Two Books for Labor Day

Finished two mysteries over this long weekend, both from the Black Lizard imprint.

  • A Coffin for Dimitrios, by Eric Ambler. Ambler_Ripley.jpgThis 1939 book roams from Turkey to Greece to Yugoslavia to Paris, as our protagonist, a writer of detective novels, researches the travels of a shady figure named Dimitrios. I could have used more action, but I definitely need to read more Ambler stuff. Very literature fellow.
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith. As in Strangers on a Train, Highsmith loves to get into the psychology and inner thinking of characters. Ripley (played in the movie by Matt Damon) is quite an interesting, moral-less character. There are four more Ripley novels I need to read. But a Highsmith novel isn’t something you read casually. You need to work at it.
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