The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery (Detective Club Crime Classics) | 
pickA compelling mystery, and unexpectedly very funny. An interesting look at the time period, too, so many details about the forensic investigation (how they got by without all the tech we have now!) and a feel for what Harlem was like. Really great!
so-soI wanted to like this more than I did. It is noteworthy for being the first crime novel by an African American author, but like other crime novels of the 1930s it was written in a rather ornate style and some plot elements felt convoluted. Still, I finished it without peeking at the end.
July 2021 #BookSpin
When you run out of money and the library comes to the rescue of your book addiction♡
July 2021 #BookSpinBingo:
#BookSpin: The Conjure-Man Dies (Fisher)
#DoubleSpin: The Naming of the Dead (Rankin)
I managed to knock my BookSpin off a pile of library books and it fell behind the bookcase…and I need other half to help move the bookcase…but of course he‘s already gone to bed 😓 Darn that early shift of his!
@sprainedbrain included an article about the tagged book in her recent #blitsyswap package to me. This book sounds interesting; I'll let you all know if I find a copy.
#tbr
