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[Carolien]

Susan wrote: "Oh, I've read that, Carolien. Fun series, although I found the love story a little too much at times! The Lying-Down Room, Arab Jazz and [book:The Dark Angel|1920635..."

These all look interesting, thanks so much, Susan.

[Judy]

I've decided to go ahead and try to read a crime novel set in each European country - found a list of countries here to work from:

https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com...

I suspect it might be difficult to include the former Soviet countries apart from Russia, though, as there seem to be very few books from these countries available in English translation. Anyway, I'll probably get started early next year - looking forward to discovering some Euro-crime.

[Leslie]

Judy wrote: "I've decided to go ahead and try to read a crime novel set in each European country - found a list of countries here to work from:

https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com...

I..."

That is an ambitious challenge Judy! If you want a visual aid, you can mark your progress on a map:

http://bighugelabs.com/map.php

Lots of good Scandinavian mystery writers & there is always Georges Simenon for France. Nicolas Freeling has a series set in the Netherlands - I have only read one but it was pretty good.

[Susan]

Great idea, Judy. Let us know where you are, so we can follow your progress and maybe join in :)

[Judy]

Thanks, Leslie and Susan! That map site looks great and thanks also for the suggestions.

[Sandy]

Re: reading thru Europe - I enjoyed the first of a series set in Vienna at the turn of the last century, The Empty Mirror,, though I never did go in to the second.

[Sandy]

I just finished one of the Ruth Galloway series: A Dying Fall. I particularly enjoy the characters and the atmosphere of this series.

[Abigail]

Love the Gervase Fen stories, Leslie!

[Susan]

Judy, if you plot your route, I am sure we can all offer lots of suggestions for each country ;)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I like the idea of reading around somewhere. I probably have quite a chunk of the USA covered if I could check the location of all the books I have read. I'm not that well up on US Geography so I might not always work out whereabouts the book is set.

I don't fancy reading through Europe - I think I would rather have a bash at the counties of England and Wales - not sure whether to include Scotland or try that as a separate challenge.

[AngryGreyCat]

Sandy wrote: "I just finished one of the Ruth Galloway series: A Dying Fall. I particularly enjoy the characters and the atmosphere of this series."

I loved that series and you are right the atmosphere building is so well done it it.

[AngryGreyCat]

I am currently reading by P.D. James. I am trying to finish the series.

[Susan]

I am also, slowly, re-reading P D James, Fanficfan. However, I just finished the very clever homage to Golden Age detective fiction by Anthony Horowitz Magpie Murders .

[Elinor]

I've just finished the August read, The Red house mystery, and I really loved it ! Now I just need to buy the September pick, because I want to start this serie.

Susan wrote: "I have opened a thread for the first Nigel Strangeways mystery A Question of Proof, which I am going to offer up as a Buddy Read in October.

Although not a Golden Age mystery, I wo..."

Well, I'm also interested in those two... So I guess I'm in for those reads as well !

[Susan]

Excellent news, Elinor!

[Judy]

Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "I don't fancy reading through Europe - I think I would rather have a bash at the counties of England and Wales - not sure whether to include Scotland or try that as a separate challenge. "

That sounds like a great idea for a challenge, Jay-me! If you decide to go ahead with that or a US challenge, let us know.

[Jan C]

I, too, am (re-)reading PD James. I think I am up to #7 - A Taste for Death.

I'm also reading the Ruth Galloway stories.

[Susan]

I never liked Ruth Galloway when I tried the first one - not sure why, as they are popular. I do love P D James and am, slowly, re-reading them.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "I think I would rather have a bash at the counties of England and Wales -"

Judy wrote: "That sounds like a great idea for a challenge, Jay-me! If you decide to go ahead with that or a US challenge, let us know."


I think I will set this up for next year as I probably won't be joining in the Christie challenge. It could take longer than a year though so I won't be setting a time limit on it. Also I won't limit it to mysteries. I will have to see if I can find a nice map like the one for the US states. It will get me using my blog again if I post details on there. I think I will also use the original counties if possible.

Any suggestions for books will be gratefully received.

[iasa]

Judy, I love those types of challenges. A few authors popped into mind for Eastern/Central Europe.

Andrey Kurkov
Vilmos Kondor
Marek Krajewski
Zygmunt Miloszewski
Oana Stoica-Mujea
Stelian Ţurlea
Josef Skvorecky
Vladislav Todorov
Indrek Hargla

[Susan]

Some interesting ideas and some great armchair travelling ahead :)

[Judy]

Iasa, many thanks for the suggestions - I will look out for their books.

Sounds like it would be a good idea to set up a thread or section for personal challenges - I'll do that when I get in from work tonight. :)

[Judy]

There is now a folder and thread for individual challenges:

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

[Leslie]

Judy wrote: "There is now a folder and thread for individual challenges:

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

Oh, good idea!

[Leslie]

I finished The Z Murders today -- quite fun!

[Leslie]

I just finished listening to Hugh Fraser narrate one of my favorite Christie books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

[iasa]

I'm readingInnocence; or, Murder on Steep Street by Heda Margolius Kovaly . I love the 1950's Prague setting. Also reading French Concession: A Novel and Fright.

[Susan]

I started A Question of Proof and am planning a Buddy Read of the book next month, if anyone wants to join in. It is the first Nigel Strangeways mystery and set in a 1930's boys prep school.

[Leslie]

I have finished another Inspector Montalbano mystery, The Track of Sand. So good that I finished it in one afternoon!

[Christine PNW]

I am reading The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux. It's a very early "locked room" mystery.

I just finished Mystery in White, my most recent British Library Crime Classics acquisition! It was one of the best that I've read so far.

[Judy]

Moonlight Reader wrote: "I just finished Mystery in White, my most recent British Library Crime Classics acquisition..."

I've been meaning to read this one - I've read that it was the book which really got the current revival of classic mysteries going, by becoming an unexpected bestseller! Is it very Christmassy? I was wondering about it as a possible nomination for a group read in December.

[Judy]

I'm currently reading Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey and enjoying it so far - it's set in a physical training college, similar to the one Tey attended herself in real life, so it has the same stamp of authenticity as the advertising agency in Murder Must Advertise.

I also have a Kindle mystery on the go for when I'm somewhere where it is easier to read on Kindle... this one is Framed in Guilt by John Russell Fearn, which I snapped up when Miss M noticed it was free to download for a limited time. This is set in a legal office - so another workplace mystery to compare with Murder Must Advertise!

[Christine PNW]

Judy wrote: "Moonlight Reader wrote: "I just finished Mystery in White, my most recent British Library Crime Classics acquisition..."

I've been meaning to read this one - I've read that it was ..."

It would be a great Christmas read - I had intended to save it for December, but I needed a book with snow on the cover for a team challenge, so, I read it.

It was pretty good, although it's still a tier 2 golden age mystery. After reading a few of them, I've concluded that there is a legitimate reason that they went out of print. I'm not saying they aren't good, but don't I no longer expect to find another Murder on the Orient Express hiding among those titles.

[Leslie]

I recently finished The Moving Target, the first Lew Archer book. A little more hardboiled than I generally read but well done.

[Susan]

I am reading a true crime book The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage, which is currently, "Read Now," on NetGalley, if anyone else enjoys true crime.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers. Am running a bit behind on the Sayer's challenge....

[Hannah]

Well, Sandy, I'm more behind than you are! ;) Just finished my first Sayers: 3.5 stars for me.

Last week I read an old whodunnit, . Usually he wrote action-adventures, but this one was good, too. Four stars.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

The Cheltenham Square Murder - fits in with my round Britain challenge, plus it is also another book in the Superintendent Meredith series that I have been reading.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Hannah wrote: "Well, Sandy, I'm more behind than you are! ;) Just finished my first Sayers: 3.5 stars for me.

Last week I read an old whodunnit, [bookcover:Miser Hoadley's Secret|3..."

I have added your 'old who-dunnit' to my mountain of books to read Hannah. Sounds like a good read. *:D

[iasa]

Just beginning Where Roses Never Die by Gunnar Staalessen. He's not an author I've read before, but I do love me some non American crime fiction.

[Susan]

Ooh, looks good, Iasa. I must investigate that series, I think.

[Hannah]

Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Well, Sandy, I'm more behind than you are! ;) Just finished my first Sayers: 3.5 stars for me.

Last week I read an old whodunnit, [bookcover:Miser Hoa..."

Yay! Now finding a copy will be a challenge... :) It was a fun read.

[Jill]

Just started Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail. Find these easy light reads and have become quite fond of the characters

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I've started reading my paperback copy of Five Red Herrings and have also downloaded The Hog's Back Mystery: A British Library Crime Classic onto my kindle. Both books will fit into my reading challenge. I had looked at the Freeman Wills Crofts book earlier this year and added it to my wishlist.

[Leslie]

While awaiting my library hold of Nicholas Blake's "A Question of Proof" to arrive, I read a cozy set in eastern Washington state, Heaven Preserve Us. It was okay but not as good as the Golden Age mysteries ;)

[Judy]

I've started one of the Molly Thynne books republished by Dean Street Press (a recent giveaway), The Murder on the Enriqueta: A Golden Age Mystery. It's a murder on an ocean liner and seems pretty good so far, though I'm not all that far in as yet.

[Susan]

Interested in your thoughts, Judy, as I have downloaded a couple too.

[Leslie]

I have finished #13 in the Inspector Montalbano series, The Potter's Field. While I continue to enjoy the characters, this one didn't seem as good a mystery as some of the previous ones. 3*

[Judy]

Susan wrote: "Interested in your thoughts, Judy, as I have downloaded a couple too."

I've nearly finishedThe Murder on the Enriqueta: A Golden Age Mystery now and am a bit disappointed. It's well written, but only the first few chapters are on board ship. After that it becomes extremely similar to all the early Patricia Wentworth books I've read recently, which are far- fetched adventures involving a brave and beautiful heroine...

[Abigail]

I just finished On a Desert Shore by S. K. Rizzolo, the fourth entry in a series of historical mysteries set in Regency England. I highly recommend it—was very impressed! Reading it as I did on the heels of Murder Must Advertise, I was reminded of the seriousness and literary ambition of Dorothy Sayers. Here’s my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...