Michaela’s Comments (group member since Aug 16, 2019)

Michaela’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

I hope to read this soon, and I´m glad it´s better than the first Dalgliesh! ;)

I´ll be reading this some time this month. And I agree Susan! :)

Judy wrote: "I think tricks is basically a term for twists - especially if they go against the conventions of "fair play", which not all readers are bothered about, but some are.

Please can we move on from thi..."

Thanks, good idea!

I think Nick originally talked about another Dalgliesh book and mentioned that Christie would never have done it, so I disagreed. She was also important for breaking some of the other "rules" which someone put up long ago.

I agree though that there are no such rules, it´s all in the expectations a reader might or might not have. Anyway the discussion isn´t about this book.

Nick wrote: "Judy - the murderer as narrator, huh ... Christie would never have played such a dirty trick!!"

Oh, she did! Was possibly the first mystery author to break this rule!

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Welcome everyone! :)

I looked at the reviews of Death in Captivity, and they weren´t too good (more a remembrance of the war than a mystery), but will perhaps join in nonetheless, though I won´t get it at my library so will possibly have to buy it.

Thanks Sandy for explaining!

Glad to hear the other books are obviously better, because I found this one quite boring and with a rushed end, that didn´t really reveal how Dalgliesh came to his conclusions.

It may be my fault, but two things I didn´t understand: Was Sally´s husband also Jimmy´s father, and were they married before? The other one is, if Deborah was really attacked by Mrs. Maxie and why? I first thought she was perhaps the murderer, and had somehow pretended to having been attacked.

I´ve got the second in the series in German from my library, so will give it another try.

Thanks Susan! You Mods must be very busy! I´m defintely not as quick! ;)

Sorry to ask, as I´m quite new here, but will there be further reads of the Cadfael novels? I´ll soon start the second...

Welcome Ian! I also had a start into mystery this year.

Thanks Susan, I grabbed the first three Mitford Murders, each for 99c.

Jan C wrote: "Judy wrote: "Arrest the Bishop? is currently £1.99 on Kindle in the UK/free on Kindle Unlimited. It's also one of the Dean Street Press titles which is regularly given away free on Kindle.

I'll k..."

2.99 € here.

Welcome Bill! Interested in what you can recommend! Have fun!

Didn´t know they were siblings! I voted for The Three Taps, but hope to get Arrest the Bishop? too. Obviously it´s available on Kindle, but not otherwise.

I finished the book today, and though I was hooked at the beginning, the solving of the crime diappointed me. The pretense of two people was as incredible as the police inspector turning out to be a further son and having committed the crime, and that in a sudden end and turn. I love Poirot, but this time only 2 stars. And I missed Hastings! ;)

Got the book in German from the library, but will look out for the Hugh Fraser audiobook, thanks Tara!

I will have a look at the first book, but not do the challenge.

Susan wrote: "The Three Taps is available on kindle in the UK too, Jan."
And in Austria (German Amazon) too, so I´m all for that! ;)