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[Susan]

Love Falco and, don't worry, we will give lots of reminders about Buddy Reads. There is a list of Current and Upcoming books at the top of the page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
In mid-September we have:
Sept/October: Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper by Donald Henderson. Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper
Sweet Danger: Margery Allingham Sweet Danger

[Judy]

I've started reading The Killings at Badger's Drift ready for next month - really enjoying it so far.

[Susan]

Hurrah! Me too, Judy. I am hoping to add Book 2 to our Buddy Read list, if it gets a good reception.

[Louise]

just finished Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh, a good Roderick Alleyn mystery. Some very interesting characters, and identity of the murderer not immediately obvious as in some of them.

[Jill]

I've started Death at the Bar but I have a page missing. Don't think it is a problem , as not far in .

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I haven't read Dick Francis in literally years. But he fits a challenge for me. The only title my Overdrive had was Even Money and I'll be happy to start it shortly.

[Frances]

I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series.

[Susan]

Frances wrote: "I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series."

Hurrah! I LOVE Shardlake, Frances.

I just finished Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper one of our forthcoming buddy reads. Deliciously dark - loved the London wartime setting too.

[Jill]

Frances wrote: "I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series."

I think this series is possibly my favourite. I also read his Dominion this year and thoroughly enjoyed that.

[Susan]

There is a new Shardlake out in October - Tombland

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

I'm reading The Floating Admiral - was really excited to pick up at a local book fair!

[Lady Clementina]

Frances wrote: "I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series."

I'm enjoying this series very much too- I didn't start in order (but have finally got all the books in the series so far) so am also currently reading Dissolution.

[Carolien]

Susan wrote: "Frances wrote: "I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series."

Hurrah! I LOVE Shardlake, Fr..."

Thanks for mentioning Mr Bowling as it is actually only $1.58 on Kindle in South African terms. Picked it up so is now set for the buddy read.

[Joanne]

I just finished listening to A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee. I gave it a rare 5 stars! It's basically a police procedural taking place in 1919 in Calcutta. So well done with atmosphere, setting, characters and a quick-moving plot. I've just checked out the sequel from the library. Highly recommended.

[Sandy]

Joanne wrote: "I just finished listening to A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee. I gave it a rare 5 stars! It's basically a police procedural taking place in 1919 in Calcutta. So well..."

Loved them both!

[Susan]

I loved A Rising Man too. Must read the next in the series, but first I am going to read, Sweet Danger our other Buddy Read.

[Sue]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I haven't read Dick Francis in literally years. But he fits a challenge for me. The only title my Overdrive had was Even Money and I'll be happy to start it shortly."

Funnily enough I'm listening to one of his just now. Straight Like you, I haven't read one in years, but I needed something for a long journey and thought I'd try it. It's set in Hatton Garden, the diamond district of London, and is really interesting. I'm learning all sorts of fascinating stuff about gemology, which I didn't even know was a word! Clearly this is well researched, as I believe all his books usually are. But when the protagonist has to (view spoiler)[ ride far too soon after seriously damaging his leg, I cringed at the descriptions and could feel his pain! (hide spoiler)]

[Sue]

Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "I'm reading The Floating Admiral - was really excited to pick up at a local book fair!"

Carol, I listened to an audio version of this a few months ago. What do you think of it? I need to go back and listen again. I enjoyed it but found it (view spoiler)[ slightly confusing to follow. I think it's because of the unusual structure, whereby each chapter is written by a different person and they each have to follow up anything already introduced in previous chapters. It felt a bit clunky to me. But it's an interesting concept. (hide spoiler)] I hope you enjoy it!

[Sue]

Frances wrote: "I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series."

I read that some years ago and I remember how much I enjoyed it, and several more in the series. I think I need to go back to it! Trouble is, I have so many new books I want to read as well.

Hmmm...! Sometimes it's difficult to balance out the excitement of finding new books or authors with the comfort of settling down to one that you already know you like.

[Sandy]

Sue wrote: "Frances wrote: "I just finished Dissolution after getting a recommendation from someone on this site-loved it and am looking out the rest of the series."

I read that some years ago a..."

I have the same dilemma Sue. There are a couple of series I want to reread, many others I am anxious for the next installment, and then the new (to me) series that sound too good to pass up.

[Tania]

I'm reading The Lake District Murder. A man has been murdered at his petrol station and there is a lot of plodding around working out how petrol is delivered. I can't say that what I felt was lacking in my life was detailed knowledge of how petrol pumps worked. It has become rather boring.
I am still waiting on The Killings at Badger's Drift from the library. Better luck there, I hope.

[Sue]

Sandy wrote: "I have the same dilemma Sue. There are a couple of series I want to reread, many others I am anxious for the next installment, and then the new (to me) series that sound too good to pass up..."

Yep, exactly! :-)

[Judy]

Totally agree about The Lake District Mystery, Tania - a good one to read at bedtime! I was hoping for a lot more about the Lake District and a lot less about petrol deliveries - it’s quite similar to railway timetable mysteries.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Sue wrote: "Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "I'm reading The Floating Admiral - was really excited to pick up at a local book fair!"

Carol, I listened to an audio version of this a few months ago. What do you t..."

I'll answer you after I've finished Sue. :)

[Susan]

Judy wrote: "Totally agree about The Lake District Mystery, Tania - a good one to read at bedtime! I was hoping for a lot more about the Lake District and a lot less about petrol deliveries - it’s quite similar..."

You do sometimes feel that authors do not need to include ALL their research, don't you? :)

[Judy]

Susan wrote: "You do sometimes feel that authors do not need to include ALL their research, don't you? :) ..."

Very true!

I've just started rereading Sweet Danger for our buddy read - goodness knows how many times I read this one as a teenager, and I've revisited a few times since. Sheer pleasure for me.

[Susan]

I have also started Sweet Danger
This Campion seems to be back to gangs again though, rather than being a more traditional crime novel.

[Judy]

Yes, Allingham chops and changes between the two - this one is really an adventure, I think. I do love her writing style. Not long until our discussion. I also need to start Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper.

[Susan]

I am still wavering on Allingham.

I think Mr Bowling will be a bit of a marmite read. I loved it, but it is very atypical of the genre.

[Judy]

Nice to have some variety along the way. :)

[Annabel]

Judy wrote: "Totally agree about The Lake District Mystery, Tania - a good one to read at bedtime! I was hoping for a lot more about the Lake District and a lot less about petrol deliveries - it’s quite similar..."

Is this one of the Golden Age reprints that are suddenly everywhere over the last few years? I thought this was a lovely idea when it started but sadly, having read two or three of them now, I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that there's a reason why most of them went out of print in the first place.

That said, the initiative at least gives them a second chance and some readers may fall in love with them, so perhaps it's still a lovely idea.

[Susan]

I adored Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper so I am greatly pleased that a second book by this author is now available. I do agree with you that the quality of work being re-published does vary, but I am still pleased that so many old authors are becoming available again. As someone who has known many of these people just as names, it is interesting to read them, even if, some of them, I have not been that impressed by.

[Louise]

Annabel wrote: "Judy wrote: "Totally agree about The Lake District Mystery, Tania - a good one to read at bedtime! I was hoping for a lot more about the Lake District and a lot less about petrol deliveries - it’s ..."

exactly how I feel about them myself! I was seduced by the beautiful covers and the hope of finding some forgotten treasures, but so far have only found one that I have really enjoyed reading.

[Kirsten]

I just finished reading A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley. This series is so good. It looks like a cozy on the outside, but the writing is so much better than that.

[Danielle]

The Fifth To Die by J.D. Barker

In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chicago, while Detective Porter delves deeper into the dark past of the Four Monkey Killer.

Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds. When the body of a young girl is found beneath the frozen waters of Jackson Park Lagoon, she is quickly identified as Ella Reynolds, missing three weeks. But how did she get there? The lagoon froze months earlier. More baffling? She’s found wearing the clothes of another girl, missing less than two days. While the detectives of Chicago Metro try to make sense of the quickly developing case, Porter secretly continues his pursuit of 4MK, knowing the best way to find Bishop is to track down his mother. When the captain finds out about Porter’s activities, he’s suspended, leaving his partners Clair and Nash to continue the search for the new killer alone.

Obsessed with catching Bishop, Porter follows a single grainy photograph from Chicago to the streets of New Orleans and stumbles into a world darker than he could have possibly imagined, where he quickly realizes that the only place more frightening than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.

Truly great!

[Lorraine]

The Mystery of the Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, so far not liking it, liked her first 2. Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin a little annoyed at his use of strange words

[Susan]

Danielle wrote: " The Fifth To Die by J.D. Barker

In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chica..."

Danielle, I loved The Fourth Monkey and do need to get to this!

As far as re-discovered GA novels/authors, I would rather have them in print, than out of print. Sometimes, they are historically interesting and, if you like the genre, it is great to get the chance to at least try books by authors you may only have heard of. Saying that, I do accept that you can see why some were out of print :)

[Tara]

Trying to make the most of my 3 months of free Kindle Unlimited membership, I just started A Quiet Life In The Country by T E Kinsey. I am not far into it, but I am enjoying it, and I plan to read the rest of the series since there are only a handful of books.

[Carolien]

Kirsten wrote: "I just finished reading A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley. This series is so good. It looks like a cozy on the outside, but the writing is so much better tha..."

Looks interesting, thanks for sharing!

[Judy]

Tara wrote: "Trying to make the most of my 3 months of free Kindle Unlimited membership, I just started A Quiet Life In The Country by T E Kinsey. I am not far into it, but I am..."

This was a recent group read, Tara - here's a link to the general thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

It wasn't really to my taste to be honest, but glad to hear you are enjoying it.

[Judy]

Louise wrote: "exactly how I feel about them myself! I was seduced by the beautiful covers and the hope of finding some forgotten treasures, but so far have only found one that I have really enjoyed reading ..."

Although I found The Lake District Mystery rather boring, must say I have enjoyed a lot of the British Library Crime Classics and other reissues, and indeed they were the original inspiration for setting up this group, nearly three years ago now, I've just realised.

I have also heard that the later books by John Bude are better, so I will probably try at least one more.

[Jill]

Just starting

Sweet Danger which I have been looking forward to

[Tara]

Judy wrote: "Tara wrote: "Trying to make the most of my 3 months of free Kindle Unlimited membership, I just started A Quiet Life In The Country by T E Kinsey. I am not far into..."

Thanks Judy, I will check out the thread. Its early going, but it seems like it will be breezy.

[Gary]

Having finished The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout I am now reading Fudge Brownies & Murder by fellow Michigander Janel Gradowski and The Mugger by Ed McBain.

[Judy]

Jill wrote: "Just starting

Sweet Danger which I have been looking forward to"

Good to hear, Jill - I'm about 3/4 of the way through now and loving it - a reread for me.

[Annabel]

I've just started Patrick Butler For The Defence, an old John Dickson Carr mystery, in this very Penguin paperback.

I recently introduced myself to this author, under his many guises, as I wanted to see if his locked room mysteries were as good as people say. Some are, some aren't, but sadly I think this is one to avoid. I am pretty robust about sexism in period writing but this one is almost unreadable. The heroes' lighthearted and contemptuous attitude towards women just stinks throughout. I'm only a few chapters in but am already wondering if I'll finish it (a pretty drastic situation to be in with a thin paperback!). And if I don't, I may never know who killed the mysterious Oriental stage magician.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I read The Scandal at Bletchley for my challenge. I was not keen the the main character, but read through to the end of the book, finally deciding that although I still didn't like the main character the book was OK - 2.5 to 3 stars on my rating scale. I decided to try the next in the series but have abandoned reading a couple of chapters in and doubt that I will return to it.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Sue wrote: "

Carol, I listened to an audio version of this a few months ago. What do you t..."

Well Sue & I have chatted about this on our reviews. I ended up a bit disappointed (& wondering if my rating of 3.5 was a little high. Very confused & confusing.

[Judy]

I’m reading a Rex Stout, Where There’s a Will - good fun so far.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Judy wrote: "I’m reading a Rex Stout, Where There’s a Will - good fun so far."

Those are good fun! The relationship between Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin makes for good reading!