I'm not sure how this book got past editors and fact checkers. There were lots of very awkward sentences and some strange mistakes... Down's Syndrome? Really...does the syndrome belong to a Mr. Down? During the fire Susan felt a cool draft of air whe
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I'm still reading. I'm wondering when an initial manuscript goes to the editor, does it really have a listing of previous books by the author and his bio information? Doesn't that get tacked on to the finished product by the publisher?
Is it an editing error or intentional? In the "Joy" section - when Joy is in Pund's office asking for his help, on page 52 Joy mentions her scooter but does not describe it. On page 54 when Pund is talking to Fraser he refers to the scooter as being
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Magpie Murders is a very well crafted and clever book. Or actually it’s two books, one a classic Christie-type murder mystery set in a small 1950s English village, and the other one taking place in the present. Both were highly entertaining.
I enjoyedMagpie Murders is a very well crafted and clever book. Or actually it’s two books, one a classic Christie-type murder mystery set in a small 1950s English village, and the other one taking place in the present. Both were highly entertaining.
I enjoyed the audio book version immensely. Samantha Bond was an excellent narrator for the Susan Ryeland part while Allan Corduner did an equally splendid job for the Atticus Pünd novel. One thing, however, left me puzzled: Did the narrators pronounce “Pünd” erroneously on purpose (MINOR SPOILER ALERT: the name itself is relevant to the story, and it wouldn’t work with a “ü”), or simply because the English-speaking people seem to be, on average, totally incapable of understanding the difference between a “u” and a “ü”?...more