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REVIEW: Death in Kenya – M. M. Kaye
Originally published as ‘Later Than You Think’ (1958) I was doing that usual thing on Wikipedia of jumping from one article to another (I think it went from Little Women to White Mischief via Gabriel Byrne and Wah Wah) when … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews
Tagged African independence, colonialism, insanity, Kenya, M M Kaye, Mau Mau uprising, murder, racism, romance, White Mischief
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Nightingale Wood – Stella Gibbons
(Virago Modern Classics 2009, originally published 1938) Stella Gibbons wrote many books in the early 20th century, but is unfortunate to be known really for only one, the delightful and funny Cold Comfort Farm – a satire of the Rural … Continue reading
The Clock Strikes Twelve – Patricia Wentworth
(A ‘Miss Silver’ mystery) It is late December, 1941, and the Paradine family are gathered as usual to celebrate the New Year: James, his sister Grace, her adopted daughter Phyllida; James’ step-son Frank Ambrose, his sister Brenda, wife Irene and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged blackout, blueprints, estrangement, jewels, Miss Silver, motives, Patricia Wentworth, pride, romance, wartime
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S is for Silence – Sue Grafton
This is the latest but one of Sue Grafton’s “Alphabet” crime series (A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar, etc.). It’s something of a departure for her, for although her heroine private eye, Kinsey Millhone, has investigated “cold” cases … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Alphabet crime, cold case, Kinsey Millhone, missing person, personal demons, PI, romance, sue grafton
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