Lord Peter Wimsey gets a call from his mother (the Dowager Duchess of Denver, say that 5 times fast), to tell him of some troubles a man of her acquaintance is having. Seems he found a dead body in his tub. The police think he (Thipps) did it, or maybe his servant. Lord Peter thinks otherwise, and starts poking around. He’s also working on the disappearance of Sir Reuben Levy, a financier. While all this is going on, there’s a bunch of trading in Peruvian oil. […]
Another dead man? C’mon!
Hercule Poirot is summoned by Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore to join him at the family home. Poirot doesn’t really want to go, but there’s something interesting about the summons, so he heads out to the country. When he gets there, no one is expecting him, and now no one can find Sir Gervase. The house is searched, and Sir Gervase is found dead in his study, apparently having committed suicide. Poirot, of course, has his doubts. There are a few improbable things about the scene, including […]
Miss Peregrine saga continues, ambling.
I read the first Miss Peregrine book when it first came out and I really liked it. Though I’ve owned the second book for quite a while, I only now got around to reading it. In summary it was good, but the magic is gone. Where the first book left off, the children were exiled from their home and trying to find a way to help Miss Peregrine, stuck in her bird form. Fleeing from their pursuers brought many trials as Jacob tries to help […]
A Folly Indeed
I think Agatha Christie had some slight yearning to write a buddy comedy, because she has this kind of team thing going with Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver. Mrs. Oliver is a writer of mystery stories, and she and Poirot seem awfully chummy. Anyway, Ms. Oliver is at Nasse House, a beautiful estate on a river. She has been invited to write a “Murder Hunt” for the village fete that’s being held at the estate. She has a funny feeling about everything, and invites Poirot […]
Religious fear & murder mystery in 12th century Cambridge
Mistress and the Art of Death is first book of in this series from Ariana Franklin. I didn’t quite know what to expect – a pure historical fiction or a paranormal mystery? It’s actually more akin to a modern murder mystery simply set in 12th century Cambridge. Four children have been murdered and the English community, rife with religious prejudice, blames the ghetto-ized Jewish community. Henry II is forced to step in and quarantine the Jewish people in a nearby castle. Lest they be lynched by the Catholic […]
The butler totally didn’t do it
Great name for a classic mystery. We for sure know who didn’t do it, but then who did? Driving out to the countryside, London barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a lady on the side of the road. While he’s doing that, he finds a sports car with a dead man behind the wheel. The girl insists she didn’t do it, but who else could have? They’re in the middle of nowhere! Turns out the dead man was the butler at Norton Manor, an estate […]
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