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I've finished The Lost Girls of Rome by Donato Carrisi.
An okay thriller, though I though the plot was a bit convoluted. It's the first in a series, but I won't be continuing with it. |
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Finished Widows Wear Weeds by Erle Stanley Gardner, a cozy detective story, and another non fiction book Indus Valley Civilization: Enigmatic, Exemplary, and Undeciphered by Charise Joy Javonillo. Basically it was a research thesis beginning with settlement patterns, special attention paid to Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro and specifically to the urban layout of these two exemplary cities and the Indus’ sphere of influence as suggested by possible interaction with Mesopotamia, including motifs found in artwork and seals. Nice compilation.
Next up (1967) - Traps Need Fresh Bait by Erle Stanley Gardner. Second last book in Cool and Lam series. |
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Next up: Berseker by Steven Jordan. An Indie I bought back in 2008. I did try reading another of his long ago, but got a bit bogged down. This one seems more readable. |
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Just finished "Hamlet, Revenge!", by Michael Innes, which is the second book in his "Inspector Appleby" series of detective novels. Appleby is called in to investigate when the Lord Chancellor of England is murdered while taking part in an amateur production of "Hamlet" at an English country house. This is a very long and complex, but extremely satisfying, detective story in the best tradition of the "golden age" of English detective fiction. The best crime novel I've read in a very long time, and I thoroughly recommend it. It was voted #68 in the Crime Writers' Association Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (which would, in itself, be a worthwhile reading challenge for someone).
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I was surprised to see that I've read about 80 of the first list, and over 70 of the second. That's probably because I have been seeking the "classics" of the genre over the last few years, as I have with SF.
"Hamlet, Revenge!" was one off my recent reads. You can always argue "best" lists indefinitely, and say Why not so-and-so? but those two lists are pretty good selections. Of Elmore Leonard's, I prefer "Glitz" to "Stick", but of course it's a matter of opinion. |
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You could always skip the ones you've already read which, if you're already a reader of crime novels, is probably a significant number.
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Both lists appear to have more "Action/Adventure/Spy" stuff in them than just crime/mystery fiction, though I thought the MWA list was a bit more balanced. (And I'd read 28 of them already, though some I don't remember all that well.) Only 21 of the CWA list. It could be an interesting challenge, however. I'd likely skip the ones I've read in the last 10 years, but that still leaves a lot.
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Next up: Ring of Fire IV edited by Eric Flint. Another collection of stories in his 1632 universe by professional writers. But the Virginia DeMarce one is, as usual, a confusing mess. I think it's that she's so familiar with the vast cast of characters that she's happy dotting about all over the place. But I just can't keep up and get lost. The David Brin one is very good. I started out thinking that surely he's missed a bit of background that's now canon. But he hasn't. I'm about half way through so far. |
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