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[Judy]

Glad you are enjoying Winifred Peck. Sandy - my pleasure. She was the sister of Ronald Knox and I also enjoyed her non-mystery, Bewildering Cares.

[Kirsten]

I've been reading the true crime book Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

[Carolien]

Susan wrote: "I just finished My Sister, the Serial Killer which was good fun and an excellent debut."

I've been meaning to get this, glad to see you liked it.

[Carolien]

Ruth wrote: "Carolien wrote: "Frances wrote: "I just finished the 4th Jackson Brodie Started Early, Took My Dog, and am devastated to learn there isn’t a 5th one (yet! I hope)."

Brilliant series..."

Good news indeed!

[Carolien]

My search for a book set in Yorkshire ended with A Share in Death which has been on my TBR for a while. I enjoyed it, classic English mystery. Reminds me a bit of PD James in style.

[Susan]

I read that some years ago, Carolien. You have reminded me that it is one to re-read.

[Jill]

Carolien wrote: "My search for a book set in Yorkshire ended with A Share in Death which has been on my TBR for a while. I enjoyed it, classic English mystery. Reminds me a bit of PD James in style."

I added that to my list back in 2012, and still haven't got to it!

[Carolien]

LOL, Jill! I added it on 25 January 2012 to my list and finally got around to it this year!

[Susan]

I feel your pain. Some books have lingered on my kindle even longer and with all the kindle sales going on, I am just adding to this never ending list! Bookgroups and NetGalley reviews always seem to take priority over personal reads. I need to make sure I am reading at least some of them in the New Year...

[Sandy]

I'm listening to Why Didn't They Ask Evans? while baking cookies. Christie is a good length for audio books; a couple of days is usually sufficient and I have more baking today.

Lethal White, which I also have on audio, is 19 hours or more and I may wait until I have a print version to read along side.

[Tara]

Sandy wrote: "I'm listening to Why Didn't They Ask Evans? while baking cookies. Christie is a good length for audio books; a couple of days is usually sufficient and I have more baking today.

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Depending on the subject matter, I actually prefer longer books on audio, as with some concentrated effort you can get through it in a few weeks, compared to a few months reading the book.

[Jill]

Starting The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay. This was group read in December 2015 which I missed out on.

[Gary]

Carolien wrote: "LOL, Jill! I added it on 25 January 2012 to my list and finally got around to it this year!"

Back when I got my first Nook long ago there was a sale on the early Crombie books 1-4 if I remember. Stupidly, I picked up only 1 and 2. Share of Death was one of the first books I read on the Nook, that was 2 years or so before I found my way to GR.

[Kirsten]

I'm reading Death of an Eye by Dana Stabenow

[Jan C]

Death in the Dentist's Chair and Murder on the Blackboard

[Susan in NC]

Tara wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I'm listening to Why Didn't They Ask Evans? while baking cookies. Christie is a good length for audio books; a couple of days is usually sufficient and I have more bak..."
I agree - with longer books, especially non-fiction, I like to listen to the audiobook while reading along.

[Carolien]

Kirsten wrote: "I'm reading Death of an Eye by Dana Stabenow"

Another author who has been on my TBR list from 2012...I have downloaded the first one, but still must get to read it.

[Judy]

I'm nearing the end of Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare and really enjoying it - looks as if this author will be a new GA favourite for me, after I was introduced to him by our buddy read of An English Murder! I love his witty style of writing.

[Susan]

Always great to discover a 'new' author, Judy. I must push, Tenant for Death, up my TBR list.

[Judy]

Yes, great to make these discoveries! I've finished it now and have ordered a secondhand copy of the next in the series, Death is No Sportsman, as that one doesn't seem to be on Kindle, although most of his are.

Hare is an author where the series order on Goodreads is rather confusing, as they break it up into Inspector Mallett and Francis Pettigrew, but it looks as if really it is all one series, so I will follow the publication order.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "Yes, great to make these discoveries! I've finished it now and have ordered a secondhand copy of the next in the series, Death is No Sportsman, as that one doesn't seem to be on Kind..."

Good to know, thanks! I saw some of Hare’s books in my library’s ebook collection, but wasn’t sure of the order. I enjoyed him, too.

[Susan]

Here is an interesting article on Cyril Hare:

http://www.martinedwardsbooks.com/cyr...

Books in publication order:

http://www.detective-fiction.com/cyri...

Bibliography


Tenant for Death (1937)

Death is No Sportsman (1938)

Suicide Excepted (1939)

Tragedy at Law (1942)

With a Bare Bodkin (1946)

When the Wind Blows aka The Wind Blows Death (1949)

An English Murder aka The Christmas Murder (1951)

That Yew Tree's Shade aka Death Walks the Woods (1954)

He Should Have Died Hereafter aka Untimely Death (1958)

Best Detective Stories aka Death Among Friends (1959)

[Sandy]

I've started The Singing Sands, one of our January reads. I really like Tey's style. Too early to know how I feel about the plot but we out of London and in the 'wilds' of Scotland.

[Susan in NC]

Susan wrote: "Here is an interesting article on Cyril Hare:

http://www.martinedwardsbooks.com/cyr...

Books in publication order:

http://www.detective-fiction.com/cyri...
Bibliograp..."

Thank you!

[Judy]

Susan wrote: "Here is an interesting article on Cyril Hare:

http://www.martinedwardsbooks.com/cyr...

Books in publication order:

http://www.detective-fiction.com/cyri...

Thank you, Susan. Very interesting! That article confirms that all the Mallett and Pettigrew books follow in order, but An English Murder is a standalone and (as we know from our buddy read!) doesn't feature either character.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Judy wrote: "I'm nearing the end of Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare and really enjoying it - looks as if this author will be a new GA favourite for me, after I was introduced to hi..."

Thanks, Judy. I didn't read the other because seasonal titles don't ever make my list, but I'm pleased to see this is the first in a series and I love your comment about his writing style.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Yesterday I started Crocodile on the Sandbank. Really liked it from the very first pages. So glad, too, because I picked up more in the series at October's library book sale.

[Judy]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Thanks, Judy. I didn't read the other because seasonal titles don't ever make my list, but I'm pleased to see this is the first in a series and I love your comment about his writing style ..."

Hope you enjoy it, Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Judy wrote: "Hope you enjoy it, Elizabeth. "

Me, too, Judy. And I won't mind a nag or two, either. I have so many I want to read that titles often get lost when I see so many other "shiny" things.

[Susan in NC]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Judy wrote: "Hope you enjoy it, Elizabeth. "

Me, too, Judy. And I won't mind a nag or two, either. I have so many I want to read that titles often get lost when I see so many other "shiny" things."

One of my favorite series of all-time- love the humor! Enjoy.

[Sandy]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yesterday I started Crocodile on the Sandbank. Really liked it from the very first pages. So glad, too, because I picked up more in the series at October's library book sale."

One of my favorite series. I love the family and its fun imagining their point of view vs. Amelia's memoirs.

[Paperbackreader]

Susan wrote: "Here is an interesting article on Cyril Hare:

http://www.martinedwardsbooks.com/cyr...

Books in publication order:

http://www.detective-fiction.com/cyri...

Bibliograp..."

Interesting. Thanks for sharing! Loved Hare's An English Murder.

[Judy]

I've just read the new mini-book Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories by Margery Allingham, which includes three stories featuring Albert Campion and one which doesn't.

They are all quite rare - the Campion ones originally appeared as extras in omnibus editions of the novels, although I had read one of them in one of the British Library Crime Classics anthologies. It was a very quick read, but as an Allingham fan I really enjoyed it.

[Sandy]

Judy wrote: "I've just read the new mini-book Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories by Margery Allingham, which includes three stories featuring Albert Campion and one which doe..."

Good idea, Judy. I just picked it up with my Kindle Unlimited membership.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "I've just read the new mini-book Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories by Margery Allingham, which includes three stories featuring Albert Campion and one which doe..."

Thanks, Judy; I need an anthology read for another challenge, sounds just the ticket! I’ll see if I can get it...love Campion, and I’d be interested to see what her writing is like without him...

[Judy]

Sandy wrote: "Good idea, Judy. I just picked it up with my Kindle Unlimited membership. ..."

That's how I got it, too! Sandy and Susan, I'll just add, the very short last story in the book is from later in Campion's life than our current reads.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Good idea, Judy. I just picked it up with my Kindle Unlimited membership. ..."

That's how I got it, too! Sandy and Susan, I'll just add, the very short last story in the book is from..."

Interesting, I’ve always wondered how Campion would age, what Allingham might do with him!

[Susan]

Black Roses one of our future buddy reads is currently 99p

[Susan]

I have started A Place of Execution; amazingly, my first Val McDermid

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Will finish The Singing Sands today.

[Susan in NC]

Still waiting on Singing Sands from my library - hopefully I can get it today, they close tomorrow for the holiday.

[Carolien]

I finished Flying Too High yesterday. I'm enjoying this series, interesting characters and the plots are well considered.

[Sandy]

Carolien wrote: "I finished Flying Too High yesterday. I'm enjoying this series, interesting characters and the plots are well considered."

Phrynne is a fun character. I enjoyed the books so much more than the TV series.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Sandy wrote: "I enjoyed the books so much more than the TV series."

I have seen others reading the books, but didn't know there was a TV series.

[Sandy]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I enjoyed the books so much more than the TV series."

I have seen others reading the books, but didn't know there was a TV series."

They are a British import shown on public TV (in my area). Called 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' and only an hour long so are greatly simplified. And they change her love life! On the plus side, the costumes are wonderful.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Sandy wrote: "They are a British import shown on public TV (in my area). "

We rarely watch PBS for anything other than the weather.

[Gardener0126]

I just finished The Body in the Beck which was first published in 1950. It is book two of the series, and it is a fairly typical English country village mystery, except that it featured the most obnoxious main character ever, a Scotland Yard detective Inspector who should have been killed off in book one! Im not sure if I will try others in the series.

I had picked up book one free at some point, although I haven’t read it. I chose to read book two first because I bought a Kindle unlimited 3 month membership for 99 cents back in November and I wanted to get my money’s worth out of it.

I have also read the first three books in the Rose Simpson series by Margaret Addison via KU. Those are quick, easy reads, and very cozy. The ones I read are all very typical British country house mysteries.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

Also via KU, the first two books in the Violet Carlyle series by Beth Byers. Those are also very cozy, and set in the roaring 20s.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

I think that tonight I’m going to read New Year's Madness: A Violet Carlyle Cozy Historical Mystery. Other people might party, my idea of a great party is a good book, a glass of wine and a roaring fire! Luckily Dh agrees with me.

[Judy]

The Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries are actually an Australian series and have proved quite hard to see in the UK, as I think they only turned up on a cable TV station (Alibi) which made quite a few cuts. I bought a DVD box set to see them all! I love the TV series but wasn't so keen on the first book which I tried - but may try more.

[Emma]

Judy wrote: "The Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries are actually an Australian series and have proved quite hard to see in the UK, as I think they only turned up on a cable TV station (Alibi) which made quite a few cuts..."

They're showing on Netflix in the UK if that helps.

I enjoyed the first few books (which I read on Kindle), then got the, I think, twelfth in the series (due to the vagaries of purchasing on Kindle), and it was like I was reading about a completely different person, one whom I didn't like.

[Judy]

Thanks Emma - I think they must have arrived on Netflix fairly recently. Good news anyway.