In the Woods

Tana French

This morning, I finished reading Tana French first book In the Woods .

The story is set in the suburb of Dublin and is told in the voice of the main character, Rob Ryan.

The genre is police procedural and psychological thriller.

The author's style is top notch and no doubt will gain more reading fans with each book.

Kate Atkinson

Emotionally Weird


A few months ago, I finished reading the Case History series by Kate Atkinson.
It was turned into a six-part series starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.
Now they started filming the second series in Edingburgh this month.
Jason Isaacs played Michael Britten in the series Awake.

I just finished reading another book Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson , which is a story about stories.
What I find the most appealing of Kate Atkinson's writing is her dry sense of humour when describing scenes and characters reactions.
Kate Atkinson is a great story teller.

Killer's Island

Anna Jansson

 After six Arnaldur Indridason, I decided I needed to read another author.
Since I've grown fond of Swedish murder mystery and decided to stay in the same geographic area.
Amazon suggested Anna Jansson, who created the Maria Wern character.
So far, I found only one English translation, hope more are on the way.

Killer's Island is a bit different from what I usually prefer.
In most of the books, I usually read, the murder already happened and the story is about finding the killer.

In Killer's Island, Anna Jansson introduces the main character with an assault and keeps you hooked as the story unfolds.

The English translation is not available from Amazon.ca
You can get a digital version from Kobo

Paperback and Kindle editions are available from Amazon.com

Arctic Chill

Iceland Murder Mystery

 After reading American, Canadian and UK authors most of my life, I decided to check out authors outside this range.
I am now reading the fifth English translation of Reykjavik Murder Mystery by Arnaldur Indridason (English spelling) of Iceland.
The first of the series, Jar City, was turned into a movie in 2006.
I plan to watch it on Netflix
The protagonist, a gloomy Detective Erlandur, is a perfect film noir character with an unsolved mystery of his own.
With each book, we learn a bit more about his past and personal life.


Read a preview of Arctic Chill on Amazon.ca

Irises

Reference Book

 To help identification and solve cultural problems, I turn to reference books.
I have a well-stocked reference library that covers every plant genus I can grow and then some.
New additions are made yearly and still the wish list keeps getting longer.

One of my best finds of the year is Irises: A Gardener's Encyclopedia by Claire Austin .
The book covers a lot of ground and even includes photos of roots of different types of irises.
There is also a section on hybridizing and growing irises from seed.
The information and photos in this book make it invaluable for all iris lovers.