Wasn't Other Worlds awful? I'd be more disappointed that she seems to have abandoned the Barbara Michaels persona in favor of Elizabeth Peters if that last book hadn't been so bad.
I'm personally fond of Vanish with the Rose, for its lovely rose details (like the jewelry in Into the Darkness), and The Walker in Shadows, which has a nice (and somewhat unexpected) two-couple romance plot and a very good ghost story.
Have you read Ammie, Come Home and Stitches in Time? They're both somewhat related to Shattered Silk (some of the same characters figure in each).
I like VANISH WITH THE ROSE, and also THE DANCING FLOOR, which involves gardens as well.
I'm saving THE WALKER IN SHADOWS to read en route to Japan, so I'm glad it's good.
I haven't read STITCHES IN TIME, but though AMMIE, COME HOME was scarier than most of her books, the social attitudes and gender politics and slang were awfully dated.
Not even a mention of Amelia Peabody? The Barbara Michaels books I've read are certainly fun, but it's Peabody (written as Elizabeth Peters) who makes me go hunting for more.
Some can't stand Peabody, of course, but since you don't mention her at all...maybe you haven't met?
Hands on hips, brows lowering, Emerson stood gazing fixedly at the recumbent ruminant. A sympathetic friend (if camels have such, which is doubtful) might have taken comfort in the fact that scarcely a ripple of agitated sand surrounded the place of its demise. Like the others in the caravan, of which it was the last, it had simply stopped, sunk to its knees, and passed on, peacefully and quietly. (Conditions, I might add, that are uncharacteristic of camels alive or moribund.) (from The Last Camel Died at Noon, by Elizabeth Peters)
That was my first introduction. How could I not read on?
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I'm personally fond of Vanish with the Rose, for its lovely rose details (like the jewelry in Into the Darkness), and The Walker in Shadows, which has a nice (and somewhat unexpected) two-couple romance plot and a very good ghost story.
Have you read Ammie, Come Home and Stitches in Time? They're both somewhat related to Shattered Silk (some of the same characters figure in each).
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I'm saving THE WALKER IN SHADOWS to read en route to Japan, so I'm glad it's good.
I haven't read STITCHES IN TIME, but though AMMIE, COME HOME was scarier than most of her books, the social attitudes and gender politics and slang were awfully dated.
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Some can't stand Peabody, of course, but since you don't mention her at all...maybe you haven't met?
Hands on hips, brows lowering, Emerson stood gazing fixedly at the recumbent ruminant. A sympathetic friend (if camels have such, which is doubtful) might have taken comfort in the fact that scarcely a ripple of agitated sand surrounded the place of its demise. Like the others in the caravan, of which it was the last, it had simply stopped, sunk to its knees, and passed on, peacefully and quietly. (Conditions, I might add, that are uncharacteristic of camels alive or moribund.) (from The Last Camel Died at Noon, by Elizabeth Peters)
That was my first introduction. How could I not read on?
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