Started Early, Took My Dog – Kate Atkinson
Although I read the whole book—completing it while on vacation in San Francisco—I found Started Early, Took My Dog less …
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A Certain Justice – P.D. James
This isn’t one of James’ best works. The set-up of the crime—the murder of Queen’s Counsel Venetia Aldridge—is particularly repugnant, …
James and Atkinson
Still in this rut where I go from Atkinson to James, from James to Atkinson. It’s not over yet: I’ve …
When Will There Be Good News – Masterpiece Mystery edition
I’m so glad I read the book first. So much was changed in the television version to accommodate the abbreviated …
Kate Atkinson – When Will There Be Good News?
I know. I’m on an obsessive roll. My third Kate Atkinson/Jackson Brodie book in a month. But that’s one of …
Original Sin – Originality
P.D. James’ new book—available in the U.S. next month—is Death Comes to Pemberley, a sequel to Pride and Prejudice. James …
Original Sin – P.D. James
I was aware of P.D. James because I’d caught one or two of the episodes of the Inspector Dalgleish series …
One Good Turn – Kate Atkinson
Case Histories is a good detective novel, but One Good Turn is a good novel. In Histories, I could find …
One Good Turn – Turns of phrase
Kate Atkinson obviously loves to play with language—One Good Turn, her sequel to Case Histories, is chock full of riffs …
Case Histories – a Fall River connection
I’m hardly the first reader to appreciate the surprising connections that can arise between writer and reader—those random references or …
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