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The Sirens Sang of Murder Mysteries

bluefly — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:37:02 -0800

Can you recommend some good mystery novels for me to read? The last mystery novels I read that I really liked were the Hilary Tamar series by Sarah Caudwell. I liked those because they were fairly light and not gory. But I especially liked them because the dialogue/narration was sharp, witty, and wry. What are some other mystery writers who write like this? I also like reading ones by Umberto Eco (would you call those mysteries or thrillers?) mainly because the writing and description is so awesome. I know Eco and Caudwell can be very dissimilar, but I'm looking for mysteries where the writing itself, the diction, is smart and just really, really good.

Books like "The Name of the Rose" and "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell"?

flibbertigibbet — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:57:05 -0800

Could you recommend books similar to The Name of the Rose and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? There's something about the tone, the mashing of genres together, and the over-immersion in details that is unbelievably appealing to me. (But don't recommend Tolkien!) I do know about book recommendation sites, but as always, I trust you fellas more.

There's something fresh about Clarke's and Eco's works that I don't find in, say, Tolkien. Can anyone help me out?

Is there a rose in the book The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

timyang — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:17:05 -0800

In the book The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, is there a rose in the book? I think I might have missed that reference. What name and what rose is the title referring to?