Here is Schubert's "Little Sonata in A Major". Enjoy.
I had the below phone cover for a while. I love Paris and this cover made me feel good every time I looked at it. But, alas, it broke one day when my phone fell off a table.
But I bought another one, made out of gel this time, so it shouldn't ever break. I felt this picture captures the traveling spirit of Josh and me because we love road trips, although we usually drive in his Miata convertible. I'm deathly afraid of motorcycles, but it's the idea. Looking at this phone case makes me think of all the places we've been to and the places we'll go.
The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm a huge Ross MacDonald fan and Lew Archer is one of my favorite private detectives.
In this mystery a woman asks Archer to find her daughter. The daughter works as a nurse but has run off with one of the patients.
This takes Lew on a trail of underworld crime, drugs, gang wars and a good surprise ending.
If you like mysteries, this one is sterling.
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I had the below phone cover for a while. I love Paris and this cover made me feel good every time I looked at it. But, alas, it broke one day when my phone fell off a table.
But I bought another one, made out of gel this time, so it shouldn't ever break. I felt this picture captures the traveling spirit of Josh and me because we love road trips, although we usually drive in his Miata convertible. I'm deathly afraid of motorcycles, but it's the idea. Looking at this phone case makes me think of all the places we've been to and the places we'll go.
The Way Some People Die by Ross MacdonaldMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm a huge Ross MacDonald fan and Lew Archer is one of my favorite private detectives.
In this mystery a woman asks Archer to find her daughter. The daughter works as a nurse but has run off with one of the patients.
This takes Lew on a trail of underworld crime, drugs, gang wars and a good surprise ending.
If you like mysteries, this one is sterling.
View all my reviews
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really like these Penguin editions of Simenon's mysteries. That's just form, not substance, I understand, but some editions make the reading experience more pleasurable. I don't know why.
This mystery is one of Simenon's earlier works. It was published in 1931. It's good to put that in context so you understand, when they talk about The War, they are talking about WWI.
A man leaves a cafe. It is very windy and he cannot light his cigar. He steps into the entrance by the door of an empty house, bends his head over and concentrates on lighting. Then he keels over.
A security guard has been watching him and smiles at the man's drunken gestures, but when the man does not move, he becomes concerned. It turns out the man has been shot.
How and why did this man get shot? This mystery takes place in a small fishing town away from Paris so our Inspector Maigret works with the local police and also his subordinate Leroy. Actually they all work with Maigret. He does not compromise, he ignores the insistent press demanding information and calmly traces the man's connections and finds a network of friends, all who are extremely scared about the attempt on their friend's life.
Did one of them do it? Did someone else? And what about this huge yellow dog that is hanging around? Who does he belong to? Why is the dog and his owner in the town and do they have anything to do with the crime?
And are more crimes going to be committed? Read the book.
This mystery is one of Simenon's earlier works. It was published in 1931. It's good to put that in context so you understand, when they talk about The War, they are talking about WWI.
A man leaves a cafe. It is very windy and he cannot light his cigar. He steps into the entrance by the door of an empty house, bends his head over and concentrates on lighting. Then he keels over.
A security guard has been watching him and smiles at the man's drunken gestures, but when the man does not move, he becomes concerned. It turns out the man has been shot.
How and why did this man get shot? This mystery takes place in a small fishing town away from Paris so our Inspector Maigret works with the local police and also his subordinate Leroy. Actually they all work with Maigret. He does not compromise, he ignores the insistent press demanding information and calmly traces the man's connections and finds a network of friends, all who are extremely scared about the attempt on their friend's life.
Did one of them do it? Did someone else? And what about this huge yellow dog that is hanging around? Who does he belong to? Why is the dog and his owner in the town and do they have anything to do with the crime?
And are more crimes going to be committed? Read the book.
8 comments:
i read "Yellow Dog" twice, the second time because it was under a different title and i didn't recall it until half way through so i went ahead and finished it. I like MacDonald also and have read all or almost all of his work; lew Archer is THE original... i don't get the phone cover thing... what is it? (i don't have a cell phone: too complicated for me...) color me super envious re the Miata: i one time i would have given my eye teeth for one... not so much now, although they're classy cars... just my old toyota pickup now...
Hi Sharon. Those are nice phone cases. Too bad the one broke. I tend to drop things a lot so I understand the frustration of having things broken like that.
Simenon sounds like a good writer. The yellow dog seems like a neat touch. I must take a dive into mystery writers. My wife has been reading them for years.
Well, I'm not much of a mystery person, but I like your style of review here. I'm taking notes. Most of the time, when I read a review, I want to either know what the reader thought of the same book I read, or to see if this is the kind of book I want to read. And something I like spoilers, to a degree. But even if it is just enough into to pull me in. So maybe that is what I need to learn to develop...a way to give just enough info to share that someone can decide if this is what they may like to read. You've done that here. Even I am curious!
Good stuff .... I could spend the rest of my life reading those two authors’ novels .... hmmmm.... that might be a good idea ..... who needs other authors? ....
Hi mudpuddle. Sorry about not publishing your comment. I was on another computer and didn't have access. Glad you made another comment.
We actually didn't spend too much on the Miata. We always buy used so it didn't cost anymore than any other used car with some mileage on it.
I like pickups, myself. I wish we had one. Sometimes you need to cart stuff, but Josh says, then everybody is expecting you to cart their stuff.
I hate when I get a good way through a book only to realize that I've already read it. I agree Lew Archer is great.
Hi Brian. Maybe your wife could read out loud to you. I read mysteries out loud to Josh on our road trips.
Hi Ruth. Thanks for the compliment. I always worry if my reviews are coherent or not.
I don't like spoilers at all, but I have some friends who will not buy a book until the read the ending. I don't get that at all.
My one friend tells me she gets stressed if there's too much suspense and the other one says she doesn't want to waste money on a book if the ending isn't good.
To each his own.
Hi R.T. Hey! Why not? Be happy!
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