Here are short notes on a few Silver Mysteries read this year: The Killing of Katie Steelstock by Michael Gilbert (1980) When I first started reading mysteries, I enjoyed the amateur detective besting the police-officer (Fatty vs Mr. Goon) but over the years, it is the police procedural that has become my favourite genre in … Continue reading Four Silver Mysteries
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#1952 Club: Four Novels
I was pretty excited about the 1952 Reading Club being hosted by Karen and Simon this week. Had prepared a list of books too that I wanted to read. However, the terror attack at the beginning of this week in India where men were shot down in cold blood in front of their wives and … Continue reading #1952 Club: Four Novels
Forgotten Book: Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert
Of late, writer and lawyer, Michael Gilbert has been a lot over the blogosphere. Yvette @insomanywords did a series of posts on him and then Margot Kinberg @ Confessions of a Mustery Novelist turned the spotlight on his first novel, Close Quarters. Unable to resist any longer, I borrowed Close Quarters from the Open Library and found … Continue reading Forgotten Book: Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert
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