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From: wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Historical mystery
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 11:37:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 28 11:37:13 1986
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First off, let me give a round of applause in appreciation of the lists
of mystery writers' books that have been posted recently. Though not a
real mystery buff myself, I pass them on to my wife, who is, and who
finds them valuable.

Now, I thought I'd post a pointer to a recent mystery that is set in
London in 1722. My wife just got it from the library and recommended it
to me after she read it, so I read it too, and enjoyed it. 

MAN'S ILLEGAL LIFE, by Keith Heller (Scribner's, 1985, $12.95, 166 pp)
(copyright date is 1984, though)

This is a murder mystery and the sleuth is George Man, a "parish
watchman" in the days before there were any police in London. There is a
lot of historcal background and color, plus 18th-century speech, which
lends an air of authenticity to the novel. The jacket blurb indicates
other books featuring this character will follow.

Regards, Will