As we say in Poland. In English, this would mean "I've read a neat book". However, this isn't completely true. Not one neat book - but three of them. All of them were detective novels, one of my favourite genres.

The first was "Стечение обстоятельств" ("Kolacja z zabojca", "A Supper with the Killer") by Alexandra Marinina. It takes place in Moscow during the economic crisis. The protagonist is major Anastasia "Nastya" Kamienska, trailing the killer - a specialist in creating "unfortunate accidents". The novel is quite addictive, and fun to read.

Second one was "Blood Eagle" ("Krwawy Orzel") by Craig Russell. This time, we are taken to modern Hamburg, where chief commissar Jan Fabel is hunting a serial killer, who murders young women, using the Norse ritual, known as the Blood Eagle. As the story unravels, the plot becomes more and more complicated, involving immigrant Ukrainian and Turkish gang war and former Nazi Wolfgang Eitel with his son. A masterpiece.

The last one is "Mannen som log" ("Mezczyzna, ktory sie usmiechal", "The Man Who Smiled") by Henning Mankell, taking place in Ystad (Sweden). The main character, police inspector Kurt Wallander, is visited by an old friend, Sten Torstensson, who suspects, that the accident, in which his father dies, wasn't really an accident. Wallander, who is depressed after killing a man in self defence and wants to quit being a police officer, refuses helping his friend. A few days later Sten is killed and Wallander decides to return to the police and lead the investigation. The deepest of all three books – concentrates on the psychology.