{"id":22633,"date":"2023-12-29T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T13:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22633"},"modified":"2024-01-30T19:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:37:36","slug":"secrets-typed-in-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22633","title":{"rendered":"Secrets Typed in Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secrets Typed in Blood<\/em><\/a> (2022) Stephen Spotswood<\/a> (Pentecost & Parker)<\/p>\n

\"Secrets<\/a>Set in New York City in 1947<\/p>\n

This is one of the books that I wanted to read, but couldn’t get myself in the mood for. So I went ahead and read it.<\/p>\n

First, I really hate the new covers.<\/p>\n

Well, hate is a strong word. I don’t hate them, but I really liked the previous covers and these are kidna boring and don’t give the sense of time and place the previous covers did.<\/p>\n

Luckily, aside from become wiser, Will hasn’t changed.<\/p>\n

I slipped Hiram an\u00a0envelope containing a handful of bills. It was more than on previous visits since we were buying Sam Lee\u2019s cooperation as well. It would go in the expense report under \u201cSpecialist Consultation,\u201d which was my preferred spelling of \u201cbribe.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unluckily, Lillian Pentecost’s disease is continuing to get worse, so when they taken on a new case Will has to pick up some of the slack–despite already being placed as a temp in an agency they are investigating.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour boss is a very interesting woman,\u201d he said as he bundled up. \u201cI didn\u2019t buy Klinghorn\u2019s line. About Lillian Pentecost fishing. But I guess it makes sense.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHow so?\u201d I asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, if she were really interested in these cases, she\u2019d have sent you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As with the previous books, one of my favorite things was the setting.<\/p>\n

\u201c?\u2018National\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean much when you\u2019re a one-title shop,\u201d Brent explained. \u201cIt was different before the war. Along with Strange Crime, we had Midnight Detective, High Class Crime, Dark Romance. This place was really jumping then.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d I asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was the paper rationing, of course,\u201d Brent explained. \u201cAnd then I and quite a few of our regular contributors got to go on a tour of Europe. That really put a crimp in things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cLook, Sarah, an ad in Strange Crime is a billboard in forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and a bunch of Canadian provinces.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Between the continuing war-crimes trials, Truman pushing a loyalty order on federal employees, Congress proposing a Twenty-second Amendment, which would set term limits for the U.S. president…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was a good mystery, and I do want to read the next, but I think I’ll wait a bit, until my brain is in a better place for it.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard<\/p>\n

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

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