For a long time I knew of M.M. Kaye only as a writer of historical romances like The Far Pavillions, and The Shadow of the Moon. I had no idea that she had penned a series of murder mysteries set in exotic locales. In 2010, I read one of them - Death in Kashmir. The … Continue reading Forgotten Book: Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye
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Tuesday Memes
Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea in which one shares the opening of a book. Here's mine:Amanda had not been really frightened until she found the bottle. Horrified certainly: shaken by incredulity and shock, but not with fear. Not with this cold, crawling apprehension of evil...Teaser Tuesdays is a … Continue reading Tuesday Memes
Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods in Death in Kashmir
And the night was so quiet that Sarah could hear, like a whisper in an empty room, the far, faint mutter of thunder from behind the distant mountains of the Nanga Parbat range on the opposite side of the valley. But she had not taken more than two steps towards the hut when she heard … Continue reading Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods in Death in Kashmir
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