Category Archives: American

Mary Anne Evans, Artifacts

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

*** ARTIFACTS is the first Faye Longchamp mystery, published in 2011. As far as I remember, I got the Kindle book for free. The setting is an old plantation along the Florida coast, and the main character, Faye Longchamp, is … Continue reading →

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Reading in July

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Nothing much to brag about, but I have finished two cosy mysteries lately. One is Emma Jameson´s “Ice Blue”, the first novel in the Lord and Lady Hetheridge series. Not unexpectedly, it is much like a modern-day Lord Peter Wimsey, … Continue reading →

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Free Cathryn Grant novella

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

I just noticed that “Fatal Cut”,  a psychological suspense novella written by Cathryn Grant is free on Amazon.com today. Why not take the opportunity to try something new? Cathryn Grant is a blog friend of mine, and one of the … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Again, a reading report from my corner of the world. The first one was a gift, I bought the other two myself. Simon Beckett, Whispers of the Dead (2009) I enjoyed the third David Hunter mystery a lot, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in American, British, cozy mystery, Deborah Sharp, review, review 2012, Simon Beckett | 6 Comments

Flu, fly, flum…

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Delirious? Not quite – but decidedly unwell all of last week. A short report of what I read (as you won´t want to hear what else I was doing)   June Whyte, Chasing Can Be Murder (2010) Australian debut, amateur … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Australian, Beth Mathison, Betty Webb, Danish, Inger Wolf, June Whyte, Ransom Riggs, review, review 2012 | 9 Comments

Elizabeth Spann Craig, A Dyeing Shame (2011)

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

American cosy mystery, featuring Myrtle Clover. (What I expected when I bought this volume was that it would be the first in the series, but just before I dug into it, I read via Elizabeth´s blog that she had edited … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Elizabeth Spann Craig, review, review 2012 | 9 Comments

Patricia Stoltey, The Prairie Grass Murders (2007)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

This American Sylvia and Willie mystery is the first in the series, and I believe it is also the author´s debut. Willie Grisseljon returns to his childhood environment in Illinois from sunny Florida, presumably ´to find out if the safe, … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Patricia Stoltey, review, review 2011 | 8 Comments

Aimée & David Thurlo, Black Thunder (2011)

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

[Læst til Bogudfordringen 2011; en bog udgivet i 2011]. A Forge Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, N.Y. I received a review copy from the publisher. The sleuths of this series are Tribal Police Investigator Ella Clah and her sidekick, … Continue reading →

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Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know (2007)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

This week I needed something I was certain I would enjoy, so I picked this American standalone. I bought itself, and I could see the former owner needed a lot of chocolate to get through the last, nerve-wrecking chapters. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Laura Lippman, review, review 2011 | 17 Comments

Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who Brought Down The House (2003)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

I have been curious to try this very popular cosy series for a long time, though I had some misgivings about which role the cats played. I was given the twentyfifth in the series about the newspaper columnist James Qwilleran … Continue reading →

Posted in American, review, review 2011 | 15 Comments