This Night’s Foul Work, by Fred Vargas

This Night’s Foul Work is the fourth novel in the Adamsberg series translated into English. It is a playful, interesting and somewhat implausible crime books, but the writing is so great the implausible part doesn’t really matter much.
Two drug dealers have had their throats cut in the Paris flea market. Normally this would [...]

The Horse Whisperer, by Nicholas Evans

The Horse Whisperer (made famous by the movie with the same name, starring Robert Redford) is a quiet, beautiful book.
The author, Nicholas Evans was born and grew up in Worcestershire and [...]

Death at La Fenice, by Donna Leon

La Fenice is the name of the famed opera house in Venice. The novel starts with the death of the well-known German conductor Helmut Wellauer. He is found dead in his dressing room after an intermission, shortly before he was to conduct La Traviata. Of course, the police are called.
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The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth

The Day of the Jackal is a novel about whose main character is the Jackal, a highly feared and infamous terrorist at the time when this novel was written. The plot of the book is a (fictional) account of an attempt by this terrorist to assassinate president de Gaulle.
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The Prodigal Daughter, by Jeffrey Archer

The Prodigal Daughter is the follow up on the great novel Kane and Abel. Both are outstanding novels by Jeffrey Archer.

The main character, Florentyna Rosnovski, is a formidable and unforgettable character. One of the most interesting characters in Archer’s books. She endears herself to readers as a young girl through her [...]

World Without End, by Ken Follett

This book is a follow-up on the enormously popular Pillars of the Earth. About the relationship between the two books, Follett says: ” Ever since The Pillars of the Earth was published in 1989, readers have been asking me to write a sequel. The book is so popular that I’ve been nervous about trying to [...]

A Quiver Full of Arrows, by Jeffrey Archer

A Quiver Full of Arrows, from 1980, is an impressive collection of short stories, really a full Quiver.
The book consists of twelve assorted arrows (short stories) into the quiver. Each arrow is sharp and leaves a meaningful impact on the reader.
The Chinese Statue is a story that features a Sir [...]

Darkest Evening of the Year, by Dean Koontz

The author of The Darkest Evening of the Year, Dean Koontz, has written several #1 New York Times bestsellers. He is a great storyteller that entertains and enlightens readers with novels that capture the essence of our times even as they bring us to the edge of our seats. The Darkest Evening of the [...]

Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson

Cowboys in the Wild West stole horses. In Norway nobody steals horses, not today, not ever. I think. And I am Norwegian and definitely not a cowboy from the Wild West. Therefore, I never really liked the title of Per Petterson’s book. So I did the right thing. The only option open to me, really. [...]