Tag Archives: British mystery

All this and a mystery, too

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Linda

Novel readers are well acquainted with the darker side of Victorian England, the often-wretched lives of the poor and society’s gaping inequalities. We also may have had literary glimpses into the lives and adventures of those in government and law-enforcement … Continue reading →

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Out of retirement, into a mystery

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Linda

Old detectives, it seems, are a lot like old soldiers – except that in addition to never dying, they rarely fade away. Tom Dillon reviews a new Ian Rankin book (published in Great Britain last year) in which John Rebus … Continue reading →

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Fearless (almost) Flavia tackles murder in the churchyard

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Linda

How much do I like Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce novels? Here’s an indication: This is the second time I have read the latest novel straight through – and then listened to the audio book version. Having read the book, … Continue reading →

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Ho, ho, ho, Merry Mystery!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Linda

This isn’t really a Christmas book, if by Christmas books you mean those novels – usually fairly slim and quickly read – with a holiday theme that appear in the fall, just in time to be read or given as … Continue reading →

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Peculiar times in London

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Linda

What is literature for if not to take us into places and experiences that we might otherwise miss? I’m missing London right now; I see it nightly on TV coverage of the Olympics, and I wish I were there. There’s … Continue reading →

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Wexford is still Wexford

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Linda

I’ll be tidying up from 2011 for a while. Somehow, life intervened, and I got behind with reviews toward the end of the year. Here’s a review of a book that Bob Moyer read during his trip to Germany, a … Continue reading →

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Not really a Christmas book – but who cares?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Linda

This book arrived at the same time as several Christmas-themed volumes, so naturally I thought it was another holiday story. After all, its title is Twelve Drummers Drumming. So I put it on the stack right under Anne Perry’s annual … Continue reading →

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Need Christmas spirit? Read (or listen to) this book

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Linda

Talk about getting into the Christmas spirit: In the past couple of weeks, I’ve read two enjoyable novels in which a murder is committed at Christmastime in a large English country house where lots of people (i.e., suspects) are snowbound. … Continue reading →

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