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[Susan]

I just started The Killings At Badger's Drift and was delighted to see it is dedicated to Christianna Brand

[Judy]

I've started Lament for a Maker by Michael Innes - I'm enjoying it so far, but see what you mean about all the Scottish dialect in the first section, Susan.

I've read a lot of Scott and Stevenson, so I know some of the words. Others, I'm not worrying about too much if they don't seem vital - but, for those I do need to decipher, I'm finding this Dictionary of the Scots Language site useful:
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/

[Lisa]

Reading Ann Swinfen Oxford Medieval Mysteries... on my 5th one & really enjoying them!

[Susan]

Judy, I really struggled with the Scottish dialect! I love Scottish accents by the way, they sound lovely. I was defeated on paper and I suspect this will not be an easy choice for Audible!

[Sandy]

I am listening to a Nero Wolfe, The Silent Speaker and reading an historical mystery, Shadows in Bronze, second in the Falco series, set in 80 AD. I enjoyed the first book and it left the romantic entanglement hanging.

The Michael Innes is next up but I'm dreading the dialect.

[Jughead]

Just finished Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie. And haven't really started anything else. Can someone recommend something that is not just a detective story but has some good thriller feel to it as well! Thanks in advance!

[Lisa]

Belaji, Anything by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding or Ethel Lina White are very good golden age mysteries that are also thrillers

[Jughead]

Thanks @Lisa. I'll definitely check it out.

[Judy]

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding is a new name on me, thanks Lisa!

Some of the Patricia Wentworth and Margery Allingham books have a thriller element to them, including Sweet Danger by Allingham, coming up as a buddy read in September/October - these are on the lighter thriller side.

[Jughead]

Some of the Patricia Wentworth and Margery Allingham books have a thriller element to them, including Sweet Danger by Allingham, coming ..."
Will add those too to my tbr list. Thanks Judy!

[Tara]

I am on my second book in Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series, One Corpse Too Many . I really enjoyed the first one, and I am looking forward to reading them all in sequence. Despite having a monk as the detective and main character, he is world weary and wise, and almost provides an outsider's approachable view to the monastery than a type a general audience couldn't connect with.
I also remember really liking the TV series with Derek Jacobi. I should look into whether or not those are available for streaming somewhere.

[Judy]

Tara, you’ve reminded me that I’ve been meaning to read Cadfael ever since this group started - I must get round to it soon! I remember enjoying the series,

[Tara]

Judy wrote: "Tara, you’ve reminded me that I’ve been meaning to read Cadfael ever since this group started - I must get round to it soon! I remember enjoying the series,"

Always too many books, too little time Judy! I have found that the challenges with one book in the series per month is a great way to go, so I am trying to incorporate that style in my own personal reading. I don't think it would make for a bad buddy read though.

[Lady Clementina]

Judy wrote: "Tara, you’ve reminded me that I’ve been meaning to read Cadfael ever since this group started - I must get round to it soon! I remember enjoying the series,"

Do- I'm really enjoying them.

[Doris]

I'm resuming where I left off on the Mary Russell / Sherlock Holmes series and reading Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King. I'm greatly annoyed by Russell's amnesia and hope she makes a speedy recovery.

[Judy]

Our latest buddy read, Lament for a Maker by Michael Innes, is now open for discussion.

Come on over and join in! This is the link for the general thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Alan M]

I have just finished The Paddington Mystery - written in 1925, and just reprinted by Collins Crime Club editions in UK this year. The first appearance of Professor Lancelot Priestley, who went on to appear in something like 70 novels by John Rhode, a member of the Detection Club and prolific author under several pseudonyms.

I really enjoyed it, though obviously we read these books at a long time distance so some of the references and let's just say stereotypes can be a bit dated. Interesting that Priestley, as an academic and mathematician, is more interested in the logic of facts and deduction - working out the puzzles - than actual justice. I want to go off and read some more (but maybe not all 70!!) to see how his character and the stories develop.

[Lorraine]

Alan, I'm going to check out The Paddington Mystery. Love finding golden agers I haven't read. Thanks

[Carolien]

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding is new to me. I've updated my running list of female crime authors here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Carolien wrote: "Elisabeth Sanxay Holding is new to me. I've updated my running list of female crime authors here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

Great post on that list of female crime authors. I have entered a hyperlink into my spreadsheet of reading a woman author for every year of the 20th Century.

[Marwan]

Currently reading The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

[ShanDizzy]

Marwan wrote: "Currently reading The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey"

Marwan, that's a great read! I enjoyed it immensely.

[Judy]

I also thought The Franchise Affair was really good, though my absolute favourite by Tey is Brat Farrar.

[Susan]

I am reading two review books The Way of All Flesh (historical mystery) and The Killer You Know (a debut novel). Both very good so far.

[Tara]

Continuing my traipse through the alphabet, I just started L is for Lawless . I really appreciate Kinsey Milhone's brash, independent streak, and I can see a little bit of myself in her.

[Jill]

Finished The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers Now reading Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper by Donald Henderson Also reading Not Safe After Dark: And Other Stories by Peter Robinson

[Lorraine]

I'm reading An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena and loving it. So far I've gotten to the first murder at the snowbound inn.

[Gary]

About to start The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Gary wrote: "About to start The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout"

I enjoyed that one!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I started The Salaryman's Wife and am enjoying it so far.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Tara wrote: "Continuing my traipse through the alphabet, I just started L is for Lawless. I really appreciate Kinsey Milhone's brash, independent streak, and I c..."

That was my favourite of the Kinsey books.

[Susan]

Lorraine wrote: "I'm reading An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena and loving it. So far I've gotten to the first murder at the snowbound inn."

I LOVED that, Lorraine. A really good read - great ending too, but I won't give spoilers :)

[Tara]

Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "Tara wrote: "Continuing my traipse through the alphabet, I just started L is for Lawless. I really appreciate Kinsey Milhone's brash, independent st..."

Sometimes the stories overlap in my mind, but this one has element of humor that stands out to me.

[Pamela]

I was getting a bit bogged down in Lament for a Maker, so I've put it aside for something lighter, and am reading A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder which is good fun and The Man Who Died (part mystery, part thriller, part black comedy).

[Carolien]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I started The Salaryman's Wife and am enjoying it so far."

On my pile. Would like to know what you think.

I enjoy her blog posts at Murder is Everywhere http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/

[Carolien]

Tara wrote: "Continuing my traipse through the alphabet, I just started L is for Lawless. I really appreciate Kinsey Milhone's brash, independent streak, and I c..."

This is one of the my favourites in the series. Q probably is my all time favourite.

[Susan]

Carolien wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I started The Salaryman's Wife and am enjoying it so far."

On my pile. Would like to know what you think.

I enjoy her blog posts at Murder is Everywhere h..."

The Salaryman's Wife looks good, but is sadly not on kindle in the UK. I see she is the author of The Widows of Malabar Hill so I must check out her blog. Thanks, Carolien.

[Lady Clementina]

Susan wrote: "Carolien wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I started The Salaryman's Wife and am enjoying it so far."

On my pile. Would like to know what you think.

I enjoy her blog posts at Murde..."

My copy of the Widows (alt title: A Murder on Malabar Hill) is here so am looking forward to that read.

[Susan]

Me too, Lady :) Lots of great reads stretching ahead of us.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I finished The Salaryman's Wife in which I was entertained. My review.

[Carolien]

I've finished The Death of a Mafia Don which I enjoyed. It is very detailed on the police procedural side and the cast of characters is vast, but I enjoy this series.

[Bruce]

Rereading The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I don't know how to put the link in these.

[Susan]

Links are not really important, Bruce. However, if you do want to use them - when you are typing in the comment box, you can see three things above you: comment (left hand side), 'add book/author' on the right and (some html is ok) on far right. If you click on the add book/author link, you can look up a book by either link, or cover, or look up an author. Then, if you want to add the link, you just press 'add.' I never even noticed these words above, until someone pointed them out :)

[Bruce]

Thank you Susan. I don't see it on mine. Must be because I'm using the app.

[Susan]

Maybe. I used the app while I was on holiday and I found it really difficult to negotiate. Glad to be back on my laptop!

[Sue]

Bruce wrote: "Thank you Susan. I don't see it on mine. Must be because I'm using the app."

Yes I think you're right Bruce - those buttons don't appear on the app. The other button that's missing is the one to reply to a particular post. You can only add a comment to the thread generally rather than being able to attach it to someone else's comment. I find that a real nuisance, especially in a busy thread where it might not be clear who I'm 'talking' to.

Still, I'm grateful there is an app at all, even if it's only of limited use!

[Annabel]

I've just read Ashes of London and The Division Bell Mystery on holiday. Division Bell is one of those Golden Age reprints - interesting because it was written by one of the earliest women MPs. The House of Commons setting is fascinating and it's a reasonable mystery, but the characterisation could have done with improvement.

Ashes of London was excellent. (And I love the cover.) It reminded me a lot of Wolf Hall but with far less literary flourishes so it moved along at a much faster pace. (Not knocking Wolf Hall, which I also love, but sometimes you want literary flourishes and sometimes you want a fast-paced mystery!) There's a sequel now, which I'm also intending to read. I was worried it would be too gruesome (historical things often are) but it wasn't too bad.

[Susan]

Both sound interesting, thanks Annabel. I hope you had a lovely holiday too :)

[Annabel]

Thanks, Susan. I was in Tuscany so I also dutifully re-read A Room With A View and found my opinion of it hadn't really changed from the last few readings. I love the witty observations about gentlemen who don't thoroughly realise, etc, but the anguished introspection of the characters about simple things like whether they like one young man or another starts to irritate me after a while.

[Susan]

Sounds lovely, Annabel. The Division Bell Mystery is certainly one I want to read.