Monday 7 April 2008

Apologies

If anyone else has had a nasty persistent ear-worm brought on by the title of my last post, I am sincerely sorry, and if it's any consolation, I am suffering too. It's currently being used for an advert on British television, which is probably 'inspired' me. I have no memory of what the advert is actually for, but the earworm lasts for days.

Helen, I am reading 'Voices', and have 'The Draining Lake' to come. Previously I have read 'Jar City'/'Tainted Blood' (which I then passed on), and 'Silence of the Grave'. Are there any others? "Scandinavian Detective Novel" is one of those phrases that is practically guaranteed to make me buy a book. There seem to be so many excellent writers in the Nordic countries. For all I know there are as many excellent British authors, but I haven't read a lot of modern British detective fiction. I'm much more at home in the Golden Age, with Allingham and Sayers.

5 comments:

Helen said...

I think we're even on Indridason. Voices was the one I read most recently. They're so sad.

jeanfromcornwall said...

Just to really make your day, I think the song is Disney.

Helen said...

Speaking of Indridason, have you read any Jo Nesbo?

Vivienne said...

Not yet - I get most of these from charity shops, and have a private theory that someone else with an obsession with Scandinavian detectives but a much greater ability to get rid of books than me lives in the area. But whoever they may be, they don't seem to have got to Jo Nesbo yet.

Helen said...

I have The Redbreast and The Devil's Star. Have you got anything you'd like to swap? Scandinavian detectives or anything else. I've realized that I haven't actually read The Draining Lake. On the other hand, if you can't bear to part with anything, that's all right :)