Kath’s Comments (group member since May 29, 2016)

Kath’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Rebecca wrote: "Jill wrote: "I'm reading Revelationby C.J Sansom. The 4th in the Shardlake series. I am really enjoying these books, the crimes and the politics of the time."

I just finished Soverei..."

Really enjoy these books. Lots of well written scenes. You can almost smell and hear Tudor London in Sansom's writing.

Rebecca wrote: "Jill wrote: "I'm reading Revelationby C.J Sansom. The 4th in the Shardlake series. I am really enjoying these books, the crimes and the politics of the time."

I just finished Soverei..."

me too. Love the Shardlake books. Waiting for the next one.

Kath wrote: "Hilary wrote: "Carolien wrote: "
I'm reading Nicola Upson's series which features Tey as a character and am trying to read the Tey book that corresponds to the Upson book (if that makes sense, each..."


Oh dear! My previous comments should read. 'her books sound interesting' not 'her boos sound interesting'!!

Hilary wrote: "Carolien wrote: "
I'm reading Nicola Upson's series which features Tey as a character and am trying to read the Tey book that corresponds to the Upson book (if that makes sense, each book written b..."

Thank you Hilary. I'd not heard of Nicola Upson but her boos sound interesting. Amazon here I come!

Susan wrote: "It is interesting that Kath says that "I think he is a little like Colin Dexter's Morse." I tried a couple of the Morse books and never really enjoyed them and I wonder if anyone else feels there i..."

Perhaps I should have explained better. I think the comparison between Grant and Morse is that both Colin Dexter and Josephine Tey develop the two detectives slowly over the books. Morse and Grant have very different personalities and detecion methods.
I enjoyed the Morse books. The character in the books is somewhat different than the TV character portrayed by John Thaw - albeit John Thaw was excellent is showing the conflicts within the character.

Judy wrote: "I found Inspector Grant rather hard to warm to as a character - he doesn't seem to have much personality compared to Wimsey, Campion and others from the era.

Can any Tey fans say if he becomes mor..."
Please continue reading as Inspector Grant does become more developed as the books progress. I think he is a little like Colin Dexter's Morse. Josephine Tey slowly develops the character throughout the series. It's a great pity, I think ,that there are only seven books.

Susan wrote: "I was really happy to give Josephine Tey another try, but I really struggled with this book. I can't say I enjoyed it particularly, but I did finish it and I really liked the portrait of the theatr..."

It's some time since I read a Josaphine Tey novel that it was a pleasure to re read. I thin that her books invoke a wonderful sense of time and place. Must say the 'The Daughter of Time' is one of my favorite novels.