Tag Archives: mystery

Enigma

Posted on March 12, 2009 by smellincoffee

Enigma© 1995 Robert Harris320 pages Publishers are fond of affixing swastikas to book covers when they involve Nazi Germany in any way. Enigma is one such book, as it is a historical action-mystery story set in the grim days of … Continue reading →

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Puzzles of the Black Widowers

Posted on November 5, 2008 by smellincoffee

I’ve been reading Puzzles of the Black Widowers on and off for a couple of months now. Rather than reading it straight through, I’d read a puzzle or two whenever I ran out of my weekly reading. This morning, I … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (17/9)

Posted on September 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin’, Bill Zehme Banquets of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov Sinatra: the Artist and the Man, John Lahr Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani I … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (17/6)

Posted on June 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The History of Science in the 18th Century, Ray Spangenburg & Diane Moser More Tales of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins This … Continue reading →

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