tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post815099471240133117..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: 2 BY MICHAEL GENELINcol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-14513482493653608712015-02-18T02:48:37.624-08:002015-02-18T02:48:37.624-08:00Oh, go on.......treat yourself. I think a second o...Oh, go on.......treat yourself. I think a second opinion may tempt me to shuffle these closer to the top of the pile!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-80712360645634624462015-02-18T02:44:13.798-08:002015-02-18T02:44:13.798-08:00Slovakia is interested, and yes those covers are g...Slovakia is interested, and yes those covers are great. Tracy tempted me with this author, but I'm still dithering. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-78868018988438308732015-02-18T00:35:00.220-08:002015-02-18T00:35:00.220-08:00Ditto re the Soho books, all the covers suck you i...Ditto re the Soho books, all the covers suck you in really. Looking forward to the setting myself when I get to one or the other of them!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-84958634602021279572015-02-17T23:15:48.250-08:002015-02-17T23:15:48.250-08:00And I do love those Soho covers. I am a sucker for...And I do love those Soho covers. I am a sucker for series published by Soho. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-57122747763588694482015-02-17T23:14:20.991-08:002015-02-17T23:14:20.991-08:00Thanks for linking to my review, Col. I look forw...Thanks for linking to my review, Col. I look forward to your reviews. I don't have the 2nd book in the series yet, but someday. I do like the setting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-4830692763861906372015-02-17T04:24:39.488-08:002015-02-17T04:24:39.488-08:00Margot, I was quite restrained as there were other...Margot, I was quite restrained as there were other Soho Crime books available at the same time. Looking forward to some eastern European crime at some point! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-45531374886194669512015-02-17T04:22:04.637-08:002015-02-17T04:22:04.637-08:00Col - That does sound like a very interesting sett...Col - That does sound like a very interesting setting for a novel. I haven't read a lot of Slovakia-set crime fiction. When you do get the chance to read these, I'll be interested in what you think of them. Oh, and I can't resist the book sections of charity shops, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-25446017046910911152015-02-17T02:40:27.046-08:002015-02-17T02:40:27.046-08:00I think what surprised me most was the subsequent ...I think what surprised me most was the subsequent realization that the author wasn't Russian but was in actual fact an American.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-19995368069674678402015-02-17T02:30:51.346-08:002015-02-17T02:30:51.346-08:00Col, Cruz Smith set many a trend with his Arkady R...Col, Cruz Smith set many a trend with his Arkady Renko series, I think. GORKY PARK figures in most lists of modern crime fiction.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-85577853217905365922015-02-17T02:17:55.705-08:002015-02-17T02:17:55.705-08:00I'll be interested in reading these at some po...I'll be interested in reading these at some point. I think my attention to Eastern Europe in my reading had been sadly lacking. I did like the Arkady Renko - Russian set books by Cruz Smith a good few years ago. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-55417227413590668962015-02-17T02:15:03.746-08:002015-02-17T02:15:03.746-08:00Col, I often take such diversions and surprise mys...Col, I often take such diversions and surprise myself with a new author or book, more so if it's secondhand. Slovakian crime? Never thought of it. But I'm glad I'm hearing of it now.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com