For the last few years, J. Kingston Pierce has provided part-time help to an independent bookshop in his north Seattle neighborhood. Here are his 10 crime-fiction recommendations for inexperiencedreaders.
Schlagwort-Archive: Dashiell Hammett
News: Review and Revivals Edition
J. Kingston Pierce presents Christmas-related mysteries, the big-screen adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Glass Key”, the new table-computer-based crime-fiction periodical “Noir Magazine” and much more …
Rezensionen: Laura Wilson’s crime fiction roundup
“The Return of the Thin Man” by Dashiell Hammett, “Hard Twisted” by C Joseph Greaves, “Gold Digger” by Frances Fyfield, “Scratch Deeper” by Chris Simms, “Vulture Peak” by John Burdett and “Killing the Emperors” by Ruth Dudley Edwards.
Rezension: Dashiell Hammett: “Return of the Thin Man”
Dashiell Hammett created two of the seminal figures in hard-boiled detective fiction: the Continental Op and Sam Spade. But none of his creations proved as endearing as Nick and Nora Charles, the wisecracking crime fighters of “The Thin Man,” his final novel.
Rezensionen: Nesbo, Leon, Grisham, Sigurdardóttir, Hammett
Julia Handford on Dashiell Hammett’s finale, on John Grisham’s “The Racketeer”, Jo Nesbos thriller “The Bat”, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir: “I remember you” and “The jewels of paradies” by Donna Leon.