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The Book of the Lion
The Book of the Lion | Elizabeth Daly
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A 1940s antiquarian book dealer gets caught up in a Manhattan writer’s murder in this mystery from Agatha Christie’s favorite American author. It should be a fairly routine job for Henry Gamadge: Examining the papers of a dead poet and playwright with some early promise but not much in the way of commercial success. But it’s not so much the life and letters as the death of the author (murdered in Central Park) that interests Gamadge. Add in a dead witness and the odd behavior of the family, and Gamadge decides something criminal is afoot. “Gamadge richly deserves his popularity with readers. Every move he makes and every sentence he speaks prove him to be a likable, intelligent gentleman.” —New York Times
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shanaqui
The Book of the Lion | Elizabeth Daly
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I'm fairly curious to try earlier books in the series for more context here -- it seems like an interesting setup for a series detective! I enjoyed this one, but I was quite curious about the background and what seemed like recurring characters.

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shanaqui
The Book of the Lion | Elizabeth Daly

I need to catch up on my advent book photos, but I'll have to leave that for tomorrow! For now, making slow and steady progress on this; I didn't know anything about Chaucer's The Book of the Lion, so now I've learnt something, too.

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shanaqui
The Book of the Lion | Elizabeth Daly

I'm only reading a few pages at a time because, ack, so busy, but I'm intrigued. I'm guessing Gamadge was a series detective, so I feel a bit thrown in the deep end... but it usually didn't matter a ton in mystery/crime of this period.

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shanaqui
The Book of the Lion | Elizabeth Daly
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Never heard of Elizabeth Daly before! 😮 This was today's book from my classic crime/mystery calendar.

My wife's detective skills on finding this advent calendar should be commended. I'm really excited to start reading these.