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A Morbid Taste for Bones

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A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters (Macmillan, 1977); audiobook read by Johanna Ward (Blackstone, 1996)

Peters_Morbid Taste for Bones

More notable for its elegant prose and depiction of the Welsh people (High Middle Ages) than its rather slight mystery. Brother Cadfael is immensely likeable but doesn’t so much investigate matters as discern the ineffable truth and nudge events along. Audiobook recommended.

 

 

Five Children and It

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Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit (T. Fisher Unwin, 1902); audiobook read by Johanna Ward (Blackstone, 1994)

Nesbit_Five Children and It

An endearing piece of children’s fiction from the turn of the 20th century, elegantly written yet still accessible (although society, of course, has changed considerably and the children’s monumental sense of entitlement is hard to stomach). Be careful what you wish for…