Endless_Night
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There is a lot going on in my space at the moment. When that happens I often stress read. (Yeah, it's a thing. 
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I stumbled on this cosy mystery series, touted as something of a Canadian Agatha Christie. I've ripped through the first five books. I'm finding them interesting. The lead detective is a bit of a masterpiece.
They're a little darker than your typical cosy, though not in a gore fashion. More the characters. Most of the murders happen in the secluded town of Three Pines, so you get to know the inhabitants intimately. It's curious how the author can expose their individual weaknesses (and several of them are really unpleasant), but still keep the fabric of social dynamics and friendships active.
Too, the books are peppered with interesting quotations, some familiar and others not, but all relevant to the interpersonal interactions and structure of the plot. Like, conscience and cowardice being the same things (Oscar Wilde), Mathew 10:36, and Shakespeare on happiness (As You Like It).
And then there's the off beat historical tidbits. Things like the reality of how the Berlin Wall coming down affected the people living in the city. And the destruction of indigenous totem poles in the late 1800s by the church and state. And even golden-age British slang.
Light reading, but erudite enough that I don't get bored.
First book is definitely the weakest, just fyi. In case anyone wants to give them a try.
)I stumbled on this cosy mystery series, touted as something of a Canadian Agatha Christie. I've ripped through the first five books. I'm finding them interesting. The lead detective is a bit of a masterpiece.
They're a little darker than your typical cosy, though not in a gore fashion. More the characters. Most of the murders happen in the secluded town of Three Pines, so you get to know the inhabitants intimately. It's curious how the author can expose their individual weaknesses (and several of them are really unpleasant), but still keep the fabric of social dynamics and friendships active.
Too, the books are peppered with interesting quotations, some familiar and others not, but all relevant to the interpersonal interactions and structure of the plot. Like, conscience and cowardice being the same things (Oscar Wilde), Mathew 10:36, and Shakespeare on happiness (As You Like It).
And then there's the off beat historical tidbits. Things like the reality of how the Berlin Wall coming down affected the people living in the city. And the destruction of indigenous totem poles in the late 1800s by the church and state. And even golden-age British slang.
Light reading, but erudite enough that I don't get bored.
First book is definitely the weakest, just fyi. In case anyone wants to give them a try.
