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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 13, 2017 20:37:09 GMT
Loved this modern take on Golden Age crime. Set in the late 1930s, with mention of Oswald Moseley and also Edward and Mrs Simpson to set the scene for the era, I found this a clever crime novel. A serial killer is loose on the streets of London, and by default two women would recognise him again if they ever saw him. But of course, he saw them. Between the lives of those two women are various characters, interconnected. The painter (as lover), the theatre critic (homosexual at a time when it was truly dangerous) the male secretary (in love with one of the women and poorly paid and used by the theatre critic). Enough. Take it from me this is a great read if you like crime books set in an earlier era. I couldn't put it down!
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Post by peppercricket on Jan 16, 2017 8:48:55 GMT
Thanks Mrs Mac, got this one - and it covers my Q read in the A-Z.  |
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Post by pennyt on Jan 16, 2017 9:31:16 GMT
I love Anthony Quinn's books, including this one. There is a sort-of sequel to Curtain Call - Freya (which I have a proof copy of... another one I really must read!) which is about Freya Wiley, a minor character in Curtain Call, and I believe Quinn's new one out this year, Eureka, is also related through characters-in-common, though there's no continuity of plot (or even treatment), I gather, as in a conventional trilogy. There's a review of Freya here if you're interested: www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/11/freya-anthony-quinn-review-novel |
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