This is my first Lee Child book, and I’ve heard quite a lot of buzz about him, especially right around the time that Tom Cruise movie came out. You know the one, where he steps out of a movie car into a crowd of people waiting for the bus and doffs a cap given to him by a helpful bystander. Anyway, Deep Down came in a series of e-books gifted to me by my friend (This Is How You Lose Her was another one) and […]
A must read in the mystery-genre
I find it difficult to review books as well-crafted as this without it turning into a mere description of the first 10 pages of plot. But here’s the description anyways: 10 people are invited to an isolated island off the coast of England. Great mystery surrounds the only house on the island; it was recently bought by someone, but none of the guests know who….and to top it of they were all invited by different people for different reasons. They are sailed out to the […]
Ben Affleck is an asshole
Gone Girl begins on the day of the fifth anniversary on Amy and Nick’s marriage. On the same day Amy disappears and as is usually the case her husband is the main suspect. The story shows the perspectives of both Amy and Nick and their take on the courtship and marriage. It is part mystery, a whodunit and part a character study. The character study focuses on Amy and Nicks perception of their relationship in what seems like a description of many married couples who […]
A captivating true 19th century Chinatown murder mystery
Frog Music is stuffed full of characters, humor, drama, sex, and tragedy. It sprawls across the stage in technicolor, a stunning contrast to Donoghue’s earlier book Room, which confined her two protagonists—and her readers–to a tiny claustrophobic space for much of the story. And yet Frog Music has carved an aching and tender place in my heart, just as Room did. Frog Music takes place in 1876 San Francisco, and is based on the true story of the murder of street denizen Jenny Bonnet, a […]
Guilt, Pleasure, and Murder
This mystery is part of the Inspector Lynley series, featuring the inspector and his sergeant Barbara Havers. I haven’t read the others in the series, and I’m happy to report that it doesn’t seem to matter. Elizabeth George’s work was recommended by a friend and it was a good recommendation. The tale moved along at a quick pace and featured morally complex characters, which all added up to more than just a clever whodunnit. What I liked most about this story was the inclusion of […]
“From what I’ve read of detective stories, inspectors always do want to drag the pond first.”
The best things I can say about The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne are that it is a tongue in cheek locked room mystery with an affable amateur sleuth hero and an amusing sidekick. This book was much more of a why-and-howdunnit than a whodunnit (which was a draw back for me), the charm of the work is more in the wit and friendship of the two main characters and their clever allusions to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock and Watson stand-ins […]
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