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I just discovered the superb Gladys Mitchell, a country house detective novelist from the same stable as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Though probably less well-known. 'Speedy Death' is her first novel

I'm only a few pages in but already hooked. It's murder mystery with a decidedly Wodehousian tone of voice and a similar cast of vapid wastrels as characters. Her sleuth is the formidable Mrs Bradley. The prose breathes pure 1920s air.

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@riggbeck @bookstodon Have you read any of Georgette Heyer’s detective novels? Similarly very Wodehousian.

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Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

James, Percival Everett

The Book of Love, Kelly Link

Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

Prequel, Rachel Maddow

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Reading a lot of detective fiction and these stick in my mind as the best:

The Inugami Curse - Seiji Yokomizo

The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler

A Clubbable Woman - Reginald Hill

Rat King - Michael Dibdin

Also:

The Restless Republic - Anna Keay (a very good and readable history of the English interregnum)

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