By Pat Leuchtman

I used to be a snob about detective stories. Nobody with a mind would read mysteries! That changed when I was chained to a hospital bed after the birth of my third child (first daughter) because of phlebitis. I had brought books with me, but as week two drew near, I had read them all, and I was forced to read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie that had been included in an omnibus volume.

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