Welcome to Litsy!

This is my favorite Dalgliesh by far. Really, really good. I think it‘s the setting for the most part, but James seems to be hitting her stride as well. I had to laugh about 3/4 of the way through though when Adam thought “and he knew how it was done.” Do we get to know then? As @TheAromaofBooks will tell you, NO. NO WE DO NOT.

Another book crossed off my #BookSpinBingo card!

Sunset from the hot tub the other night. We have snow!

Aaaaaand done. Pretty old-fashioned, pretty good.

Pretty great morning as we cruise into Jamaica.

An old fashioned convoluted murder mystery! Like your murder mysteries complicated, unlikely and deliciously delivered? Look no further.

Hit 6 hours at the gym with this #audiobook #24in48 #whodunit

I‘ve read these before and thought I remembered liking them, but I had a hard time with this one. It was nap inducing much of the time. #LitsyAtoZ #LetterU #MountTBRChallenge #29

Dagliesh is on vacation at his aunt's along the coast. Just off a rough case and he falls into anther. The corpse of a neighbor of his aunt shows up along the shore in a boat belonging to the half brother. The corpse's hands have been chopped off after death. After the autopsy, it appears that the man died from natural causes. Dagliesh suspects foul play, especially after the half brother dies from poisoning.

Relaxing with a #mystery and a mug of hot cider after walking mis-#evie-ous.

A stressful couple of days (although my son did well at his fencing 🤺 tournament). So when stressed I go to murder (and, sometimes, mayhem). #de-stressing

Very excited that these came today (along with something incredibly exciting for @sarahbethrushton 's birthday!), I do love a good murder mystery!

Forgive me for the visual assault. This absolutely revoltingly ugly, early 1990's cover must stay on my shelf because it's signed and inscribed to me by P.D. James. 😂 #BadCoverGoodBook #AprilBookShowers

Like all her Dalgleish mysteries, it takes some focus at the beginning to keep all the characters straight but excellent character development, pacing and descriptions of time and place make it all worthwhile. Plus the plot. And a clever crime as usual tho not her best. Bonus is new insight into Dalgleish's character.

Read this one while my wife and daughter toured London on a special trip, so I got to live a little vicariously.

I loved the atmosphere of the story and how the author fleshed out the characters and made them real. They were very human and interesting. I figured out who had done it quite early on but not the why. It was an enjoyable read and a good study in human psychology.

Starting this little gem today that I found at the second hand shop. I love old books, they have a feel to them and smell fantastic.

Found this pretty dated, frankly. And Dalgleish is a remarkably unattractive hero though the author is clearly madly in love with him.