crombie is one of the best writers of british mysteries. and yet she is not british. another master of the genre is elizabeth george - who also is not british - what's up with this!



dreaming of the bones is well-written, compelling. she builds characters you care about and want to get to know better. you read the first in the series and know you will read all the others. she is not formulaic. and there are many layers to the stories. they are complicated but not so complicated that you have trouble following them (unlike 'little dorrit'!).