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Having the main character be one of the Completely Normal People caught up in the murder mystery, just as susceptible as the rest of them to emotions getting overwrought and accusations flung, is actually so fun

“There were sounds.”
The writing style is so good. That is contextually a perfect sentence, both funny and sad.

The lights being impossible to find when you need them and are slightly scared but “perversely easy to find” when you’re not is such an accurate detail

First published in 1943, this is a well-written page turner, set in the Berkeley Hills. The neighborhood air raid warden has just been killed -- likely murdered -- during a blackout. The amateur sleuth is a 27-year-old widow with a young daughter, who has been hired by a former Cal professor to type a manuscript. I've been gathering clues and will keep reading. Last book of 2015...