Alan Turing, Enigma, Mary Queen of Scots — all these names are associated with the use of codes and ciphers.  The Code Book by Simon Singh gives us a look into the invention, use and cryptanalysis of the codes and ciphers. It’s a great introduction to ciphers and we get some good history to go [...]

Under the “Pages” heading, you’ll find my latest book review — this time of Arnaldur Indridason’s Silence of the Grave. It is another “Reykjavik Thriller” featuring Inspector Erlendur and his team as they investigate an umarked grave.  It is darker than his previous Jar City and I think you’ll find it to be much more [...]

I have just posted a review of a book written by Icelander Arnaldur Indridason.  The book is Jar City and it’s a well written police procedural novel.  Translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder (who did a wonderful job) we are given a taste of Iceland in the winter with its rain and cloudy days and the cold.  Read the review and the [...]