OT: The Madrid Countryside

Some photos from the Madrid countryside taken near Prádena del Rincón last Thursday.

The 2011 CWA International Dagger Shortlist

Regular or occasional readers of this blog can check here the 2011 CWA International Dagger Shortlist. You can also find below my posts on 5 of the 7 candidates. I’m planning to read soon The Saint-Florentin Murders by Jean-François Parot, my last acquisition, but  River of Shadows by Valerio Varesi does not appeal to me.

• The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri

• Needle in a Haystack (La aguja en el pajar) by Ernesto Mallo (1)

• La aguja en el pajar / Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo (2)

• La aguja en el pajar /Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo (y/and 3)

• Three Seconds by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström
• An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas
• Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar

 

I’ve very much enjoyed reading Camilleri, Vargas, Villar and Mallo, but if I have to pick up a favourite this will be Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo.