Monday, March 16, 2020

Seems even when on holiday James and Beth will come across a mystery to solve. A local festival is going on, with parades and parties ... and people who have vanished in crowd, in daylight, and yet no one sees what happened. Those snatched seem to have nothing in common, but do they? Lord James Harrington and the Cornish Mystery, by Lynn Florkiewicz is the sixth in this series.

I read and enjoyed lots of the Ellery Queen mysteries many years ago, so The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, edited by Josh Pachter & Dale C. Andrews was a no-brainer for me to pluck off the shelf. What a wonderful collection! There are parodies, and satires, and ... pastiche (a new word!) ... stories written in the style of the original. There is an elderly Ellery (weak in body, but strong in mind), and a somewhat silly Celery Green. If you liked the Dannay/Lee books, you should enjoy this.

Reading Hermit With Dog

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