New Releases December 2011

Regular readers know I used to visit Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Suspense Books, at least once a month. Some of the titles that have called my attention are:

• Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill
• A Vine in the Blood by Leighton Gage (currently reading)
• The Leopard by Jo Nesbo (my review HERE)
• Silence by Jan Costin Wagner

2011 Global Reading Challenge Update – Completed

Last year I’ve made the extremist level in the Global Reading Challenge. I read three novels from each of these continents: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America (incl. Central America), South America, two novels which are set in Antarctica plus a ‘wildcard’ novel (a novel from a place or period new to me). More details HERE.

This year I signed for the Medium Level which requires me to read two novels from each of these continents in the course of 2011: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America (including Central America wherever is most convenient) and the Seventh Continent, trying to find novels from fourteen different countries or states. I’ve read:

Africa

• Wife of the Gods, by Kwei Quartey (Ghana)
• Devil’s Peak, by Deon Meyer (South Africa)

Asia

• Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder, by Shamini Flint (Malaysia)
• The Eye of Jade, by Diane Wei Liang (China) 

Australasia

• Diamond Dove, by Adrian Hyland (Australia)
• The Broken Shore, by Peter Temple (Australia)

Europe

• Three Seconds, by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström (Sweden)
• Darkside, by Belinda Bauer, (UK)

North America

• B-Very Flat by Margot Kinberg, (USA)
• U is for Undertow, by Sue Grafton (USA) 

South America

• Blanco Nocturno de Ricardo Piglia (Argentina)
• Nadie ama a un policía de Guillermo Orsi (Argentina)

The Seventh Continent (History)

• The Saint-Florentin Murders, by Jean-François Parot (France, 1774)
• A Game of Lies, by Rebecca Cantrell (Germany, 1936)