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Tag Archives: 20th century
‘Neither Here Nor There’ is neither terrible nor great
Bill Bryson made his name with witty travelogues that spanned the world. But does the shtick ever get old?
Uncovering family secrets in seaside Ireland
Her mother’s death leads Elizabeth on a journey to discover her father’s true identity and why her mother refused to talk about her life before Elizabeth was born.
Who is the pawn in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’?
An orphan finds her sense of self in an unexpected talent for chess, but can the game also vanquish her demons?
Complicated family dynamics drive the action in ‘Bonecrack’
Neil Griffon gets more than he bargained for when he temporarily assumes management of his estranged father’s stable. Along with the horses, he has to deal with a villain whose inexperienced son wants to be an apprentice jockey — whatever the cost.
Birth and death in the midst of a pandemic
in 1918 Dublin, a young nurse works desperately to save her influenza-wracked maternity patients while trying to find some sliver of hope in the midst of so much illness and death.
‘Poison in the Pen’ leads to murder in the village
Regular readers of the Miss Silver mystery series by Patricia Wentworth know that she finds the cases she ultimately solves in a variety of ways. Occasionally they just pop up wherever she happens to be and she is drawn in. Sometimes a stranger in a train carriage turns into a client in need of herContinue reading “‘Poison in the Pen’ leads to murder in the village”
Nero and Archie are bullish on catching a murderer in ‘Some Buried Caesar’
It’s the late 1930s and the normally agoraphobic Wolfe has ventured out of his beloved New York City brownstone to upstate New York, where a feud with a fellow amateur orchid grower has provoked him to exhibit his prized albino hybrids at a county agricultural exhibition. He’s not looking for work, but when the scionContinue reading “Nero and Archie are bullish on catching a murderer in ‘Some Buried Caesar’”
Cold case heats up in ‘This Is How I Lied’
Eve Knox disappeared just before Christmas from her small town in Iowa. She was a high school sophomore, and her body was found later that night in a cave outside of town. Despite a number of suspects, including an abusive high-school boyfriend, the killer was never found. Now it’s 25 years later, and Eve’s bestContinue reading “Cold case heats up in ‘This Is How I Lied’”
Greed turns deadly in ‘The Benevent Treasure’
Candida Sayle and Stephen Eversley “meet cute,” as the kids say, when Candida gets stranded on an English beach as the high tide rolls in and threatens to drown her. At that exact moment, Stephen happens to be out birdwatching in a rowboat, as one does, and finds his damsel in distress clinging to aContinue reading “Greed turns deadly in ‘The Benevent Treasure’”
