I've been over to Hay on Wye today. Unfortunately the crime section in Richard Booth's shop is still roped off whilst renovations are in order however I did manage to pick up a gem in the specialist crime bookshop Murder & Mayhem: one of Swedish author Maria Lang's three novels translated into English - No More Murders (translated by Joan Tate) which was published in 1967.
If you click on the photo you should be able to read the synopsis. Also, inside there's a cast of characters which includes: Thotmes III - sacred white cat from Egypt...
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Sounds great from that back cover! I really need to take a trip to Hay sometime - preferably when that bookshop is fully reopened. Or then again, perhaps not....
Oh, I own that one - the same cover and everything!
Maria Lang (Dagmar Lange) was a great Swedish crime fiction writer (nearly the only Swede I knew when I was quite young).
And I hope to get to Hay tomorrow! Glad you made a good find.
I had no idea Maria Lang had been translated into English. Hope you enjoy her! I was a little bit in love with her detective when I was very young.
It seems she wrote a lot but only 3 have been translated into English.
Hi Karen, was visiting Dorte's blog when I noticed a link to you. Being a cat lover and interested in all things Egyptian, I simply had to pop over. Sounds like an amazing book, most certainly one for my wish list. Nice to meet you.
Hi Petty and welcome, it seems I got a bargain. Amazon's cheapest is now £6 plus P & P.
btw there are plenty of cat piccies on my blog :).
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