Comments on: Light Thickens, by Ngaio Marsh http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/308 A tiny principality in the Commonwealth of Letters Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:45:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Deb http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/308#comment-88 Mon, 30 Jun 2003 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/308#comment-88 yeah, you'd think so wouldn't you! I even tried the one titled "Died in the Wool" which should have been right up my ally and got bored about a third of the way in. Maybe it's timing. It took me two or three attempts to appreciate P.D James and you know I like her, alot. I usually never write off authors totally. Someday..... yeah, you’d think so wouldn’t you! I even tried the one titled “Died in the Wool” which should have been right up my ally and got bored about a third of the way in. Maybe it’s timing. It took me two or three attempts to appreciate P.D James and you know I like her, alot. I usually never write off authors totally. Someday…..

]]> by: Will Duquette http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/308#comment-87 Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:52:30 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/308#comment-87 How odd that you don't like Marsh's books! I think they are a treat. I agree that they do sort of wander about, but isn't that what a detective does? He wanders about, following this lead and that, and talking to everyone? And that's the part I like about Marsh--she does fun characters. I enjoy watching Alleyn interact with them. Many of her later books use the same technique of having a long section at the beginning that reads more like a standard novel than a mystery, with Alleyn coming in about halfway through. How odd that you don’t like Marsh’s books! I think they are a treat. I agree that they do sort of wander about, but isn’t that what a detective does? He wanders about, following this lead and that, and talking to everyone? And that’s the part I like about Marsh–she does fun characters. I enjoy watching Alleyn interact with them.

Many of her later books use the same technique of having a long section at the beginning that reads more like a standard novel than a mystery, with Alleyn coming in about halfway through.

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