#365Books Two mystery writers on two different days meet the same retired military man who persistently probes the authors about crime - but why?.
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365 Books: The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Do these Reddit AITA compilations ever sneak into your newsfeed? They're not news, but sometimes they're fun to read because you can think to yourself, "At least my life isn't that bad!" This book could fit right in there. "AITA: My mother wants me to open our summer house in Maine so my brother can …
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365 Books: Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
As those of you who have read my posts about Marsh's other books, her detective, Alleyn, sometimes comes off stiff and stuffy, lecturing people and showing off his polysyllabic vocabulary and convoluted sentence structure. I had thought this was a function of experience, that she loosened up, the more books she had written. This book …
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365 Books: The Cherry Blossom Corpse by Robert Barnard
#365Books What do romance writers talk about when they're alone with each other?
365 Books: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
#365Books The history of Richard III, as told by a mystery writer.