The Butler Might Have Done It
The most recent detective fiction I have on my mini-library is Shadowman by Cody McFadyen. I have yet to finish the book but the female protagonist and the plot revolving around a relative mystery (to the character, not to me) hooked me to actually purchase the hardbound from my supposed private financial stash.
I can’t say I’m a hardcore fan of the genre but I like how most literature included under its belt make me think. The detective genre can’t fail to work like a puzzle, involving the reader to make use of his or her brain, unless the author misses a few road signs or is a complete newbie.
One detective author who hardcore detective fiction fans should not forget is the grande dame of crime novelists herself, P.D. James of The Private Patient fame. She just published her 14th novel last year starring Cmdr. Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard. 89 years old, she has been writing detective novels for 50 years. This time, her latest literature is a non-fiction entitled Talking About Detective Fiction, by request of Oxford’s Bodleian Library.
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