Brooklyn, NYC – authors and novels

I do love a listy post. I was contemplating doing one of my archive ‘Five Feat‘ posts about Brooklyn, one of NYC’s five boroughs, but when I started looking for posts, I found there were just tons of them! What is it about Brooklyn? A few facts: It’s the most populous part of NYC, and Read More

Six Degrees of Separation: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

It’s time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest, Six Degrees of Separation #6degrees picks a starting book for participants to go wherever it takes them in six more steps. Links to my reviews are in the titles of the books chosen. The starter book this month is: We Read More

2 more novellas for #NovNov24: A ‘Maigret’ by Simenon and a ‘Parker’ by Stark

The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon (No 15) Translated by Ros Schwartz Inspector Maigret is embarking on a holiday, going to the Dordogne to see an old friend and colleague, with a small job to do in Bordeaux on the side, while Madame Maigret is visiting her sister in Alsace. In his sleeper compartment, Read More