The Lady in the Lake
Raymond Chandler and Jonathan Kellerman
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The Lady in the Lake is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime, available as a...
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At college in 1980s Luton, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets the elusive Fran Mulvey,...
The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
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Introducing London's newest and greatest detective: Enola Holmes - the book that inspired the film,...
Snap Shot
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A brilliant new Victorian mystery series you won’t want to miss! For fans of Sherlock Holmes, Anne...
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Bombshell (FBI Thriller, #17)
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FBI Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith, last seen in Backfire, has been recruited by Dillon Savich to...
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The Element in the Room: Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home
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Did you know that without the 'lead' in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Or that...
Stone the Dead Crows
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From the number one best-selling author of When He’s Not Here comes a tense and twisting new...
David McK (3673 KP) rated The Imitation Game (2014) in Movies
Feb 26, 2022
This flits back and forth between three timelines: the 1950s (just before Turing committed society, after being found guilty of Homosexual behaviour, which was outlawed at the time), the late 30s/early 40s (his work at Bletchley) and the 1920s (his childhood at a public boarding school, where he was bullied).
Cumberbatch manages to bring a different aura to his portrayal of Turing than he did previously to Sherlock - even though both are geniuses who struggle with a low EQ (Emotional Quotient) - while Kiera Knightley does her period piece acting as his fellow (perhaps even smarter) codebreaker Joan, who has to also put up with the misogynistic attitudes of the time.
And yes, the Imitation Game of the title is a real philosophical conundrum (which is described during the movie itself).
David McK (3673 KP) rated The Valley of Fear in Books
Apr 13, 2024
The Hound of the Baskervilles (natch)
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Red-Headed League
The Final Problem
.. and a few others whose name I cannot currently recall.
None of them, however, were this one.
Like "The Hound...", this was a later-written story, but is also set before Holmes encounter with Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. And like "A Study in Scarlet", it's also very much split into distinct sections: the first section in which Holmes and Watson are called to the English countryside to investigate a murder (or is it suicide?), and the a whole other section set in the United States of America filling in the backgrounds of the principal actor of the first section.
Being new to me, also, I have to say I did wonder - until the reveal! - just how this whole section (and the mention of the Pinkerton Detective Agency) fitted into the first part.
Perhaps because of its novelty (to me), I also fairly enjoyed this.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2464 KP) rated Framed! in Books
Nov 19, 2025 (Updated Nov 19, 2025)
This book starts with an exciting scene near the climax before flashing us back to the beginning, a storytelling style I don’t like. And the book took a bit longer with the set up than I normally enjoy. Here, I did find watching Florian and Margaret build their friendship fun. The mystery itself is good with some nice developments before we reach the climax. I also enjoyed the homage to Sherlock Holmes in Florian’s ability to observe the small things. Readers of all ages will find the pages turning all too quickly. I’m hoping I can read the next two soon.
