Susan_MG’s Comments (group member since Nov 13, 2023)

Susan_MG’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

I hate to keep making the “I’m new here” excuse but it’s true. Yes, finally figured out how to delete.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Final Judgement. I listened to it on Audible for 7 hours and it was a great way to distract myself from tasks I could do simultaneously, like dreaded laundry.

I was concerned that not starting at 1st book in series would be confusing but that is not the case. I immediately bonded with the strong minded, cheeky and clever female Italian detective Flavia and seemingly lax, ambivalent British art middleman and partner Argyle. I found the ex annoying.

I am a fan of Ann Cleeves too.

Joanne-I haven’t read The Ropes End and if I do it will be quite a while as I have a lot of titles before that one. I am checking out this thread though and noticed your comment about the detection rules. Today I read the introduction to School of Hard Knox where the “rules” are specified. I’ve been thinking about them as they are a concept I never considered. I’m not surprised this group can apply them to their current reading.

I guess I just jumped into the group without seeing this thread. I post as Susan_MG.
I live in the USA currently in Florida since retiring and ending phase 1 of retirement, traveling around North America in a home on wheels for ten years.
My journey with detectives and mysteries started with the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys and anything else I could get my hands on. I was an early reader and haven’t stopped since. I’m deep into Golden Age detectives at the moment. Scottish, British and Irish authors are my preferred choice but I will pick up anything that catches my curiosity.

The difference between reading the words on the page and listening to audio can really change the tone and depth of an authors work. I listen to a lot of books while walking, driving, etc. . Good narrators are so important.

Yes I do like Mick Herron’s books. Crime, espionage and Golden Age Mystery are my usual reading.
I’ve finished Stealing The Crown and I see this is another favorite author to investigate. I had quite a few laugh out loud moments reading about the Americans.

Seeing posts about all the author’s books being read here is what attracted me to the group. I haven’t read any of these books and it’s going to be a new adventure.

The Christmas themed mysteries are taking me over right now. I just started Hercule Poirot’s Christmas and the first three chapters have me in their grip. Among the others I hope to read during pre and post Christmas days is one of the late Anne Perry’s holiday mysteries, A Christmas Hope.

In my stack and hoping to free up up more time to read.

Taking a break from fictional detectives, police and spies to read Straight On Til Morning: The life of Beryl Markham. I read Markham’s book, West Into The Night years ago and was intrigued when I found a mention of a biography.