Showing posts with label littérature policière. Show all posts
Showing posts with label littérature policière. Show all posts
Monday, 27 July 2026

A Private Security Company

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I saw an unusual sight last week, walking back from town: a dark grey van with a tag on it, the one of a private security firm. It had a pho...
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Monday, 20 July 2026

Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife (Signature Weapon)

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This is my new post in the Signature Weapons series, about weapons that are or could be, well, signature weapons for protagonists and/or a...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

To Watch The Invisible

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I have some exciting (yet somewhat frustrating) crime fiction news. Yopu may remember that back in August 2025 I mentioned that South Afric...
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Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Thriller Writing Course

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You may remember that I went to a Thriller Writing Workshop back in March . Well, more like a course anyway, but there are elements of works...
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Harry Lime (can you hear the theme?)

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As you most likely know if you have been reading this blog,  Vienna  is not only the city of music, it is also the city of espionage . And t...
Monday, 6 July 2026

Beretta (Signature Weapon)

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This post is a new entry in my Signature Weapons series, weapons you find in crime fiction and spy fiction and that are used or could be us...
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Friday, 3 July 2026

Scorpio Rising (crime fiction)

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 I blogged a few times already about South African crime writer Deon Meyer 's latest novel Skorpio . I was hoping to get its translation...
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Saturday, 27 June 2026

A Secret Passage?

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 I took this picture in Brighton . To be more specific, at the Royal Pavilion . It looks like nothing, just a wall with wallpaper, but look ...
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Friday, 26 June 2026

Heat in Isola

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I know I'm blogging a lot about  Ed McBain 's 87th Precinct  crime novel series these days, as I am reading the books in order of pu...
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Monday, 22 June 2026

Introducing Cotton Hawes (87th Precinct)

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As you know, this year I have been reading  Ed McBain 's 87th Precinct  series, as much as possible in order of publication. So I recent...
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Friday, 19 June 2026

Blackjack (Signature Weapon)

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 This is my new post in the Signature Weapons series. Today's weapon is an oldie: the blackjack . I don't think I have seen one in ...
Saturday, 13 June 2026

Lying Book Cover (87th Precinct)

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My year in crime fiction reading has been marked by the return of Ed McBain 's 87th Precinct in my to be read list. It had been long ov...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2026

The Hunted (Elmore Leonard)

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 Well, it's been long overdue: I am currently reading a crime novel by  Elmore Leonard . I have been wanting to get back to Leonard sinc...
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Sunday, 7 June 2026

Looking for Devil's Peak

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You may remember that I have been desperately looking for the TV series  adaptation of  Deon Meyer 's Devil's Peak . I love his cri...
Friday, 5 June 2026

Glock (Signature Weapon)

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This is a new post in my  Signature Weapons series, about weapons that say something about the characters using them, especially but not ex...
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Saturday, 30 May 2026

Bulgarian Umbrella (Signature Weapon)

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This post is part of my Signature Weapons series. While most of the weapons mentioned so far are either traditional weapons and/or belong t...
Thursday, 28 May 2026

Crime and Cognac (87th Precinct)

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So I am in a binge reading streak these days, more specifically reconnecting with  Ed McBain 's 87th Precinct series. And you may remem...
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Saturday, 23 May 2026

Legends

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 I found another great crime series on Netflix and I wanted to share it/plug it here: Legends . It's both a crime drama and a true crime...
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Friday, 22 May 2026

Sherlock Holmes Day

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Today is Sherlock Holmes Day  .I missed it last year , but I knew I needed to commemorate it this year. I haven't read enough  Sherlock...
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Saturday, 16 May 2026

Shillelagh (Signature Weapon)

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This post is part of my  Signature Weapons series, which I hope to get going for a while. One weapon that I have seen time and again in mov...
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