What mysteries are you reading at the moment? Old thread Showing 501-550 of 4,457

[Susan]

There are SO many series, aren't there? I agree, it is good to actually begin at the beginning, so to speak :)

[Hannah]

Hi...I'm new...
I'm reading , by a new-to-me author, Lawrence L. Lynch (E. van Deventer.). It must be fairly uncommon, because I had to add it too the Lynch author page myself!

[Susan]

Hi Hannah, and welcome to the group! That is quite an early mystery, isn't it? Also, quite long for a mystery in that period - most seem to fall within 200 pages or so. I will be interested to hear your thoughts when you have finished it.

[Abigail]

I like the cover, Hannah! Is that the edition you’re reading? Reading golden-age mysteries in their original editions adds a dimension to the pleasure for me, whenever I get the opportunity to do so.

[Judy]

Welcome to the group, Hannah! I'd never heard of this author - I've been enjoying Sherlock Holmes recently so am interested to hear of another writer from that period. Will be interested to hear what you think.

[Leslie]

I am rereading an early Arthur Upfield which I don't remember at all (so far at least) -- Wings Above the Diamantina.

[Jill]

I am reading The Revenge Of Captain Paine by Andrew Pepper This is the 2nd in the series. I read the first book a couple of years ago and although the main character is an anti-hero, ex-Bow Street Runner, I quite liked him. This is set in 1834 , the birth of the Industrial Revolution , with some of the politics of that time.

[Hannah]

Hi...thanks! I found my copy in 2013 in Dallas and knew I had to get it. I'm just now getting around to it and am really enjoying it so far.

[Susan]

I haven't read Andrew Pepper, but the series looks good. Added to my list, thanks. I am enjoying a mystery set in the 1800's at the moment, The Secrets of Wishtide and also a contemporary crime novel set in Ireland, Lying in Wait (by the author of Unravelling Oliver).

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I've just added a Patricia Wentworth book to my kindle as it popped up as being free. Hue and Cry
There are quite a few more of her books on kindle unlimited if anyone has that.

[Susan]

Just started The Golden Scales after hearing about the series on radio 4's Open Book.

[Carolien]

I've just completed Crashed which is classic American crime. In this case, there is the twist that the books are written from the perspective of the "bad" guys with the main protagonist being a robber with 17 years of experience. Fast paced with a nicely layered plot and a great cast of characters. If you enjoy Robert B. Parker or Robert Crais, you'll appreciate Timothy Hallinan.

[Judy]

Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "I've just added a Patricia Wentworth book to my kindle as it popped up as being free. Hue and Cry
"

Ooh, many thanks for this, Jay-me - I've just downloaded this one, after loving the previous Wentworth book I read.

[Susan]

I just finished, and really enjoyed: What Remains of Me. Have never read anything by this author before, but I think I will have to investigate her previous books.

[Elinor]

I just started Danger Point by Patricia Wentworth, my first from this author !

[Susan]

I started The Darkness Knows, set in Chicago just before WWII.

[Judy]

Elinor, I'll be interested to hear what you think of Danger Point. I've just recently read a couple of books by Patricia Wentworth which I really liked, The Dower House Mystery: A Golden Age Mystery and Hue and Cry: A Golden Age Mystery.

However, I'm now reading another one by her, Red Shadow: A Golden Age Mystery, and am not enjoying that one so much so far - it's a Russian spy story and some of the characters are not very convincing!

[Elinor]

I'm still in the begining but I'm enjoying it ! It reminds me of the French TV show "Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie" ("The Little Murders of Agatha Christie"), which I really like. A Russian spy story, that seems interesting ! ^^
The Dower House Mystery and Hue and Cry don't belong to the Miss Silver series, do they ?

[Judy]

Glad you are enjoying it so far. Interesting that you have an Agatha Christie adaptation on TV in France!

No, they aren't Miss Silver stories - they are some of her earlier books, which have been reprinted on Kindle in the UK.

[Elinor]

Yes that's a really nice show !

Patricia Wentworth really was productive ! I might try them when I'm finished with the ones I stole from my mother.

[Jan C]

Susan wrote: "I started The Darkness Knows, set in Chicago just before WWII."

Hope you'll let us know how it goes. I'm always leery of people writing about Chicago but I did notice she lives in the "suburbs", although it doesn't really narrow them down. I see it doesn't come out until August.

[Susan]

I know absolutely nothing about Chicago, so I guess I won't be annoyed by anything being incorrect Jan! I do know how you feel though, I am equally territorial about London :) It is set in 1938 in a radio station and is pretty enjoyable so far.

[Jan C]

Susan wrote: "I know absolutely nothing about Chicago, so I guess I won't be annoyed by anything being incorrect Jan! I do know how you feel though, I am equally territorial about London :) It is set in 1938 in ..."

I tried to read a book once that took place in Chicago and they spelled the name of one of the streets three different ways. Whether this was the author, the editor, the proofreader or who. I just had to throw up my hands in disgust. Never read her again. Thiswwasn't on Kindle either - it was a paperback book.

[Susan]

Those kind of things irritate me too, Jan. Totally in sympathy with you and would do the same. Where are editors these days?!

[Jan C]

Susan wrote: "Those kind of things irritate me too, Jan. Totally in sympathy with you and would do the same. Where are editors these days?!"

Looking at the size of some of the books coming out they appear to be sitting on their hands.

[Susan]

lol, Jan :)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I'm reading the second book in the Angela Marchmont mysteries The Mystery at Underwood House
I'm planning on working my way through the series as I can get them on kindle.

I'm slowly working my way through the Peter Wimsey challenge as these are all (except one) my own paperback copies.

[Elinor]

I quite enjoyed Duplicate death, and I'm now reading Missing or murdered !

[Judy]

Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "I'm reading the second book in the Angela Marchmont mysteries The Mystery at Underwood House
I'm planning on working my way through the series as I can get them on kindle.
.."

Ooh, I'll be interested to hear what you think of this one, Jay-me - I really enjoyed the first in the series, but haven't read any more of them as yet.

I see the author has now altered her website to explain that she is very much alive:

http://clarabenson.com/about/authors-...

[Jan C]

Judy wrote: "Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "I'm reading the second book in the Angela Marchmont mysteries The Mystery at Underwood House
I'm planning on working my way through the series as I can get th..."

Now that Clara Benson has been admitted to being a pen name, do we know who it really is? I recollect that it was several years before we found out who Inger Ash Wolfe was.

[Judy]

I'm currently reading another J.S. Fletcher book, The Middle Temple Murder, and am enjoying it so far - the detective in this one is a Fleet Street journalist, so there are some interesting glimpses of his working life.

I have also just downloaded The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby, the first in a mystery series set in wine country in Virginia - trying to use up my Scribd credits and this one looked like fun.

[Judy]

Re Clara Benson... she says that she is writing a new series under another name, Antonia Frost, and there is a photo of her on her Amazon page, but I don't know if that's her real name or another pen name.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antonia-Frost...

[Jill]

Just started The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie byAlan Bradley Entertaining start

[Judy]

Jill, I enjoyed that one - Flavia is quite a character! Haven't read any of the others in the series as yet though.

[Susan]

I also read the first Flavia book, when it originally came out, loved it and never read on... I must get back to that series sometime.

[Sandy]

Flavia is a series that I am up-to-date and eagerly awaiting the next.

[Deborah]

I've read all but the most recent one. Love Flavia. They are always so much fun

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Blindfold by Patricia Wentworth is currently free for kindle (Amazon uk - don't know if it is free in other countries)

[Jan C]

I've just gone back to To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn. This series, at least as far as I've gotten, takes place in the '20s, post-WWI. I find it an enjoyable series. Fairly light.

[Jill]

Jan C , I have read 20 of Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple and really enjoyed them , as a light read between other books. I have yet to read her other books, but are looking forward to them

[Susan]

Reading Mummy's Favourite a debut modern crime thriller. If you enjoy author's such as Mark Billingham, you will probably like it - good so far.

[Lady Clementina]

Judy wrote: "I'm currently reading another J.S. Fletcher book, The Middle Temple Murder, and am enjoying it so far - the detective in this one is a Fleet Street journalist, so th..."

I've read a couple of JS Fletchers and enjoyed them- the orange yellow and the middle temple, if I remember right.

[Leslie]

I am reading some non-Maigret Simenon stories in an omnibus called African Trio: Talatala, Tropic Moon, Aboard the Aquitaine. These were all originally published in the Golden Age I believe - the one I have read so far has a quite different feel from the Maigret books!

[Judy]

Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "Blindfold by Patricia Wentworth is currently free for kindle (Amazon uk - don't know if it is free in other countries)"

Many thanks for this, Jay-me - duly downloaded! Dean Street Press seems to be giving one of these away free each week in the UK at the moment, but I missed the one last week by failing to spot the offer until it was over!

Miss M mentioned that these offers don't apply in the US as Wentworth has a different publisher there - I don't know about other countries.

[Christmas Carol ꧁꧂]

I know I have got some Wentworths for free - but my kindle is now nearly as out of control as my physical to read shelf!

So I'm not downloading any more till I have read the ones I have.

& I'm loving the cover designs on some of these!

[Carolien]

I've just completed A Season of Knives, the second in the series set in Elizabethan England and featuring Robert Carey. I'm really enjoying the historical detail of these books, recommend it to Cadfael lovers.

[Susan]

I love historical mysteries, Carolien, so will have a look. Cadfael was one of the first mystery series I read, after branching out (tentatively) from Agatha Christie, etc.

[Rebecca]

I read the first four of the Robert Carey novels and loved them. The author took a long hiatus from the series, but there's three new ones now that I need to catch up on!

[Lady Clementina]

Carol ♔ Type, Oh Queen! ♔ wrote: "I know I have got some Wentworths for free - but my kindle is now nearly as out of control as my physical to read shelf!

So I'm not downloading any more till I have read the ones I have.

& I'm l..." You're not the only one- my virtual bookshelf would have long collapsed if it could.

[iasa]

Currently reading Tony Hillerman's The Fallen Man. Not sure exactly what is different from the previous novels, but this one seems a little less enjoyable.