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[Jill H.]

Gary wrote: "I have only read 2 of the books set in the 30s - 50s Archie in the Crosshairs and Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries. In the latt..."

Thanks, Gary.

[Leslie]

I just finished a contemporary cozy, The Spia Family Presses On. Pretty good if you like the cozy subgenre.

Now onto a Golden Age mystery by Ngaio Marsh -- Death at the Bar.

[Elsie]

I just started The Circular Staircase. Have any of you all read it?

[Jill]

Elsie wrote: "I just started The Circular Staircase. Have any of you all read it?"

I nominated for the group read last October for a Halloween type read, but it didn't win. I haven't got around to reading yet, and thought I might put it off till next October. Let me know what you think of it.

[Leslie]

Elsie wrote: "I just started The Circular Staircase. Have any of you all read it?"

I read it a few years ago -- I thought it was quite spooky without being horror. I gave it 4*

[Jill H.]

Elsie wrote: "I just started The Circular Staircase. Have any of you all read it?"

The writing style is a little different than what one is used to but we have to remember that it was written in 1908. I think you may like it if you are interested in the early mysteries by one of the good authors of the time. Let us know.

[Diane]

I just finished Vanity Dies Hard and I actually, really and truly, guessed most of the answer to what was going on and quite a while before the end. I didn't guess all of it but am proud of myself for even getting most of it. Normally I never can figure out the endings of mysteries.

[Judy]

I'm reading The Orange-Yellow Diamond by J.S. Fletcher, published in 1921, which is very interesting so far - the opening section is set among a Jewish community in south London.

[Elsie]

Well, I've finished The Circular Staircase. It is quite the story! I loved the feel of the whole thing. I gave it 4* too, and I think that it would be a very fun group read.

[Gary]

Come February and I will be reading the 3rd and 4th books in The Tourist Trap cozy mystery series for a challenge in another group.

I was going to read The League of Frightened Men, but found that either the print in the paperback is too small or my eyes have gotten worse or a combination of both...sigh.

[Jill H.]

Elsie wrote: "Well, I've finished The Circular Staircase. It is quite the story! I loved the feel of the whole thing. I gave it 4* too, and I think that it would be a very fun group read."

It is a good early golden age mystery.....glad you liked it.

[Jan C]

I enjoyed The Circular Staircase when I listened to it a year or so ago. I gave it 4.

[Jill H.]

I have started The Private Patient by P.D. James. It is part of the Adam Dalgliesh series and those are usually very interesting. It is starting out well.

[Susan]

I love P D James, Jill. I started re-reading them and must go back and continue...

I just finished a psychological thriller Blink .

[Marcus]

I don't read (yet) a book by P D James. I'm intending to do it. How are her books? Do you fellows readers recommended it?

[Susan]

Absolutely, Marcus, she was an excellent writer. I love her books and, I think you you said you enjoy Christie, so you will probably like her too.

[Jill H.]

Agree, Susan. P.D. James, who passed away last year, was a terrific writer and her books often have some unexpected twists. She wrote a series about Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard but also wrote other novels which were more like psychological thrillers. You can't go wrong with her and she will be missed.

[Lady Clementina]

Judy wrote: "I'm reading The Orange-Yellow Diamond by J.S. Fletcher, published in 1921, which is very interesting so far - the opening section is set among a Jewish community in ..."
I read two of the Fletchers some time ago- pretty good. One seemed not so very PC but the other made up for it.

[Lynne]

Marcus wrote: "I don't read (yet) a book by P D James. I'm intending to do it. How are her books? Do you fellows readers recommended it?"

I am in the middle of reading PD James Dalgleish mysteries in order and really like them. I think you will find that they are not your usual "quickie read" mysteries. There is meat on those bones---I think of her books more as intelligent fiction.

[Everyman]

After we read a Farjeon last year I decided to look for more of his work and found that my library had a e-book of Thirteen Guests. So that's my current bedside book. I won't say it's excellent, or even very good, but it's certainly acceptable.

[Jan C]

Lynne wrote: "Marcus wrote: "I don't read (yet) a book by P D James. I'm intending to do it. How are her books? Do you fellows readers recommended it?"

I am in the middle of reading PD James Dalgleish mysteries..."

Me, too, and I have gotten stalled at A Taste for Death, in that I'm not sure where my copy of the book is.

[Judy]

Lady Clementina wrote: "I read two of the Fletchers some time ago- pretty good. One seemed not so very PC but the other made up for it. "

I've now finished The Orange-Yellow Diamond and I'm afraid it is also very non-PC . There are some positively-portrayed Jewish characters, including one of the amateur detectives, but there is quite a bit of stereotyping even so - and there are several Chinese and Japanese characters who are totally stereotyped!

Another problem is that the story starts as a murder mystery but then turns into an increasingly far-fetched adventure and sort of fizzles out. I do find Fletcher very readable and will definitely read more of his books - I've read 3 of his other titles and enjoyed them a lot, especially The Paradise Mystery which was a group read last year, but I wouldn't particularly recommend this one.

[Judy]

I've started The Man Who Went Up in Smoke, first published in the 1960s, one of the Martin Beck series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahloo. It's about the hunt for a Swedish journalist who disappears in Budapest.

Martin Beck, where have you been all my life?! So far I'm really enjoying it - incredibly readable and atmospheric. This is actually the second in this series translated from Swedish (I was tempted by this one because it is mainly set in Hungary, useful for my European challenge!) so, assuming I continue to love it, I will need to get hold of the first one and carry on it order. :)

[Susan]

There is nothing like discovering a new author you like, Judy. I felt much the same way recently when I discovered Mick Herron.

[Leslie]

Judy wrote: "I've started The Man Who Went Up in Smoke, first published in the 1960s, one of the Martin Beck series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahloo. It's about the hu..."

That is a great series - sadly only 10 books but well worth reading. I started with #4 and didn't read the first one until I had read most of the series but it didn't suffer on that account so don't worry too much about reading them in order.

[Jan C]

Leslie wrote: "Judy wrote: "I've started The Man Who Went Up in Smoke, first published in the 1960s, one of the Martin Beck series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahloo. It's..."

I have started with Roseanna.

[Lady Clementina]

Wild Horses by Dick Francis

[Susan]

Just finished the second Jill Paton Walsh Wimsey novel, A Presumption of Death

[Carolien]

Susan wrote: "There is nothing like discovering a new author you like, Judy. I felt much the same way recently when I discovered Mick Herron."

So many books, so little time. I have both Herron and Beck in the pile, now to get to them.

[Susan]

I know, Carolien. It is impossible, if fun, to try to read everything :)

[Jill H.]

Have just started Blue Monday which is book #1 in the Frieda Klein series. I'm sure it will be interesting but it is starting as a real downer. Lots of angst.

Blue Monday by Nicci French

[Judy]

Mick Herron is yet another a new name for me!

[Susan]

If anyone likes Le Carre, they will probably enjoy Mick Herron.

[Sandy]

I'm reading The White Mirror second in a new series that is set in China in the early 1700's. I've enjoyed both books; the first was Jade Dragon Mountain

[Judy]

Leslie wrote: "I started with #4 and didn't read the first one until I had read most of the series but it didn't suffer on that account so don't worry too much about reading them in order. ..."

Thanks, Leslie! In that case I won't feel too guilty about starting with number two.

[Daniele]

Has anyone read A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women?

[Daniele]

Death of a Doxy by Rex Stout. I never thought I would be saying I love Nero Wolfe. Well, at least this one.. Couldn't finish Fer-de-Lance. But Golden Spiders and Death of a Doxy are lovely!

[Sandy]

Daniele wrote: "Has anyone read A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women?"

No, but I just bought a kindle edition for 99 cents - figured I should like at least some of the stories ... whenever I get around to reading them!

[LovesMysteries]

Daniele wrote: "Death of a Doxy by Rex Stout. I never thought I would be saying I love Nero Wolfe. Well, at least this one.. Couldn't finish Fer-de-Lance. But Golden Spiders and Death of a Doxy are lovely!"

I tried to finish Fer-de-lance two times and I couldn't finish it as well. Fer-de-lance is not as strong as others in the Nero Wolfe series. Death of A Doxy is one of my faves! I suggest, if you haven't read it already, The Mother Hunt which is another good one and very original too!

[Jill]

Just started The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. This is another book I have been meaning to read for a very long time

[Marcus]

Well considered the last comments about Fer-de-Lance, book that I liked, I can't wait to read the others books in the Nero Wolf series. But I will read (again) Agatha first. It's a matter of precedence!

[Jill H.]

Jill wrote: "Just started The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. This is another book I have been meaning to read for a very long time"

Have you read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins? It has one of the great villains in mystery fiction, Count Fosco.

[Jill]

Have you read [book:The Woman in White|5..."

Yes have read that one and seen a not very good play of it, also read some of the short stories, but not got to The Moonstone for some reason

[Lady Clementina]

Jill wrote: "Have you read [book:The Woman in White|5..."

Yes have read that one and seen a not very good play of it, also read some of the short stories, but not got to The Moonstone for some reason"

I loved the Moonstone- a little more than TWIW because I found the solution so much more creative.

[Susan]

I have started The Riviera Express
It is a NetGalley book, so not out yet, but will probably appeal to many of the members of this group.

[Everyman]

Daniele wrote: "Death of a Doxy by Rex Stout. I never thought I would be saying I love Nero Wolfe. Well, at least this one.. Couldn't finish Fer-de-Lance. But Golden Spiders and Death of a Doxy are lovely!"

A convert! Hooray!!

[Gary]

After finishing Murder in the Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough, I read If the Shoe Kills by Lynn Cahoon and Chili to Die for by Lilly York.

I am now currently reading Dressed to Kill by Lynn Cahoon and Raining Men and Corpses by Anne R. Tan

[Susan]

Just finished the third in the Slough House series Dead Lions A really excellent series so far. One more to go!

[Jill H.]

Three cheers, Daniele!!!! You might want to try The Doorbell Rang when you are ready to read another Nero Wolfe book.

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