The rigors of the mystery test our panel. We debate authors, series, and definitions. And we have quite a list.
Before we got started on our mysteries,Nancy Decided to add to our stack of sad books. “The Velveteen Rabbit,” by Margery Williams“The House of Mirth,” Edith Warton“Charlotte’s Web,” by E.B. White“When Breathe Becomes Air,” by Paul Kalanithi. This book is an account of the death of the author, a surgeon who wrote about his late stage cancer. Nancy says the writing is magnificent. This book belongs with the other recent great books on dying, “ Being Mortal,” by Atul Gawande and “How We Die,” by Sherwin Nuland. Mysteries. Throughout this show we debate the difference between thriller and mystery and crime novels and end up suggesting, like always, that maybe we should stop categorizing every thing. But, really, how can we stop. It is what we humans do. Well actually there are two categories of humans, ones who make categories and ones who don’t. Nancy tells us she is
