Jane Austen's second mystery has her vacationing with her family in the seaside village of Lyme. The town is famous for its harbor wall called the Cobb, which Austen included in her novel Persuasion (though it will be a long time before this fictional version of Austen writes that book). The Cobb is also an important feature in The Man of the Cloth since that's where the first dead body is found. Austen of course takes an interest in the murder (for good reasons that I won't spoil here) and begins to look into it.
I like the setting of the previous mystery a little more with its old manor house, but Lyme is quaint and located near dramatic cliffs, so I enjoy spending time there too. The mystery is good with lots of characters to explore and unravel and I love the element of a mysterious red-cloaked girl wandering the sea cliffs with a lantern.
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Dear Mr May, just watched THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN this weekend and have just finished reading your review: that a film with such strong core elements falters and fails through brutally mishandled humour leaves me quite convinced it deserves a remake.
Preferably as a 007 LEGENDS style video game, because THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN is a name that begs to be attached to some sequel to GOLDENEYE of storied memory (and being able to shift between Francisco Scaramanga and 007 would help lend interest to the storyline: one imagines assigning the tutorial missions to Scaramanga, so that when players get to fully-upgraded Bond they get a suitable thrill of going from a Jeep to an Aston Martin with all the usual refinements).
Mr May, I apologise for once again being an apparent monomaniac, but I’ve been re-reading your Bond reviews as I’ve been reading my way through the Fleming stories and, after several mentions of your own calculations regarding the exact chronology of these stories, would very much love to see your personal timeline for the major events in Bond’s career.
May I please ask if you ever posted your ordering of Bobd’s cases and your estimates of when they occurred? (The only ‘Book Bond’ timeline that I’ve seen online is based on the notion that the literary 007 was born in 1920, which directly contradicts the dates given in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, as well as Tiger Tanaka’s mention that Bond was born in the Year of the Rat - and is also somewhat dubious in one or two other details).
Thank You in advance for your consideration!
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