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[Sandy]

I love the interaction between Archie and Wolfe. Another author who has taken up the series has a book about how they met. I haven't finished the originals and haven't read any of the extensions, but am of two minds about reading that book. Can it really be how they met if it isn't Stout's version? Will it affect my relationship with them? Am I taking my imaginary friends too seriously? But I want to know how they met!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Sandy wrote: "Another author who has taken up the series has a book about how they met. "

He also has some other Stout books. I'm very reluctant to even look at them, but I'm sure there will be many readers who are enthusiastic about them.

[Adrian]

I don’t know if this the place to pose this question or even the time ? But I shall nonetheless:-

Have we (you the fab moderators I of course mean ) any ideas for next years group challenge ?

[Jill]

Adrian wrote: "I don’t know if this the place to pose this question or even the time ? But I shall nonetheless:-

Have we (you the fab moderators I of course mean ) any ideas for next years group challenge ?"

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

[Adrian]

Thank you Jill. My timing was almost perfect 😬

[Terry]

I have decided to read through Nero Wolfe in order. Finished Rubber Band last night and it is on to Red Box. I so love Nero and Archie. And the wordplay is outstanding.

[Susan]

The vote is very close. Please do vote if you haven't already done so, for our November, WWI themed book.

[Pages]

Morning everyone,

I’m not sure if it’s mysteryish but I used to really like Lisa Jewell books back in chick lit days and she’s moved onto psychological thrillers. I’ve read ‘Then she was gone’, ‘Watching you’ and am currently reading ‘I found you’.

I think they are really good, easy to read, absorbing with great twists.

[Pages]

I’ve also gobbled my through Shari Lapena over the summer due to delayed flights and what not. They’re also easy to read but it’s crime fiction.

[Sandy]

I'm half through the latest in the Kopp, Lady Cop series (my title) Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit and enjoying it. It is based on the first woman deputy in New Jersey in 1916. There is a mystery investigation but much more about the day-to-day turmoil in the sheriff's office during election season. Kopp and her sisters are good company.

[Amelina]

Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

[Tara]

I just started the 3rd Lady Hardcastle mystery, Death around the Bend by TE Kinsey. I really didn't care much for the 2nd book in this series as it felt very cobbled together, but so far this one is faring better. We shall see as I progress though.

[Annabel]

Sandy wrote: "I'm half through the latest in the Kopp, Lady Cop series (my title) Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit and enjoying it. It is based on the first woman deputy in New Jersey in 1916. There is ..."

I love these - and yet am somehow now two books behind. Which is a better situation than having finished the latest in a series and waiting impatiently for more, so it's all good! My local bookshops simply don't seem to stock Amy Stewart's books, which is a great pity. And yes, I could order them online but I prefer the 'stumble across' approach. I'll get there eventually!

[Sandy]

I love the stumble on approach. I found Miss Kopp on display at the library, when I already had too many books checked out.

[Leslie]

Terry wrote: "I have decided to read through Nero Wolfe in order. Finished Rubber Band last night and it is on to Red Box. I so love Nero and Archie. And the wordplay is outstanding."

Glad to see another attempt this! I am further along than you are (last one finished was Murder by the Book, #19) but I still enjoying my time with Nero & Archie :)

I finished today a reread of The Lady in the Lake as part of my reading the Philip Marlowe series in order. While not bad as hard-boiled crime fiction goes (not my favorite type of mystery), it isn't nearly as good as the first or last book in the series.

[Judy]

I'm just starting Death in the Dentist's Chair for next month's group read. Have just finished Where There's a Will by Rex Stout which I really enjoyed.

[Susan]

I am reading the new Peter James thriller Absolute Proof

[Gary]

I am also working a series read of the Wolfe series. Next up book 3. I did read a couple out of order, Some Buried Caesar and Three Doors to Death

[Jill]

Almost half way through Death in the Dentist's Chair for next month, and enjoying it so far.

[Sandy]

I am also reading and enjoying Dentist's Chair.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I've started it too, but will withhold judgment until finished.

[Gary]

Nearing the end of Fudge Brownies & Murder by Janel Gradowski a fellow Michigander. Next up
The Mugger by Ed McBain which is the second in the 87th Precinct series. Steve Carella is not present in this one. Bert Kling and Meyer Meyer figure prominentally so far. I will be reading Chapter 4 when I get back into it.

[Judy]

Fudge Brownies & Murder ... you find some books with extremely delicious titles, Gary.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Judy wrote: "Fudge Brownies & Murder ... you find some books with extremely delicious titles, Gary."

Certainly. Just look at the titles by Joanne Fluke in her Hannah Swenson series.

[Gary]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Judy wrote: "Fudge Brownies & Murder ... you find some books with extremely delicious titles, Gary."

Certainly. Just look at the titles by Joanne Fluke in her Hannah Swenson series."

A series I haven't cracked yet, although I have a good number of the books on my Nook.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I haven't read any of them, but they are relatively popular by a few members in another of my groups.

[Gary]

Judy wrote: "Fudge Brownies & Murder ... you find some books with extremely delicious titles, Gary."

A lot of the cozy mystery novels I read are from Gemma Halliday's publishing company. I also knocked out the short story that precedes Fudge Brownie, that was Barbecue and Bad Juju, which is contained in Killer Beach Reads. Next up in the series is Banana Muffins & Mayhem. I probably won't get that finished this month. My reading time took a major hit with being hospitalized for close to 2 weeks this month. Good news I get out tomorrow late afternoon.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Gary wrote: "Good news I get out tomorrow late afternoon. "

Best wishes for the rest of your recovery!

[Susan]

Gary, sorry to hear you have been unwell. I hope you are better soon and wish you a speedy recovery.

[Judy]

Sorry to hear that, Gary! Glad to hear you are going home tomorrow and all best wishes for your recovery.

Thanks to both you and Elizabeth for the tempting titles, which won't help my latest diet attempt. :)

[Sandy]

Good luck with your recovery Gary.

[Sandy]

I have started Surfeit of Lampreys: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #10. I expected the title to mean 'poisoning by an eel dinner' but found Lamprey is a family name and there are a lot of them.

[Lady Clementina]

Sorry to hear that Gary. Best wishes for a quick recovery.

[Tara]

Gary wrote: "Judy wrote: "Fudge Brownies & Murder ... you find some books with extremely delicious titles, Gary."

A lot of the cozy mystery novels I read are from Gemma Halliday's publishing company. I also kn..."

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Gary!

[Tara]

Sandy wrote: "I have started Surfeit of Lampreys: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #10. I expected the title to mean 'poisoning by an eel dinner' but found Lamprey is a family name and there are a lot o..."

The US title is disappointingly called Death of a Peer. I hope the book is not as underwhelming as the title is.

[Susan]

I have just started re-reading Malice in Wonderland one of our Buddy Reads for next month.

[Gary]

Judy wrote: "Sorry to hear that, Gary! Glad to hear you are going home tomorrow and all best wishes for your recovery.

Thanks to both you and Elizabeth for the tempting titles, which won't help my latest diet..."

Then I won't tell you that there are recipes after the story ends including two for different kinds of brownies.

[Gary]

Thank you for all the well wishes everyone. Now back to reading.

[Judy]

Gary wrote: "Then I won't tell you that there are recipes after the story ends including two for different kinds of brownies ..."

Glad you didn't tell me that, Gary. Seriously though, I like the idea of these cosy culinary mysteries so will give them a try - I have tried one or two but I think I chose the wrong authors.

[Gary]

In the series I am currently reading, set in fictional Kellerton, Mi, the author avoids the MC cop boyfriend trope. She also avoids the romantic triangle. Amy, the MC, is happily married.

[Gary]

I also started reading Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3 by Dashiell Hammett

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I believe Gary meant this link:

Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3

[Jill]

Finished Death in the Dentist's Chair now about to start Death of a Peer ready for the discussion .

[Gary]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I believe Gary meant this link:

Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3"

I was pretty sure I went back and fixed it after seeing it was originally posted messed up.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Gary wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I believe Gary meant this link:

Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3"

I was pretty sure I..."

Yes, you did - but I was posting as you were fixing, so didn't see it.

[Susan]

Jill wrote: "Finished Death in the Dentist's Chair now about to start Death of a Peer ready for the discussion ."

I enjoyed Death of a Peer/Surfeit of Lampreys, Jill. Hope you like it too.

[Judy]

I've started The Troubadour's Tale by Ann Swinfen, one of her Oxford medieval mysteries.

[Susan]

By the way, as it is - very nearly October - we have opened the discussions for the October read and the next Ngaio Marsh.

[Jan C]

Just started John Dickson Carr's first - It Walks by Night. I haven't read any of his first series, Henri Bencolin.

[Frances]

I recently finished March Violets (I first heard of him on reading his obituary), and while I found it well-written and engrossing I found the level of graphic violence unsettling. After reading reviews of the next in the series, I have opted not to read more of his novels.

I've just finished the second Matthew Shardlake mystery, Dark Fire, and I'm really enjoying this series.

I'm now giving Magpie Murders a go.