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.
