I’m behind on writing up the books I read. A few weeks ago I read another of the Alphabet Mysteries, B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton. It was quick, entertaining, twisty, (in a good way), and fun. If you like whodunnits, (apparently whodunnits is a real word – my spellchecker didn’t pick that up), then you’ll probably like B is for Burglar, and in all honesty, the whole series.
There are a bunch more of these on the shelf waiting to be read, but I don’t want to go too fast since I tend to read them in one, quite long, sitting, and I have other things that I have to do. I am looking forward to reading them, though.
After my surprisingly fast read of A Christmas Carol I read something very un-Christmaslike: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton – a whodunnit. I’ve read a few of the Alphabet Mysteries featuring Kinsey Millhone before but not this one. We have a few more around the house too that I can read. Also great is that since this A is for Alibi was published quite a while ago the book we have is a paperback that fits pretty easily in the pocket of my winter coat.
There isn’t a whole lot to say about A is for Alibi that hasn’t been said before, I’m sure, so I’m not going to do any huge analysis of the book or anything. It’s a good detective novel, worth reading, a great escape, and there’s a ton more where it came from.
It’s been a while since I read a good detective novel, and The Private Patient, like many books I’ve been reading recently, was been sitting on my bookshelf from Christmas until I read it recently. The Private Patient is by P. D. James, an author that I’ve never read, but is apparently quite productive and my mother really enjoys, so I hear, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that The Private Patient was a gift from my mother.
Now that I’ve read a P. D. James book, I can see why my mother enjoys them so much. This one was good! With any luck I’ll run across some more of her books at some point. As a detective novel this would have been a great book to have on a trip, (I sometimes find it tough to read stuff where I actually have to learn while travelling). Also, for those of us who don’t live or spend much time in the UK, it provides an interesting glimpse into the world of an English manor house.
