Edited to add a picture of Calder Alexander Eno the preternaturally enormous cat. He loves lying on books and devices; probably he can absorb books by osmosis. He is extremely affectionate and loves to lie on the sofa with me while I read. But not now, because it is warm and he would like me to get ...
Another one from the Inspector Grant series. It is not as gripping or interesting as The Daughter of Time, which has been my introduction to Tey's works, but The Franchise Affair was also an enjoyable read - perfect to chill out after all of the excitement of last week. Most surprising to me was ...
Sweet, but not too sweet.Several people too good to be true, one genuine villain, and not too much of a mystery. In fact, this is far more a novel than a mystery, which is typical of Josephine Tey. English country air, nice people, some startling coincidences and all's well that ends well. A nice ho...
After reading Josephine Teys mysteries, I thought I'd post some of my thoughts about them.First the positives:They're free.They're well written in general.They're really good mysteries. The minor characters are mostly nice and interesting.To me, they're historic, though I know the author wrote and p...
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, published-1936, fraudio, britain-england, spring-2010, winter-20142015, film-only Read from May 28, 2010 to January 11, 2015, read count: 2 Now for the filmDescription: A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screamin...
Another excellent example of "not your ordinary mystery novel". A body is discovered on a beach, and the immediate assumption of suicide is soon contradicted by the evidence. (I have to say I'm a little impressed that the article found with the body which indicates murder is never mentioned in anyth...
"If you look and act like a million dollars they’ll lick your boots. But you let them suspect that you don’t think much of yourself and they’re on you like ants on a dying wasp." I read "A Shilling for candles" because it is the book of the Month at the English Mysteries Club (Goodreads Group) an...
I liked the book especially the characters. However, as a mystery it didn't work for me--too many red herrings and not enough clues for the reader, or even the Inspector. Her books Daughter of Time and Brat Farrar were much better. Still this book did keep my interest as I wanted to see what the ch...
I have never read a book by Robert Barnard before. This book starts at a romance novelists' conference in Norway. The beginning part of the book describing the different writers and their foibles was amusing. When one of the authors is murdered, then the story becomes boring. The story-line was conv...
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