It's not one I've read. I enjoy the ones that deal with Roderick and Agatha Troy, like Artists in Crime.
I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.
River ,'Objects In Space'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - May 22, 2005 6:35:57 am PDT #7754 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse - May 22, 2005 6:39:43 am PDT #7755 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, this one had no Agatha. It was one of the first ones, I guess (1935), so I'll see what else is at the library.
Dana - May 22, 2005 6:45:42 am PDT #7756 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm not sure how many she plays a prominent role in. I've only read a few, but I'm getting attached to Rory and Fox.
erikaj - May 22, 2005 11:01:24 am PDT #7757 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I love those! Despite being in a "Reach for the sky, motherfucker," personal space at the moment.
Typo Boy - May 22, 2005 12:36:55 pm PDT #7758 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ngaio Marsh
Never been a great Marsh fan; never loved or hated her. Always found her a good airplane trip read. Good enough to distract you from the minor discomforts of air travel, does not require more concentration than you have left after the minor discomforts of air travel, and if you lose one before you finish - no great tragedy.
Sophia Brooks - May 22, 2005 1:56:08 pm PDT #7759 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I REALLY liked "Death of a Peer" and "Died in the Wool". I think, however, in both cases I liked the characters involved in the murder just as much as Roderick Alleyn. I actually haven't read one with his wife in it, just with her mentioned.
But I REALLY liked "Death of a Peer", as in have read it at least 5 times.
Om that notes, does anyone else read mystery novels over and over again? On first thought, it seems silly, because you know the answer to the mystery, but I do it quite often. I find my Agatha Christies quite comforting, for example. I have been reading the same ones since I was 12 or 13.
Jesse - May 22, 2005 1:57:55 pm PDT #7760 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, there are Sayers and Christies and Stouts I've read over and over, among others. Of course, I pay so little attention, half the time I forget who does it, anyway, so it's like a whole new story!
Scrappy - May 22, 2005 1:58:52 pm PDT #7761 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I reread my Georgette Heyers over and over, and I know not only how it ends but exactly how it gets there, and I find that comforting as well. I have reread Nero Wolfes as well.
Sophia Brooks - May 22, 2005 2:04:10 pm PDT #7762 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Nero Wolfe is also among the re-reads. I also got a lot of John Dickson Carr and Carter Dickson (they are the same person) mysteries at many rummage sales as a child. Actually, I own Mrs. Charles Wuertzer (she put a return address label in the books) for much of my mystery reading habits. Almost all the books I bought at the rummage sales (Ellery Queen, Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, Agatha Christies) were hers first.
erikaj - May 22, 2005 2:57:57 pm PDT #7763 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
If I wait long enough I forget whodunit.