Tag Archives: Mystery
Tony Hillerman: An Appreciation
For many years during the nineties and the early part of the last decade, Tony Hillerman’s mysteries were a part of my annual celebration of spring. In April or May his newest title would hit the bookstores – just in … Continue reading
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Literary Comfort Food
In early March I was searching the shelves at a Barnes&Noble for a mystery for Mary’s birthday, when I spotted a treasure – one of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo Tribal Police mysteries neither of us had read. The Shape Shifter (2006) … Continue reading
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Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
A few posts ago I said I was going to read six books straight through for pleasure, and then cycle back and analyze the ones with plot features I admire. Book number two on my list was Harlan Coben’s Gone … Continue reading
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The Murder Room
I’ve been a fan of Sherlock Holmes through his many permutations, from Basil Rathbone to Robert Downey Jr., from Arthur Conan Doyle to Laurie R. King’s novels of the wife of Sherlock Holmes, so when I caught this title on … Continue reading
