Bitter Tea and Mystery

Where I list what I read and my reactions.
Mystery is my genre, leaning towards
traditional mysteries and police procedurals.
Bitter hot tea is the perfect companion.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Short Story Wednesday: "Maigret's Christmas" by Georges Simenon

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Short Story Wednesday is on the first day of December, so I am featuring a story by Georges Simenon with a Christmas theme. On Christmas mo...

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Novellas in November: Three French Novellas

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In November I have read three translated novellas by French authors. All were very good reads. Two of the authors were new to me, Jean-Patr...

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Saturday, November 27, 2021

Novellas in November: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

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This is a classic science fiction novella about a man who discovers how to turn himself invisible and decides to do it, thinking that his in...

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Short Story Wednesday: Stories by Andrea Camilleri

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As I mentioned in my last post, I have been reading short stories from Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri. T...

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Sunday, November 21, 2021

Novellas in November: Montalbano's First Case by Andrea Camilleri

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Andrea Camilleri’s very popular police procedural series about Inspector Salvo Montalbano is set in a fictional town on the Italian coast, c...

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Friday, November 19, 2021

Novellas in November: Carte Blanche by Carlo Lucarelli

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Carte Blanche is a novella by Carlo Lucarelli, translated from Italian, the first in a trilogy. The setting is April 1945 in Italy. The st...

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