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		<title>Review: Mr Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Mr Dixon Disappears (the second book in the Mobile Library Series)
Author: Ian Sansom
Publisher: Harper Perennial [2006]
ISBN: 0-00-720700-X
Length: 253 pages
Genre: amateur sleuth
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My rating: 3.5/5
One-liner: A gentle, body-free tale for those who enjoy words being put together well.
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Israel Armstrong is the librarian for the Tumdrum and District Mobile Library, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1416&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/review-mr-dixon-disappears-by-ian-sansom/</link>
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		<title>9 Scary Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to agree with Ronald Reagan that the 9 scariest words in the English language are “I’m from the Government and I’m here to help” but now I think there are contenders in town: “I’ve written this book, tell me what you think”
Knowing how much I love to read a colleague (who doesn’t) (love [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1412&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/9-scary-words/</link>
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		<title>Crime Fiction Alphabet: F is for Fortress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For my contribution to the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme this week I&#8217;m taking a look at Australian author Gabrielle Lord&#8217;s first novel Fortress, published in 1980. It tells the story of a small school in Sunny Flat NSW (about 500 kilometres west of Sydney) where the sole teacher, Sally Jones, and her 12 students are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1410&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/crime-fiction-alphabet-f-is-for-fortress/</link>
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		<title>Sunday Salon 2009-11-08 &#8211; Week in Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Books Then and Now
This week was a good reading one for me. I finished and reviewed four books starting with a cosy by new to me author Elaine Viets (Murder Between The Covers), moving to a fast-paced thriller by another new to me author Harlan Coben (Tell No One) then an audio version of an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1407&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/sunday-salon-2009-11-08-week-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: the Dogs of Riga (the second Kurt Wallander novel)
Author: Henning Mankell (translated by Laurie Thompson)
Publisher: Vintage [originally 1991, this edition 2001]
ISBN: 1-860-46959-0
Length: 326 pages
Genre: Police Procedural/Espionage thriller
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My rating: 4/5
One-liner: An intense throwback to thrillers like Gorky Park
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A lifeboat holding the bodies of two dead men washes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1397&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/review-the-dogs-of-riga-by-henning-mankell/</link>
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		<title>Review: Dead Man&#8217;s Folly by Agatha Christie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Dead Man&#8217;s Folly
Author: Agatha Christie
Narrator: David Suchet
Publisher: Harper Collins [This edition 2007, originally 1956]
ISBN: N/A [downloaded from audible.com]
Length: 6hrs 1min
Genre: Private Detective
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My rating: 4/5
One-liner: A book that simultaneously manages to offer exactly what you expect at the same time as a surprise ending
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Hercule Poirot receives a frantic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1388&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/review-dead-mans-folly-by-agatha-christie/</link>
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		<title>Crime Fiction Alphabet: E is for Entombed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My post this week for the crime fiction alphabet meme continues my homage to Sue Grafton, the original purveyor of a single word crime fiction alphabet, with a look at Entombed by Linda Fairstein.
This is the 7th book in Fairstein&#8217;s series featuring New York District Attorney Alexandra (Alex) Cooper and the detectives who have become [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1383&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/crime-fiction-alphabet-e-is-for-entombed/</link>
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		<title>Review: Tell No One by Harlan Coben</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Tell No One
Author: Harlan Coben
Publisher: Orion Books [originally 2000, this edition 2007]
ISBN: 978-1-4091-1702-5
Length: 346 pages
Genre: Thriller
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My rating: 3.5/5
One-liner: A frenetically paced, superbly plotted yarn.
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Eight years ago David Beck and his wife Elizabeth took their annual trip to the remote place where they had shared their first kiss. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1379&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/review-tell-no-one-by-harlan-coben/</link>
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		<title>Review: Murder Between the Covers by Elaine Viets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Murder Between the Covers (the second dead-end job mystery)
Author: Elaine Viets
Publisher: Signet
ISBN:1-86254-486-7
Length: 268 pages
Genre: Amateur sleuth/cosy
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My rating: 2.5/5
One-liner: A light, undemanding read
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Helen Hawthorne works for cash at Page Turners, a family owned bookstore in South Florida. The proprietor, Page Turner III, is horrible to staff and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1374&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/review-murder-between-the-covers-by-elaine-viets/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Trojan Dog by Dorothy Johnston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Trojan Dog
Author: Dorothy Johnston
Publisher: Wakefield Press [2000]
ISBN:1-86254-486-7
Length: 268 pages
Genre: Amateur sleuth
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My rating: 1/5
One-liner: A confusing, disjointed mess.
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The book is set in 1996 in the lead up to the Australian Federal Election of that year. Amid fear that the government of the day would soon be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reactionstoreading.wordpress.com&blog=5297943&post=1367&subd=reactionstoreading&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://reactionstoreading.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/review-the-trojan-dog-by-dorothy-johnston/</link>
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