Authors: Nicolas Freeling
The Janeites (23 page)
Grandfontaine, Christmas 2000
Nicolas Freeling
Because
of
the
Cats
‘One of my favourites’ – P.D. James
The
Janeites
‘A great European novelist’ – Francis Wheen
Some
Day
Tomorrow
‘Should have won every literary prize going’ –
Literary
Review
The
Village
Book
‘Marvellous’ – Anita Brookner,
Spectator
Eugenio Fuentes
The
Depths
of
the
Forest
‘Falling in love with a dead woman has never seemed so possible – or so strange’ – Stella Duffy
Jean-Claude Izzo
One
Helluva
Mess
‘A pacy and sharp roman policier’ – Boyd Tonkin,
Independent
Dominique Manotti
Rough
Trade
‘Extraordinarily vivid’ – Joan Smith,
Independent
Kjersti Scheen
Final
Curtain
‘Riveting’ –
Svenska
Dagbladet
Gunnar Staalesen
The
Writing
on
the
Wall
‘Murder, violence and lots of sex’ –
Birmingham
Post
Richard Zimler
The
Last
Kabbalist
of
Lisbon
‘An American Umberto Eco’ – Francis King,
Spectator
Nicolas Freeling
is the author of 37 highly acclaimed crime novels and, most recently,
The
Village
Book:
Memoirs,
Some
Day
Tomorrow
and
Because
of
the
Cats,
all published by Arcadia. He is the winner of the Golden Dagger Award from the Crime Writers’ Association, the Grand Prix de Roman Policier and the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Grandfontaine, France.
Love
in
Amsterdam
Because
of
the
Cats
Gun
Before
Butter
Valparaiso
Double
Barrel
Criminal
Conversation
The
King
of
the
Rainy
Country
The
Dresden
Green
Strike
Out
Where
Not
Applicable
This
is
the
Castle
Tsing-Boum
Over
the
High
Side
A
Long
Silence
Dressing
of
Diamond
What
are
the
Bugles
Blowing
For?
Lake
Isle
Gadget
The
Night
Lords
The
Widow
Cas
tang’s
City
One
Damn
Thing
after
Another
Wolfnight
The
Back
of
the
North
Wind
No
Part
in
Your
Death
A
City
Solitary
Cold
Iron
Lady
Mac
Beth
Not
as
Far
as
Velma
Sandcastles
Those
in
Peril
The
Pretty
How
Town
The
Seacoast
of
Bohemia
You
Who
Know
A
Dwarf
Kingdom
One
More
River
Some
Day
Tomorrow
Non-Fiction
The
Kitchen
Book
Cookbook
Criminal
Convictions
The
Village
Book
Arcadia Books Ltd
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First published by Arcadia Books 2002
Copyright © Nicolas Freeling 2002
Nicolas Freeling has asserted his moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
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ISBN 978–1–909807–48–8
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