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Detectives Beyond Borders Reviews The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison

By chemrat 271 days ago from http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com

An excellent book review of "The Skull Mantra", award-winning novel by Eliot Pattison about a Chinese detective in Tibet. This detective starts out in prison, and is a prisoner throughout the story, a complex murder mystery involving religious artifacts, suppressed monks and monasteries, foreign investors, and Chinese/Tibeta

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Book review: The Shadow of the Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II

By chemrat 272 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

An original book review of the brilliant historical fiction and mystery novel, "The Shadow of the Shadow", by Paco Ignacio Taibo II.

This book is set in the 1920's in Mexico, and it paints a vivid picture of life at that time. A motley crew of friends, including a poet, a newspaper reporter, a union organizer and a lawye

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Crime fiction on Squidoo

By chemrat 209 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

The description of two new sites, a "lens" and a "group" on Squidoo, both focusing on crime fiction. You can vote on your favorite novels and add links to your own blogs and favorite book reviews (yours or anyone else's). The opportunity is presented to discuss different genre's of crime fiction, from hard-boiled to sof

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The Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson: terrorism in Spain

By chemrat 275 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

This post is a review of the third book in the "Javier Falcon" series by Robert Wilson. Falcon is a homicide inspector in Seville, Spain, and he suspects trouble when an unusual murder is discovered.

The review gives an overview of the various political and criminal forces in play, and also recommends reading the series i

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A Conversation With Author Qiu Xiaolong, Part 1

By chemrat 267 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

This post is the start of a report on a conversation with Qiu Xiaolong, the Chinese-born author of extremely popular books of detective fiction set in Shanghai. It is the first author interview for a blog that has been mostly a fiction review site. Qiu's first two books are discussed and/or reviewed earlier on this same blog

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A Conversation with Author Qiu Xiaolong, Part 2

By chemrat 262 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

The fiction blog "Nearly nothing but novels" issues Part 2 of the discussion with Chinese author, poet and translator Qiu Xiaolong. There is an original photograph of the books displayed at Barnes & Nobel for the book-signing event, the centerpiece being Qiu's latest, Red Mandarin Dress, published by St. Martin's.

The c

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Nearly nothing but novels: Murder and Madness, Swedish Style

By chemrat 311 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

This is an original review of the Swedish crime novel "Before the Frost," by Henning Mankell. The story describes the fight by inspector Kurt Wallander and his daughter Linda, soon to be a police officer, to solve a set of simultaneous murders and disappearances. The book probes trust and religious fanaticism, and is both suspenseful and

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Mystery and crime fiction set in Los Angeles, Washington, D. C. and Pyongyang: Three book reviews

By chemrat 272 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

The post offers original book reviews of the following mysteries:

"Soul Circus" by George Pelecanos: detective fiction set in the mean streets of Washington, D. C.

"Errors and Omissions" by Paul Goldstein, a legal thriller linking McCarthy-era blacklists to current-day murder in Los Angeles and a desperate search for

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Interview with Popular Author Qiu Xiaolong- Part 3

By chemrat 209 days ago from http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com

Part 3 of an interview with bestselling author Qiu Xiaolong, who writes the Inspector Chen novels. Qiu is also a poet and translator of poetry. He grew up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, but has lived in St. Louis, Missouri for over 10 years. Qiu recounts details of the Cultural Revolution, his experiences with o

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