A very good detective novel that has a unique feel about it.
It manages to be different from other murder mysteries without trying too hard.
The translation might have been better and I’d have awarded it an extra half a point!
Strange symbols once used to ward off the Black Death. Commissioner Adamsberg my new favourite Parisian detective. Highly recommended.
Score 8.5/10
Date read December 2005
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Comic/dark/violent/English/funny
also try The Burglar Diaries, The Pornographer Diaries and Bank Robber Diaries.
Score 6/10
Date read November 2005
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What a cracking read. Modern day crime culture, told in street language. Violent and fully charged.
I read it as an audiobook and it was perfectly, yes perfectly narrated by Paul Thornley, he and I later went to Chelmsford prison and did a talk to the inmates…I know they enjoyed it.
Go to your local library and ask for the audiobook edition.
Score 9/10
Date read October 2005
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A novella by the brother of John (Booker nominee author) so good stuff does run in the family.
A private eye is hired to find the daughter of a big businessman.
Read it in an hour.
Score 6/10
Date read October 2005
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