Teri-K’s Comments (group member since May 03, 2016)

Teri-K’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Marwan wrote: "Teri-K wrote: "No, that's my first time"

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. It's a book that builds slowly but I enjoy watching the people's lives twist together. And there's a woman character I really love.

I've been thinking I should reread it, since it's been a while...

Marwan wrote: "Started reading Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett"

One of my favorites. Have you read it before?

I've been working my way through Margery Allingham again. I just finished Police at the Funeral and am ready to start Sweet Danger.

I've also been revisiting Christie. I just completed Mrs. McGinty's Dead. I don't know which one I'll do next. I've been listening to them - I really like David Suchet or Hugh Fraser as narrators.

Sandy wrote: "I finished The Coroner's Lunch and enjoyed the character and how he deals with authority. Old age has its privileges. The setting is unique (for me): newly Communist Laos in the 1970'..."

I really enjoyed that book, too. I thought it gave me a real view into what life was like then without feeling heavy handed. I really should read more of them... :)

I'm reading The Murderer is a Fox by Ellery Queen. It's not the usual EQ, as the beginning is taken up focusing on the hero, home from WWII with PTSD. His father was convicted of murdering his mother when he was 10 and now the stress of war has convinced him he'll kill his wife. So the wife gets him to call in EQ to help.

I'd call it a psychological mystery more than an intellectual puzzle. So far it's really quite gripping. I'm listening to the audiobook and I keep sneaking in a few more minutes to see what will happen next. I really care about these characters, and every development makes it look worse for the good guys.

I just finished The Moor in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. I read this before, listened this time and really enjoyed it both times. I love the strong sense of place and eccentric characters.

Ready to start Miss Pym Disposes by Tey, (reread), and The Murderer is a Fox, Ellery Queen, (new to me).

Michelle wrote: "It goes up to 10

Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten for a bird,
You must not miss.

But I think the version we use now has changed over the years. It used to be

One for sorrow,
Two for mirt..."

We have magpies in the Western US, but I don't personally know of any superstitions about them. They're generally considered nuisance birds. (I'm from Colorado, have lived in California. Had them both places.)

Just finished Secrets in Death. It was a decent mystery but a lousy Eve Dallas book. No tension, no complications, no attitude. I felt the same way about the last one and wonder if she's losing her interest in this series.

Judy wrote: "Just starting our next buddy read, There's Trouble Brewing.

So far it has been living up to its name for me - the library copy I'd ordered got lost on the way to me and then when I..."

Imagine if we have to start watching out for the titles of the books we read coming true in our lives... I foresee a big drop in sales of thrillers and mysteries. :)

I just started 4.50 from Paddington - one of my favorites. I really like Lucy and Alexander and his friend, as well as Miss Marple, of course. Though she's not in this one a lot.

Now I'm rereading The Unfinished Clue. I'm a fan of Heyer's mysteries, and this one has an especially lively bunch of characters in it.

Leslie wrote: Teri-K, I listened to one of Ian Carmichael's narration of a Sayers earlier this year - [book:Unnatural Death|1928..."

I recently reread that one, and Whose Body? I haven't decided which one to get next. I wanted Murder Must Advertise, but it's a dramatized abridged version. :(

I agree Carmichael looks and sounds like Peter should. :)

I've listened to several of Marsh's, too. I liked Death of a Fool better in audio than when I read it years ago. Of course Nadia May is excellent, and that really helps.

I just finished Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers. I've read all her books many times, but this time I used the audio book, narrated by Ian Carmichael, who played Lord Peter in the BBC series. I enjoyed listening to it a lot.

I think it's one of the best of the series. There's a good puzzle and several interesting characters. I especially like Miss Climson, so it's fun to see her playing an important role.