Blog to post reviews of English-language books the owner has read. Mainly detective stories, but other genres are represented also..
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“Put on by Cunning” by Ruth Rendell
Did Manuel Carmague, a famous flautist, die in an accident or was he murdered? Did his death have anything to do with the fact that he was going to marry a woman fifty years younger than himself? Was his daughter returning home after years of separation really his daughter or an impostor? If she was [...]
“The Murder on the Links” by Agatha Christie
The Murder on the Links is one of the earliest of Agatha Christie’s books and the second Hercule Poirot novel. Just like the majority of her early works, it’s exciting and dynamic, with no time for contemplation. The events happen mainly in France, but, apparently, Hastings can manage French perfectly, because he translates everything into [...]
“Some Lie and Some Die” by Ruth Rendell
I’m continuing to get acquainted with the works of this very original, gloomy, unpredictable and unmistakable English writer of detective novels. Once again I meet Chief Inspector Wexford who is always sixty, no matter what year it is – and always impossible to deceive, even if it takes him some time to arrive at the [...]
