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Old 12-22-2013, 10:03 AM   #18388
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Originally Posted by DrNefario View Post
Next up, I've stayed in London and started Christianna Brand's London Particular, a golden age murder mystery I am enjoying a lot. A new author to me, but on the evidence so far, one who deserves to be better known. This is another paperback, a worn out old Penguin book I picked up at a charity shop. It's in such poor condition that I feel I need to wash my hands every time I pick it up.
During the Kobo $1.99 sale plus 50% off coupon a few weeks ago, I was feeling pretty darned smug about resisting, until I discovered all the golden age Christianna Brands and Ellery Queens! So much period goodness in these and I haven't read them in decades.

As an aside, Brand is also the author of the Nurse Matilda books, the source for the Nanny McPhee films.
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