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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Alfred A. Knopf, 2008 [translated by Reg Keeland]{Audible Audio Edition, Narrator: Simon Vance})

Technically, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson is a Cold Case, Locked Door Mystery that takes place in remote Sweden, but really it’s about the personal and societal mistreatment of women. As such, a pedestrian mystery becomes a very good book to read or listen to. For a full review go to http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading

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Pattern Recognition, William Gibson (Penguin Putnam, 2003). Digital Edition.

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson is a step outside the usual for the father (or at least Godfather) of Cyberpunk. Set in the post-911 world, it includes fewer elements of technology than most Tom Clancy books. Instead, it is a mystery novel that plays upon Gibson’s superb ability to play upon mass-market trends and consumerism. To that end, it has the byzantine feel of his cyberpunk works, but is firmly set in now. An excellent espionage mystery who use of the superficial gives it depth. For an indepth review go to http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading

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Barking, Tom Holt (Orbit, 2007)

Barking is a comic urban fantasy that kept me laughing throughout. For those of you who have never heard of Tom Holt, he is to Urban Fantasy as Terry Pratchett is to High Fantasy. He is a master of weaving subtle jokes and the absurd into good plots and this book is no exception…. see http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading

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