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Post by jean on Oct 4, 2009 21:49:26 GMT
I read all the Lord Peter Wimsey novels as a treat after my O levels.
Then I hardly ever read a detective novel for about forty years, until I recently started on the Aurelio Zen novels by Michael Dibdin, and I am completely hooked.
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 6, 2009 6:07:33 GMT
Yes, I've read and enjoyed a couple of Zen mysteries.
Have you tried Michael Pearce's detective books featuring the Mamur Zapt (set in Egypt in the early 20th century)?
Come to think of it, I might take one on holiday next week if I can find one I haven't read before. My last holiday reading choice gave me nightmares; it was a dark and depressing book by an auhor whose previous novel was of a completely different tone. I'm not risking that again.
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Post by aubrey on Oct 6, 2009 10:03:43 GMT
Who was it?
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 6, 2009 12:27:23 GMT
Alice Sebold's "Almost Moon." what other readers saidIn truth, I'm not sure how much it differed from her previous works, but a lot of people who enjoyed "Lovely Bones" seemed to feel the same way about this as I did. I'm fairly confident that the Sebold I read years ago was quite uplifting; this was anything but. |
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