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[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Frances wrote: "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. Af..."

I am hoping to get to this before the end of November, but so many other things are gaining attention it may get shoved off. We'll see.

[Jess]

My review of The Phantom of the Opera. I found it disappointing.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jill]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Frances wrote: "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 violenc..."

Another series I mean to start, but the book clubs seem to be taking over at the moment

[Susan]

Oh, I love Bernie Gunther.... There is one more being released next year and then the series will end. I am deeply saddened by Phillip Kerr's loss. However, I am looking forward to reading the Clara Vine books, by his wife, Jane Thynne, the first, Black Roses being one of the new series we intend to start as Buddy Reads next year.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Susan wrote: "However, I am looking forward to reading the Clara Vine books, by his wife, Jane Thynne, the first, Black Roses being one of the new series we intend to start as Buddy Reads next year.

Speaking of covers (which we were in the nominations thread), this cover is beautiful!



That said, I *think* I thank you for the heads up about the buddy read. I did not know of this title/series - and you are seriously doing damage to my general wishes here. ;-)

There is no kindle edition of this title available in the US. I will happily order a cheap used paperback to be ready.

[Susan]

Sorry, Elizabeth. A while ago, we were thinking of starting some new series, as we are partway through quite a few different series at the moment, and have since had a number of new members. All our books are listed in a thread at the very top of the page, but our forthcoming Buddy Reads are as follows:

October/November: Malice in Wonderland by Nicholas Blake
Death Among the Sunbathers: E R Punshon

November/December: The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake
The Treasure at Poldarrow Point by Clara Benson

December/January: An English Murder by Cecil Hare
Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson

January/February: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham

February/March: Black Roses by Jane Thynne
Minute for Murder by Nicholas Blake

March/April: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Stop Press by Michael Innes

April/May: Cover Her Face by P D James

May/June: Death of a Hollow Man by Caroline Graham

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I've accessed that thread before, but I've failed to be inquisitive enough, apparently, to look at all of the titles. So when you linked to this specific title, I *did* look. But also that she is linked to Philip Kerr, who interests me, had me considering her more seriously.

[Susan]

I will try to rotate all the different series that we are reading. Obviously, members are all welcome to suggest one-off Buddy Reads or a series that you would like to try.

[Susan]

We currently have 13 series/authors which are either running now, or upcoming:

Nigel Strangeways
Inspector Appleby
Josephine Tey
Campion
Bobby Owen
Angela Marchmont
Jackson Lamb
Flaxborough
Baby Ganesh Agency
Clara Vine
Mystery of 1920’s Bombay
Inspector Dalgliesh
Inspector Barnaby

I do have a list, so will make sure they all get their turn :)

Does everyone want to continue the Nicola Upson series? I know there were mixed reactions to that one.

Likewise, if we try a new author/series and it isn't popular, we can just drop it.

[Frances]

I'm interested in continuing with the Nicola Upson/Josephine Tey series, at the moment I'm only reading that one, Campion and Inspector Barnaby.

[Susan]

Excellent, Frances. It really helps if members say what they want/don't want, so we can reflect that. We hope!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

The first in the Perveen Mistry series, The Widows of Malabar Hill, I have, and picked up because I have read another by Sujata Massey. As I say above, I will start the Clara Vine, have the first Adam Dalgliesh, and I plan to continue Barnaby. The next in that series seems a long way out, which is OK.

[Susan]

I have updated the list of current and forthcoming books, so it should now be totally up to date for the new month of October.

[Jill]

Starting Slow Horses ready for buddy read. Certainly action-packed at the start.

[Sandy]

Jill wrote: "Starting Slow Horses ready for buddy read. Certainly action-packed at the start."

I'm looking forward to it and I should get to it soon. I have a book to finish and then the two Poirot stories.

[Judy]

I'm halfway through The Troubadour's Tale by Ann Swinfen now, which is one of the medieval Oxford mysteries. and am enjoying her writing style and all the details of medieval life, but once again there is really not very much mystery, which seems to be a problem with this series!

Anyway, this one is full of snow and feels very Christmassy, which I hadn't realised before starting it! This series definitely needs to be read in order, as the books all follow straight on from one another and the character stories run through them.

[Judy]

Susan wrote: "I have updated the list of current and forthcoming books, so it should now be totally up to date for the new month of October."

Thank you, Susan. So many goodies coming up. :)

[Pages]

I’m reading the 4th Coromoron Strike mystery Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Its nice to get back to familiar characters and see what they are up to. I’m a few chapters in.

[Sandy]

Farrah wrote: "I’m reading the 4th Coromoron Strike mystery Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Its nice to get back to familiar characters and see what they are up to. I’m a few chapters in."

I'm on the wait list. And impatient.

[Frances]

I just finished Magpie Murders, which is a very clever mystery-within-a mystery with a peek into the writing/publishing world around the very popular English cozy-type series. I think it would particularly appeal to members of this group.

[Sandy]

Frances wrote: "I just finished Magpie Murders, which is a very clever mystery-within-a mystery with a peek into the writing/publishing world around the very popular English cozy-type series. I thi..."

I loved it, and his later book The Word Is Murder. I have The House of Silk out of the library now and hope I get to it before its due date.

[Susan]

Horowitz has a new mystery coming out: The Sentence is Death in November.

Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne.
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‘You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late…’

These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine – a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.

Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?

Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.

But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed – even at the risk of death…

It follows The Word Is Murder

[Sandy]

Great news, Susan! Another wait list to monitor.

[Pages]

I really liked Magpie Murders and loved The Word is Murder. That’s great he’s got a new book coming out. He’s brilliant.

[Judy]

I've just bought The House of Silk and it looks really good - hope to get to it soon!

[Lady Clementina]

Farrah wrote: "I really liked Magpie Murders and loved The Word is Murder. That’s great he’s got a new book coming out. He’s brilliant."

I have Magpie waiting to be read, and want to read The House of Silk too.

[Susan]

Don't forget we have three Buddy Reads to choose from this month:

October/November:
Malice in Wonderland by Nicholas Blake
Death Among the Sunbathers: E R Punshon
Slow Horses by Mick Herron

We usually open Buddy Reads mid-month, so next weekend, if anyone wants to join in. Malice in Wonderland is one of my favourite Nigel Strangeways mysteries, as I love the original setting of an early holiday camp. Slow Horses is the first in the brilliant, Jackson Lamb//Slough House series. Death Among the Sunbathers is the second in the Bobby Owens series.

[Judy]

Thanks Susan! Sorry not to have mentioned this earlier, but I’ve just remembered, for anyone reading Death Amongst Sunbathers, I’d advise waiting to read the introduction until the end as there may be one or two potential spoilers.

[Susan]

Thanks, Judy. So often a problem with re-published GA novels, where there is often an essay.

[Annabel]

Just finished another old Perry Mason paperback. The fact that I can often make no sense at all of the white-collar fraud plot in these books doesn't make me love them any the less. (And as I've said before, it's a pleasant alternative to the gruesome murders of children and women which are staple fare of contemporary thrillers.)

I am travelling on the sleeper train to Scotland this week (a long-held dream coming true!) and having discovered to my horror that I have no copy of Murder on the Orient Express at home (how can this be?), I am taking Christie's similar Murder on the Blue Train and The Thirty-Nine Steps (not a sleeper, but a train to Scotland at any rate).

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Judy wrote: "Thanks Susan! Sorry not to have mentioned this earlier, but I’ve just remembered, for anyone reading Death Amongst Sunbathers, I’d advise waiting to read the introduction until the end as there may..."

I have started this and did begin the Introduction, but I'm always leery of those and quickly skipped pages when it started on the book itself. Thank you for letting me know I did the right thing!

[Tracey]

Annabel wrote: "Just finished another old Perry Mason paperback. The fact that I can often make no sense at all of the white-collar fraud plot in these books doesn't make me love them any the less. (And as I've sa..."

Enjoy the sleeper! The Case of the Constant Suicides involves a train to Scotland (though not the sleeper I'm afraid) should you want some further reading?

[Jan C]

Recently read The Sleeping Car Murders - a sleeper in France. And there's Carola Dunn's Murder on the Flying Scotsman: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery - a sleeper to Scotland, I think.

[Judy]

Yes, hope you enjoy the sleeper train, Annabel, and get some sleep on it in between books!

[Louise]

Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh. One of her theatre mysteries. Very amusing.

[Lady Clementina]

Louise wrote: "Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh. One of her theatre mysteries. Very amusing."

That's one I've been wanting to read-but we have (or had, don't remember if I got rid of it) an old old copy at home with the end missing so never did.

[Frances]

Annabel wrote: "Just finished another old Perry Mason paperback. The fact that I can often make no sense at all of the white-collar fraud plot in these books doesn't make me love them any the less. (And as I've sa..."

Have a wonderful trip! I took the sleeper up the west coast in August and loved it-which route are you taking?

[Louise]

Lady Clementina wrote: "Louise wrote: "Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh. One of her theatre mysteries. Very amusing."

That's one I've been wanting to read-but we have (or had, don't remember if I got rid of it) an old..."

Well, it's good, but I am about halfway through and have encountered what seems to.me to be a major error - surprising to.me, as I thought Ngaio.Marsh knew a lot about the theatre.

[Marwan]

Started reading Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories by Mary Higgins Clark

[Susan]

I have started Random I have meant to try Craig Robertson for ages - very good so far.

[Jill]

Started The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl. Quite disturbing

[Tara]

Jill wrote: "Started The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl. Quite disturbing"

The title alone is disturbing Jill!

[Valerie]

I just finished Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong . I thought it was fantastic, and intend to (eventually) read the whole series. I listened to the audio book version, which was well done.

[Susan]

That sounds good, Valerie. Added to my TBR list.

I have just finished Random and started The Long Drop

[Carolien]

Valerie wrote: "I just finished Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong . I thought it was fantastic, and intend to (eventually) read the whole series. I listened to the audio book versi..."

I really enjoy this series - so very different to Western crime novels.

[Susan]

What are our favourite mystery series set in other countries? Recommendations welcome!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I'm currently reading The Burglar on the Prowl by Lawrence Block. Light and amusing.

Susan wrote: "What are our favourite mystery series set in other countries? Recommendations welcome!"

Some I have waiting to be read:

Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa
All That Followed by Gabriel Urza
The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer
The Gordian Knot by Bernhard Schlink
The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri
The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo
Andean Express by Juan De Recacoechea (I have read one other by him)
The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (I have read others by him)
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon (I have read this and have another in this series ... awaiting)
Arsène Lupin Series by Maurice Leblanc (Have read the first in the series, want to read more)
Budapest Noir by Vilmos Kondor
Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec
Fantômas Series by Marcel Allain
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (have read this, and might continue the series, but went off to reading other things)

[Jill]

Susan wrote: "What are our favourite mystery series set in other countries? Recommendations welcome!
I have become a fan of Rex Stout since starting him here and I also have the Lawrence Block books and Donna Leon books. Also I have only got as far as the first book in the Kerry Greenwood series, which I liked a lot. Oh and Michael Dibdin's books

[Valerie]

Carolien wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I just finished Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong . I thought it was fantastic, and intend to (eventually) read the whole series. I listened to the ..."

Yes, I think that is one of the aspects that really appealed to me.

[Annabel]

I've just finished Trent's Last Case which I know was a Buddy Read on here not long ago.

A really early classic of the genre - was amazed to read explanations of how fingerprints and car rear-view mirrors work - but I found the style a bit too flowery and the characterisation conversely lacking. The pace was a bit slow too but the central theme is both original and compelling.