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7/2025 reread: 3.5 stars - It’s been a while since I read this, 5+ years, and I didn’t remember much, but it was fun and entertaining, except for the tedious dive into the Buggins family tree. Reread for an upcoming buddy read in the Reading the Detectives group - turns out it was a delightful mid-summer read. I guess this author’s whimsical but literate mysteries from the 1970s and 80s would be considered cozy, but I’ve always appreciated that they aren’t cutesy and twee like I’ve found many mo
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3.5 stars at least, rounded up to 4 because I get more fond of this series as we go. This one is back to normal, after Ye Olde Excursion into the past in the Hogweed book.
Just like in Something the Cat Dragged in, the one before that, where I learned more about and got more fond of Police Chief Ottermole, in this one we get a better look at Professor Porble (if I'm spelling it right - I listened to the audio book and can't just look it up) and, as always, Peter Shandy basically solves the murde ...more
Just like in Something the Cat Dragged in, the one before that, where I learned more about and got more fond of Police Chief Ottermole, in this one we get a better look at Professor Porble (if I'm spelling it right - I listened to the audio book and can't just look it up) and, as always, Peter Shandy basically solves the murde ...more
Couldn't get past chapter 2 of this. Every flipping paragraph a new name to learn. So far 80% names, names, names.
I counted about 39 names in the first two chapters.
Lazy and unimaginative writing. ...more
I counted about 39 names in the first two chapters.
Lazy and unimaginative writing. ...more
I can't resist an academic mystery and Peter Shandy is such a great character!
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My expectations for this one were slightly exalted, knowing that it had been nominated for an Edgar. (Or maybe it won? I don't recall and I'm too lazy to look it up.) They were not quite met. It's an average MacLeod, so obviously what I'm into at the moment, but I don't think it's one of the better ones.
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Glad to be back at the college but I got a bit lost in the Biggins family tree, perhaps as I was listening and my mind will wander.
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