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‘My favourite type of mystery, suspenseful, and where everyone is not what they appear . . . Christine is great at creating atmosphere . . . she evokes the magic of the stage, and her characters [have] a past to be uncovered before the mystery is solved.’ [Stage Fright]

- Lizzie Hayes, MYSTERY WOMEN

It’s a luxurious feeling . . .

Posted on Aug 29, 2014 in Gail Bowen, Laurie R King, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

. . . when you discover a new writer – and find that they have written a whole series of books. This is what’s happened to me with Laurie R. King and her novels featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. I read The Beekeeper’s Apprentice while I was on holiday, and I’ve read the second, A Monstrous Regiment of Women, and the third, A Letter of Mary, since I got home. The next, The Moor, is waiting on the shelf. There are twelve books in all and the temptation is just to gobble them down like a box of chocolates. I’m resisting that – and not only on grounds of expense (the local library has only one on the shelves). They are best saved up as treats for when the comfort of reading about old friends is required.

There is something so reassuring about a series and I am always on the lookout for a good one that I haven’t yet read. I’ve just ordered a copy of Gail Bowen’s first novel, after seeing her recommended by Moira over at ClothesinBooks. (For some reason I am not being allowed to paste a link, but she is easily found  via Google.) I’m pretty sure that if Moira likes a writer, I will too. I hadn’t heard of Gail Bowen, perhaps because she is Canadian, but she sounds right up my street.

Other suggestions would be very welcome. Is there a writer you like who might have slipped under my radar?

2 Comments

  1. moira @ Clothes in Books
    August 29, 2014

    Thanks for the compliment Chrissie, and believe me the feeling is mutual! I once went to a talk by Laurie King (in America) – a very interesting and impressive woman. A friend had pressed Beekeepers Apprentice on me, and I had been sure I wouldn’t like it, but I think I stayed up late reading it – and was off to the bookshop the next day to get the next ones in the series….
    I hope you’ll enjoy Gail Bowen too.

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  2. Christine Poulson
    August 31, 2014

    Lovely to hear from you, Moira. Not so easy to get hold of Gail Bowen’s early novels, but I have ordered the first and it is coming from Detroit! The romance of the internet . . .

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