Judy’s Comments (group member since Oct 01, 2015)

Judy’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

The latest poll is now open with 5 books to choose from for the May group read - please cast your votes!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

The poll is now open - please cast your vote for the book you most want to read.
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Oh that's interesting to know, Susan, thank you for the info.

I was interested to see that Hector Simcox has been collecting rare flora in Jura, the remote island in the Inner Hebrides where George Orwell later wrote 1984.

Sandy wrote: "I've read three chapters and am hopeless confused regarding the characters."

This is just what I'm finding too, Sandy! Susan has come to my rescue though with her review, which lists a lot of the characters and how they are related - I will keep this page open and refer to it as I keep forgetting who everyone is! Thank you Susan - review linked below with thanks.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Welcome Vidhi! Glad you found us. Sorry but this is an old thread - the current introductions thread is linked below if you would like to post there as well - you may get more replies if you do but fine either way:)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm just starting this one now - immediately intrigued by the first-person narration and the writing style.

Last call for nominations before the poll goes up tomorrow. We have five books nominated:

Sarah: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Jill: Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne

Keith: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

Susan in NC: The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie.

Michaela: Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley.

Just noticed that the Talking Pictures TV station in the UK is now showing the 1990s French Maigret series with Bruno Cremer - I will give this a try. I have a feeling someone may have already mentioned this, apologies if so!

Good to hear you are enjoying it so far, Sarah - there is also a non-spoiler thread linked below, if you want to post as you are reading.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I've finished this now and thought it was one of the best Freddy books so far. I didn't work out who was stealing the pearls and had no idea about the killer until late on, when I suddenly wondered about his mysterious premonitions!

Susan, I did wonder if Freddy might get involved with Valentina as well as Iris and Daphne, but maybe that would have been too much for one book! Also might be a bit too similar to Angela's love life.

Good news re Murder in the Basement, thank you Sandy. It can go in the poll. :)

Definitely, Michaela - far more books than I have time to read! I'm getting towards the end of this and don't have a clue about the murderer, but it's interesting to see more sides of Freddy, with his extended family and two love interests. He definitely seems to have become a bit more sensible than he was in the Angela books.

It's on Kindle Unlimited in the UK too, Michaela, but unfortunately I think there are often problems getting hold of Berkeley's books in the US. Please could someone check?

Nominations so far:

Sarah: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Jill: Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne

Keith: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

Susan in NC: The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie.

I've just checked back and The Pale Horse was a group read in July 2018, so as that will be almost five years ago by the time of this group read I don't think there is any problem with the nomination! Thank you Susan.:)

Thanks everyone for the nominations so far and checking the availability as well. Susan, sorry about The Mysterious Mr Badman, but maybe we can look at it again once it is hopefully published in the US?

Nominations so far:

Sarah: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Jill: Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne

Keith: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

I've read about a third and it's getting rather silly but fun - Professor Coddington is entertaining to read about. Hoping to finish this as quickly as possible so I don't get it mixed up with our new group read and challenge read, which are both about house parties too!

Nominations please for our May 2023 group read.

Please only nominate books written and published in the Golden Age period, or a little earlier or later - if in doubt whether a title is eligible, please ask.

As usual, just one nomination per group member, and only one book by any individual writer can be nominated per month. Also, as E.C.R. Lorac has now won two polls running, please don't nominate any of her titles this month - we'll give other authors a chance! :)

I've finally started this one now and am enjoying the start - I can see there are going to be a lot of characters to keep track of, though!