I think it is wrongly billed as a _mystery novel_.
I dunno what exact genre I would put it in, because there isn't one labeled "comfortable". But I walk away from the books feeling obscurely comforted that there are people who _want_ to act and behave in ways that make their society work well.
Not really a spoiler, but in a later book, the main character chastizes another person for not hiring servants. Not for snob value, but for income distribution - people with money _should_ (for moral values of _should_) hire people to work to spread the wealth around. People who don't follow this requirement are social subversives and regarded as socially destructive.
I really like reading them, especially when current events intrude on my life.
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Date: 2006-05-07 02:10 am (UTC)I dunno what exact genre I would put it in, because there isn't one labeled "comfortable". But I walk away from the books feeling obscurely comforted that there are people who _want_ to act and behave in ways that make their society work well.
Not really a spoiler, but in a later book, the main character chastizes another person for not hiring servants. Not for snob value, but for income distribution - people with money _should_ (for moral values of _should_) hire people to work to spread the wealth around. People who don't follow this requirement are social subversives and regarded as socially destructive.
I really like reading them, especially when current events intrude on my life.