Recent Read: A New Kind of Country, by Dorothy Gilman

Dorothy Gilman remains one of my favorite writers. She was the beloved author of the Mrs. Pollifax series of spy/adventure novels, as well as a number of single-title mysteries. From the time I read Gilman’s A Nun in the Closet, I was hooked and went on to read, and re-read, everything she wrote. Not that I find every novel of hers particularly outstanding, but I have found every one of them classically well-written and to possess something special, some insight and delight within the pages.

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