Category Archives: review 2014

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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Jens Østergaard, The Dragon, the Singer, the Hero

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

(Danish crime story, not translated into English) I visited our local library two weeks ago to try some of their recent, Scandinavian crime fiction. In my circles, Jens Østergaard is quite the buzzword these days, and I agree that he … Continue reading →

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Laura Lippman, Charm City (1992)

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Tess Monaghan # 2 I first met Tess Monaghan because I fell for the cover of The Girl in the Green Raincoat. Lovely protagonist – after two novels, I feel like I know her. If you like series like Sue … 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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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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Review policy

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

For my faithful readers: I plan to blog occasionally again – probably a couple of times a week. Two or three reviews per months, plus occasional photos from my part of the world and news about my own writings, for … Continue reading →

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