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nges to persuade di jackson to let her help interview some prostitutes in an attempt to find the names of men who might have been controlling them there are many strands to this novel fiona herself is the main event she is an unusual person who has suffered from an unspecified illness for two years while a teenager this has left her as an outsider although she efficiently adds information into the shared database of the investigators there is plenty she keeps to herself especially when she perceives a link between the murder and embezzlement cases the author provides many details about fiona s friends and family as well as her romantic feelings towards a colleague there is also a great deal of welshness about the book in terms of locations and descriptions of ways of life talking to the dead is an interesting novel which i enjoyed especially the character of fiona it is rather long for its content lagging quite seriously in the middle 150 pages yet towards the end of the book when many of the apparently disparate plot strands come together there is both a satisfactory solution to the mystery as well as some insight into her illness and closure for fiona who becomes aware of a very significant personal event due to her ability to empathise with the dead young girl there is an action packed climax which i found a bit silly but this did not spoil the book for me i borrowed this book from the library read other reviews of it at reviewing the evidence books and writers promoting crime fiction and crime fiction lover share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on friend feed opens in new window friend feed share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in book review book review old city hall by robert rotenberg posted on august 23 2012 by maxine old city hall by robert rotenberg john murray pb 2009 this compelling novel starts simply mr singh delivering the globe and mail to apartment 12a of the market place tower in toronto finds kevin brace waiting at the door instead of sitting at the table having his customary early morning cup of tea brace tells singh i killed her on entering the apartment singh discovers brace s wife dead in the bath he calls the police the unfolding tale of the investigation and court case is told from the point of view of several police officers and lawyers the two main policemen are detective ari greene son of a holocaust survivor and officer david kennicott an ex defence lawyer who joined the police force three years ago after the death of his brother the two men are friends so continue the investigation in partnership the two main lawyers are albert fernandez for the crown keen to prove himself on his first trial case and nancy parish who is chosen by brace a celebrity radio talk show host to represent him none of these professionals has a complete or even much of a partial picture of why and how the death occurred the case which at first seems open and shut becomes more and more complicated as more information is uncovered by the investigating policemen and later the lawyers the story is told in great detail against a wonderfully atmospheric depiction of toronto gripped by a feverish support of the maple leafs hockey team the suspense is built up gradually at first the reader is aware of the basic facts of the investigation such as the discovery of the murder weapon but soon as witnesses are interviewed a more complex and subtle story comes to light the characterisation of brace and some of the witnesses and minor characters particularly brace s first wife is vivid though the two cops are too similar i thoroughly enjoyed old city hall which is a confident measured absorbing debut the book is a great example of the use of detail to create atmosphere and a wonderful sense of place without feeling as if one is reading a lecture which is often the case when authors decide to make location a major part of their story although most of the book is told from the point of view of the professionals involved in investigating the crime and taking it to trial the power of the novel is in what it has to say about human emotions in particular in the light of the grossly cruel actions based upon conviction without proper knowledge by authorities in the past actions whose effects will last for the lifetimes of those concerned i bought this book i thank bill selnes for the recommendation bill has reviewed the book at his blog mysteries and more from saskatchewan bill has written three posts of questions answers and thoughts about robert rotenberg mostly about his next book the guilty plea the first of these is here other reviews of old city hall quill and quire sarah weinman murder by type and crime time michael carson author s website the book was shortlisted for the cwa john creasey new blood dagger award in 2009 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on friend feed opens in new window friend feed share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in book review book review the eyes of lira kazan by eva joly and judith perrignon posted on august 21 2012 by maxine the eyes of lira kazan by eva joly and judith perrignon translated by emily read bitter lemon press 2012 first published in france 2011 when i discover that a book is said to be as in this case a sensational international thriller my heart sinks as experience has shown that such books tend to be disappointing mish mashes not so in the case of the eyes of lira kazan which is a great read exciting poignant sophisticated and bang up to date not only is the plot a ripper but the characters are individual and alive on the page the translation by emily read is so naturalistic it was hard for me to believe that the book was not originally written in english the word international is a clue that the action takes place in a range of countries in an opening section nwankwo ganbo the head of the fraud squad in lagos is hastily attempting to flee the country with his wife and three young children after his best friend and close colleague has been murdered the family hope to reach england where the british government has offered nwankwo asylum and a teaching post at oxford university in exchange for keeping his head down about his knowledge of the extent of financial and violent corruption in nigeria in st petersburg lira kazan is a journalist in her early 40s she s separated from her husband and has a beloved daughter polina who is currently studying in paris lira has for some years been investigating sergei louchsky a man who has made millions since the fall of the soviet union and whom lira knows is evil in a large number of ways she decides to travel to london to follow one of the lines of evidence she is pursuing hoping to meet her daughter while she is there a judge and his clerk in nice are confronted by a report that the wife of one of the world s richest bankers has been found drowned apparently having fallen off her luxury yacht their investigation arouses the wrath of the authorities who want to write off the death as a swimming accident despite the fact that the victim was wearing her evening gown when her body was discovered the judge as well as felix the clerk continue to dig into the circumstances of the death little realising the cost to themselves the husband of the victim sunlief stephensen is a hilariously awful man from the faroe islands whose grind dolphin bank is one pivotal element of this tale sunlief must take the biscuit as one of the most evil baddies in modern crime fiction as the reader learns with horror how his bank took its name how these events are connected gradually becomes clear the main characters nwankwo lira and felix are all brave people with integrity but for two of them the personal cost of their mission to achieve justice is terrible not only is their story an exciting and convincingly realistic one but as the reader gets to know them their predicament becomes truly tragic as the cruelty of the world takes its toll particularly so in the case of lira lira is a marvellous creation bold intelligent and dedicated in the face of awful reprisals will the determined trio give up will they be stopped and what they can do with the information they know in the face of establishment opposition i urge you to read this excellent relatively short book to find out the last two or three pages are exceptionally sad and moving i bought this book read other reviews of it at reviewing the evidence the bookbag and shots from the publisher s website eva joly was a prosecuting judge in france famous for her anti corruption cases including that against elf aquitaine she is now running in the french presidential elections this is her first novel it is co authored by the french thriller author judith perrignon share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on friend feed opens in new window friend feed share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in book review book review between summer s longing and winter s end by leif g w persson posted on august 19 2012 by maxine between summer s longing and winter s end by leif g w persson translated by paul norlen black swan transworld 2010 first published in sweden 2002 johansson jarenberg 1 at my second attempt i have completed this tome of more than 600 pages a book that in some senses precedes another time another life by the same author which i read recently and very much enjoyed between summer s longing and winter s end tells the story of the apparent suicide of an american student john krasser by jumping from a window in stockholm there are several witnesses to this event some of whom note that the victim s second shoe fell to the ground some seconds after he did the first description of the crime involves the police investigation whose aim is simply to deal with it as quickly as possible and write it up as completed here we see the police force in all its self interested glory as officers play the system to their own ends in the knowledge that colleagues will cover up for them the ripples of the crime spread out in a gradually more complex way sweden s police force has secret operations within it one of these operations is charged with drawing up lists of possible terrorists and other threats to national security in those days mainly the kurds and right wing elements within the police one has the sense that this operation is mainly designed to protect the status quo with a few extremists and hotheads being front men for a deeper more sinister conspiracy the apparent suicide of krasser becomes a significant part of this operation in another parallel development a secret message that krasser had written to a well known cop lars martin johansson emerges after his death johansson is portrayed as the epitome of the swedish police force in his calm taciturn intelligent and apparently incorruptible personality he gets drawn into the investigation using a trip to an fbi training course in the usa to find out more about krasser and his activities as well as these various elliptical descriptions of the aftermath of krasser s death the book is split into several parts describing swedish internal politics since the end of the second world war and its role on the international stage at at time when the country was intimidated by the soviet union s growth but without allies in the west who remembered all too well sweden s wartime nazi sympathies towards the end of the book johansson comes into contact with a book that krasser was researching and after some procrastination reads the draft this draft provides the core of the story and tells the reader what is truly going on pretty much between summer s longing and winter s end is a depressing leaden and grim read it was a struggle to complete the book as it is so fragmented and contains so many unpleasant characters yet there is a fascination to it mainly its focus on international cold war politics at the time the 1950s to the mid 1980s and how swedish society adapted to it in a deeply corrupt manner i can t say i enjoyed this book and did not like it as much as i did another time another life which covers 1975 to the turn of the millennium and which can be appreciated without having read this one first but i am glad i read it and can see that it is an achievement particularly within sweden to have written such a self critical even self loathing book i bought this book other reviews of it are at crime scraps and here shade point the independent to be read and a further collection at the complete review share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on friend feed opens in new window friend feed share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in book review post navigation older posts search click through for my book review archive follow petrona_ follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 133 other subscribers rss posts rss comments petrona twitter tweets by petrona_ reading recommendations all my book 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