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Crime / Thriller
Newest Review: ... finish her book (no, not me!) Suspense, thrill, some people need this like a drug, others don´t. The older I get, the less I ... more  ... need it. I?ve thoroughly thought through the question why I don´t like thrillers as much now as I did once. Thrillers are about blood, gore etc. (see title!) and the question comes to mind why it should be enjoyable to read about such nasty things. Is our every day life too boring, do we need the kick? (Someone told me that it was understandable that Italians had no tradition of writing and reading thrillers, enough horrible things happen in their real lives). Or are we readers of such stuff sick? Why should I know ...more |
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Love Lies Bleeding: a China Bayles Mystery (West Coast Crime) by
Pages: 336, Edition: Berkley Prime Crime Mass-market Ed, Mass Mar ... |
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Straight Cut (Hard Case Crime) by Madison Smartt Bell - Leisure
Pages: 253, Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, Leisure - Bo ... |
£ 3,53 |
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A Diet of Treacle (Hard Case Crime) by Lawrence Block - Leisure B
Pages: 205, Mass Market Paperback, Leisure Books - Books/Subjects ... |
£ 3,53 |
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Witness to Myself (Hard Case Crime) by Seymour Shubin - Dorcheste
Pages: 250, Mass Market Paperback, Dorchester Publishing Company ... |
£ 3,53 |
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Lucky at Cards (Hard Case Crime) by Lawrence Block - Dorchester P
Pages: 220, Mass Market Paperback, Dorchester Publishing Company ... |
£ 3,53 |
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Little Girl Lost (Hard Case Crime) by Richard Aleas - Hard Crime
Pages: 221, Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, Hard Crime C ... |
£ 3,53 |
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Lemons Never Lie (Hard Case Crime) by Richard Stark - Hard Crime
Pages: 221, Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, Hard Crime C ... |
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Crime / Thriller: AXE, BLOOD, CORPSE, DEATH . . . (955 words)
by MALU - written on 13.10.04 (Very useful, 504 readings)
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. . . EX, FANG, GORE, HACK, ITCH, JAIL, KILL, LAG, MACE, NOOSE, OATH, PAIN, QUEER, RAT, STOOL, TAIL, UPROAR, VAULT, WELSH, X, YEGG, ZAP* Oh, the power of language! What do you think, which title sells better: ´Axe´ or ´The Mysterious Disappearance Of The Woodcutter´? Silly question, eh? The brain of readers whose native tongue is English is impressed by short, one syllable words (the Germanic heritage), hence ´Kill Bill´ is just perfect as far as titles go. Of course ´The Mysterious Disappearance Of The Woodcutter´ will also find its readers, one-syllable titles attract the lovers of hardcore, brutal, ´noir´ thrillers whereas long titles with long ...
