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The King of Prussia

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14. "The League of Frightened Men" by Rex Stout

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 07:46 AM

Oct 2018

Rex Stout is one of my go-tos, so although I've only just started it I know I'm going to like it a lot. Next up is "The Children Act" by Ian McEwan which is our Book Group selection for October. Sounds promising from the blurb.
Otherwise the only thing I have read in the past week is Frances Brody's "Murder in the Afternoon" - the third in the "Kate Shackleton" mysteries set in the West Riding (where I live) of the 1920s. Basically cozy mysteries with a bit of spice added because the protagonist is a female detective operating in a totally male dominated world.

Great excitement here because my wife and I are spending next weekend in Sedbergh - which is the book capital of Northern England. Hoping to return with piles of great books to read!

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 21, 2018? [View all] hermetic Oct 2018 OP

"Year Zero" by Jeff Long dameatball Oct 2018 #1

Oh my hermetic Oct 2018 #2

Just starting "Into the Water". I think "Ready Player One" was a much better sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #3

That's normal, the book being better hermetic Oct 2018 #4

Think she's Paula Hawkins, who wrote "The Girl on the Train". sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #6

Aha! hermetic Oct 2018 #8

The Iron Heel by Jack London Cousin Dupree Oct 2018 #5

I'd never heard of that one hermetic Oct 2018 #7

The Shining Girls exboyfil Oct 2018 #9

Good creepy stuff hermetic Oct 2018 #10

I love horror and ghost stories too...especially this time of year...going to try those Demsrule86 Oct 2018 #19

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller pscot Oct 2018 #11

Well, yeah... hermetic Oct 2018 #12

Eggshells by Caitriona Lally sagesnow Oct 2018 #13

Irish literary gem hermetic Oct 2018 #16

"The League of Frightened Men" by Rex Stout The King of Prussia Oct 2018 #14

Frightened Men? hermetic Oct 2018 #17

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware hostalover Oct 2018 #15

The plot sounds great hermetic Oct 2018 #18

Sounds like just my sort of thing The King of Prussia Oct 2018 #20

Still working on 1984, halfway though. violetpastille Oct 2018 #21

I really should hermetic Oct 2018 #22

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami PoorMonger Oct 2018 #23

That sounds...well... hermetic Nov 2018 #24