Litsy

pan

Staying with an old friend in Oxford, Mrs Malory finds that her godson is more upset than his family realises about having found a body, crushed under falling bookshelves, because he believes it was no accident. She decides to investigate.

I would have loved the setting and characters in this cozy when it first came out around 1990 but now I found it rather meh, especially in its characterisation of gay men.

Reggie Were they the sassy sidekicks? 6d

rwmg @Reggie See spoilers below 6d

rwmg There were two gay men in the novel. One was the murderer and the other was a bitch who took great pleasure in telling the POV character how he and his then boyfriend had emotionally manipulated her 20 years before, thus wrecking some of her most precious memories of her university days.

No objection to gay men being the villains but not when they are the only gay men in the book. (edited) 6d

Reggie Totally agree with you. 6d

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JenlovesJT47

Our Lady of Pain: An Edwardian Murder Mystery | Marion Chesney

so-so

Book 4 marks the end of the Edwardian Murder Mysteries. Lady Rose & her friend (her name escapes me at the moment) are funny & do get into some hilarious situations and as always Davina Porter is excellent. 3⭐️

#audiobook
#cozymysteries
#MCBeaton

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PatriciaU

Stone Wife | Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey‘s recent death has prompted me to read some of his books. He is credited as the 1st mystery writer to set a whole series in the past with his Inspector Cribb series. I‘m reading his Peter Diamond series now. This one was about Chaucer!

rwmg Interesting. I don't think I'd ever heard of him - and he predates Ellis Peters. 1w

PatriciaU I remember having to shelve all his books way back when I was a library page! 😂 1w

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LiseWorks

The Accused | Harold R. Daniels

April 21st #DynasticDs Dilemma This is a great tv series @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 1w

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rwmg

The Serpents Of Harbledown (Domesday, #5) | Edward Marston

pick

When the Domesday Commissioners arrive in Canterbury they find that a charitable young woman has been found dead, apparently from a snake bite. A monk who ministers to lepers insists she was strangled first and then bitten afterwords. Then the monk himself is found poisoned.

I was nearly right. My choice of murderer turned out to be the murderer's chief henchman. The book was rather slow at first but the last third was very exciting.

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