Knock, Murderer, Knock!

Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

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A lesser known author of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Harriet Rutland only wrote 3 mysteries, this, her debut, in 1938. It was enjoyable, once I got past the many character introductions - 20 in the first 2 pages- which was almost enough to make me stop reading right then! The amateur detective wasn‘t introduced until late in the story, and he reminded me slightly of Allingham‘s Campion or Sayers‘ Lord Peter. I‘ll read more. 4⭐️ #2019

rretzler As an aside, I‘ve no idea why there are cats on the cover of this book! 😹 Plus the title is such an obscure part of the book, I had to really think about what it might mean after reading. 5y

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Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

A little hard to see, but I just had a visitor while reading the tagged book! I think J‘zargo was trying to read it too! #catsoflitsy

brit91 Awww cute kitty!!😻😻 5y

Texreader What a cute photo and kitty!! ❤️😻 5y

PumpkinSpicedAlpaca Love his name so much! Khajiit names make the best kitty names! 🙀 5y

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LittlePixels "Khajit guards your back!" 5y

rretzler @brit91 @Texreader Thanks! 😸 5y

rretzler @PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @LittlePixels 😸 Gamers! I love it! One of our J‘zargo‘s primary skills is destruction too. 😹 But he‘s also affectionate and an excellent fetcher! 5y

LittlePixels @rretzler Yep. Most of my immediate family are both readers and gamers. I have many (many!) hours in Skyrim, on various platforms. I love your kitty's name! 5y

rretzler @LittlePixels Thanks! My older son named him. My cat is Mycroft. I am a gamer too, although not as much as I used to be. Both sons and my husband are gamers, but I‘m the only reader - my husband used to be (he doesn‘t game much anymore either) and my older son goes through reading spurts, but younger son is mildly dyslexic. He likes the idea of books, but not so much reading them. 5y

PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @rretzler My husband @xcarryonx has gotten into graphic novels lately for reasons very similar to your younger sons. Maybe he would enjoy them too! He finds graphic novel versions of everything he‘s interested in and reads those. We‘re both avid gamers too! It‘s so neat meeting other people with such similar interests! (edited) 5y

rretzler @PumpkinSpicedAlpaca Thanks! It is nice to meet others with similar interests! Yes, my younger son loves graphic novels - unfortunately we‘ve gone through most of the age appropriate ones. He‘s 14 so he‘s right on the edge between lots of middle grade stuff which is a little too young and the more adult graphic novels. I‘ve gotten him a few that are the graphic version of novels, and he‘s been okay with those. He does audiobooks for school too. 5y

rretzler @PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @xcarryonx I actually happen to be following both of you so I will definitely be on the lookout for graphic novel ideas for Keegan. I regular search the web for ideas as well as Amazon and B&N, but it‘s nice to have other actual readers as a source too! 5y

PumpkinSpicedAlpaca @rretzler I‘d imagine it‘s really difficult to find a balance between more adult or too young graphic novels. @xcarryonx has a whole bunch of holds at the library right now so if he comes across something good we‘ll definitely tag ya! ☺️ 5y

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