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Stories In Holiday Locations
Do you like stories set in holiday locations?
I’m not specifically thinking about holiday reads as such, though they’re fine, but more along the lines of a regular character being taken out of their usual locale for a vacation. Naturally something happens on that vacation to drag them back to their usual day job.
Two good examples of this happen to Jane Marple, Agatha Christine’s fabulous creation, with At Bertram’s Hoteland A Carribbean Mystery.
The latter leads on to my favourite Marple book - Nemesis. And that too involves a holiday - a coach trip in this case. Excellent books, all of them. Also makes a nice change of murders not happening in Marple’s St. Mary Mead!
Even in fantasy, holiday locations can crop up. In Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld for example, Sam Vimes is sent on what is meant to be a holiday in Snuffbut naturally he uncovers something rotten in the state of the countryside and simply has to sort it out.
Do you prefer main characters to be in their usual setting or do you like it when they are taking out of it for a while?
All I want is a good strong storyline with characters I care about, regardless of where they are set, but these books are great examples of what I see as holiday books.
I’m not specifically thinking about holiday reads as such, though they’re fine, but more along the lines of a regular character being taken out of their usual locale for a vacation. Naturally something happens on that vacation to drag them back to their usual day job.
Two good examples of this happen to Jane Marple, Agatha Christine’s fabulous creation, with At Bertram’s Hoteland A Carribbean Mystery.
The latter leads on to my favourite Marple book - Nemesis. And that too involves a holiday - a coach trip in this case. Excellent books, all of them. Also makes a nice change of murders not happening in Marple’s St. Mary Mead!
Even in fantasy, holiday locations can crop up. In Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld for example, Sam Vimes is sent on what is meant to be a holiday in Snuffbut naturally he uncovers something rotten in the state of the countryside and simply has to sort it out.
Do you prefer main characters to be in their usual setting or do you like it when they are taking out of it for a while?
All I want is a good strong storyline with characters I care about, regardless of where they are set, but these books are great examples of what I see as holiday books.
