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Would Poirot Wordle?
What’s the Wordle? Everyone, I have to tell you about my new obsession, Wordle. Have you heard of it? Have you played it yet? Every morning I sit down with my cup of coffee or tea and try to solve the Wordle of the day. It’s a puzzle game to solve the 5 letter word…
Snow Days of Mystery
“My chief dislikes are crowds, loud noises, gramophones and cinemas.” I feel a particular kindredship with Agatha Christie. I too dislike crowds and loud noises. I’m not much for listening to loud music and even before covid movie theaters were hit or miss for me. I find that too often the movie volume is much…
A Year with Agatha
New Year, same me. I’ve always loved New Year’s Resolutions. I think it’s fun setting goals for the year and at the end, looking back at what you accomplished. 2021, I survived. New move, new job, a new, new job, and new covid. It was a stressful year, and part of the year the…
“Home Before Dark” and why the “The Sound of Music” is ruined forever.
I read a lot of good books last year: “The Starless Sea,” “One by One,” “Eight Perfect Murders,” and more. But, of all the books I read in 2020, one stood out as my favorite read of the year. I won’t say it was the most literary, or most poignant, book I read last year,…
“The Postscript Murders” and how chocolate makes everything better
I have been an avid Elly Griffiths fan for years. I LOVE her Ruth Galloway series, and eagerly read the newest addition each year, so I was very pleased when I found her first stand alone novel, “The Stranger Diaries,” a couple of years ago. Color me shocked when a few weeks ago, I discovered…
“The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires” and how lemons help fight misogyny.
I’m a bit behind the times, it seems. For months, I saw several people reading Grady Hendrix’s most recent book, “The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.” I’m not sure I would say I’m a fan of Grady Hendrix, but I did enjoy his “Horrorstor,” especially after I worked at IKEA for a while…
“The Sanatorium” or how I got my groove back!
It’s been months since my last post; I moved, started a new job, made new friends, quit that job, moved again, all while trying to survive a global pandemic. (And some of that time spent in the then Covid capitol of the world.) I now live in a tiny town in Washington state, a town…
“The Hunting Party” and why the TSA thought my cookies were the bomb
A group of old college friends (and their someones) are spending New Years together, a tradition leftover from their college days. This year, they’re spending it in a beautiful and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands. They arrive just before a blizzard seals them off from the outside world. “On my good days, I persuade…
“Supermarket” and the sadness of banana cream pie
“So this is how it feels to take a man’s life. Forced to kill for one’s own survival.” “I looked down at the puddle of blood by my feet, locking eyes with my reflection. Florescent lights flickered overhead. How’d I get here? I was just a dude who worked at the grocery store. Now here…
“The Turn of the Key” and creepy children
“Dear Mr. Wrexham, You have no idea how many times I have started this letter and screwed up the resulting mess, but I’ve realized there is no magic formula here. There is no way I can make you listen to my case. So I’m just going to have to do my best to set things…
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