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[Carolien]

Judy wrote: "I've just started The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin, the first in the Erast Fandorin historical mystery series set in 19th-century Moscow (for my European reading challen..."

I'm really enjoying this series.

[Carolien]

I've finished a few books that I don't think I've mentioned here.

Riot Act is the second in the Charlie Fox series. I've enjoyed Charlie as a character and this is a great series if you enjoy Sue Grafton or Sara Paretsky.

The Junior Bender series by Timothy Hallinan is very interesting as Junior is a burglar by trade and fixer of problems for criminals. Little Elvises is fast paced and I thoroughly enjoyed the plot. Seriously recommend if you like Robert B. Parker or Robert Crais. It has the pace and humour that you expect from these guys.

Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates is the Kindle title of Cocaine Blues and my first book by Kerry Greenwood. I've heard lots of good things about the series and am very glad that I finally got around to it. I love Melbourne and it's an interesting time period. Will be reading the rest of the series.

[Sandy]

Continuing on my audio TBR backlog, I've started A Great Reckoning, the latest in Louise Penny's Three Pines series.

[Gary]

Current reads are Murder at Redwood Cove by Janet Finsilver and Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

[Carolien]

I need some assistance to complete a challenge based on the board game Cluedo in another group and couldn't think of a more qualified place to ask for help! The challenge is here if anybody is interested https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....

To complete the challenge I need to find a mystery/thriller where the murder is committed with a pipe (any kind of pipe although the original one in Cluedo was a lead pipe). For the life of me, I cannot think of one despite all the hundreds of crime books I have read over the years.

I'm also looking for books where a scene is set in a conservatory or billiard room - doesn't have to be a mystery, could be anything really.

If anybody has any ideas, I'd appreciate them.

[Jill]

The Sherlock Homes books have a picture of him on the cover smoking a pipe

[Susan]

Billiard rooms often feature in country house mysteries - I seem to remember a scene in the first Daisy Dalrymple book? I will think about it, it sounds a great challenge!

Currently reading I'll Eat When I'm Dead as I felt like reading something lighter, having just finished Laurence Rees history of The Holocaust: A New History.

[Jan C]

Susan wrote: "Billiard rooms often feature in country house mysteries - I seem to remember a scene in the first Daisy Dalrymple book? I will think about it, it sounds a great challenge!

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I was wondering if there was a billiard room (or maybe even a conservatory) in [book:The Crime at Black Dudley.

[Susan]

I think The Murder on the Links features a length of lead pipe, although I can't recall whether that is actually the murder weapon?

[Judy]

There's a conservatory in Clouds of Witness which we read here last year - I'm sure it gets searched so there is probably a scene in it?

[Susan]

Yes, that's right, Judy. Well remembered :)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Judy wrote: "There's a conservatory in Clouds of Witness which we read here last year - I'm sure it gets searched so there is probably a scene in it?"

I wondered about a billiard room in that book - were some of the characters playing billiards?

[Sandy]

Carolien wrote: "I need some assistance to complete a challenge based on the board game Cluedo in another group and couldn't think of a more qualified place to ask for help! The challenge is here if anybody is inte..."

I thought of organ pipes and the books by Edmund Crispin often feature an organist as he was one himself. However I'm not sure it was ever a weapon.

And one of the Flavia Deluce books involved an organ.

Seems someone, somewhere, was killed in an organ loft.

[Carolien]

Thanks for the nice ideas everybody.

[Susan]

Let us know if any helped, Carolien.

[Jill H.]

In the book Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England by Paul Thomas Murphy, the victim is killed with an iron pipe.

[Susan]

I read that, Jill, and forgot about it....

[Carolien]

Jill wrote: "In the book Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England by [author:Paul Thomas Murphy..."

Thanks so much!

[Jill H.]

The title is a bit lurid but it was taken by the author from one of the broadsheets being handed out during the trial. The book was interesting and not lurid...nor did it contain a viper!! :D

[Carolien]

It looks very interesting, I'm sure I'll enjoy it.

[Susan]

Having loved The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, I am about to start the follow up, The Baltimore Boys.

[Gary]

Nearing the halfway point in Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles. Also just started Murder at the Mansion by Janet Finsilver and Motor City Blue by Loren D. Estleman

[Susan]

Just started Murder Take Three: A British Country House Mystery the fourth in a series set in the 1950's and have also just started The Crime At Black Dudley

[Judy]

I've just started listening to Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye on Audible for a read in another group (Retro Reads) - an intriguing start, set in a ski resort in India on the eve of Independence.



I'm hoping to keep track of what is going on while I supposedly do a lot of cleaning and housework, lol.

[Ruth]

I'm currently reading Death at the Dog by Joanna Cannan which is excellent. She goes into a lot of detail about the locations and houses with descriptions of clothing, furniture and accessories, and also how the war was affecting people with things like the blackout. This is the sort of detail someone writing now will often put into a Golden Age style crime novel but you don't always find in contemporary writing which really sets the book in its period at the beginning of the war, which was when she wrote it.

The only problem now is that I'd love to read more of her books but they seem hard to find!

[Susan]

Death in Kashmir and Death at the Dog sound great. Maybe they will re-release more of Joanna Cannan's books, if this does well?

[Jill H.]

I just finished the second in the long running series of John Rebus books. I think the author was still finding his way to develop the distinct personality of Rebus which was so strong in the later books. The plot in this story was not as good as the later works but I am a great fan of the Rebus books, so the author can be forgiven. I think it is always interesting to read the early books in a series to see the differences in the main character's persona.

Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin

[Jill]

Just started The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson. So far have found it good. The story is narrated in turns by Serena and Poppy - the 'Ice Cream Girls'.

[Judy]

For those enjoying a long weekend over Easter, are you doing anything special - and what if anything will you be reading?

I'm aiming to have a relaxing break with the family, without eating too much chocolate, and hopefully do a fair bit of reading - I've just started The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh.

[Marwan]

I'm currently reading B Is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

[Jan C]

Started 2 books today, Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation by Anne Sebba and Death in Uptown by Michael Raleigh, a Chicago author.

[Susan]

I have just started A Dark So Deadly , which is HUGE! I have read some books by Stuart MacBride before and enjoyed them and I think this is his first stand alone for ages. Looks good so far and I am a big fan of Tartan Noir, so hoping it is a romp and not a slog :)

[Carolien]

Susan wrote: "I have just started A Dark So Deadly , which is HUGE! I have read some books by Stuart MacBride before and enjoyed them and I th..."

I love MacBride, looking forward to your opinion.

[Ace]

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough. A little bit far fetched but I am expecting a big twist towards the end. It will probably be a 3 star read.

[Jill H.]

Even though it may not be what we usually call a mystery book, it is a mystery that has been around for over 120 years and has held the public's attention like no other.. Who was Jack the Ripper? I'm anxious to see what this author comes up with since there have been so many suspects. I read the Patricia Cornwell Ripper book and enjoyed it. But I thought she reached a bit in some of her conclusions.Let's see what this author has to say.

by Donald Rumbelow

[Susan]

I thought Patricia Cornwell made all the 'facts' fit her theory, Jill. I think Cornwell's book is one of the few I ever gave one star... Interested to see what you think of the book you are reading now.

[Jan C]

Carolien wrote: "Susan wrote: "I have just started A Dark So Deadly , which is HUGE! I have read some books by Stuart MacBride before and enjoyed..."

I really like McBride, too.

[Michelle]

Patricia Cornwell's Ripper books have been hugely criticised by Ripperologists. The Amazon reviews are an entertaining read in themselves. Donald Rumbelow however is a renowned expert, I've read the book and did the London walking tour he runs.when Johnny Depp was researching for a film some years ago he asked DR for a personal guided tour.

Wouldn't it be nice to know who it really was!

[Fred]

Judy wrote: "For those enjoying a long weekend over Easter, are you doing anything special - and what if anything will you be reading?

I'm aiming to have a relaxing break with the family, without eating too mu..."

I am finishing "The Sign of Four" and will read then read a book I got at a used sale called "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sabina Hall." I am going to try read some books I have on my shelves as opposed to downloading all the time.

[Jill H.]

It appears as i continue through this book that the author is not going to name the Ripper. He is approaching each of the suspects and then telling why they are probably not the Ripper. I like his style. This is the best Saucy Jack is have ever read because the author doesn't bring any biases with him or at least he hasn't yet.. Good reading.

[Carolien]

I've just finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie with mixed feelings. I enjoyed the plot and the setting, but found Flavia quite irritating. It's closer to a 3 star than a 4 star for me. I know many people enjoy the series, so would like to know your opinions.

[Sandy]

Carolien wrote: "I've just finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie with mixed feelings. I enjoyed the plot and the setting, but found Flavia quite irritating. It's closer to a 3 star than a 4..."

I like the series but I enjoy Flavia; I'm sure I would have a different opinion if I didn't like her. She is unrealistic, being brought by with minimal adult input, so I had to buy into that premise.

[Betsy]

I am not a fan of Flavia. You need a box of salt to read these books, IMO.

[Jill]

I really like Flavia. I agree with Sandy , I take into account her lack of parental controls. I wouldn't want her or her sisters as daughters though.

[Lady Clementina]

Carolien wrote: "I've just finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie with mixed feelings. I enjoyed the plot and the setting, but found Flavia quite irritating. It's closer to a 3 star than a 4..."

I've just read the first one so far and I do like her quite a bit- though one doesn't always think of her as an eleven year old.

[Judy]

I read the first of these a while ago and quite enjoyed it but I think I found Flavia's sisters quite annoying - I've been meaning to try another one.

[Susan]

I have only read the first one, but I didn't think of her as a child either, Lady. I find that authors so often use the idea of a precocious child that they may as well just use an older main character. Perhaps it is a way of trying to sell to different markets?

[Jill]

I think she says things that an adult would think but not say. Nonetheless we would think them.

[Susan]

Ha! Good point, Jill :)

[Lady Clementina]

Jill wrote: "I think she says things that an adult would think but not say. Nonetheless we would think them."


And says them because she is a child.