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Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age is a delight if you're up for the body count. Four women who've retired from being professional assassins discover that the organization they've spent the past forty years working for is now trying to kill them; they competently kick butt and take names.
Jessie Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers is a nice cozy mystery. The victim is clearly a total shit; the suspects are fascinating people and all had good reason to off the victim; I have great sympathy for Officer Grey. Only quibble:
The identity of the murderer made sense, but I didn't buy one of the misdirecting clues; it felt like authorial cheating.
Claudia Gray's The Murder of Mr. WIckham was a decent mystery and a fun Austen continuation. While I'm not sure I buy the portrayals of all the Austen characters, they're congruent with the people they are in Austen, only with different traits emphasized. And the two original characters are delightful together. I've already put a hold on the sequel for when the library gets it.
I'm in the middle of a reread of Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Family books. They were a favorite read when I was a kid, and they hold up very well. (Hmm, I should read these to Youngest once we finish Swallows & Amazons....)
I finally brought myself to reread AJ Hall's The Queen of Gondal series for the first time since the author's death. Great Sherlock fic series that rewards rereading, and while the series is never going to be finished, at least the end of the final installment is a solid ending and not an eternal cliffhanger.
Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age is a delight if you're up for the body count. Four women who've retired from being professional assassins discover that the organization they've spent the past forty years working for is now trying to kill them; they competently kick butt and take names.
Jessie Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers is a nice cozy mystery. The victim is clearly a total shit; the suspects are fascinating people and all had good reason to off the victim; I have great sympathy for Officer Grey. Only quibble:
The identity of the murderer made sense, but I didn't buy one of the misdirecting clues; it felt like authorial cheating.
Claudia Gray's The Murder of Mr. WIckham was a decent mystery and a fun Austen continuation. While I'm not sure I buy the portrayals of all the Austen characters, they're congruent with the people they are in Austen, only with different traits emphasized. And the two original characters are delightful together. I've already put a hold on the sequel for when the library gets it.
I'm in the middle of a reread of Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Family books. They were a favorite read when I was a kid, and they hold up very well. (Hmm, I should read these to Youngest once we finish Swallows & Amazons....)
I finally brought myself to reread AJ Hall's The Queen of Gondal series for the first time since the author's death. Great Sherlock fic series that rewards rereading, and while the series is never going to be finished, at least the end of the final installment is a solid ending and not an eternal cliffhanger.