The first installment, an overview published on Sunday, was noted here. [read post]

There are several predatory women on the lookout for other men’s husbands (Death in Cyprus actually has four); eccentric spinsters like Miss Pond in Death in Kashmir who wore in “addition to an anxious expression, a haphazard collection of garments that gave the impression of being flung together in a hurry…including short buttoned boots, a batik scarf, mustard yellow gloves and several assorted beads”;   middle aged secretaries in love with their bosses,… [read post]