Book Reviews 2017

The Polish Officer (1995) by Alan Furst (A)

Rather be the Devil (2016) by Ian Rankin (A+)

Crush (1959) by Frédéric Dard (trans Daniel Seton) (A)

The Late Monsieur Gallet, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #2) by Gorges Simenon. Trans: Anthea Belle (A)

Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly, 2017 (Sean Duffy #6) by Adrian McKinty (A+)

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #3) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Linda Coverdale (A)

The Conqueror Inn: A Bobby Owen Mystery (1943) by E.R. Punshon (A)

The Yellow Dog, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #5) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Linda Asher – Revisited (A)

The Carter of ‘La Providence’, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #4) by Georges Simenon. Trans: David Coward (A)

She Died a Lady (1943) by Carter Dickson (A)

The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid, 2016 (Lennox #5), by Craig Russell (B)

Night at the Crossroads, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #6) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Linda Coverdale (B)

The Executioner Weeps (1956) by Frédéric Dard (Trans: David Coward) (A)

Dumb Witness, 1937 (Hercule Poirot #14) by Agatha Christie (B)

The Golden Age of Murder (2015) by Martin Edwards (A+)

Mystery of Mr. Jessop (1937) by E. R. Punshon (Bobby Owen series #8) (B)

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977) by Colin Dexter (B)

Sangre en los estantes (2016) de Paco Camarasa (B)

The Bird Tribunal (2016) by Agnes Ravatn, trans: Rosie Hedger (unrated)

Death of An Expert Witness, 1977 (Adam Dalgliesh #6) by P. D. James  (A)

Talking about Detective Fiction, 2009 by P. D. James (B)

A Judgement in Stone (1977) by Ruth Rendell (A+)

A Crime in Holland, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #7) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Siân Reynolds (A+)

The Grand Banks Café, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #8) by Georges Simenon. Trans: David Coward (A)

El hombre en la calle (1940), un relato breve de Georges Simenon protagonizado por el comisario Maigret (Tra. Carlos Pujol) (A)

The House of Anxiety (1930), by Georges Sim[enon] (B)

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2016), by Michael Connelly (A)

The Serpent Pool (2010), by Martin Edwards (A)

A Man’s Head, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #9) by Georges Simenon. Trans: David Coward (A)

A Death in Summer (2011) by Benjamin Black (A)

Out of Bounds (2016) by Val McDermid (A)

When It Grows Dark (2017) by Jørn Lier Horst (trans: Anne Bruce) (B)

The Exiled (2016) by Kati Hiekkapelto (Tran. by David Hackston) (A)

Maigret Goes to School, 1954 (Inspector Maigret #44) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Linda Coverdale (A)

The Trespasser (2016) by Tana French (A)

The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #10) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Siân Reynolds (B)

Tiempos de hielo (2015), de Fred Vargas (Tra.: Anne-Hélène Suárez Girard) English title: A Climate of Fear. (A+)

The Two-Penny Bar, 1931 (Inspector Maigret #11) by Georges Simenon. Trans: David Watson. (A)

The Shadow Puppet, 1932 (Inspector Maigret # 12) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Ros Schwartz. (B)

The Saint-Fiacre Affair, 1932 (Inspector Maigret # 13) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Shaun Whiteside. (A+)

The Flemish House, 1932 (Inspector Maigret #14) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Shaun Whiteside (A+)

The Madman of Bergerac, 1932 (Inspector Maigret # 15) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Ros Schwartz) Revisited (A)

The Misty Harbour, 1932 (Inspector Maigret #16) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Linda Coverdale (C)

Maigret Sets a Trap, 1955 (Inspector Maigret #48) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Siân Reynolds) (A)

Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters, 1952 (Inspector Maigret #39) by Georges Simenon (Trans: William Hobson) (A)

A Voice in the Night, 2016 (Montalbano #20) by Andrea Camilleri (Trans. Stephen Sartarelli) (A+)

The Judge’s House, 1942 (Inspector Maigret #22) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Howard Curtis) (A)

Inspector Cadaver, 1944 (Inspector Maigret #24) by Georges Simenon (Trans: William Hobson) (A)

Félicie, 1944 (Inspector Maigret #25) by Georges Simenon (Trans: David Coward) (A)

The Student Body (2016) by Simon Wyatt (B)

The Moth Catcher, 2015 (Vera Stanhope # 7), by Ann Cleeves (A+)

Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosch Stories (2011) by Michael Connelly (A)

Las investigaciones de Maigret (1944) de Georges Simenon (tra.: Juan José M. Ucar) (B)

The Unlikely Monsieur Owen (1938) by Georges Simenon (tr. Stephen Trussel) (B)

The Group at the Grand Café (1938) by Georges Simenon (tr. Stephen Trussel) (A)

Death Threats (1942) by Georges Simenon (tr. Stephen Trussel) (A)

Cécile is Dead, 1942 (Inspector Maigret #20) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Anthea Bell (A+)

Madame Maigret’s Friend, 1950 (Inspector Maigret #34) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Howard Curtis) (A)

Maigret’s Memoirs, 1951 (Inspector Maigret #35) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Howard Curtis) (C)

The Dry (2016), by Jane Harper (A+)

Wolves in the Dark (2004), by Gunnar Staalessen (trans. Don Bartlett) (A+)

Prussian Blue (2017) by Philip Kerr (A)

Maigret Takes a Room, 1951 (Inspector Maigret #37) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Shaun Whiteside) (A)

Death on the Nile, 1937 (Hercule Poirot #15) by Agatha Christie (A+)

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, 1938 (Hercule Poirot #17) by Agatha Christie (A+)

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: A Hercule Poirot Short Story, 1960 (Hercule Poirot Series), by Agatha Christie (C)

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