7/6/2023 0 Comments Magpie murders book review![]() ![]() An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan’s traditional formula has proved hugely successful. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she’s intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. One of my favorite quotes that has got me thinking about my new interest in mysteries and true crime is “Why is it that we have such a need for murder mystery and what is it that attracts us - the crime or the solution? Do we have a primal need of bloodshed because our own lives are so safe, so comfortable?” I would love to know the answer to that! With calls to Agatha Christie as well as a mystery story within a mystery, this novel had me hooked and kept the guessing going up until the very end. ![]() As a fairly new reader of mystery books, let me say that Magpie Murders is a fantastic gateway into the genre. ![]()
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