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Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
Read September 2018 Recommended for Marsh fans ★ ★ Some things should be allowed to fade into obscurity, and the underwhelming Vintage Murder is one of them. Like Enter a Murderer, it is primarily a theater mystery. However, … Continue reading
The Wild Dead by Carrie Vaughn
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of apocalypse settings, mysteries ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The one-minute review: There’s loads of descriptions and reviews out there about this book, which surrounds solving a murder in an isolated community. … Continue reading
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Death In Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of low-violence mysteries ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Forget comparisons to Christie. But consider instead Marsh’s similarity to Janet Evanovitch, or to Oscar Wilde as Detective Alleyn questions a suspect: “‘No worries … Continue reading
A Midsummer’s Equation by Keigo Higashino
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of low-violence mysteries ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Higashino is a popular Japanese author who writes mysteries emphasizing character and culture. Though by the time I reach halfway through the book, I’m … Continue reading
Dope by Sara Gran
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of noir ★ ★ ★ ★ Dope reminds me of that time I fell off the monkeybars. I landed on my back, hard enough that the wind was knocked out of me … Continue reading
The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh
Read July 2018 Recommended for people who want Christie Lite ™ ★ ★ ★ Things I’ve Learned From British Mysteries 1. When a detective says, “oh, one other small thing…,” it isn’t. 2. Brush up on your … Continue reading
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
Read July 2018 Recommended for people who like Christie ★ ★ ★ Written in 1935, this was the second book for Ngaio Marsh, theater director and eventually one of the ‘greats’ in crime fiction writers. To write it, she drew … Continue reading
The Wanted by Robert Crais
Read June 2018 Recommended for fans of PIs ★ ★ ★ Alas; I have reached the current end in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series, a collection of private investigator thrillers set predominantly in the Los Angeles basin. Over seventeen books, … Continue reading
Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Read June 2018 Recommended for fans of mysteries ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The second mystery I’ve read by Higashino was even better than my first (The Devotion of Suspect X). There is something immensely satisfying about his approach … Continue reading
Just What the Doctor Ordered by Colin Watson
Read June 2018 Recommended for fans of cozy mysteries ★ ★ ★ This is what happens when Agatha Christie meets Shakespeare. Not, you know, the MacBeth Shakespeare will allusions to guilt and all that. No, this is Comedy of Errors … Continue reading
