Book Blurbs - Who Killed Námo?

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: abstract (blue path: artwork)
Format: digital art, sketch with written copy
Genre: AU, humor, other
Rating: Gen
Warnings: no warnings apply
Characters: Olwë, Elwë, Námo, Finwë, Túrin Turambar (more will be added as chapters are added)
Pairings: none so far
Creator’s Notes (optional): Chapter 2 – Who Killed Námo - The wacky and wonderful P.I. team of Ingwë, Finwë, and Elwë are faced with their most challenging case yet. Who did not want to knock off Námo?
Túrin Turambar adds another darkly atmospheric and hilarious thriller to his popular The Realm of the Valar mystery series.
Summary: These blurbs are written by a reader who is on the mailing lists of far too many publishing companies. Why not use some of the dozens of prompts of yet another annual B2MeM to design covers or ads, write ad copy, review, or draft summaries of books I would not be likely to write?

Who Killed Námo

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I bet Námo faked his own death just to finally have people say nice things about him. XD

I absolutely love that idea!

Actually, in real life, I have a big fan of murder mysteries off and on since I was a girl. My parents read them constantly when I was growing up and kept permanent collections of all the classics of the Golden Age of detective fiction of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. But I never read Icelandic murder mysteries. I will have to see if I can find any in translation.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I am actually not all that much into murder mysteries! But I have come to enjoy these Icelandic novels (although, like most Skandinavian mysteries, they're pretty grisly and dark - but the pervading Icelandicness of them is just so fascinating!), and I adore the Oscar Wilde murder mysteries (but then, they're basically Sherlock Holmes, only with Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle in the roles of Holmes and Watson). There are exceptions to every rule, I guess!

I've read the Detective Erlendur novels in English, so translations definitely exist! The author's name is Arnaldur Indriðason, the first novel in the series is called either Jar City or Tainted Blood (not sure which is the British and which is the American title, but you'll probably find out).

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I am not going to start listing mystery novels I have loved because I made a rec list for someone once of my 100 favorites--I think I lost it with a computer crash also! Off the top of my head I think of Dorothy Sayers, Georges Simenon, Eric Ambler, and Janwillem Lincoln van de Wetering as some I read repeatedly. The only ones I have on my Kindle at the moment are a few of Dorothy Sayers and Georges Simenon. But Icelandic is definitely intriguing me!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Ooh, have you read 'Where the Shadows Lie' by Michael Ridpath?

It's an Icelandic setting with a Tolkien fandom twist. I thought it quite amusing. I mean, it's not Sayers, but worth a read, I'd say.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Ooh, have you read 'Where the Shadows Lie' by Michael Ridpath?

OMG! I'll look that up! Sounds amazing. I've found I do often read mystery novels for the setting and cultural differences. They do not have to be a literary classic to hook me. That's a bonus. I'm not a snob about run-of-the-mill mystery novels. I've read shelves and shelves of them in my life.