Sandy’s Comments (group member since Dec 14, 2015)

Sandy’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

So does that make you a 'super librarian"? Good work.

Sounds good to me. I own both and have started neither.

I completed Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore and liked it a lot with a couple of exceptions that I would have changed about the ending.

Now on to And One to Die On.

Perhaps the "calamity" description came from Jimmy to boost his copy.

Driven by library due dates my next read will be either Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore or And One to Die On in Jane Haddam's Gregor Demarkian series. I will probably start both and see if either sticks. I just decided put aside A Beautiful Blue Death after almost a hundred pages so I'm in a picky mood.

Yes, once the happy couple is identified two suspects are struck off the list.

I've also read Aird and am up to #5. Yet another series I need to continue.

Lord Caterham is a wonderful character!

There is certainly a lot to not be taken seriously in this book and the ending is far fetched even for this genre. I would have preferred Cade to not be a king but he may enjoy playing with his tiny imaginary country. I hope the life expectancy is longer than his friend foretold.

I listened to the audio book, narrated by Hugh Fraser, and was unnerved by the French inspector who sounded too much like Poirot.

I liked the characters and the romp. Christie's thrillers are fun and not to be taken seriously. I wish she had done more with Battle. I barely remember him in the other books and confuse him with the detective in The Man in the Brown Suit.

I'm not sure if this was originally considered a locked room mystery but doubt it qualifies as the murderer possessed the key. And no one investigating cared how it was done.

I thought the ending was extraordinarily trite. An actor! Bah, humbug.

I found the book reasonably enjoyable and would read another if "forced" but will not seek out others. It might be nice to see the Scotland Yard inspector in action.

I'm one who rather liked Jimmy and definitely liked the setting. But the premise was absurd and, if I read another in the series, hope I'll remember the detective as the one who couldn't be bothered to investigate a murder. More about the plot in the spoiler thread.

Just finished Slough House. An excellent series; an excellent book. Waiting a year for the next will be hard.

Kelly wrote: "Hi All👋.
I have been a member a while but not really contributed ( shame on me, but I aim to put that right!).
Recently my desire to read GA crime has resurfaced.
I was going to quickly read the gr..."

Welcome. The Bodies in the Library 2021 conference increased my TBR substantially as well.

While I love this series for the characters I agree that they do not make for an intelligent discussion. The plots are usually far fetched and do not always hang together.

I am about to start Slough House. While I love the series, I dread each book for fear some favorite character will not make it to the end.

Tara wrote: "I'm enjoying Vultures in the Sky by Todd Downing. Its been dubbed the Mexican Murder on the Orient Express, although the introduction compares it to And Then There..."

That book is on my TBR since the British Library book fest. (Although those are not my favorite Christie's.)

Lady Clementina wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Lady Clementina wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Continuing on my "library books that may be gone soon" project, I'm reading Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade. I'm finding Ghote's in..."

Thank you for the link.

Judy wrote: "Klowey, it's difficult to know the reason for all the 5-star reviews - a pity there are so many, though, since it leads to over-high expectations.

If anyone is wondering, it looks to me as if the ..."

I am almost, but not enough, tempted to continue just to see how Diane and Felicity's unlikely business venture would proceed.

Lady Clementina wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Continuing on my "library books that may be gone soon" project, I'm reading Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade. I'm finding Ghote's interaction with the street urchins that..."

Never knew about a film. Thanks

Carolien wrote: "I've just finished Palace Walk, the first in the Cairo trilogy about an Egyptian family in WWI. The father is a tyrant who rules his family with fear while being a wonderful friend wi..."

Palace Walk has been on my TBR for awhile. I should remember to read it.