![]() ![]() The Babysitting Detective The Princess of Burundi(Thomas Dunne/St. ![]() By the end of the ride, the dying strains of its signature song sounded more like a threat than a comfort: "There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware/ It's a small world after all."Īlong with package tours of the shadow sides of their national psyches, these mysteries offer unexpected shifts in plot and mood, damp drafts that prick the back of the neck. The last stop was the American section: plenty of rock-'em sock-'em action here and lots of corpses sprawling all over the landscape. The Spanish sang off-kilter on topless beaches, while the neighboring Brits were wooden but witty, standing amid their suspiciously tidy garden plots. The Swedes and Finns were glum and philosophical their land was icy and gray and dotted with smoky wine bars. ![]() Reading the multinational mysteries that make up this month's column was like embarking on a noir version of Disney's "It's A Small World After All" boat ride. ![]()
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