tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post678118729583966412..comments2024-01-30T07:43:33.927-08:00Comments on The Ninja Librarian: Mystery Monday: Unnatural Causes, by P.D. JamesRebecca M. Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-73066524815509437582014-09-02T07:48:28.947-07:002014-09-02T07:48:28.947-07:00But when it comes to Scotland Yard sleuths from an...But when it comes to Scotland Yard sleuths from another era, I really prefer Ngaio Marsh's Roderick Alleyn :)Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-81191712912912275782014-09-02T07:47:19.139-07:002014-09-02T07:47:19.139-07:00I haven't ever read the first couple of books....I haven't ever read the first couple of books. I think this is the earliest one. Yes, they are good, though not cozies--there is a certain distance, for want of a better word, between us and the characters.<br /><br />By annoying sidekick, assume you mean his girlfriend. And she's part of what he's taking a vacation from ;) You'd be satisfied, I think.Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-87305363921941642492014-09-02T04:30:06.008-07:002014-09-02T04:30:06.008-07:00After I read the first in the Dalgleish series for...After I read the first in the Dalgleish series for bookclub, I vowed never to read another one. Someone said they do improve... and by this it sounds like it. Did the female sidekick irritate you as much as the one in Still Life? Or has she improved/disappeared?Jemima Petthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110647375899927233noreply@blogger.com