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Badelynge: January 2015
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline. The penultimate book in the series tones it down a bit, cutting back on the swinging from the roof fittings and other Errol Flynn style shenanigans. Instead Enola relies on her usual considerable talent for disguise, sketch making, cryptology and of course her endless supply of pluck. One of the better additions to the series. Saturday, 3 January 2015. Friday, 2 January 2015. The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs is not in ...
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Badelynge: July 2014
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Wednesday, 30 July 2014. She came in like a lady, that April.'. McBain follows the poetic line with a calm, hopeful beginning in this 12th visit to Isola. He brings an air of shy innocence to the intro chapter with the cool, pale personification of the early Spring month being a gentle lady that cheers the populace with her approach. But on with the mayhem. Not that I'm missing him at all. From the gentle beginning, through the tangled investigation, true suspenseful tension and climactic finale I've...
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Badelynge: October 2014
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Saturday, 25 October 2014. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan. There is certainly a good sizzle to the narrative when the two are on the same page; Enola confused by conflicting instincts and emotions and Sherlock just being himself . With such short books it also helps that this one picks up on a previous book (the second) including already established characters like Lady Cecily with whom Enola yearns to one day go sketching with. Fun one. Saturday, 18 October 2014. Lady, Lady, I Did It! View my complet...
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Badelynge: July 2015
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Thursday, 2 July 2015. All You Need is Kill. Keiji Kiriya is a young recruit in the United Defence Force. He's cannon fodder in a war against a merciless alien race of invaders. Over-matched and lacking combat experience he takes fatal damage and dies. And then he wakes two days earlier with full memory of his death. Rita Vrataski, the Full Metal Bitch being the order of the day. It's a shame that Keiji and Rita are the only fully developed characters in the book though. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Image...
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Badelynge: Girl on a Train
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Wednesday, 20 May 2015. Girl on a Train. 13 July 2015 at 19:10. A student in one of my creative writing classes was raving about this book, so I may have to read it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Girl on a Train. The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye. Wave Without A Shore. A day after….doing well. I’ve gotten by on Advil, no problems. I can have hot coffee today, and I can help Jane shove furniture around (prep for the garage sale.) The next appoin. Weedon's World of Nature.
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Badelynge: The Monogram Murders
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Friday, 19 June 2015. I'm still a bit scarred from reading Anthony Horowitz's authorised but horrifically inept treatment of Sherlock Holmes in House of Silk. Would a similar exercise be any better with Sophie Hannah resurrecting Poirot? I listened to the audio for this one. Julian Rhind-Tutt is a big asset to the production and I love his David Suchet Poirot impersonation. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Wave Without A Shore. A day after….doing well. Weedon's World of Nature.
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Badelynge: March 2015
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015. McBain through Carella rather pooh-poohs the importance of first discovering motive to solve a crime. I don't know whether he believed that or whether it was just the frustration with the difficulties of maintaining mystery in a story when clear motives are detectable. Although the mystery isn't the best it does show the precinct at work due to the investigation stalling so early resulting in other business getting priority. Sunday, 29 March 2015. The Case of the Hail Mary Celeste.
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Badelynge: August 2014
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Monday, 18 August 2014. I gave the book four stars for a story well told but if I was to score it as an 87th Precinct story I might only give it two or maybe three, the extra star only because it does have some pivotal plot action for some of the boys from the 87th. Sunday, 10 August 2014. Noir Chic: French Detective. Lying in a pool of her own blood and tied to her bed. Sunday, 3 August 2014. Written in the late 80s the book is a goldmine for nostalgia of that time, the script is riddled with all sorts ...
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Badelynge: November 2014
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Sunday, 23 November 2014. Nameless wakes up in hospital with a serious mad on, vowing to track down the oriental shooter and take him down. take him right down to Chinatown. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Wave Without A Shore. A day after….doing well. I’ve gotten by on Advil, no problems. I can have hot coffee today, and I can help Jane shove furniture around (prep for the garage sale.) The next appoin. Weedon's World of Nature. Whinchat at Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough. We're hav...
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Badelynge: December 2014
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Thursday, 4 December 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Wave Without A Shore. A day after….doing well. I’ve gotten by on Advil, no problems. I can have hot coffee today, and I can help Jane shove furniture around (prep for the garage sale.) The next appoin. On Tuesday we spent an hour or two at Hambleton Park. A picnic lunch with four of our grandchildren went down a treat by way of that time honoured British . Weedon's World of Nature. Whinchat at Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough.
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