Category Archives: 2011 Global Reading Challenge

Pierre Magnan, The Murdered House (1999)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

The French writer´s debut and the first Séraphin Monge mystery. Sadly my cover is not as beautiful as the one I showed you the other day. The first lines – which take place in1896: “Monge was on his guard. It … Continue reading →

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Adrian Hyland, Gunshot Road (2010)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

This Australian crime story is the second in the series about Emily Tempest. This book has a bit of everything, including humour: “He went to the kitchen window and said something to a steamy man in a once-white singlet whose … Continue reading →

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Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night (2010)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Bogudfordringen 2011; bøger fra andre kontinenter end Europa og Nordamerika. The Global Reading Challenge 2011: Asia. This Indian psychological thriller is the writer´s second stand-alone, but the first one published in Britain. “I turn around again and, shivering in the … Continue reading →

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>Rebecca Cantrell, A Trace of Smoke (2009)

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This novel is the first Hannah Vogel story and the American writer´s debut. The story begins in Berlin 1931 when the German crime reporter Hannah Vogel visits the police station to see if there is a good story for … Continue reading →

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>Vanda Symon, Overkill (2007)

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This police procedural from New Zealand is the first volume of the Sam Shephard series. Gabriella thinks she lets a telephone repairman into her house, but her visitor has something else in store for the young mother. After the … 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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>Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [Dansk titel: Flavia de Luce og hævneren fra Ulster, 2010. De to første kapitler kan læses på Saxos hjemmeside]  This debut is written by a Canadian but set in Britain in the 1950s. On the very first page eleven-year-old … Continue reading →

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>Esther Verhoef, Close-up (2010)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Denne hollandske thriller er den første roman, Verhoef har skrevet alene og under sit eget navn. Et citat fra prologen (min oversættelse fra engelsk):  “Mens badekarret blev fyldt, faldt mine øjne på barberkniven i etuiet. Ikke en engangsskraber, men … Continue reading →

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>Cathryn Grant, The Demise of the Soccer Moms (2010)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This American suspense novel is the writer´s debut. “After a moment of silence, a thud shook the walls of the living room and the hallway outside Amy´s bedroom. Her mother yelped. Amy rolled onto her back. The walls shivered … Continue reading →

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>2011 Global Reading Challenge

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> If you should be interested in participating in the global challenge of 2011, you can see the rules and sign in here. The challenge runs all the year, and there are three levels to choose among. (Some of you … Continue reading →

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