{"id":22217,"date":"2023-09-17T20:20:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T00:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22217"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:01:38","slug":"murder-most-actual-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22217","title":{"rendered":"Murder Most Actual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murder Most Actual<\/em><\/a> (2021) Alexis Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Murder<\/a>Clue, but with a married lesbian couple.<\/p>\n

(N)ext to the real log fire sat an equally real, although substantially less loggish, gentleman dressed in a manner that might have been called natty at around the time people used the word natty, but which now read more as hipsterish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr Burgh didn\u2019t look hugely confident. \u201cAnd I have put the key in a new safe place I shall not reveal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it around your neck?\u201d Ruby\u2019s eyes darted to a suspicious outline just visible through Mr Burgh\u2019s shirt.<\/p>\n

His hand went reflexively to his chest. \u201cNo.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These are desperate times, Miss Blaine. And desperate times call for desperate measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDesperate measures that mostly cause problems for people who aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who aren\u2019t me,\u201d said the colonel, \u201caren\u2019t really my concern at the moment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Kobo Originals<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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