mysteries

I'm still reading "The Hippopotamus Pool" by Elizabeth Peters, despite my determination to have it done with and blog about it tonight. I'm usually not a huge fan of mysteries, but I seem quite willing to put aside my belief that they are boring and repetitive for Elizabeth Peters, whose books have enough egyptology and intelligent dialogue to keep me interested, Dorothy Gilman, who I read just for the characters, and Dick Francis, who is stunningly good at writing what I call 'variation on theme' novels, and is never boring.