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In a Dry Season | Peter Robinson

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ImperfectCJ

At Bertram's Hotel | Agatha Christie

so-so

This is not among my favorites. It feels more like an interesting idea that Christie is exploring in writing than it does a complete story. And Miss Marple doesn't play nearly as large a role as I would prefer her to.

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Sace

Encyclopedia Brown gets his man | Donald J. Sobol

I don‘t think we see illustrations like this in children‘s books anymore 🤣 . This is from my childhood copy.

#EBBR @Ruthiella

Lcsmcat I loved these books as a kid! 9h

TheBookHippie 🙃 8h

Ruthiella 😱😂😂😂 7h

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 10h

CatLass007 We the reader never find out who the client was but I believe Holmes discovered his identity and chose to respect his privacy, even refusing to discuss it with Watson when Watson discovers the client‘s identity. Holmes disgraces the Baron by publicly revealing his diary which has the added benefit of convincing the young lady to end the engagement. It would be nice if women suddenly became respected and independent but that still hasn‘t happened. 8h

Librarybelle I did like that there is a mystery about the “client” was never really revealed. 8h

dabbe As horrific as the vitriol throwing was, it was justly ironic that the baron's pretty face was destroyed since that's how he lured his women to him in the first place.

We also have a women vs. women situation, too. In “Charles Augustus Milverton,“ the woman killer is married to a famous celebrity. Holmes thinks justice has been done and doesn't report her. In this one, though, the downtrodden Kitty will be brought before the courts for her crime. (edited) 4h

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 10h

CatLass007 It‘s widely believed that the Baron murdered his wife although he has never been convicted. He is a psychopathic misogynist. When I first read the question I thought there is no way someone like him would have his own podcast. And as I worked through my response I realized that he could accomplish far more than having a podcast, he could become president. 8h

Librarybelle The Baron is rather slimy and very calculating. Good point about being president, @CatLass007 ! 8h

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CatLass007 @Librarybelle Thanks. Scary, isn‘t it? 8h

Cuilin @CatLass007 Yep! 😑 7h

dabbe @CatLass007 🎯🩵🎯 I mean, you can be a convicted felon many times over and still be president, right? 4h

dabbe The baron reminds me of Charles Augustus Milverton, as does this story. Whereas Milverton himself didn't have liaisons with women, he blackmailed them after finding out about their liaisons with others. This was his way of making a living. The baron, though, does what he does just because he can and for the perverse pleasure it brings him, making him more evil IMHO. 4h

CatLass007 @dabbe Right. 3h

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 10h

CatLass007 I think convincing the young lady not to marry the murderer is no mystery but Holmes enjoys a challenge. He is a puzzle solver. I think he accepts the case to find out who the client is. (edited) 8h

Librarybelle My thoughts exactly, @CatLass007 ! 8h

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CatLass007 @Librarybelle Great minds… 8h

dabbe I think the most mysterious thing about this story involved “The Illustrious Client.“ We never find out who he is! Perhaps he might be King Edward VII due to the emblem on Damery's coach, but we'll never know. 4h

dabbe I also have to say, poor Watson. Holmes makes him bone-up on Chinese pottery, never telling him the real reason. Watson does his best and crams like he's taking a high-stakes exam only to be told by Holmes that he only had a few minutes to located the lust book because his “time was limited by [Watson's] knowledge of Chinese pottery.“ 4h

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe When Watson‘s undercover conversation went so badly so quickly, I immediately thought - Okay, SH knew it would be this way. What is SH doing right now? lol now

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Read4life

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | Arthur Conan Doyle

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

dabbe #sherlocked 🖤 5h

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rwmg

When Will There Be Good News? | Kate Atkinson

pick

16 year-old Reggie drops out of school after her mother's death but is still studying for her A levels with tutoring from a retired teacher while she's working as a part-time mother's help (aka nanny) for a doctor. But then her employer disappears. Meanwhile, a train crashes on the line just behind her tutor's house, leaving an injured Jackson Brodie with amnesia. ⬇

rwmg Rather darker than the earlier books in the series, especially in the middle part when the title just about summed my feelings up. Although I was rooting for Reggie, it was impossible to shake off a feeling of inevitable catastrophe. 2d

Ruthiella This is my favorite Brodie book, mostly because of the payoff at the end. 1d

rwmg @Ruthiella, please see below 23h

rwmg I was a bit confused by the ending. I assume Jo Hunter told him where to find the gun so that he could commit suicide because I don't see how she could have killed him herself.

Is Louise pregnant? Does Reggie become a recurring character or is this her only appearance? 23h

Ruthiella I don‘t remember about the gun details. I think your assumption is probably correct. Louise is pregnant and both she and Reggie will turn up in future novels, but they aren‘t exactly recurring. But they will pop up. 7h

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RainyDayReading

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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Low pick. I enjoyed parts of the story but truthfully I prefer the “traditional” mysteries more than the adventurous espionage/heist/conspiracy plots that Christie has done in some of her books including this one. I liked it while I read it but it took me all month to get through. Once I put it down I kind of forgot about it 🤷🏼‍♀️ #Christiescapers @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Nice! This one did have a bit more of a flare to it beyond a traditional mystery. 1d

RainyDayReading @Librarybelle It did! I think it‘s more a me thing than the books. I‘ve just never gravitated towards books like this 😅 Though it makes total sense that she would be writing plots along these lines at the time this was published. 1d

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kelli7990

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

pick

Here‘s my review for this book I finished reading for #christiescapers.

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