pickThis was... okay? I was definitely curious about the mystery, but not so totally absorbed that I couldn't have lived without finding the answer. Still, I felt really meh today and this kept me interested enough to read about half of it in one go, so I think I'm just generally muted in affect today and I probably liked it.
Either way, that was my #DoubleSpin.
pickTaken by Col. Pride to be introduced to a neighbour, Appleby finds his would-be host has been murdered.
Classic country-house murder mystery right up to the final drawing-room scene with the assembled suspects when the murderer is revealed. The humour here arises from Appleby's (and the author's) use of language rather than from the characters. Enjoyable but not as laugh-out-loud funny as the previous two books I read.
pick4 Stars • In A Whisper of Death (Raven & Wren #1) by Darcy Burke, set in 1868 London, Hadrian Becket, Earl of Ravenhurst, gains psychometric powers after surviving a stabbing. He teams up with sharp-witted private investigator Matilda "Tilda" Wren to solve his attack and her cousin‘s suspicious death. ⬇️
pickPriscilla Pringle, the well-known writer of detective stories, is offered 500 pounds by a stranger on a train to collaborate on the plot for a novel. But could the stranger be intending an actual murder rather than a fictional one? Fortunately, Miss Pringle is on her way to a talk for crime writers by Sir John Appleby.
I giggled my way through this one. Priscilla Pringle is the funniest detective writer since Ariadne Oliver.
pickAfter his car breaks down at night in the middle of nowhere, Appleby stumbles across a large house with all its lights blazing and doors open, but apparently completely deserted. What is going on?
Peak Innes with dotty but cultured members of the landed gentry making matters more and more confusing. Hilarious, and a good mystery as well.
The sudden immobilizing of his car hadn't much discomposed John Appleby, but the subsequent failure of his electric torch was another matter.
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pickSince the German publisher doesn't seem to continue the series in German (what a shame - love their covers!), I'm just going to continue reading the books in English. Problem solved. I love Pentecost and Parker, I loved the plot and I loved that my guess was right. So yeah, I definitely will continue reading this series.
Doing the long weekend thing with Daisy and a vintage mystery. This is my first Mary Roberts Rinehart, plucked from Kobo‘s freebies selection many long years ago. I‘m about a third of the way in and I‘m interested in the story but I strongly dislike the narrator. We‘ll see if I stick with it or if my distaste for this guy drives me away from the book.
