Personally, the F&M list holds far more of these than the tally in my library.
Tony Broadbent's
The Smoke, about a circa WWII cat-burglar,
The Cambridge Theorem by
Tony Cape, some of those set in far-off climes,
S.F.X. Dean's
By Frequent Anguish, an apparently very moving entry in the realm of donnish detective stories, featuring Professor Neil Kelly,
John Donne specialist.
Reginald Hill's non-Dalziel & Pascoe
Death of a Dormouse,
The Spy's Wife and
Who Guards a Prince;
Barbara Paul's
The Fourth Wall, wherein attacks to a Broadway company are solved by the players; the art-historian protagonist of
John Malcolm's
A Back Room in Somers Town - all attract me.
What about the rest of you? Any desires? What piques your interest?
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edit: fixing touchstones)
Message edited by its author, Jun 16, 2008, 7:27pm.
Since their webpage isn't up, I don't really know their whole list of authors! I'm sure there are many I'm coveting and don't yet know it!!
I've fixed the link to another source. Sorry! It was cut off by length limits.
The Smoke : a creeping narrative by
Tony Broadbent sounds quite interesting. (It must be my lucky day, looks like there's a copy at my local library branch.)
Like christiguc, I'm sure that I'll find many more when I have a chance to peruse the whole list.
Due to my incredible good fortune, and her kindness, I now
have The Smoke, and it starts off wonderfully. Highly recommended, so far.
It begins in post-war London, and
Broadbent's style and the way he depicts the straitened city are both admirable. It seems there's also an espionage thread to it. (Burgling embassies can lead to that.)
Message edited by its author, Jun 19, 2008, 2:56am.
Broadbent has written two books,
The Smoke and
Spectres in the Smoke. Both are outstanding. Broadbent writes in such a way that you really believe you're in post-war London.
Added: The second book is published by Thomas Dunn Books.
Message edited by its author, Jun 19, 2008, 7:08am.
Thank you, Joyce! I thought there were two, but it helps to know who to look to for the second. It'll certainly be wanted.
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