →

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>More snow

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Look here what one of my visitors sent me: a manipulation of snow photo 1 and 2: Thank you very much, Ursula.

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>C should be for Crime, not Cleaning or Cooking

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> I am still circling around in Yorkshire, trying to add a bit of suspense to my Halloween mystery. I quite like my set of quirky villagers, but if they have secrets, they guard them far too well. The funny … Continue reading →

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>Mit bedste snefoto – my best snow shot.

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Jeg har lige meldt mig til Blogkvinder 40+ og vil selvfølgelig gerne deltage i “Mit bedste snefoto”. Her er to snebilleder, jeg bragte sidste år i januar, og jeg vil nu overlade det til læseren at bestemme, om I … Continue reading →

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>Camilla Läckberg, Havfruen (2010)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Bogen er sjette bind af den svenske Erica Falck og Patrik Hedstrøm-serie. Magnus Kjellner, tilsyneladende en tilfreds og ligevægtig familiefar, forsvinder sporløst. Tre måneder senere debuterer Ericas ven, bibliotekaren Christian Thydell, som romanforfatter. “Havfruen” får en fantastisk modtagelse og … Continue reading →

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