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The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories: Otto Penzler, editor

August 8, 2016

I’ve been reading this anthology (785 pages) slowly, since the beginning of March, dipping in at bedtime or when insomnia …

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Rounding out the past year

January 9, 2014

I closed 2013 by finishing a book that I’ve been picking up and putting down for months, as well as …

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Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus

November 24, 2013

I was intrigued by this book’s title, and discovered it was the first novel published in English (in translation) by …

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The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

November 17, 2013

I saved this book—number eight in Louise Penny’s “Inspector Gamache” mystery series—to read while on vacation in Québec. Although I …

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

August 25, 2013

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is set in post-war England. Having fought in the war and mysteriously …

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The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart

July 27, 2013

Glancing through The Pigeon Pie Mystery’s introductory cast of characters, I braced for that unique brand of peculiarity found only …

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Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear

July 17, 2013

Leaving Everything Most Loved is the tenth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series set in 1930s England. Maisie has …

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A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

July 1, 2013

A Trick of the Light opens with a vernissage, the preview of an art exhibition before its formal opening. Patient, …

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Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

June 5, 2013

Je me souviens. Perhaps you’ve seen it on a Quebec license plate: I remember. I’d always thought of it as …

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The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart

May 19, 2013

I’ve been waiting for this book since reading Erin Hart‘s last book, False Mermaid, published in 2010. I can understand …

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