Tag: books
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A New Mystery About Old(er) Times
Marie Benedict, “The Queens of Crime,” copyright 2025, St Martin Publishing co Most books which are told in a narrative manner(mainly, I guess, I mean where usually one thing follows another)are roughly divisible in to two types–Fiction and Non-Fiction. Occasionally you get one that is part each and I have one here. It is mostly…
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Shock and confusion
I had been planning on writing on something else soon. Perhaps I still will. But I was grabbed by the story out of TN which has been presumably been widely read over the last few days. You may be familiar with it. I mean, of course, the TN execution of Byron Black and the ironies,…
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Sin No More–(But Keep Your Balance Too, Folks)
“Sinners”–Directed by Ryan Coogler–starring Michael B Jordan and a lot of people I don’t know–just released “The Hunt” by Faye Kellerman–copyright 2022–Harper Collins I hardly know how to start this article. Maybe I’ll be better at ending it–maybe not. Maybe I’ll just make a fool of myself and display some of the issues that go…
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Osman Is Back–Sort of
If you google “Richard Osman novels–some reviews” you will get as the first entry the following, described as “AI overview”–“Richard Osman’s novels, particularly “The Thursday Murder Club” series and “We Solve Murders” are known for their charming characters, lighthearted humor, and cozy crime-solving elements,, often receiving praise for their heartwarming tone and engaging mysteries.” This…
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How About Mystery Other Than Political???
There’s enough mystery floating around out there about political things–international relations, international trade, Elon Musk’s grasp on reality etc. I think I’ll take a brief vacation from that and write about something I usually find more absorbing–mystery novels. Now you will, maybe, remember that I’ve already remarked on two novels by Richard Osman, “The Thursday…
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New Author and Terrific Book
Meg Wolitzer-“Belzhar,” copyright 2014 by Penguin Random House 264 pgs Well, OK, Meg Wolitizer is not exactly a new author. But she’s new to me as I’m not really conversant with all the latest stuff in the literary world. But I’d like to be. I might have found this book through such a connection. As…
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Story Tellers Change but Spenser Stories Stay the Same–Mostly At Least
“Robert B Parker’s Someone to Watch Over Me,” by Ace Atkins G P Putnam’s Sons, copyright 2020 306 pp Robert B Parker was the leader of American mystery/detective fiction writing for a generation or more. Born in 1932, he began to publish in the 1970’s and he died in January, 2010. There were competitors, but…
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Fall and Mysteries– a Good Match
G M Malliet, “The Haunted Season,” St Martin’s Press 2015 Richard Osman, “The Bullet That Missed”–Viking –2022 To a real mystery fan anytime is a good time to start reading one, but fall, my favorite season, and the one most given to Mystery is, it seems to me the best. I’ve got two I want…
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