by M.M. Kaye
Well, that was somewhat more of a slog than I had expected -- and only in a minor part owing to M.M. Kaye herself; even though she does rely more on "dark and stormy night" scenarios than I would have liked to see, as well as on characters, including protagonists, behaving TSTL to such an extent it'...
Well, that was somewhat more of a slog than I had expected -- and only in a minor part owing to M.M. Kaye herself; even though she does rely more on "dark and stormy night" scenarios than I would have liked to see, as well as on characters, including protagonists, behaving TSTL to such an extent it'...
Kaye is a well-rounded writer. She includes great characters, awesome setting, suspense, mystery. I just love this series!
I really enjoy how well [a:M.M. Kaye|1040250|M.M. Kaye|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1237692960p2/1040250.jpg] can write dialogue. The conversations between her characters are vivacious and sparkling, and they are a lot of fun to read. She can set scenes and moods like nobody's business, and her ...
3 Things about Death in Kashmir:(1) beautiful opening chapter! wonderfully suspenseful and eerie. a moonlit place in a foreign land full of empty spaces. briskly evocative of an off-kilter period, a time and place that is fading away and being changed into something new.(2) that time and place is 19...
This was my first M.M. Kaye book, and I found it a bit dry. There was humor, drama, mystery, romance, and thrills - of a sort. But IMO, the book dragged... too many red-herrings and too much description. And the mystery, itself, was unclear. Are we trying to catch the murderer? Figure out the messag...