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4.25/5 @thestorygraph for "The Case of the Missing Men" - book 11/15 for my 2023 Another fun frolic, although I'm wondering if it was also "The Case of the Missing Map"🤔 @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ae0b6120-a3af-47b2-8736-585c5bb58c29

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The last book I read for literally ended with a murderer smugly smiling & accepting plaudits for his courage and cleverness in shooting a man in the back as he tried to run away. Personally, I find this MUCH more my kind of entertaining.😀
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Starting Bush's "The Case of the Missing Men", book 11/15 for my & laughing at myself: I DID "leap to an unwarranted conclusion based on these initials" not the ACTUAL, REAL writer normal readers would think of - I thought of Albert Campion🤦‍♂️😆🤦‍♂️ @bookstodon

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4.5/5
@thestorygraph for "Glittering Prizes", book 9/15 for my 2023 #DeanStreetDecember After a dud Dalton, a FINE and FUN Flynn to restore my mood. #AmReading #ebooks #ReadersOfMastodon #GoldenAgeMysteries @bookstodon

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An intriguing start to "The Case of the Platinum Blonde", book 6/15 for my - Ludovic Travers directly pointing a fully loaded Chekhov's Rifle straight at the readers in chapter 1. 😀 @bookstodon

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Reading Marsh as a teen, NZ's low profile in her novels irked me, as it left me feeling she was not fond of her birthplace. Reading her shorts atm, NZ is EVERYWHERE, even reminding me of details I'd forgotten - such as calling Palmerston "Palmerston South". This one was named after a bird I tooted about last week. The lady w/ the mispronounced Māori name includes ITS Māori name. Tino pai!
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In her description of the 'arrival' of Alleyn, Ngaio (the g is NOT silent, folks) Marsh unintentionally highlights why I love Allingham's Campion. For him, tempus really did fugit, at more or less real pace.
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SO reassuring when The Algorithm gets it so very wrong. Sorry Google, but YOU would have to pay ME to get me to read any more of hers.
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