Tag Archives: Mystery

Favorite Fictional Detectives

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

In literary gatherings, I usually introduce myself as part of the fantasy camp, but I’ve probably read and enjoyed just as many mysteries over the years.  In my previous post, I gave a lukewarm review to James Patterson’s latest Alex … Continue reading →

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Barbara Allen – Mysteries in a Ballad

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

When I was six years old, my mother’s cousin, Junie, got married.  The two had been lifelong friends, and for the service, I was chosen to be the ring-bearer, and my sister, the flower girl.  That summer we drove from … Continue reading →

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Tony Hillerman: An Appreciation

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

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

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

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

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

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

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

 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 →

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