The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley is set in the English countryside in 1950. Eleven-year old Flavia de Luce finds a dead body in the garden of her family's home. Clever Flavia, budding chemist with a particular interest in poison, conducts her own investigation. The resolution of the matter becoming all the more urgent after the police arrest her father for the crime.
This book is a fresh combination of the elements I enjoyed in Agatha Christie's work and the Nancy Drew stories. A smart and funny story for adults, with an entertaining young sleuth as the protagonist. A fun book.
Winner of the 2007 Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger.
Showing posts with label new mysteries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new mysteries. Show all posts
Monday, July 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
New Mysteries
A few new titles to check out:
Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty. Review and synopsis from Powell's Books here.
Choker by Frederick Ramsay. Review and synopsis from Powell's Books here.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Review and synopsis from Powell's Books here.
The Innocent Spy by Laura Wilson. Review and synopsis from Powell's Books here.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
More Mysteries
Are you on the hunt for a mystery to read? Here are a few titles from my list of books to check out:
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear, from Winspear's popular Maisie Dobbs series. I have mixed feelings about this series. Some of the books I've enjoyed. Others, not so much. Nevertheless, I always check into each new book from Winspear.
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb. As of today, I'm on page 25 of Robb's book Salvation in Death
The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin. Last year I enjoyed reading Goodwin's The Janissary Tree: A Novel
which is set in Istanbul in the mid-1800s and introduced Yashim, the eunuch detective. That story is full of entertaining and interesting information about Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, in addition to being a good mystery. In this new book, Yashin investigates a missing Bellini masterpiece.
The Empty Mirror by J. Sydney Jones, a murder mystery set in 1898 Vienna. This book received a nice review from the Washington Post.
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear, from Winspear's popular Maisie Dobbs series. I have mixed feelings about this series. Some of the books I've enjoyed. Others, not so much. Nevertheless, I always check into each new book from Winspear.
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb. As of today, I'm on page 25 of Robb's book Salvation in Death
The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin. Last year I enjoyed reading Goodwin's The Janissary Tree: A Novel
which is set in Istanbul in the mid-1800s and introduced Yashim, the eunuch detective. That story is full of entertaining and interesting information about Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, in addition to being a good mystery. In this new book, Yashin investigates a missing Bellini masterpiece.The Empty Mirror by J. Sydney Jones, a murder mystery set in 1898 Vienna. This book received a nice review from the Washington Post.
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