BAD INTENTIONS, Karin Fossum
Norway’s Inspector Konrad Sejer takes a backseat in this story, being almost incidental to the action.
A inmate at a psychiatric hospital, supposedly making a recovery, is allowed a weekend pass to spend time with two old friends. He ends up at the bottom of the lake, exactly why and how is mysterious. His death mimics an earlier one by an immigrant the threesome became involved with. This is a strange little tale, reminding me almost of Hitchcock's ROPE. It's about power, guilt, mothers, and loneliness. Well worth reading if you don't mind ambiguity.
Sergio Angelini, ANGEL'S FLIGHT, Lou Cameron
Yvette Banek, THE MAN WHO WAS NOT, John Russell Fearn
Joe Barone, DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT'S LODGING, Michael Innes
Les Blatt, THE ECHOING STRANGERS, Gladys Mitchell
Bill Crider, DILLINGER, Harry Patterson
Scott Cupp, KONGO, THE GORILLA MAN, Frank Orndorff
Martin Edwards, BIRD IN A CAGE, Frederic Dard
Richard Horton, THE FORTUNE HUNTER, Louis Joseph Vance
Jerry House, EXILES OF TIME, Nelson Bond
George Kelley, THE BEST OF GORDON R. DICKSON, Hank Davis
Margot Kinberg, A JAR FULL OF ANGELS, Babs Horton
Rob Kitchin, THE LONG FIRM, Jake Arnott; SECRET SPEECH, Tom Robb Smith
B.V. Lawson
Evan Lewis, SLEEP WITH THE DEVIl, WAKE UP TO MURDER, JOY HOUSE, Day Keen
Steve Lewis, MURDER BEACH, Bridget McKenna
Brian Lindenmuth, RED RUNS THE RIVER, Lewis Patten
Todd Mason, 100 Best Books Books and Lists
J.F. Norris, THE REEK OF RED HERRINGS, Catriona McPherson
Neer, WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, Shirley Jackson; DEATH AND THE PLEASANT VOICES, Mary Fitt
Stephen Nester (THE RAP SHEET) DURANGO STREET, Frank Bonham
Matt Paust, THE AX, Donald Westlake
James Reasoner, RAWHIDE CREEK, L. P. Holmes
Richard Robinson, JEOPARDY IS MY JOB, Stephen Marlowe
Gerard Saylor, GONE GIRL, Gillian Flynn
Kevin Tipple, THE OUTCAST DEAD, Elly Griffiths
TomCat, THE MYSTERY OF THE DEATH TRAP MINE, Three Investigators
TracyK, BURGLARS CAN'T BE CHOSERS, Lawrence Block
Westlake Review, BREAKOUT, Richard Stark
Zybahn, THE HORROR ON THE ASTEROID, Edmond Hamilton
2 comments:
Marvellous to be in such great company - thanks Patti. And a bit of a bumper crop today!
I have something today that's more along the lines of an underappreciated writer rather than a forgotten book. It was published in December 2016 and I hope it's not already forgotten because it's extremely good.
The Reek of Red Herringsby Catriona McPherson
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