This time Marilyn Stasio talks about Attica Locke: “The Cutting Season”, Jussi Adler-Olsen: “The Absent One”, Christobel Kent: “The Dead Season”, Laura Lippman: “And When She Was Good”.
Schlagwort-Archive: Laura Lippman
Rezension: Laura Lippman: “And When She Was Good”
Lippman calls her central character Heloise an American Everywoman. Hardly. She is more like a quirky character from Anne Tyler. Lippman’s writing brims with allusions, literary and otherwise. This book’s title refers to the H. W. Longfellow poem about the little girl.
Kolumne: New in crime fiction: The latest mysteries and thrillers
This week Margaret Cannon discusses crime fiction by Peter Robinson (“Watching the Dark”), Laura Lippman (“And When She was Good”), Kathy Reichs (“Bones are Forever”), Colin Cotterill (“Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach”) and Michael Koryta (“The Prophet”).
Rezension: Laura Lippman: “And When She Was Good”
Lippman’s latest is “And When She Was Good,” a title that saucily suggests the novel will be racier than it is. “And When She Was Good” is in essence a character study, though the basic thread of its plot does generate a good amount of suspense.
Rezension: Laura Lippman: “And When She Was Good”
In her stand-alone novels, Laura Lippman has brought a voice to characters not often found in crime fiction — young women trying to find their place in the world despite the odds against them.
Pierce’s Picks: “And When She Was Good”
A weekly alert for followers of crime, mystery, and thriller fiction. This week on: “And when she was good”, by Laura Lippmann, “Watching the Dark”, by Peter Robinson and “Shake Off”, by Mischa Hiller.
Rezension: Laura Lippman: “And When She Was Good”
“And When She Was Good,” with its title reminiscent of a spooky, overlooked 1967 gem from the Philip Roth archive (“When She Was Good”), goes on to explain how a woman escaped from home.
Gespräch: Laura Lippman
“He’s definitely taken more from my work” – Novelist Laura Lippman, wife of David Simon, on Baltimore crime and appearing in “The Wire”.
CrimeMag: Artikel und Rezensionen zur Kriminalliteratur
Dieses Mal mit Rezensionen zu Kriminalromanen von Howard Linskey, Laura Lippman, Ian Rankin, Tana French, Colin Cotterill, Gianrico Carofiglio, dazu Carlos’ Kolumne, ein Beitrag von Christopher G. Moore und im Krimigedicht Aufschlussreiches zum Fräser.
Kurzrezensionen: Flynn, Hughes, Millar, Highsmith, Lippman and others
Sarah Weinman’s summer reading list: smart crime fiction by Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”), Dorothy B. Hughes (“In a Lonely Place”), Margaret Millar (“Beast in View”), Patricia Highsmith (“Deep Water”) Laura Lippman (“And When She Was Good”) and others.
Rezension: Laura Lippman: »The Most Dangerous Thing«
Maybe »The most dangerous thing« isn’t the specter of bogeymen in the woods or old companions who can’t keep their mouths shut; maybe »The most dangerous thing« turns out to be the relentless passage of time.
Kolumne: New in crime fiction
In der Kolumne werden diesmal folgende Bücher besprochen: George Pelecanos: “The Cut”, Laura Lippman: “The Most Dangerous Thing”, Martin Walker: “Black Diamond” und Sebastian Rotella: “Triple Crossing”.