tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post2804509486249100810..comments2024-03-28T14:38:25.395-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Mourned on Sunday: Helen ReillyTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-7927462220983382542016-07-23T11:48:53.879-07:002016-07-23T11:48:53.879-07:00I only have 8 if the McKee mysteries, and have onl...I only have 8 if the McKee mysteries, and have only read three of those. I am looking forward to finding more of them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-88278873910622115172016-07-20T16:03:21.821-07:002016-07-20T16:03:21.821-07:00I have most of the McKee mysteries. While they'...I have most of the McKee mysteries. While they're similar with the romance/mystery/police details (which I love about them) they're just different enough to make it non-tiresome. And I never figure out who did it. And even after I've read it and know the culprit I'll still read again and again to catch all the little things I've that I might not have caught on before. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955954547468117082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-40189366126369428672016-07-20T16:02:56.157-07:002016-07-20T16:02:56.157-07:00I have most of the McKee mysteries. While they'...I have most of the McKee mysteries. While they're similar with the romance/mystery/police details (which I love about them) they're just different enough to make it non-tiresome. And I never figure out who did it. And even after I've read it and know the culprit I'll still read again and again to catch all the little things I've that I might not have caught on before. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955954547468117082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-59273873971992890652015-12-25T09:33:29.858-08:002015-12-25T09:33:29.858-08:00And I look forward to hearing what you think of he...And I look forward to hearing what you think of her books, Keishon.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-13895592093698564072015-12-24T17:39:22.019-08:002015-12-24T17:39:22.019-08:00I haven't read her yet but own two books by he...I haven't read her yet but own two books by her. Looking forward to trying her work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-14851647534988503852015-12-24T12:51:33.475-08:002015-12-24T12:51:33.475-08:00I discovered Reilly a while back because she was a...I discovered Reilly a while back because she was a early writer of police procedurals. They are not really like the standard police procedural, and the three I have read either have a bit of "damsel in distress" or a romantic story, but I have enjoyed them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-37410618072671834222015-12-24T11:51:23.119-08:002015-12-24T11:51:23.119-08:00I don't think I have read anything by her - on...I don't think I have read anything by her - one to investigate when the TBR pile gets smaller.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-8499878130082785542015-12-23T09:30:10.014-08:002015-12-23T09:30:10.014-08:00Prashant, of the three books by Helen Reilly that ...Prashant, of the three books by Helen Reilly that I have read, they are all a bit different from other books of the same time period (that I have read), but enjoyable and with great settings.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-63814432427837672292015-12-23T03:45:07.202-08:002015-12-23T03:45:07.202-08:00Tracy, I'm beginning to develop a liking for m...Tracy, I'm beginning to develop a liking for mysteries set in small towns. I also find the prospect of an inspector from a city homicide squad investigating a case in that town rather appealing.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-19516384975443683422015-12-21T15:05:17.542-08:002015-12-21T15:05:17.542-08:00I think you have convinced me. That is a decent pr...I think you have convinced me. That is a decent price for what I get.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-68713658267473012142015-12-20T16:02:26.586-08:002015-12-20T16:02:26.586-08:00I note that ABE Books has a decent copy of The Dia...I note that ABE Books has a decent copy of The Diamond Feather for sale for $25; this is a good deal cheaper than the $95 they want at Amazon.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-86818702449640992032015-12-20T15:54:53.574-08:002015-12-20T15:54:53.574-08:00I haven't read it yet! On the other hand, I ne...I haven't read it yet! On the other hand, I never read a bad book by her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-69244038980365504892015-12-20T09:45:21.642-08:002015-12-20T09:45:21.642-08:00Now that you mention that, I think I had read that...Now that you mention that, I think I had read that Murder in the Mews was not the first somewhere else. Oh well, The Diamond Feather is out of my price range at this point. Did you like the book?TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-52695486091967646462015-12-19T19:57:46.966-08:002015-12-19T19:57:46.966-08:00I have a copy of The Diamond Feather (1930), and t...I have a copy of The Diamond Feather (1930), and that is a McKee book, so it is probably the first. For some reason, however, she tended to ignore this book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-88829696505544179182015-12-19T11:20:10.320-08:002015-12-19T11:20:10.320-08:00Thank you, Mathew. Each of the three books I have ...Thank you, Mathew. Each of the three books I have read so far has been entertaining enough, but I will be trying more from different decades by this author. I do have the first Inspector McKee book, Murder in the Mews (1931), and will probably try that in the next few months.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-65575670936980013652015-12-18T08:30:51.012-08:002015-12-18T08:30:51.012-08:00Outrageous ending, eh? Hmmmmm. Dunno, Tracy. I jus...Outrageous ending, eh? Hmmmmm. Dunno, Tracy. I just read Anon's caveat, too, about the Dell abridgemtns... Does it sound as if I'm trying to talk myself out of this one? Hmmm... I did enjoy your review, tho. <i>That</i> I did.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-82542954683699109542015-12-17T13:04:03.047-08:002015-12-17T13:04:03.047-08:00Not one I would recommend for you, Col. It was fun...Not one I would recommend for you, Col. It was fun for me.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-61191585394469876842015-12-17T13:03:25.684-08:002015-12-17T13:03:25.684-08:00I don't really care for damsel in distress typ...I don't really care for damsel in distress type books either, Margot, no matter when they were written. This one wasn't exactly that type but I thought I ought to mention that element. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-28206671258732922122015-12-17T13:01:20.740-08:002015-12-17T13:01:20.740-08:00I saw a photo of the dust jacket of the hardback, ...I saw a photo of the dust jacket of the hardback, and it is a gorgeous cover. Thanks for all that information about the series and the different types of writing. <br /><br />I had wondered about the mapback because I had read that before, that they had been abridged sometimes. (Maybe it was even you that warned me before?) In this case I had no other alternative. I could find no versions other than the mapback and the hardback and I could not afford the hardback.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-19716698429170346432015-12-17T12:40:50.288-08:002015-12-17T12:40:50.288-08:00I enjoyed it, Sergio. The tone (and the setting) r...I enjoyed it, Sergio. The tone (and the setting) reminded me of some of Rex Stout's non-series books.<br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-37933159860120820232015-12-17T11:13:20.215-08:002015-12-17T11:13:20.215-08:00Glad you enjoyed it Tracy, but not one I'll be...Glad you enjoyed it Tracy, but not one I'll be seeking out I'm afraid. (A good thing!)col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-55207666327868381082015-12-17T10:53:38.138-08:002015-12-17T10:53:38.138-08:00Sounds interesting, Tracy. I don't usually go ...Sounds interesting, Tracy. I don't usually go for the 'damsel in distress' type novel, but sometimes they do work well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-86894735342153989312015-12-17T08:01:47.645-08:002015-12-17T08:01:47.645-08:00I have the hardcover copy of this book. On the bac...I have the hardcover copy of this book. On the back cover there is an interesting "interview" of Inspector McKee by Helen Reilly.<br />The McKee books are an example of a series which kept the same protagonist but which varied the type of mystery depending on what was popular at the time. So Mrs. Reilly's first period during the 1930s was police procedurals, her second period during the 1940s was more in the nature of domestic suspense, and her third period during the 1950s tended to emphasize psychological elements (Freud was big in the 1950s). The type of mystery you get from her depends on when she wrote it.<br />Another example of this sort of thing is the Ellery Queen books.<br />I would beware Dell mapbooks. In my experience they are often abridged, sometimes severely abridged, without notice to the reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-48881695725834523092015-12-17T00:13:00.017-08:002015-12-17T00:13:00.017-08:00Sounds great - I have only read a non-series book ...Sounds great - I have only read a non-series book of hers I think - thanks Tracy. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com