I’ve recently read the following books:
Tiger In the Smoke by Margarey Allingham (first published 1952). Jack Havoc is on the loose in post-war London, resulting in murder, mystery and mayhem. I was immediately struck by the imagery - the fog pervades everything. At times I wished there was a bit less description but at other times [...]
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Posted in Georgette Heyer, Teaser Tuesdays on Dec 16th, 2008
Each week for Teaser Tuesday the idea is to pick two sentences from any page in the book you’re currently reading without giving away “spoilers”.
This week’s teaser is from Georgette Heyer’s Detection Unlimited, page 61:
The prospect of having to give evidence at an inquest seemed to affect Miss Warrenby almost as poignantly as its cause, [...]
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Friday’s Child is the first book I’ve read by Georgette Heyer. It is completely different from the type of books I normally read and at first I thought I wouldn’t like it but I soon changed my mind. It’s a light-hearted novel that’s easy to read, although full of Heyer’s Regency slang.
In 1943 when she [...]
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I don’t know whether it’s the time of year, summer drawing to a close and the promise of autumn in the air, but I feel in need of a change. Autumn always makes me think of doing new things anyway so when I read about the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge it seemed just the time to [...]
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