Day 16: The Mysterious Month of May

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May. 16th, 2017 at 8:09 AM

Today's prompt: “Philip Marlowe, 38, a private licence operator of shady reputation, was apprehended by police last night while crawling through the Ballona Storm Drain with a grand piano on his back. “

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asphaltcowgrrl

May. 16th, 2017 05:00 pm (UTC)

This is probably the best prompt so far! <3

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kitmerlot1213

May. 16th, 2017 06:47 pm (UTC)

Seriously, how can you not love a good Marlowe quote? :):)

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asphaltcowgrrl

May. 16th, 2017 06:51 pm (UTC)

Right? I need to read more classic detective novels. :D

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kitmerlot1213

May. 16th, 2017 08:18 pm (UTC)

I recommend two of Raymond Chandler's classic Marlowe books:

The Big Sleep

Farewell, My Lovely

True noir and wonderfully hardboiled :)

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asphaltcowgrrl

May. 16th, 2017 08:40 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much! I only started reading mysteries about 15 years ago and have stuck with mostly contemporary authors. Although, I do love Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone novels because Kinsey is stuck in the 80's. Makes it fun to see her intuit things out rather than pull out her computer, you know?

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kitmerlot1213

May. 17th, 2017 02:02 am (UTC)

You might also enjoy Ngaio Marsh's novels because her detective Inspector Alleyn was wonderfully posh but also funny and the stories span about 50 years and my favorite part of the novels are that many of them are set in the theater--rather cool.

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asphaltcowgrrl

May. 18th, 2017 09:43 pm (UTC)

I pretty much like anything I read, I'm weird like that. But thank you - always happy to get more recs!

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