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The Complete Father Brown Stories © 1910, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 35, 39, 51 Dodd, Mead & Company © 1982 xvii+993 pages Father Brown, if you haven’t heard of him, is a portly priest who always finds himself in the middle of a mystery—usually a murder. As Chesterton’s alterego, he solves [...]
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest © 2007 Viking Canada: Penguin (English Translation © 2009) 566 pages The Millennium Trilogy was quite a phenomenon. It’s difficult to find anyone who hasn’t at least heard of Larsson’s books. This third and final book was a bit of a departure from the first two, but no [...]
The Girl Who Played with Fire © 2006 Viking (Penguin) 2009 503 pages This is one fast-paced, gritty, heart-breakin’ ride. I bought it as soon as it was released and finished it a couple days later. 500 pages never went by so fast. This second novel comes quite close to living up to the glory [...]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo © 2005 Translation by Reg Keeland © 2008 Knopf 465 pages I bought this because I felt like reading something different. I don’t often read murder mysteries, but Barnes & Noble had a stack of these books at the front of the store alongside a very persuasive write-up. The [...]
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