UN: ThreeCoffins

[improbablenotimpossible]

Hello. This is Arthur Bell, RA of Aube 3 and TA for the science courses in the afternoon and evening classes.

I'm open to offering tutoring in chemistry, biology, and physics on weekend afternoons and during breaks if you are staying on campus during holiday. I am fluent in quite a few languages if you feel more comfortable learning in your native tongue - not counting my own native English, I am fluent in German, French and Spanish, while I can carry on a conversation in Japanese and Italian.

And on a less business-like note, I am wondering if there is anyone else at the academy with an interest in mysteries or detective stories - book, film, etc. I'm looking for recommendation and others to discuss the mysteries at length with.

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UN: Galanthusnivalis

[buddinghopes]

I may take you up on the chemistry tutoring, I'm not sure how much of the lessons at my last school actually stuck with me.

As for the mystery stories, I've picked up some of Agatha Christie's works from time to time after I had to read And Then There Were None for a school assignment. I like watching Columbo, too, but I don't know how interested you'd be(/you are) in inverted detective stories.

Re: UN: Galanthusnivalis

[improbablenotimpossible]

Christie is a master at her craft, even if I did not personally care for Poirot as a character, there's something about the little Belgian that rubs me the wrong way. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is on my short list of 'must read'.

Ah - Columbo is quite enjoyable, I've certainly binged the series, the mystery is still there but more 'how does he put the pieces together?'.

[buddinghopes]

That one's on my to-read list! It's sitting on my desk right now, even. I've been planning to get to it once summer vacation starts.

True! Do you have a particular favorite episode?

[improbablenotimpossible]

I also recommend John Dickson Carr - 'The Judas Window' and 'The Three Coffins' in particular. The last is in my opinion one of the best locked room mysteries, and there's a particular monologue in it that you can say serves as a primer to how to puzzle out the Locked Room subgenre.

As for Columbo - 'Death Lends a Hand' - it does a few things different from the usual formula, and the interplay between Columbo and Brimmer is quite well-done.

[buddinghopes]

I'll have to keep an eye out for those the next time I'm at the library, then! Thank you for the recommendation.

I'm pretty fond of that one! It's difficult for me to pick, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd probably say it's 'A Deadly State of Mind.' I really enjoyed the twist with the blind man's brother.