I have never in my life wanted so badly to flip to the back of a book and read the ending. I never do that, but I was majorly tempted here. Luckily, I listened to the audiobook, which prevented me from doing so. Otherwise, I might not have been so strong. “Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you […]
The Origins of Sassy Detective
B is for Burglar and C is for Corpse, books two and three in the Alphabet mystery series by Sue Grafton. I must say Kinsey Millhone is growing on me. Or at least the writer’s style. These books remind me of the Evanovich series starting Stephanie Plum, which may have been loosely inspired by this series, wink wink. Spoiler alerts for 30 year old books. You are warned. In book two, B is for Burglar, Stephanie, er uhm, Kinsey is hired by a woman who […]
Fooled by a name and a good cover
I’ve enjoyed Andre Norton’s sci-fi/fantasy books in the past, so when I saw a mystery with her name on it, I thought it had to be at least worth a try. It…kinda wasn’t. Fredericka Wing is a librarian from the big city. She takes a job looking after a bookstore in rural Massachusetts while its owner is away. A week after she gets there, the body of the local lady everybody hated is found dead in her hammock. Since it’s a small town, everybody is […]
The beginning of the Anna Kronberg thriller series
Dr. Anton Kronberg, renowned bacteriologist, receives word that he is needed at what is believed to be a crime scene. A corpse with cholera has been dumped into the waterworks – was it an attempt to infect London? Another clever person has been summoned as well: Sherlock Holmes. Holmes figures something out about Dr. Kronberg that no one else knows. He’s a [spoiler]. Dr. Kronberg’s secret could get the good doctor arrested, and possibly even killed. It turns out the man didn’t die of cholera, but […]
…And We’ll all Float on, Alright
I like Thomas Pynchon – which is to say, I like the idea of Thomas Pynchon, more than the actual execution. My first experience of reading Pynchon was at university, as a first year English lit student. I’d never heard of Pynchon before and The Crying of Lot 49 was required reading for a course on 20th century American literature. It seemed easy enough; it only has 149 pages. What a deception that was. Still, I returned to class the next week, exhilarated if only […]
An Island of Liars
Cady Sinclair (Eastman) and her extended family have always summered on their private island off the coast of Cape Cod (as super rich families are wont to do, I suppose). Cady spends her days and nights with her cousins Johnny and Mirren and their friend Gat making memories, enjoying each other and giving their group the moniker, The Liars. The Liars are inseparable and seem oblivious to the tensions between their mothers (the three sisters/aunties) and how the grandfather pits the women against each other, […]
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