Decision at Delphi

Apparently, 60s era espionage novels are a thing I am very much in favor of.

Ruthiella One of my favorite bloggers Thomas @ Hoggelstock likes this sub-genre too and next to MacInnes, he also enjoys books by Eric Ambler. Both are on my list! 😀 3y

BookNAround I haven‘t read her espionage books but did enjoy the one romance I read by her (Rest and Be Thankful). 3y

quietjenn @booknaround Yes! I read that one earlier this year and liked it immensely. I started with that one, because I'd heard good things about her but didn't think I was that interested in espionage. But I think that and one other (Friends and Lovers, which I also read and liked, but not quite as much) are the only non-espionage ones. 3y

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quietjenn @Ruthiella Thanks for the recommendation! I will totally check out that blog. I've never read Ambler, although his name is one that I've heard often. Adding to the proverbial TBR ... 3y

rubyslippersreads The Retro Reads group on Goodreads just read this, but I had too many other books going on. I‘m not that interested in espionage either, but since you liked this, maybe I‘ll give it a try. 🕵️‍♀️ 3y

quietjenn @rubyslippersreads - that's actually what compelled me to pick it up (well, and it was immediately available on Libby). I'm in that group but, like pretty much all the Goodreads groups I'm in, mostly as a lurker. I should actually go read the discussion, now that I've finished the book. 3y

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Decision at Delphi | Helen Macinnes

so-so

Not as thrilling as Assignment in Brittany. I liked that Cecilia was a resourceful professional woman, but the conversations she and Strang had about female stereotypes and the differences between the sexes were 😑. I didn't actually finish this but am pretty sure how the book ends.

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Decision at Delphi | Helen Macinnes

There was usually a little extra time in Greece, lying around to be picked up.

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Decision at Delphi | Helen Macinnes

A little light reading between Bouchercon panels. Next up is an interview of Christopher Brookmyre by Mark Billingham!! 😄

LeahBergen That cover is fab! 7y

rabbitprincess @LeahBergen I love the vintage covers! This probably belonged to my mum's grandma -- she liked thrillers. 7y

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Decision at Delphi | Helen Macinnes

"Is it so difficult to find a scholar who knows how to express himself?"
"....The more difficult, and therefore unreadable, we make our writing, the greater our scholarship must seem."

BookInMyHands 😂🙄😵! 7y

rabbitprincess @BookInMyHands It is much more true than I would like (as an editor) 😜 7y

BookInMyHands @rabbitprincess Yes, as a reader I think you have an enormous task as an editor of academics! 7y

rabbitprincess @BookInMyHands I edit technical documents, but yes the challenge is similar. Some of our writers find it difficult to write like themselves rather than like bureaucrats. 7y

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Decision at Delphi | Helen Macinnes