- Kiego Higashino, The Final Curtain (published December, 2023) — a very long book that ties up the details of the life of Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga. The plot is very very involved and the number of characters and subplots is huge, but I still found it readable.
- Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, The Gutenberg Murders (published 1931) — set in New Orleans, this is very much a mystery in the classic who-done-it tradition of Hammett and Chandler. Other than the fact that all the characters smoke cigarettes nonstop, it could just about be modern.
- Jason Goodwin, The Baklava Club (published 2014) — this series features the mystery-solving Yashim, who works for the Ottoman Emperor in Istanbul in the mid-19th century. While I very much like the well-researched details of Yashim’s life, especially when he shops in the market and cooks for his friends, I also appreciate the increasing suspense around the murder he had to solve in this, the final volume of the series so far. Goodwin’s characters are always very intriguing.
Reviews © 2024 mae sander for maefood.blogspot.com
7 comments:
Thanks for the reviews, these mysteries are new to me. I have to see if I can find them in my library. Take care, have a great day!
All these writers are news to me, thank you. Noted. Also thank you for being brief, giving enough information to see if they're of interest, without revealing the entire plot!
Ones I don't know. Have you watched Monsuir (sp) on streaming yet? I'm watching on Acorn but it's an AMC production.
Final Curtain is sitting in my kindle, so I'm glad to read that you liked it. These sound like interesting reads. I love how you can find a mystery that is just about any topic or time in history. hugs-Erika
I was just thinking the other day that I haven't read a detective novel recently since thrillers have been the dominant type of book. It's time I got a good old fashioned mystery going.
I've added a couple of mysteries to my list of books I hope to read before I die. Thank you for sharing these with us.
I actually loved The Final Curtain (https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/01/10/book-review-the-final-curtain/), and The Gutenberg Murders is on my TBR, probably thanks to you!
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