Showing posts with label detective novels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detective novels. Show all posts
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Hamlet, revenge!

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I was interested to see that at least one person had offered on Amazon the very copy of Michael Innes's Hamlet, Revenge that I have j...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Old haunts again

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Back at the old paperbacks again - my third Michael Innes in three weeks,  a reversion to almost-childhood with one of my favourites, Op...
Friday, May 04, 2012

Stylish nonsense

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There are times when the brain shrinks and all one needs is the soothing assurance of a good friend - like, for instance, when one has a b...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Wrestling with Swedish hornets

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I managed, for reasons associated with where I live, not to see the film of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , though I wish I had and still ...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Another small discovery

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I've mentioned before how wonderful old Penguin books are for travelling. Compact little things, with small print and little in the way...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

A plank of the past

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I first read The Moving Toyshop in my teens. In fact, I may have been swotting for my Highers, or maybe the few O Grades I was compelled to...
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Enjoying an old 'tec

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In keeping with my current preoccupation , I've dipped back into my childhood years again with this excellent Penguin Classic, The Tiger...
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Sunday, January 02, 2011

Kate Atkinson, again

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Just before the Christmas holiday (and yes, retired people can have them, when they give up cooking and visit their families and abdicate re...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

An old friend rediscovered

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Have you ever spent years, on and off, looking for something, becoming convinced that a malevolent guest has nicked it, or that you somehow ...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

The anatomy of enjoyment ...

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I've dragged myself away from the latest Kate Atkinson ( Started Early, Took my Dog ) partly in an effort not to gallop through it too ...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Guilty pleasures

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Just spent a guilty hour (reading fiction in the afternoon - heavens) finishing one of my birthday books. What's a girl to do, when her ...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Sic transit dies ...

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I'm glad today has darkened into evening - it's barely been more than crepuscular all day and after the fun of watching the waves dr...
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