Crime and thrillers September 2012

Bernard Carpinter’s monthly roundup of crime and thrillers.

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1st September, 2012

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At 82, Sheldon Horowitz is the unlikely hero of Derek B Miller’s NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT (Scribe, $40). A former US Marine who fought in the Korean War, now widowed and cranky, Sheldon has gone to Norway to live with his granddaughter Rhea. When a Kosovar woman is murdered, Sheldon feels obliged to care for her son – who is also being pursued by the killer. Scared to contact the police, Sheldon displays great inventiveness and resourcefulness as he flees with the boy. Meanwhile, he thinks about the great regret of his life: encouraging his only son to fight in Vietnam, where he ...

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