by vjbooks | Mar 9, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Mar. 2) Set in 1956, bestseller Smith’s edgy second thriller to feature Leo Demidov (after Child 44) depicts the paranoia and instability of the Soviet Union after the newly installed Khrushchev regime leaks a “secret speech” laying out...
by vjbooks | Jan 25, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(mystery-books.com, Jan. 18) Robin Agnew announced today on the DorothyL bulletin board the nominees for the 2009 Dilys Award. The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) to the mystery titles of the...
by vjbooks | Jan 1, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Tom Rob Smith was born in 1979 the son of a Swedish mother and an English father, and was brought up in London where he lives today. After graduating from Cambridge University in 2001, he completed his studies in Italy, studying creative writing for a year. His first...
by vjbooks | Dec 20, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...
