I am excited to announce the upcoming book discussion of Josephine Tey’s classic mystery, The Daughter of Time . Written in 1951, this book came in at #4 on the list of the all-time 100 best mysteries by the Mystery Writers of America.
If you have already read it, give it a quick once over again and join us! If you have never read it, you ought to give it a try. And even if you can't get around to reading it, come any way. This is a great chance to get together with some fellow mystery fans.
Alan Grant, a Scotland Yard inspector, is recuperating “in hospital” from a broken leg. To keep his mind agile he decides to delve into the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, which was never resolved. Was their uncle, King Richard III, truly the heinous villain responsible for their deaths?
There are plenty of “armchair detectives” out there, but also a few of these “mysteries solved from the bed” as well.
Colin Dexter paid homage to Tey with The Wench Is Dead , wherein perennial favorite Inspector Morse, with the assistance of his loyal Sergeant Lewis and a “winsome” female librarian (my kind of character) investigates a century-old murder on the meandering Oxford canal while hospitalized with an ulcer. Who would have thought … he was such a laid back guy.
In The Grave Maurice, Martha Grimes’ tall, dark and handsome – or is he a blonde? – Inspector Richard Jury learns of the unsolved kidnapping of his doctor's young daughter two years earlier while recuperating from a near-fatal shooting and sends his minion Melrose Plant to make some inquiries.
Let me know if you can think of any others.
The book discussion will take place on Sunday April 15th at 2 PM in the Seminar Room upstairs. Grab a latte from the café on your way up and bring along some titles you would like us to see discussed over the upcoming year.
If you have any questions just dash off an e-mail or call Jane Murphy at 291-4836.