You’ve doubtless heard of Sherlock Holmes, and you may have heard of Sam Spade, but there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin or of their creator Rex Stout. Nero Wolfe is a massive man – a “seventh of a ton” – with an even larger genius for crime solving. [...]
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July 25, 2008
Review: The Holy Thief – The 19th Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Cadfael is a sleuthing monk, a Holmes of the Bendectine Order, but more than a brother also a herbalist, man of medicine, and a former soldier and Crusader. This was my first reading trip through 12th century Shrewsbury Abbey and it was great fun. In this chronicle, Cadfael tackles a theft and a murder alongside [...]
