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Delany's new novel is A Scandal in Scarlet.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Delany's reply:
I am almost finished Hunters in the Dark by Lawrence Osborne. Osborne is a new writer to me, and I picked up this book after listing to him being interviewed on CBC radio. He isVisit Vicki Delany's website, Facebook page, and Twitter perch.English, and lives in Thailand and brings the perspective of an ex-pat to his writing about South East Asia.
I don’t have a lot of experience with South East Asia but I have been lucky enough to visit twice, once to Vietnam and once to Malaysia. I loved it, and am very much looking forward to going back. My experience has been nothing but a tourist on an organized tour, so an insight into the deeper society sounded like a good read to me. Hunters in the Dark is set in Cambodia, and it is absolutely drenched in atmosphere and setting. I’m about 90% finished as I write this. I’m hoping for a happy ending, but might not get it.Osborne is not, shall we saw, an optimist. But he is a first class writer and an incredible interpreter of the human condition.
I’m going on a long plane right shortly, and I’ve stocked up for the trip. I love reading on the plane. It’s the only time when I can get a solid chunk of reading – meaning hours and hours –without being interrupted or distracted. No in-flight Wi-Fi for me.
I bought The Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton the day it came out and have been saving it. Morton is possibly my favourite author writing today, although I have to admit I wasextremely disappointed by the ending of her last book, The Lake House. Nevertheless, have high hopes for the new one.
The other book I have for the flight is A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley. I’m a cozy writer these days, and I like to check in and see what’s happening in the cozy world every now and again. This is the first in a series that somehow got by me when it first came out.
The Page 69 Test: A Scandal in Scarlet.
--Marshal Zeringue