Month: September 2016

Information Received by E.R. Punshon My rating: 3 of 5 stars The opening sentence of “Information Received” is a whole 10-line paragraph. Each chapter has a title, with a pretty lines-&-leaves archway above it. Welcome back to literature before Hemingway & Hurston, when English (like Greek) comprised separate written & …

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming My rating: 4 of 5 stars In my quest for contemporary mystery writers as enjoyable as the Golden Age greats (Christie, Marsh, Allingham, Stout, Tey….), I was referred to Julia Spencer-Fleming. This first book in her series starts with an appealing title — …