macdonald astounding cunningham dangerously

books:

Mind's Eye: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery (Inspector Van Veeteren Mysteries)

4 reviews
Hakan Nesser

Pantheon, 2008

"I think this is a nasty business."
In Hakan Nesser's "Mind's Eye," a Swedish high school teacher named Janek Mitter finds his wife of three months, Eva Maria Ringmar, drowned in their bathtub. When Mitter is accused of murdering her, he has no alibi. He claims that, on the night in question, he was asleep in the next room after drinking too much, and awoke the next morning suffering from a massive hangover. His defense lawyer ...

Because of the Cats (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Inspector Van Der Valk Mysteries)

2 reviews
Nicolas Freeling

Felony & Mayhem, 2006

Another sterling book by Freeling
Freeling's second novel, published in 1963, is up to the standards of his best books (King of a Rainy Country, Gun Before Butter, etc.). Well-written and well-conceived, Freeling remains one of my all-time favorite mystery writers. In this book, Van der Valk uncovers the very unlikely fact of a youth gang from the rich town of Bloemendaal. These teenagers are carrying out particularly vicious ...

Astounding Science Fiction, April 1950 (Volume XLV, No. 2)
The Wizard of Linn [Part 1 of 3] by A. E. Van Vogt, Okie by James Blish, ...

Street & Smith Publications, 1950

The Wizard of Linn [Part 1 of 3] by A. E. Van Vogt Okie by James Blish Greed by L. Ron Hubbard The Inspector's Teeth by L. Sprague de Camp U-Turn by Duncan H. Munro Our Turbulent Atmosphere by Willy Ley Piezoelectricity by E. L. Locke

Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

18 reviews
Hakan Nesser

Doubleday Canada, 2006

A witty, atmospheric Scandinavian procedural
Swedish author Hakan Nesser, has his laconic, sardonic series detective, Inspector VanVeeteren, investigate a serial ax murderer in a quiet seaside town, in "Borkmann's Point," winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Best Novel Award for 1994. Van Veeteren is not feeling his best after a dreary coastal vacation partly spent with his paroled son, and is looking forward to returning to the city ...

The Lovely Ladies (An Inspector Van Der Valk Mystery)

1 review
Nicolas Freeling

Vintage Books, 1981

Van Der Valk in Ireland
What's the connection between an elderly businessman who's been stabbed to death on the streets of Amsterdam and three lovely Dutch expatriots living as housewives in Dublin? That's the central question of The Lovely Ladies and it's one that extends into a fascinating mystery in the finest Freeling tradition. For any other writer, this book would get five stars, but it isn't quite at the same ...

Inspector Saito's Small Satori

2 reviews
Janwillem van de Wetering

G. P. Putnam 's Sonst, 1985

Small Satoris for van de Wetering
This book is a good and easy read. Especially good for folks who like short mysteries in the Christie/Poirot and Simenon/Maigret style. The stories have a very realistic japanese feel and the characters are very believable. The writing reminds me a bit of Simenon, somewhat economical, definitely a bit psychological, but driven by the narrative and not preachy. The stories are somewhat linked ...

The Sands of Windee (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery Series #2)

2 reviews
Arthur William Upfield

Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1931

A Perfect Murder?
I greatly enjoyed this book. The half-Caucasian, half-aborigine Detective Inspector Napolean Bonaparte (Bony to his friends) becomes involved in this case hoping he's found the perfect murder. A man named Marks visits Windee Station then vanishes. The local police assume he was lost in the bush but Bony has reason to think differently. This mystery is populated with a host of interesting ...

The Return: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

9 reviews
Hakan Nesser

Anchor Canada, 2008

Another great Scandinavian writer
Another excellent example of mystery writing that does NOT depend on sex, violence and four letter words to tell a story that keeps you wondering about the outcome. You soon feel you know Van Veeteren and the conditions he works under as if they are old friends. You really feel the chill and damp of Scandinavian winters.

Detective Book Club Library in a Box!! Six Volumes, One Price! ('74: Judas Freak (Pentecost); The Long Fuse ...
John D. MacDonald; E. X. Ferrars; and Jan Willem van de Wetering 1977, Hugh Pentecost; Alan White and H. R. F. Keating 1974, ...

Detective Book Club, 1974

20 Detective stories in four volumes all in one box!! SEE PHOTOS!

Criminal Conversation (Inspector Van Der Valk Suspense Novel Series)
Nicolas Freeling

Random House Inc (P), 1981

mysterious letter alluding to the murder of Cabestan by a named killer, Dr Hubert van der Post, arouses the interests of the irascible and ever-suspicious van der Valk who decides to find out who the mysterious letter writer is. What transpires is a tale of deception and adultery as the rich, very careful character of Carl Merckel, the managing director of the Lutz Brothers merchant bank, lays an accusation of cold blooded homicide of which, he ...

search for books
astounding, conversation, cunningham, dangerously, macdonald

Impressum / about us