What mysteries are you reading at the moment? Old thread Showing 551-600 of 4,475

[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.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

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.

[Jan C]

Rhi wrote: "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."

Some of it is kind of a rehash or building on an earlier book. So maybe it wouldn't measure up if you hadn't read the earlier book. I think I went back and re-read the earlier book. It made a little more sense then.

[Everyman]

Got a collection of J.S. Fletcher mysteries on my Kindle from somewhere free (not Gutenberg, not sure where) and have started them. Early days yet.

[Susan]

Just finished re-reading Shroud for a Nightingale by P D James. I forgot how good it was!

[Sydney]

I love her stuff. I've read them all. She makes you think and anticipate as she builds suspense. Hers are those books that I can hardly wait to return to.

New to the group this month, I've just acquired Five Red Herrings and am following the exploits of Lord Peter Wimsey.

[Susan]

I am really enjoying re-reading all the P D James and the Wimsey books, Sydney.

[Leslie]

I am listening to the audiobook of The Wings of the Sphinx, an Inspector Montalbano mystery. So good!

[iasa]

Starting Raymond Chandler's Playback, Revenge of the Chili Queens by Kylie Logan, and I'll Be Seeing You by Mary Higgins Clark.

[Jan C]

Just started Call Mr. Fortune by H.C. Bailey, a short story collection published in 1920. I thought the first story was great. It looks like he was pretty prolific, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._C._B..., mostly short stories, and mostly on the dark side. In the first one, someone tried to run down an archduke from Bohemia residing in England and when he discovered he ran down the wrong person, he tried again.

[Susan]

I have just started Maisie Dobbs. I read this some years ago and it's a series I started, and stopped, so I thought I would give it another try.

[Sydney]

Did H C Bailey also write Maisie Dobbs?

[Leslie]

Sydney wrote: "Did H C Bailey also write Maisie Dobbs?"

Maisie Dobbs was written by Jacqueline Winspear in 2003.

[LindaH]

I'm halfway through The Circular Study (1900) by Anna Katharine Greene. It's an odd old New York mystery with its octogenarian detective, his clever brash young report, and an intuitive Grammercy Park lady.

[Jill]

I had not heard of Anna Katherine Green before and have just got the kindle version of the first Mr Gryce book. Thanks for that Linda, I shall look forward to trying that.

[LindaH]

Oooh, that is great. I'll look forward to hearing what you think.

[Jill]

Who Pays The Piper? Patricia Wentworth. Free kindle book today in uk

[Judy]

Many thanks Jill, duly downloaded! I'm getting quite a stockpile of these Wentworth freebies. :)

[Leslie]

I am jealous of all these Wentworth books available free only in the U.K.!!

I was inspired by the group's selection of the first Alleyn book to reread via audiobook another Ngaio Marsh book -- Overture to Death. I have an old paperback copy (from 1963) but it is easier to find time to listen to it than read it these days.

[Jill]

The Dark Garden: A Bobby Owen Mystery E.R. Punshon Free Kindle book in uk

[Judy]

Thanks, Jill! I've succumbed and downloaded it, although I see it is number 15 in the series and ideally I'd like to read them in order... if there are enough hours in the day.

Dean Street Press are certainly coming up with a lot of free books for those of us in the UK - sorry it doesn't apply in the US, Leslie!

[iasa]

The Dark Garden... is free in the US as well, just grabbed it myself

[Jill]

I did realise that it was number 15 but the way things are going , in the fullness of time, the missing books may appear.

[Susan]

Reviews sell books, so I am sure the publishers are hoping that readers will enjoy all these free copies :)

[Elinor]

I'm going to start the August read, The red house mystery !

[Judy]

Hope you enjoy it, Elinor!

[Judy]

I'm now reading one of those Patricia Wentworth books, Blindfold: A Golden Age Mystery, which is fun so far, but has a very unlikely plot full of coincidences!

I gave up on the modern mystery set in a vineyard which I mentioned earlier, The Merlot Murders, because after a few pages I realised the writing style was going to annoy me.

[Jill]

Just started The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz. Liking so far, but early days

[Judy]

Ooh, I'd be interested to hear what you think of that one, Jill. After finishing all the original Holmes stories a few months back, I'm missing him and Watson...

[Jan C]

I listened to The House of Silk several years ago. It was okay. I enjoyed it. I've also listened/read his next one, Moriarty.

[Nadine]

Im not sure where to post this but about J Tey and the Grant novels? I have been reading some reviews and some people are saying that they are terribly snobbish and racist?

[Susan]

I just re-read Maisie Dobbs. I read it when it first came out, but would like to carry on the series. Is anyone else a fan?

[Betsy]

I'm just the opposite. The more that I read the Dobbs series, the less I liked it so I didn't even bother with the last one or two.

[Jill]

I have read the first three. I liked the first book the best , but do intend to carry on with the series.