Welcome to MURDER BY TYPE, a place to discuss mysteries and authors and the things that draw us to our favorite books. Is it location? Is it the type of protagonist? I am drawn to police procedurals and books with private or amateur investigators. Unfamiliar locations carry the plus of teaching about cultures and customs. Favorite authors include Leighton Gage, Timothy Hallinan, Cara Black, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Michael Stanley, Dan Waddell, Donna Leon, Libby Fischer Hellman, Martha Grimes, Kathy Reichs and the list goes on and on.
- Beth C.DUBLIN DEAD
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SUSPECT – Michael Robotham
The author introduces the reader to clinical psychologist Joseph O’Laughlin while he is sitting on the roof of a hospital high above the streets of London. “From the pitched slate roof of the Royal Marsden Hospital, if you look between … Continue reading
THE LEMUR – Benjamin Black
John Glass was a highly respected investigative journalist until he agrees to write a biography of his father-in-law, Wild Bill Mulholland. “Billuns”, as he is known in the family (and the author should not be forgiven for that twee nickname), … Continue reading
