Category Archives: British

Helen Grant, The Glass Demon (2011)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

I began reading this novel before our holiday in Norway and went back to it afterwards. So with my short memory span, it is difficult to come up with a good review. (Excellent excuse, wasn’t it?) So here is the … Continue reading →

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Christine Poulson, Murder is Academic (2004)

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

The first novel in the Cambridge Mystery series, featuring professor Cassandra James. This is how the prologue begins: “It’s hard now to remember what first struck me as not being quite right, but I think it was the garden sprinkler.” … Continue reading →

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Peter May, The Blackhouse (2011)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

“We lived in what was known as a whitehouse, about half a mile outside the village of Crobost. It was part of the community they called Ness, on the extreme northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, the most northerly … Continue reading →

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JJ Marsh, Behind Closed Doors

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

As far as I remember, I got the e-book as part of a free promotion. When I realized this book was about some international conspiracy, a row of murders dressed up as suicides, I thought, ‘oh no, this is so … 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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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

A bout of Sophie Hannah

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

After having stared at volume four of the Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse series for two years, I broke down and added to my TBR by ordering volume three. As the kind donor of book four and five said, it … Continue reading →

Posted in British, review, review 2012, Sophie Hannah | 6 Comments

Oldies but (mostly) goodies

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

I am alive and reading – now and then. Three mini or micro reviews. Three British books – all gifts, and I recommend the first two for anyone who likes a traditional mystery. The third one is a fast-paced thriller. … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Reginald Hill, review, review 2012, Ruth Rendell | Tagged | 13 Comments

Quentin Bates, Frozen Out (2011)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

This police procedural by a British writer, Icelandic setting, is the first Gunnhildur Gisladottir mystery. I have wanted to read this series since I met Quentin Bates during CrimeFest last year, but as you know, I have tried hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Icelandic, Quentin Bates, review, review 2012 | 9 Comments

A Simon Brett review

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Nearly a year ago, I sent a review of Simon Brett´s The Witness at the Wedding off to AwesomeBooks Blog. Their initiative proved more popular than they had expected, but today they finally picked my contribution. Photo: Ole Jakobsen

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