A few months ago, I went from being a rather lapsed reader of crime fiction to a pretty avid one. Ever since my return to the genre I've been trying to work out what it is about it that I like.
I think it comes down to something quite simple in human nature, that we like a good mystery, and even better when it is solved (as neatly, or as intriguingly as possible, is a matter of opinion!).
Anyway I've decided to start this blog with three entirely different crime novels:
1) P D James "Death comes to Pemberley"
2) J K Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith "The Cuckoo's Calling"
3) Andrea Camilleri "The Shape of Water" (in the Inspector Montalbano series)
I may occasionally dabble in things other than crime fiction, we'll see. More to follow...
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