Sonia’s Comments (group member since Sep 11, 2023)

Sonia’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Judy wrote: "This is driving me mad... I'm sure the spills of paper turn up as a key element in another book, as I remembered there would be something written on one of them as soon as they were mentioned and I..."

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I thought that by committing suicide Sheppard was sparing Caroline the publicity of a trial and his hanging. Poirot asked that Sheppard clear Paton and finish his manuscript.

Lucy Foley wrote one of the short stories in the Marple: Twelve New Stories book - Evil in Small Places. I thought it was believable as a Marple.

Judy wrote: "For anyone visiting Norwich, I found this map of 'Shardlake's Norwich' - putting it in the spoiler thread since it mentions various events and things that happen to characters in the book.

I hope..."

Thank you. We were in Norwich last March and visited Strangers Hall. Our visits to Norwich usually involve me dragging husband round secondhand bookshops. Now I will have other places to show him.

Judy wrote: "Sorry to hear you're under the weather, Sonia - hope you soon feel better. Shardlake will still be there when you feel like returning to him. :)"

Thank you

I have paused reading as I am a bit under the weather, nothing serious. I am hoping for a hopeful ending. I would like Shardlake to be content. He has played the hand life has dealt him well.

We visited the Stranger's Hall in Norwich. It was free entry during the National Lottery Open Week. We just had to show a lottery ticket (didn't need to be current). There is another week coming up 15-23 March.

Tombland is an area of Norwich. Found this published when the book came out.

https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/fi...

I was in Norwich last March and visited Tombland Books in Tombland, but didn't think of the history of the place or the book 😳

I will be joining in. I was given this as a Christmas present when it first came out, but I hit a big reading slump and it has been neglected on my shelves ever since. Fortunately it now means I can enjoy it with you lovely people.

Susan wrote: "I love Harry Potter - those books made my daughter the obsessive reader she now is. J K Rowling can do nothing wrong in my eyes - the modern Enid Blyton. Although not as prolific :)

This buddy has..."

I think of them more set in the 80s, than dated. The mink and the jewels seem appropriate as they could have come from one of Mr Pargeter's 'activities'.

Susan wrote: "I am enjoying this so far. Agree, Brett is a good writer. Quick question though - I have noticed he reads his own Audible books. I'm never sure about authors reading their own books - has anyone li..."

I think he is a good narrator - clear, good pacing and distinct voices. His audiobooks do pop up from time to time on YouTube if you wanted to listen to a sample.

Frances wrote: "Also, for those using an audiobook, is it Par-jetter or Par-geter (hard g)? Or something else?"

It is the j sound. The audiobooks pop up from time to time on YouTube. They are read by the author Simon Brett.

Ruth wrote: "I've got this on order from the library and I'm looking forward to it. I've read all the Fethering series. For some reason I've resisted this series, but looking at the synopsis I don't know why no..."

Hope you do, and I think the series gets better as we get to know her late husband's associates.