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I'm still hugely enjoying the mystery series by Fred Vargas and RT Raichev.
Marilyn Stasio (NYT Book Review) has described Vargas as "insanely imaginative" - each book's plot is completely different & very strange - but it all hangs together very well. To truly appreciate Commissaire Adamsberg & his squad, the books should be read in order. They are appearing slowly as ebooks. Very highly recommended.
Raichev is obviously very well read in all areas of mystery novels and well versed in mystery films. He uses classic book & movie titles as chapter titles in his Country House Crime series that feature a sixty-something version of Tommy & Tuppence. Character names are also taken from other mystery novels - you'll find a Mrs. Scarpetta in The Little Victim, among other familiar names. And you'll hear Major Payne ask Antonia "Did Adam [Dalgleish] ever marry Emma?" And setting a faux Browns Hotel in India ..... Also very highly recommended!
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