Knock, Murderer, Knock!

Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

“Mrs Napier walked slowly to the middle of the terrace, noted the oncoming car, looked round to make sure that she was fully observed, crossed her legs deliberately, and fell heavily on to the red gravel drive.”

Now that‘s a great opening sentence!! 😂

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BarbaraJean

Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

It‘s the last #BookSpin day of 2024! Thank you, Sarah, for running this challenge—I look forward to it every month! My last two spins of the year are: a mystery from my Kindle TBR (I‘d love to use it for the #christmascrimechallenge if I can make it fit a prompt), and one from my library list that I‘ve been meaning to read forever (and it fits a year I need for #192025). Looking forward to squeezing these into my already-full December!

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I liked The Dean's Watch, although like the other Goudge books I've read it isn't exactly full of action 😂 But she can write such real people - I don't know, her books seem like ones I would find boring and uninteresting, but she completely pulls me in. 4w

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve only read Elizabeth Goudge‘s children‘s books before! This one has been on my list because I‘ve seen glowing reviews, but also because it‘s set in a fictional version of Ely, the English town I lived in as a child. This version of the cover features the Octagon tower of Ely Cathedral, which gives me so much joy!! 4w

TheAromaofBooks Oh wow, that is amazingly cool! A lot of the book is describing the town, almost as its own character, so being able to match that with real-life experiences would be amazing. I've also read and LOVED The Scent of Water, and read and quite liked The Rosemary Tree.

Do you still live in England?? 4w

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BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Oooh, now I‘m really looking forward to the town descriptions!! I don‘t still live in England—I just wish I did! My dad was a civilian contractor for the USAF at the time and we were there for 6 years, but moved back to California when I was 9 (which is where I ended up). I‘ve been back to Ely several times to visit and dream of moving back someday! 4w

TheAromaofBooks Oh that makes sense!! I was thinking that you were in the US all this time, so you threw me off by having a childhood English village 😂 4w

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Hahaha... you are correct in thinking that I have been in the US all this time! I just have a sneaky international past 😂 4w

TheAromaofBooks Very international spy of you 😆 4w

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rretzler

Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

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A lesser known author of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Harriet Rutland only wrote 3 mysteries, this, her debut, in 1938. It was enjoyable, once I got past the many character introductions - 20 in the first 2 pages- which was almost enough to make me stop reading right then! The amateur detective wasn‘t introduced until late in the story, and he reminded me slightly of Allingham‘s Campion or Sayers‘ Lord Peter. I‘ll read more. 4⭐️ #2019

rretzler As an aside, I‘ve no idea why there are cats on the cover of this book! 😹 Plus the title is such an obscure part of the book, I had to really think about what it might mean after reading. 5y

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rretzler

Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

A little hard to see, but I just had a visitor while reading the tagged book! I think J‘zargo was trying to read it too! #catsoflitsy

brit91 Awww cute kitty!!😻😻 5y

Texreader What a cute photo and kitty!! ❤️😻 5y

PumpkinSpicedAlpaca Love his name so much! Khajiit names make the best kitty names! 🙀 5y

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LittlePixels "Khajit guards your back!" 5y

rretzler @brit91 @Texreader Thanks! 😸 5y

rretzler @PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @LittlePixels 😸 Gamers! I love it! One of our J‘zargo‘s primary skills is destruction too. 😹 But he‘s also affectionate and an excellent fetcher! 5y

LittlePixels @rretzler Yep. Most of my immediate family are both readers and gamers. I have many (many!) hours in Skyrim, on various platforms. I love your kitty's name! 5y

rretzler @LittlePixels Thanks! My older son named him. My cat is Mycroft. I am a gamer too, although not as much as I used to be. Both sons and my husband are gamers, but I‘m the only reader - my husband used to be (he doesn‘t game much anymore either) and my older son goes through reading spurts, but younger son is mildly dyslexic. He likes the idea of books, but not so much reading them. 5y

PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @rretzler My husband @xcarryonx has gotten into graphic novels lately for reasons very similar to your younger sons. Maybe he would enjoy them too! He finds graphic novel versions of everything he‘s interested in and reads those. We‘re both avid gamers too! It‘s so neat meeting other people with such similar interests! (edited) 5y

rretzler @PumpkinSpicedAlpaca Thanks! It is nice to meet others with similar interests! Yes, my younger son loves graphic novels - unfortunately we‘ve gone through most of the age appropriate ones. He‘s 14 so he‘s right on the edge between lots of middle grade stuff which is a little too young and the more adult graphic novels. I‘ve gotten him a few that are the graphic version of novels, and he‘s been okay with those. He does audiobooks for school too. 5y

rretzler @PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @xcarryonx I actually happen to be following both of you so I will definitely be on the lookout for graphic novel ideas for Keegan. I regular search the web for ideas as well as Amazon and B&N, but it‘s nice to have other actual readers as a source too! 5y

PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @rretzler I‘d imagine it‘s really difficult to find a balance between more adult or too young graphic novels. @xcarryonx has a whole bunch of holds at the library right now so if he comes across something good we‘ll definitely tag ya! ☺️ 5y

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