The Comforts of Murder
Is it just me, or do other people find a nice little story about homicide deeply comforting? I was feeling out of sorts the other day (slip in the snow, wrenched ankle [thought it was sprained at first], back, hip, knee; general winter cold; lack of light; blah blah blah), and I wanted to read something comforting. Often I've turned to Harry Potter or Narnia or hobbits... but more frequently what I find dreadfully soothing is a jolly little murder. Agatha Christie is tremendously soothing. And, at this time of year, she offers up several nice tales of holiday poisonings, shootings and bludgeonings... or even just a theft of an Outlandishly Expensive Ruby ("The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding").
Last night I picked up Darkly Dreaming Dexter again, and nodded off gently after experiencing the joys of the Ice-Truck Killer. Then I switched to an old favourite--Kinsey Millhone's first adventure in A Is for Alibi. Murders! Betrayals! So good!
Lately I've also become very enamoured of Chelsea Cain's Gretchen Lowell/Archie Sheridan serial killer/police procedurals, the latest of which is Evil at Heart. A girl with a knife who knows what to do!
How I enjoy a good killing around the holidays! Perhaps I've always been round the twist...or perhaps I just enjoy order out of chaos, especially in fiction.
Things to contemplate while standing in line for hours at Wal-Mart.
Last night I picked up Darkly Dreaming Dexter again, and nodded off gently after experiencing the joys of the Ice-Truck Killer. Then I switched to an old favourite--Kinsey Millhone's first adventure in A Is for Alibi. Murders! Betrayals! So good!
Lately I've also become very enamoured of Chelsea Cain's Gretchen Lowell/Archie Sheridan serial killer/police procedurals, the latest of which is Evil at Heart. A girl with a knife who knows what to do!
How I enjoy a good killing around the holidays! Perhaps I've always been round the twist...or perhaps I just enjoy order out of chaos, especially in fiction.
Things to contemplate while standing in line for hours at Wal-Mart.