Karlis Kadegis

I'm from Latvia. BA Degree in English language & Literature acquired abroad. A tennis junkie. Interested in peace and conflict studies, politics, writing, editing and photography. My passion for crime fiction is inspired by Sherlock Holmes stories and British TV dramas. My passion for other fiction is not inspired by anyone in particular. Fantastic sense of humour.

As an author, I still consider myself novice. Therefore I very much like to experiment with styles, ideas and whatnot.

Twitter: @KadKarlis
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adventure    assassin    cell    crime    detective    drama    history    hogweed    international criminal    killer    locked room    love    love hate    murder    mystery    obsession    petersburg    petrograd    prison    reconciliation    romance    rostov    short story    sleuth    suspense    train    vandalism    war   

• Blood Red on July 09, 2016
  
  I liked the mood the story creates. It's very fitting for the dark deed which had taken place. There are, however, a few problems with logic behind the crime. For instance, when a body is found it still has to be connected to the culprit before somebody can be arrested. Here, it seemed like it's done immediately after. Also,*spoilers* who would actually put someone they fight with for months (and are about to move out) as insurance receiver a month before death? I would recommend this to people, who like to read something light and short while they are doing something else, like drink their morning coffee, are sunbathing etc.
  
• The Dressing Table Murder on July 13, 2016
  
  Good! It's a good, cozy mystery that stays true to the genre. I would also like to note that the author's writing is of very high quality - something that isn't common in the "free" side of self-publishing.
  
• A Very Short Collection of Shorts on Aug. 23, 2016
  
  As the length indicates, this is not a particularly ambitious work. However, these are good, well-written stories to waste reader's time on. Even though they are not "powerful" as the description suggests, in terms of writing, they do have quality that can be attributed to a serious writer. That isn't all that common among the free/cheap self-published works.
  
• Codebreaker on Aug. 24, 2016
  
  This seems to be a lazy version of something that could have been interesting and, well... longer. There's only telling, with practically no showing. Nothing really happens and nothing really develops. On top of that, the plot makes very little sense. There's a wee glimpse that the author has some writing skills, but they weren't really deployed on this one.