It's a Mystery to Me...

Historical mystery writer and Master of Crime Anne Perry recently died.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Perry   I have been reading her stuff for years.  She’s written a lot of boo...

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 Rereading C.S. Harris’ dark but fun Sebastian St. Cyr series with 18 books so far: What Angels Fear When Gods Die Why Mermaids Sing Where Serpents Sleep What Remains of Heaven Whe...

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 SOME SERIES READS OF LATE 1. Veronica Speedwell #8  A Sinister Revenge  by Deanna Raybourn (2023)  Love this well-written and amusing, tongue firmly in cheek, series. It is a fun and wel...

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 More forthcoming soon

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I just finished rereading the late Helen MacInnes' first novel, Above Suspicion, published in 1941 and strangely resonant in these modern unsettled times. In my youth, I was very partial to spy...

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The Body in the Mound John Bedell 2012 Archaeology and mysteries have a strong affinity. Both are concerned with clues, solving puzzles based on limited facts, and getting at the truth. Archa...

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Francine Mathews 2012 Jack 1939 As the author of  the Jane Austen mysteries (under the pseudonym Stephanie Barron), I am a huge fan of Francine Mathews. Her Jane Austen mysteries are dead on...

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Sherlock Hound of the Baskervilles This seemed like an episode from the X-files. Dark rooms, foggy moors, frightened client - is he all he seems to be? Big scary dog, CIA plots, illicit drugs....

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Just re-read the first in C.S. Harris' Regency St. Cyr mysteries, What Angels Fear. Holds up great! I really enjoy these, http://www.csharris.net/sebastian.php And reading the 2nd in the Flavia d...

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So sad about Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are was a book I loved to read to my daughter when she was small. And I know what it is to give up being king of all the wild things to go back ...

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Watched last night's Sherlock, the first in Series 2, Scandal in Belgravia. This series, if you don't know, features Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Watson. These two are s...

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http://www.oprah.com/book-list/9-Mysteries-Every-Thinking-Woman-Should-Read_1 I just learned of this list. I have read and reviewed several of these authors (Barron, Bradley, Winspear, and King...

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley http://www.flaviadeluce.com/ The first in this series about 11-year old accidental detective and genius Flavia de Luce is a whiff of carbon ...

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Jacqueline Winspear Elegy for Eddie For fans of Maisie, the latest brings us just a little further toward World War II and further in the saga of Maisie, whose many virtues have been repaid by...

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The Gods of Gotham Lyndsay Faye 2012 I reported on Faye's Sherlock mystery Dust and Shadow in a recent post and found it very fine, if Sherlock did seem a bit too high strung. And Sherlock ...

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Pbs will be airing Season 2 of Sherlock starting May 6 at 9 pm. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/mystery/index.html Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 9pm SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA Picking up from season 1's...

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Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye (2009) No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie (2012) Gallows View by Peter Robinson (1990) Amelia Peabod...

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Before the Poison, Peter Robinson, 2011 When Maidens Mourn, C.S. Harris, 2012 I had never heard of Peter Robinson, the author of an U.K. police procedural series featuring Inspector Banks, htt...

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Breakdown Sara Paretsky 2012 Putnam The new V.I. Warshawski novel is quite a wild ride from beginning to end. V.I. must rescue a group of teenage girls when their ritual worshipping of a fi...

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A Study in Sherlock Edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Kinger 2011 Bantam Books "Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon" If nothing else, the recent edited volumn of stories by 16 noted m...

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Well, I saw the movie on Friday with a group of Trenton oriented historians, historic preservation folks, and fans. We liked the movie pretty well - enjoyed the repartee, handsome muscular men, a...

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House of Silk Anthony Horowitz 2011 This book is is a new Sherlock Holmes mystery authorized by the Conan Doyle estate. Sherlock is hotter than ever. I saw the latest in the muscular version...

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Short Attention Span The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson 2008 (English translation) Alfred A. Knopf (originally Män som hatar kvinnor – "Men Who Hate Women", 2005) Norstedts, ...

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Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James 2011 I read reviews of this book and heard P.D. (Baroness) James herself on NPR talking about it. How she had thought about doing something like a mystery ...

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Trenton area Stephanie Plum fans are invited to join a bunch of other fans at the Hamilton AMC 24 on January 27. 2012. Time is TBA. Please comment or contact me if you are interested.

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