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Susan’s 2024 Year in Books
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I did buy the book earlier and have started reading. Have changed rating to reflect where it is going for me.
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Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3)
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2024
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The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker #2)
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2023
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The Sacred Well Murders (Mary Wandwalker #1)
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2022
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The Swan Lake Murders (Mary Wandwalker #4)
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Jung: A Feminist Revision
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2001
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C.G. Jung in the Humanities: Taking the Soul's Path
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2010
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From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell: British Women Writers in Detective and Crime Fiction
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2000
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The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature, Evolutionary Complexity and Jung
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2011
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Remembering Dionysus
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2016
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Jungian Literary Criticism: The Essential Guide
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First draft done!
Hurrah, today 21st April 2024, I finished first draft of Mary Wandwalker 4. Currently titled MURDER BY AERY SPIRITS.
Not sure whether to modernize spelling of Aery to Airy. Older spelling points to Shakespearean echo in the story.
I wonder if anyone out there has advice?
Not sure whether to modernize spelling of Aery to Airy. Older spelling points to Shakespearean echo in the story.
I wonder if anyone out there has advice?
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"I've read all the books in this series so far, and was excited to get started on this one. As always, the depth, intelligent writing, and research that Rowland puts into her books keep the pace and pages moving.
Mary Wandwalker is, as has been the ca" Read more of this review » |
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"If you enjoy mysteries with emotional depth and psychological insight, this book is a captivating choice.
Susan Rowland's book, "The Swanlake Murders," is a well written combination of crime, psychology, and myth. The narrative follows detective Mary " Read more of this review » |
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“I see the fat woman is right. I saw how you looked at him – Billy Dee. He’s your lover. Compared to my harmless affairs that man’s a monster.”
“I AM NOT FAT,” yelled Caroline. Something glittered in her eyes. Anna hissed, and Mary remembered that she carried a concealed knife.” Susan Rowland |
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Well, it was hard work with multiple revisions, so thank you for suggesting I succeeded.
My real answer is that the procedural bones of a mystery and this fairy tale do seem to echo each other. Swan Lake has a sorcerer who preys on young women by tur See Full Answer |
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“ In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
“The fire on the mountain.” That was Anna. “Alchemy,” she said. “I feel it singing in my bones.”
“Singing?” Mary would never understand Anna. The young woman turned away.
Wiseman’s reply was tinged with respect.
“That great pair of alchemists, Francis Ransome and Roberta Le More, believed the work they did affected the world’s spirit, the anima mundi. The Native Americans they met believed they too could and should interact with the Great Spirit. They lived with reverence for the land and all its peoples, the ancestors, the animals, the rocks, the trees, mountains.”
Mary’s jaw dropped; Caroline glowed; Anna pretended not to listen. Wiseman nodded, then continued.
“You mean…?” began Mary.
“Yes, it could have been so different, a meeting of like-minded earth-based spiritualities. Just imagine, what could have been?”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
“Singing?” Mary would never understand Anna. The young woman turned away.
Wiseman’s reply was tinged with respect.
“That great pair of alchemists, Francis Ransome and Roberta Le More, believed the work they did affected the world’s spirit, the anima mundi. The Native Americans they met believed they too could and should interact with the Great Spirit. They lived with reverence for the land and all its peoples, the ancestors, the animals, the rocks, the trees, mountains.”
Mary’s jaw dropped; Caroline glowed; Anna pretended not to listen. Wiseman nodded, then continued.
“You mean…?” began Mary.
“Yes, it could have been so different, a meeting of like-minded earth-based spiritualities. Just imagine, what could have been?”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
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“Trust the body of your enemy. The body does not lie. Most people,” she’d looked directly at Mary, “most people do not know how to make the body lie.”
― The Sacred Well Murders
― The Sacred Well Murders
“Janet showed her teeth. “Time to get real, Sarah. No more human sacrifices, got it?”
― The Sacred Well Murders
― The Sacred Well Murders
“What about that old coot?” Janet looked suspicious. Mr. Jeffreys was from the world of officialdom she despised.”
― The Sacred Well Murders
― The Sacred Well Murders
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