Smakebit på Søndag; The Mint Julep Murders av Angie Fox

Det er søndag igjen og på tide med en ny Smakebit på Søndag, som Betraktninger og Flukten fra virkeligheten har ansvaret for.

I dag vil jeg dele en liten smakebit fra boka The Mint Julep Murders av Angie Fox, som er en bok innen cosy mystery sjangeren. Jeg vil ikke si så mye om boka, men den inneholder blant annet spøkelser, mord og et nedlagt og forfallent psykiatrisk sykehus.

"Swirling gray clouds hung low in the sky as I wound my 1978 Cadillac up a narrow drive through a desolate forest of trees. My cell signal had cut out more than a half hour earlier, and the woods had only grown thicker and darker over the last several miles. 
I tucked a wayward lock of hair behind my ear and managed to direct a confident smile toward my ghostly housemate and sort-of-friend, Frankie. "Good thing this isn't a dark and stormy night," I joked to the gangster, who sat stiffly in the seat next to me. "It's merely a cantankerous, mildly threatening afternoon." 
Frankie "The German" shot me a long look and pulled his hat down over the bullet hole in his forehead. "We used to have a guy in our gang who joked like you.""

Comments

  1. Bokdamen15 September 2019 at 12:23

    Den boken kände jag inte till, så tack för smakbiten!

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  2. Boklysten15 September 2019 at 12:46

    Tack för smakbiten!

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  3. astridterese15 September 2019 at 12:47

    Det var et fargerikt og pent bokcover :-)
    Ha en riktig fin søndag!

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    1. GothicVamperstein13 October 2019 at 13:47

      Jeg hadde sans for bokcoveret jeg også. :-) Ha en fin søndag.

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  4. Ett mystiskt bibliotek15 September 2019 at 13:04

    Den verkar spännande! Tack för smakbiten! :)

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    1. GothicVamperstein13 October 2019 at 13:48

      Boka var noe spennende, men vil ikke avsløre mer enn det. ;-)

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  5. Åsa15 September 2019 at 15:10

    Det var en ny bok för mig, tack för smakbiten!

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  6. Paula15 September 2019 at 15:24

    mysmysteriegenre? eller något ditåt? Ja det finns många nya genrer att hålla reda på, men de underlättar faktiskt om man vill snabbt vill veta om en bok kan passa ens smak. Tack för smakbit, trevlig söndag

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    1. GothicVamperstein13 October 2019 at 13:50

      Er ikke alt som er like lett å oversette, men nekter ikke for at det finnes en god del sjangre/undersjangre. :-)

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  7. Lottens Bokblogg15 September 2019 at 18:11

    Cosy crime gillar jag! Men omslaget tycker jag signalerar något annat. Lustigt, jag brukar inte fundera över sånt.

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  8. Scylla15 September 2019 at 18:58

    Lät som en kul blandning av allt möjligt :)

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    1. GothicVamperstein13 October 2019 at 13:51

      Det var definitivt en kjekk blanding av mye forskjellig. :-)

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  9. Mrs Calloway15 September 2019 at 20:51

    helt okänd författare för mig. tack för smakebiten!

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