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So it very much shows its age, and Chesterton was old fashioned, a strict Catholic who thought the world was going to hell and could be pretty chauvinistic, but I recommend his Father Brown stories. Father Brown is a Cathomic priest who uses his knowledge of people, his religious background, and his willingness to look behind social convention to solve crime.
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Megazver posted:I've read the first, uh, five books, I think. They're pretty good and also fairly stand-alone - it's the usual mystery series deal where it's mysteries of the week interspersed with ongoing relationship stuff. I read a bunch of them. They're not bad. But near the end, the narrative voice got on my nerves, and I started finding Falco pretty insufferable.
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Rand Brittain posted:Okay, on review, I'm starting to get really tired with Ngaio Marsh's take on the nobility. Death in a White Tie is a good mystery, but in retrospect it's hard to take seriously the suffering of a woman who's 'straining herself to the utmost' by giving too many very expensive parties. I wonder how much of that sort of thing is meant as wish fulfillment/voyeurism for the reader? The reader can see how the other half lives, and fantasize themselves in a world of rich people who dress well and throw fancy parties.
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