If I were Inspector Alleyn, I might reconsider my marriage because his wife, Troy Alleyn, always seems to be dragging him into murder investigations. I know she doesn't mean to - she doesn't like murder. It makes her uncomfortable, to say the least. And yet, somehow, there she is, taking a barge vacation without Alleyn, …
Continue reading 365 Books: Tied Up In Tinsel 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 …
Continue reading 365 Books: Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
#365Books A mystery from a bygone day, when a letter mailed in small town England on day 2 of a 5-day cruise can travel to San Francisco, get forwarded to Chicago and still reach the recipient in time for them to return home two days later.
#365Books: one of the best from a grande dame of golden aged mysteries.
#365Books The power and hucksterism of faith, and the mystery of murder.
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