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Janet Roger
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Chandler, Dickens, Simenon, Joyce, Greene, Le Carre
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July 2019
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Ranger's 5-star Goodreads review of SHAMUS DUST: HARD WINTER, COLD WAR, COOL MURDER by Janet Roger
Outstanding debut novel mixing detective fiction and historical fiction with a liberal dose of noir atmospherics. Shamus Dust is a surprisingly good debut detective novel, one of the best mystery debuts I have read.
It's no accident that this fine noir detective mystery echoes Raymond Chandler's Marlowe novels. The author, Janet Roger, is a fan of Chandler's Marlowe and wanted her debut to pay homa Read more of this blog post »
It's no accident that this fine noir detective mystery echoes Raymond Chandler's Marlowe novels. The author, Janet Roger, is a fan of Chandler's Marlowe and wanted her debut to pay homa Read more of this blog post »
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| Michael Hicks certainly knows how to tell a magnificent story. In fact when it comes to the Wars of the Roses I don’t believe you’d find his better. Every page delivers fact after fact in a seamless narrative and packages the pages into digestible se ...more | |
"I’ve been reading King on and off since the late 70s. Having come to constant reading (pun intended) later in life, even when I wasn’t a reader I bought Kings books. When a new one came out I just automatically purchased it. I loved and read a lot of"
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"It all started with a dare. Global bestselling author Harlan Coben pitched an idea to fellow members of the International Thriller Writers, challenging them to come up with a short story that has at its heart a different bird of prey.
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"The beauty of BLOOD RIVER WITCH lies in how T.J. Martinson works a sentence. We are not so much brought into the story as we are immersed in it and all of its varied senses. From the first page, which allows us to step inside a scene of human horror,"
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It’s always a wonder to me when I can read a first-hand account of a momentous event. And Watkin Tench does not disappoint. Based on diaries he kept during the voyage and after his arrival with the first fleet in Australia his account is short, succin ...more |
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| I confess I’m no collector of first editions, but my copy of Letters From Syria seems to be just that, stamped Book Production War Economy Standard on the title page. And in case you doubt it: This Book Is Produced in Complete Conformity With The Aut ...more | |
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| Some things you just can’t get enough of. Well I can’t. So I’m starting 2026 exactly where I left off last year. Having finished Victor Aquilina’s splendidly detailed “Napoleon Malta or War” I decided to go back to William Hardman, one of his sources ...more | |
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| Many years ago, traveling across the US tracking down some of the Civil War battlefields I stumbled across Ken Burns’ PBS documentary and bought a copy to while away evenings in my motel room. And as astonishing as Burns’ wonderful photography and hi ...more | |
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| As a youngster this book mystified me. Adults said I should read it so I did my best. Later, teachers said I should read it, so I read it again. Then it cropped up on a syllabus and got a third and fourth run through. I even watched the movie. And st ...more | |
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“Erasure is as important as writing. Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute. . . . The best method of correction is to put aside for a time what we have written, so that when we come to it again it may have an aspect of novelty, as of being another man's work; in this way we may preserve ourselves from regarding our writings with the affection that we lavish upon a newborn child.”
― De Institutione Oratoria
― De Institutione Oratoria
“The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid that one is and no one is surprised. When the police stopped our car at Bedrah and enquired where we were staying, the chauffeur, who did not know, told him to ask the lady.
"That is no good," said the policeman. "She's a woman."
"Yes," said the chauffeur, "but she knows everything. She knows Arabic."
The policeman asked me.
I had not the vaguest idea of where we were staying, and looked at him with the blank idiocy which he thought perfectly natural.”
― The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels
"That is no good," said the policeman. "She's a woman."
"Yes," said the chauffeur, "but she knows everything. She knows Arabic."
The policeman asked me.
I had not the vaguest idea of where we were staying, and looked at him with the blank idiocy which he thought perfectly natural.”
― The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels
“A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the dry stone no sound of water. Only
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”
― The Waste Land
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the dry stone no sound of water. Only
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”
― The Waste Land
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Good to meet you here Sandra. I'm enjoying your reviews.
Mike wrote: "Janet wrote: "Are you by any chance Mike Coyne - the same GR account that Will talked into letting him post the second half of his review of Shamus Dust on? It's disappeared now so I can't check bu..."Well that's one mystery solved Mike. And thank you for hosting the second part of Will's review.
I'm very happy to know The Shamus has got the edge on all those Chandlers in storage.
Have a lovely holiday ... Janet
Janet wrote: "Are you by any chance Mike Coyne - the same GR account that Will talked into letting him post the second half of his review of Shamus Dust on? It's disappeared now so I can't check but do let me kn..."Yes, I am. I had a look at Will's review again and he used the 1st comment post to continue his review so it is still there for everyone to see.
Thank you kindly for the offer of the ebook but I'll be good with my physical copy. I gave it a pet of reassurance yesterday. I'll get to it before any of Chandler's as those all remained packed up in storage.
Happy Holidays ... Mike
You are very kind Majenta. Thank you for your encouraging words and greetings. I'm working hard on my sequel and enjoying the research that goes into it. I hope you also have a good week and wish you every happiness. My very best wishes, Janet
Hello, Janet! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your book and its success and I hope you're enjoying working on your next one...and thinking about your next one...and so on! Happy reading, writing, creating, and everything else. Blessings! Have a great new week.Best wishes from Majenta 💙💛🌻
I'm looking forward to reading your review Anna. And I hope you enjoy Wilson's book when it gets to the top of your pile!
Thank you for the invitation Janet, I am as you said (or just have been) reading about Victoria Princess Royal and my reflections are due at any time now. You message has also prompted me to look at the biography that you mentioned- looks very interesting! Now it too is residing in my very long TBR list. I am looking forward both to your thoughts about it and to more book-thought-exchanges in the future!
Are you by any chance Mike Coyne - the same GR account that Will talked into letting him post the second half of his review of Shamus Dust on? It's disappeared now so I can't check but do let me know?Will has been a good friend and his review was unique and very kind. Since then he's done even more to keep the Shamus in the limelight.
I'm delighted you still have your copy of Shamus Dust. When Will started reading his he asked me for the ebook to help him keep track if things. Just let me know if you'd like it too and it will be my pleasure to send it to you.
Don't read all the Chandler's before Shamus Dust though ... I implore you. I'm not so young! And I really do want to know if you agree with our friend.
Kind regards ... Janet
Hi Janet. Thank you kindly for your friend invite. That Will Byrnes fella has led me to some outstanding reads with his spectacular reviews. His review for "Shamus Dust" had me really intrigued and excited and I'm elated to see you are working on the sequel. I recently moved and had to pack up all of Mount TBR. However, I did pull out my copy of "Shamus Dust" because I know it's going to a special read that I want to tackle in the near future. I'll have to get going on some Chandler as well so I can full appreciate what you're writing. Looking forward to future interactions. Happy reading and writing in the meantime!!
You too William, It's especailly good to meet another Chandler addict! - Janet
Thank you for the friendship!I look forward to reading your reviews!
