Monthly Archives: September 2011

Coles, Manning (1940) A Toast To Tomorrow

This is a book full of mysteries, and yet it might be more appropriately called a tale of espionage. Whatever it was, it was so excellent that it qualified for the category of genre favorites, and was sufficiently full of … Continue reading

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Sansom, Ian (2010) The Bad Book Affair

Israel Armstrong is a mobile librarian– English, Jewish, and a vegetarian– serving the remote corners of the town of Tumdrum, on the north east coast of Ireland. It might be argued that every corner of Tumdrum is remote, as the … Continue reading

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Christie, Agatha (1935) Murder in Mesopotamia

Amy Leatheran, an accomplished nurse, is in Baghdad attending to a young English mother and her newborn child, when she is asked to take on another assignment at the Tell Yarimjah archaeological site near the fairybook—if dirty—city of Hassanieh. Dr. … Continue reading

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