On Monday I completed my journey on Kerrie Smith’s meme Crime Fiction on a For each of my posts I profiled a book in the country of the week.
My journey around Europe saw the following posts:
1.) England - Cover Her Face by P.D. James
2.) Portugal - A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
3.) France - The Premier by Georges Simenon
4.) Netherlands - The Blond Baboon by Janwillem Van de Wetering
5.) Denmark - Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
6.) Germany - The Good German by Joseph Kanon
9.) Czech Republic - The Miracle Game by Josef Skvorecky
10.) Italy - Ratking by Michael Dibdin
11.) Greece - The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi
12.) Turkey
Thankfully there were 12 weeks for the journey unlike my 1981 bus tour when it was if today is ----- we must be in -------.
I read a variety of different mysteries ranging from the early 19th Century to current days.
They were written from the 1950's to 2010.
Several were authors I read for the first time and I would not have encountered them but for the meme.
Switzerland was the most difficult nation for me to find a book. I searched bookstores and ordered through the local library but the interlibrary loan was slow. Finally on a trip to Regina, 300 km from Melfort, I tracked down The Pledge in one of the suburban libraries of the Regina Public Library.
It was a great trip and I thank Kerrie for hosting the tour.
On Friday I will discsuss my favourite posts from the dozen I put up for the trip.
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