What makes this book especially satisfying is its sensory richness. The attention to detail is so precise you can practically smell the bread cooling on the racks, the sharpness of cheese, the damp stone after rain. It is comfort reading with substance: sunshine and laughter paired with the everyday complications life throws at us, and the quiet resilience required to meet them.
This is not a book about capital-H heroes. Instead, it centers on people who engage in small acts of service, kindness, and yes, heroism—not for recognition or glory, but because it was the right thing to do in the moment. These are stories of people showing up when it would have been easier not to.
The Locked Room is clever, cozy without being complacent, and deeply satisfying for puzzle-lovers. If you adore classic detective fiction but crave a fresh perspective, Harriet White deserves a place on your shelf—and very likely, in your reading rotation for a long while to come.
About the Book: A Treatise on Martian Chiropractic Manipulation and Other Satirical Tales Human beings are flawed creatures, and humor is the perfect means to exploit the endless fodder of our shortcomings. This multi-genre collection of twenty-one short satirical stories will leave you smirking, chuckling, scratching your head, and maybe even muttering to yourself […]
There is also something deeply comforting about the cultural shorthand Spencer-Fleming uses. References to PBS, public radio–adjacent sensibilities, and a certain late-20th-century, educated-Northeast worldview made me feel instantly at home. It is clear the author lives in or very near my cultural zeitgeist, and those small, knowing touches add a layer of authenticity that is easy to underestimate and hard to fake.There is also something deeply comforting about the cultural shorthand Spencer-Fleming uses. References to PBS, public radio–adjacent sensibilities, and a certain late-20th-century, educated-Northeast worldview made me feel instantly at home. It is clear the author lives in or very near my cultural zeitgeist, and those small, knowing touches add a layer of authenticity that is easy to underestimate and hard to fake.
what a stunning photo. I love the colors!!
That’s a great shot. It looks so vintage… Almost like a time traveler come to check up on us.
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Mike
That’s very sweet. I miss my grandfather too :(
Thanks for the explanation. I’m sure his voice was deep and raspy. Great picture.
Great picture, and comment!
Great shot! He looks like the Grandpas in Europe playing cards all day in a corner cafe.
I love this photo! It reminds me of my grandfather 30 years (or so) ago.
What a great photo and a very interesting story!
How sweet!! my grandparents died when I was a little girl…. that’s a great picture, he looks like a warm-hearted man. Happy ww.
What a memory you have. Great picture. I’m glad you told us about him. Memory is not what we keep inside but we carry and pass on to others.
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Great picture. Thank you for sharing. Keeping a memory alive is not what we keep to ourselves but we carry and give to others.
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That is a great photo – tons of character to it!
Great picture. Thank you for sharing your memory.
Keeping a memory alive is not holding onto it inside us but carrying it and giving it to others.
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great picture. Says so much.
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