Have you tried Julie Smith? She has two series, one set in San Francisco and the other in New Orleans. She was a newspaper reporter, first in N.O. then in S.F, before she turned to mystery writing, so her background and characters are both excellent.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
Ooo - I second these! I forgot about them!
sounds promising - thanks for the information! MelissaD
I read those - wondered what happened to her.
Cheryl
"The Last Samurai", Helen deWitt.
Interesting yarn, but too wordy. I skipped entire paragraphs and pages. Many direct quotes in Greek, Icelandic - see what I mean?
I'm almost thru it, but would never read it again.
Just reread "The Fixer" (Bernard Malamud) - it's an old fave I open about every 5 years.
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