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Book ramblings
Aug. 22nd, 2006 06:55 pmI’ve been meaning to write about some of the stuff I’ve been reading lately but kept putting it off. ^_^; Let’s see…
I finished “Death at Glamis Castle” by Robin Paige a few weeks back. Like the others in the series, it’s set around the turn of the last century and features some historic figures among the characters. This one was based on the premise that Prince Eddy, a heir to the British throne, had his death staged by his family and was hidden away at a Scottish castle under an assumed name because they considered him unsuitable to rule. The ruse worked for years until one of the servants who had been looking after him was found murdered and the prince went missing.
Then, I read “Prince of Darkness” by Barbara Michaels; I think it was one of few published under that name I hadn’t read yet. (She also writes the Egyptology-themed Amelia Peabody mysteries under the name Elizabeth Peters.) One difference I noticed about this one was that a large part of it was told from the point of view of a male character (and one who seemed like an antagonist with unclear motives) before switching to the main female character in the last section of the book. She does it at times in the Amelia Peabody series but I don’t recall any other cases of it in her supernatural mysteries. The theme in this turned out to be a witches’ coven.
And now I’m rereading “Decked” by Carol Higgins Clark (daughter of Mary Higgins Clark). It’s the first book in her Regan Reilly series. There are always some wacky characters, the tone tends to be humorous and it’s one of the few private eye series I read; usually I prefer to follow the adventures of amateur detectives.
This one concerns a decade old murder. The victim was a girl that Regan had roomed with when she studied abroad in England and the body didn’t turn up until some of the classmates returned for a reunion. The book takes place mainly on a ship though because several of the characters were scheduled for a cruise the week after the reunion.
Hmm… It’s been a long time since I first read this book and there was a character I completely forgot about. It’s mentioned that Regan had an assistant named Jeff and she talks to him by phone at one point but I don’t remember him at all in more recent books. Maybe, I’ll reread the other early ones since now I’m wondering whatever happened to him.
I finished “Death at Glamis Castle” by Robin Paige a few weeks back. Like the others in the series, it’s set around the turn of the last century and features some historic figures among the characters. This one was based on the premise that Prince Eddy, a heir to the British throne, had his death staged by his family and was hidden away at a Scottish castle under an assumed name because they considered him unsuitable to rule. The ruse worked for years until one of the servants who had been looking after him was found murdered and the prince went missing.
Then, I read “Prince of Darkness” by Barbara Michaels; I think it was one of few published under that name I hadn’t read yet. (She also writes the Egyptology-themed Amelia Peabody mysteries under the name Elizabeth Peters.) One difference I noticed about this one was that a large part of it was told from the point of view of a male character (and one who seemed like an antagonist with unclear motives) before switching to the main female character in the last section of the book. She does it at times in the Amelia Peabody series but I don’t recall any other cases of it in her supernatural mysteries. The theme in this turned out to be a witches’ coven.
And now I’m rereading “Decked” by Carol Higgins Clark (daughter of Mary Higgins Clark). It’s the first book in her Regan Reilly series. There are always some wacky characters, the tone tends to be humorous and it’s one of the few private eye series I read; usually I prefer to follow the adventures of amateur detectives.
This one concerns a decade old murder. The victim was a girl that Regan had roomed with when she studied abroad in England and the body didn’t turn up until some of the classmates returned for a reunion. The book takes place mainly on a ship though because several of the characters were scheduled for a cruise the week after the reunion.
Hmm… It’s been a long time since I first read this book and there was a character I completely forgot about. It’s mentioned that Regan had an assistant named Jeff and she talks to him by phone at one point but I don’t remember him at all in more recent books. Maybe, I’ll reread the other early ones since now I’m wondering whatever happened to him.
