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Tag: fiction
One for Sorrow
Review of One for Sorrow, the first in the John the Lord Chamberlain mystery series, by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer, which is set in sixth century Constantinople, also known as Byzantium.
Verse of the Vampyre by Diana Killian
Verse of the Vampyre opens with Grace Hollister hiding in a graveyard, late at night, waiting for — well, spying on — Peter Fox, who’s to meet with a mysterious woman. Grace has been anxious to know why Peter has distanced himself from her, at the same time a series of robberies have occurred in the vicinity of Innisdale. Is Peter up to his old pursuits? And if so, which? Women or jewels?
Why We Write
Words are a human phenomenon. They’ve exploded with our population into every part of this planet, even into space. Each of us has so many words they spill over into others’ lives, more today than ever.
The Da Vinci Code: Do you believe it — or any work of fiction?
On a favorite mystery list, someone asked, in relation to a discussion of The Da Vinci Code: What limits believability in a story?
For me the line isn’t drawn so much at facts as consistency. The author needs to follow the rules he’s set up for his story. I also have a tough time with author cheating, not providing the information that’s needed, trying to trick the reader by holding something back. If I sense the author is holding out on me, I’ll stop reading.
Facts that I know to be different from how they’re presented do bother me. I suppose it’s a matter of degree that determines whether they ruin the story’s believability for me.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Robert Langdon is an American expert on symbolism and art, visiting France to speak before The American University of Paris. He’s wakened in his hotel room late at night and summoned to the Louvre Museum by the French Judicial Police. The museum’s esteemed curator, Jacques Saunière, has been murdered in the Grand Gallery, where many of the Louvre’s masterpieces reside, particularly the Mona Lisa….
High Rhymes and Misdemeanors by Diana Killian
Grace Hollister is there on vacation from her teaching position at St. Anne’s Academy for Girls in Los Angeles, and to do research for her doctoral dissertation on the poets of the Romantic period. If you think that sounds like a tame, pastoral and rather too academic stroll, this mystery will surprise you from the first sentence, when Grace Hollister finds a man lying face down in a stream, left for dead by an unknown assailant.
To Wear The White Cloak by Sharan Newman
A good book pulls you in and holds your attention through the story so well that, when it ends, you want more.
Sharan Newman’s To Wear the White Cloak held me this way.
Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Clark
Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Clark started out slow for me, mainly because I don’t consider politicians all that intriguing. However, I kept reading and I’m glad I did.
He Shall Thunder In The Sky by Elizabeth Peters
He Shall Thunder In The Sky was the second of Elizabeth Peters’ books that I’ve read . . .