tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post9003010276664651772..comments2023-03-29T10:25:18.702-04:00Comments on Read Me Deadly: Standing All AloneSister Mary Murderoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-82041565467867582212014-03-21T21:32:07.026-04:002014-03-21T21:32:07.026-04:00LJD'sG, I'm glad you're also a Ward Ju...LJD'sG, I'm glad you're also a Ward Just fan. Which of his books have you particularly liked?<br /><br />I haven't yet tried Ruth Dudley Edwards, although I've heard she's great. This is the shove I need to give her a try. Thanks for this suggestion.Georgette Spelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853710671433406351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-80795955475792377182014-03-21T14:22:50.786-04:002014-03-21T14:22:50.786-04:00I'm adding these to my list. To thank you, LJD...I'm adding these to my list. To thank you, LJDG, here are two more standalones.<br /><br />I like British espionage author Gerald Seymour, who writes only non-series books. They're not action-packed page flippers but multi-layered and complex, dealing with gray areas of morality. I just finished his 2014 book, THE DEALER AND THE DEAD. In this book the long-ago betrayal of a Croatian village reaches into the present of London arms dealer Harvey Gillott. <br /><br />In Compton Mackenzie's WHISKEY GALORE, Scottish Highlanders are overjoyed when the SS Cabinet Minister, bearing a cargo of whisky, goes aground in WWII. Della Streetwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438127536935500336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-34039288637475334492014-03-21T13:13:46.547-04:002014-03-21T13:13:46.547-04:00Georgette, thanks for the titles. I am a big Ward ...Georgette, thanks for the titles. I am a big Ward Just fan but have never heard of "The Weather in Berlin". I just added it to my TBR table. And I hope you enjoy "Unfaithfully". It's a hoot. I have the "Wimbleton" here, somewhere, and I am going to have to read it.<br /><br />Do you read Ruth Dudley Edwards? Her Lady "Jack" Troutbeck is one of the best mystery characters in modern mysteries, as long as you like politically-uncorrect books. (Though I suppose if you like Nigel Williams, you'll like Dudley Edwards.<br />Her "take" on stuffy magazines like The Economist in "Publish and be Murdered", and on literary awards like the Orange in "Carnage on the Committee" are golden.phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083814964836187823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-49984515358029904422014-03-21T12:37:56.971-04:002014-03-21T12:37:56.971-04:00LJD'sG, I'm very happy you reminded me of ...LJD'sG, I'm very happy you reminded me of Nigel Williams. I must read UNFAITHFULLY YOURS. I read his THE WIMBLEDON POISONER, and it was very entertaining. It's about a lawyer who moves, from imagining himself mourning the death of his wife, to actively trying to kill her; however, he's a very inept murderer, and he accidentally kills his neighbors and friends instead. This only makes him more determined to bag his original target.<br /><br />The other books you mention look very interesting, too.<br /><br />A couple of one-offs I liked: Michael Chabon's THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is the story of two wonder-boy cousins, whose lives play out before, during, and after WWII. THE WEATHER IN BERLIN, by Ward Just, features the has-been Hollywood director, Dixon Greenwood, who travels to Berlin and directs the grand finale of the popular German TV costume drama, Wansee 1899.Georgette Spelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853710671433406351noreply@blogger.com