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Books to consider from author's already mentioned - plus one more.
If you haven't already read these, a brief comment may put them back on your to be read list.
A follower of this blog lent me this book a number of years ago. It is the only non-fiction book mentioned here, and it is as pertinent now as it was then for understanding the huge generation gap that exists between the older generation and the younger ones. No matter if the reader now considers themselves part of the older, middle, or younger group, Mary Pipher's book is enlightening.
Well into the adventures of midwife Sarah Brandt and New York police detective Frank Malloy, the author has maintained the flavor of the characters and the quality of their adventures solving murders.
This is the first book I've ever read by J.S. Fletcher, so this is not a re-visit. Fletcher's day was years ago and the book is old-fashioned and quirky. But it was fun. I felt myself led on a merry chase all over the place wondering, "who the heck did kill Mazaroff?"
In the 1970's Patricia Moyes wrote a number of books in this successful mysteries series. Many are now available in e-book format as well as soft or hard cover. This one is a little different, featuring a very eccentric family and a large dose of humor mixed in with the more serious matter of homicide.
I have read, and enjoyed, a Fletcher mystery, one that is free because it is in the public domain. Naturally, that marks it as one of the early days for mysteries and some contemporary readers just don't enjoy those stories of the days before forensic science, or they don't like the style of writing from the early 20th century.
I have read a couple of Moyes' mysteries, too, and enjoyed them.
I have read, and enjoyed, a Fletcher mystery, one that is free because it is in the public domain. Naturally, that marks it as one of the early days for mysteries and some contemporary readers just don't enjoy those stories of the days before forensic science, or they don't like the style of writing from the early 20th century.
ReplyDeleteI have read a couple of Moyes' mysteries, too, and enjoyed them.
I have not read any of these titles.