tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post3479862618589092992..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Saturday Snippet: Black OutRob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-16629200199257337052009-08-29T20:42:52.592+01:002009-08-29T20:42:52.592+01:00Sounds good. Looking forward to reading it someti...Sounds good. Looking forward to reading it sometime in September, hopefully.Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-42937729993800550642009-08-29T16:00:57.416+01:002009-08-29T16:00:57.416+01:00Of the series Old Flames is the one I've come ...Of the series <i>Old Flames</i> is the one I've come back to most often. The variety of places that are captured are most engaging and feel vividly real for me. It is much more a spy story than one about conventional crime, but I genuinely don't think it's any the worse for that.<br /><br />As the series progresses they seem to become less and less about the crime and more about the interconnected lives populating a point in history. This doesn't pose any sort of problem for me in reading and loving them, largely because of the rich prose and ability to locate them in time and place.<br /><br />I'll be interested to see what you make of the way the series evolves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420235913245821752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-237011106600483612009-08-29T15:35:12.138+01:002009-08-29T15:35:12.138+01:00It is. Someone once said to me that in the scene ...It is. Someone once said to me that in the scene in the Houses of Parliament where Churchill is walking towards Troy (I think), she felt like she was actually there. This one involves a bit more espionage. I particularly remember as such stuff usually manages to flummox me and it did here. Obviously, I am not a candidate for a role with MI5, MI6 or in politics.crimeficreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666088342752346697noreply@blogger.com