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“News always reached Miss Marple, one way or another.”

Marple: Twelve New Stories by Various

December 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I would read more of these Agatha Christie short story collections featuring notable authors, for sure. Even the ones where Americans tried and failed to capture that British Marple feeling were entertaining in their failure. But most of these stories were pretty successful! One nailed it completely. Highlights for me were the stories from Ruth Ware (I know!), Naomi Alderman, Elly Griffiths, Kate Mosse, and Leigh Bardugo. This may be the easy way out, but I’ve just copied and pasted my Goodreads status update mini-reviews […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, Alyssa Cole, anthologies, Dreda Say Mitchell, Elly Griffiths, jean kwok, karen m mcmanus, Kate Mosse, Leigh Bardugo, Lucy Foley, Marple: Twelve New Stories, miss marple, naomi alderman, narfna, Natalie Haynes, pastiche, Ruth Ware, short stories, Val McDermid, various

narfna's CBR14 Review No:241 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, Alyssa Cole, anthologies, Dreda Say Mitchell, Elly Griffiths, jean kwok, karen m mcmanus, Kate Mosse, Leigh Bardugo, Lucy Foley, Marple: Twelve New Stories, miss marple, naomi alderman, narfna, Natalie Haynes, pastiche, Ruth Ware, short stories, Val McDermid, various ·
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“In love and life, we never know when we are telling ourselves stories. We are the ultimate unreliable narrators.”

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

April 4, 2022 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

In one word: Downward spiral A quick summary of my feels on this book, as told via texts to my friend, the librarian leading our book club discussion group. March 6 Ma’am I am really into this searching for Sylvie Lee!! It’s very readable but I keep putting it down cuz it’s a bit sad. But very good. March 10 Okay so now I’m halfway through and it’s just so diiiire. Like a grey day in The Netherlands. Perfect for our shit weather. Ha. March […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: jean kwok, searching for sylvie lee

cheerbrarian's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: jean kwok, searching for sylvie lee ·
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