Welcome, everyone, to a brand new weekly Smugglerific feature: Old School Wednesdays! We came up with the idea towards the end of last year, when both of us were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of new and shiny (and often over-hyped) books. And what better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past? Inspired by our defunct From the Dungeons feature (owing a dash of inspiration from Angieville’s Retro Fridays), we decided to create a new feature for 2013. On Old School Wednesdays, we take a break from the new and pay homage to the old by reviewing books that are at least 5 years old. And, because it’s Mystery Appreciation Week, what better excuse is there to dive into some old school crime/mystery/thrillers on our bookshelves? Today, Ana reviews two old school series’: A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh (a classic from the 1930s) and Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood. Thea follows up with a review of The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman. Title: A Man Lay Dead Author: Ngaio Marsh Genre: Mystery Publisher: HarperCollins Publication date: This edition 2000 / First published in 1934 Paperback: 176 […]