Smakebit på Søndag; Proof of Murder by Lauren Elliot

Jeg fant ut det var på tide at jeg ble med på en Smakebit på Søndag igjen. Det er et ukentlig tema som Betraktninger og Flukten fra virkeligheten har ansvaret for.

Boken jeg tar for meg i dag er en cosy mystery jeg leste nå nylig og heter Proof of Murder, skrevet av Lauren Elliot. Det omhandler Addie, som driver en bokhandel og kommer over et lik i et privat bibliotek, samtidig som hun registrerer at noen verdifulle førsteutgaver av Sherlock Holmes-bøker har forsvunnet derfra.

Smakebiten jeg har valgt ut, vil jeg tro at flere bokormer vil falle for og på en måte kjenne seg litt igjen i, spesielt hvis de har sånn noenlunde samme drøm som meg om et eget privat bibliotek og dets interiør.
"She stood openmouthed in the double-wide doorway. Now this was a bibliophile’s paradise. Her eyes widened as they took in the splendor of the room. It was everything her own library wasn’t, and she could see now why the front study was half the size of hers. The missing square footage in the other room had been added to this one. This was exactly what she’d always dreamed a home library should be, starting with the large, ornately carved desk set in front of an inglenook fireplace that was flanked on either side by built-in bookshelves that extended floor to ceiling around the perimeter of the massive room. In front of each of the three, lead-painted windows were six leather armchairs placed in groups of twos, each pair snuggled up into cozy reading nooks created by their placement on Oriental throw rugs laid over the polished wooden-planked floor. This was her Disneyland, and her heart danced like that of a ten-year-old girl who had just entered the library in Beauty and the Beast."

Comments

  1. Lena26 April 2020 at 14:25

    Den boken har jag inte hört talas om tidigare. Trevligt bokomslag. Tack för smakbiten.

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    1. GothicVamperstein27 April 2020 at 15:33

      Vær så god. Det er en temmelig ny bok, så kanskje bittelitt derfor du ikke har hørt så mye om den ennå.

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  2. Bokdamen26 April 2020 at 15:13

    Låter som mysig läsning. Kände inte till den här så tack för smakbiten!

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  3. Monika26 April 2020 at 16:10

    Titel och omslag (vem faller inte för ett skrivbord och bokhyllor?) gör att jag vill kolla upp den här boken 🙂

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    1. GothicVamperstein27 April 2020 at 15:35

      Hvordan er det mulig å IKKE falle for skrivebord og bokhyller hvis en er bokorm? :-)

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  4. Mrs Calloway26 April 2020 at 17:09

    å, built - in bookshelves from floor to ceiling, fire - place, leather armchairs - underbart!
    känner varken igen författare eller titel. tack för smakebiten!

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  5. Lottens Bokblogg26 April 2020 at 19:36

    Tack för smakbiten. Cosy mystery och böcker - det låter väldigt interssant.

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    1. GothicVamperstein27 April 2020 at 15:36

      Vær så god. Og cosy mysteries og bøker er en god kombinasjon. :-)

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  6. Paula26 April 2020 at 19:45

    Jag tyckte också att omslaget var så varmt och mysigt, långt ifrån mord och elände....tack för smakbit!

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    1. GothicVamperstein27 April 2020 at 15:37

      Det er et koselig og varmt omslag, kan ikke nekte for det. :-)

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  7. Hanna / Rak i ryggen26 April 2020 at 22:27

    Bibliophile’s paradise - vad kan gå fel? Tack för smakbiten.

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    1. GothicVamperstein27 April 2020 at 15:38

      Det er aldri feil med et bibliophile's paradise. :-)

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  8. astridterese27 April 2020 at 12:14

    Så gøy å se navnet dit her igjen :-)
    Jeg har ikke hørt om boken din, men den hørtes interessant ut.
    Ha en riktig fin ny uke!

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    1. GothicVamperstein27 April 2020 at 15:42

      Ja, tenkte det kanskje var på tide med en ny Smakebit på Søndag. :-) Og boka var kjekk lesing.

      Ha en fin uke du også. :-)

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