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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Great Murder Mystery Writer: Christianna Brand
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 17:15:11 EDT
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> A couple of recent articles (actually, references) about murder
> mysteries have reminded me of one of my own favorite writers:
> Christianna Brand.
> If anyone has read other
> Brands, please let me know.
> Nancy Werlin

Personally, I haven't read any of Brand's books, but my girlfriend the 
Bookwoman has, and her report was that she respected Brand's plots but
disliked her style. She said it was in the "English Facetious" tradition,
and admits to a poor tolerance for it. One writer she compared Brand to
was Delano Ames, another Englishwoman, whose books I enjoy ("Corpse
Diplomatique" is one) and who certainly has a whimsical style. Ames's
detective is Dagobert Brown, perhaps the only neer-do-well detective?
Anyway, she has a couple of Brand's books, so maybe I'll try them, just
as soon as I finish "The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern" by Phoebe Atwood
Taylor, featuring the Yankee sleuth Asey Mayo. Ayup.