Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Murderous Christmases

Cynthia Manson, ed. Merry Murder (1994) A collection of crime fictions set in Christmastime, an example of a book constructed for a specified market. I enjoyed it. Several selections are classics worth re-reading (eg, Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”), but most were new to me (e.g., Boucher’s “Mystery for Christmas”). I bought the book many years ago as a possible Christmas gift, and finally arranged to receive it myself. Worth the wait. **½ to ****

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Travels Across Canada: Stuart McLean's Welcome Home (1992)

Stuart McLean. Welcome Home. (1992) McLean took a few trips across the country, and stayed in several small towns. Then he wrote this elegy...