What mysteries are you reading at the moment? Old thread Showing 3,751-3,800 of 4,457

[Jill]

Nearly finished Died in the Wool and had to say what a great title this was.

[Jan C]

Hope to finish The Corpse Steps Out tonight.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "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 ..."

Me, too! I thought I was the only one - the shows are fun, but just not the same, are they?

[Susan in NC]

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

We rarely watch PBS for anything other than the weather."

Interesting to compare the show with the books - give the show a look if you ever see it on PBS or DVD - I’d be curious to hear what you think. The costumes are wonderful, and I like the actress they have play Phryne - she is stunning and funny and brave and strong, just like you’d expect Phryne to be!

[Susan in NC]

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 c..."

Have you read Greenwood’s Corinna Chapman series? It’s set in modern-day Melbourne, and she’s a divorced accountant turned baker who lives in a beautiful, old apartment complex above her bakery surrounded by an assortment of interesting types. Between drooling over the bread descriptions and the intriguing mysteries provided by her unique urban setting, I enjoyed this series and need to get back to it!

[Diane]

I am working my way through Faith Martin's Hillary Greene series Murder on the Oxford Canal. I just finished the 13th in the series Murder of a Lover and am loving them more and more with each book. I was reading them a book a month but I went straight from the 12th to the 13th and am not sure I can wait before beginning the 14th. Has anyone else tried them?

Hillary Greene is a Detective Inspector based in Oxford, a woman in her 40s who lives on a canal boat. The series is modern-day. If you try the series, you must read them in order. Each book has its own new murder but there are underlying subplots that go from book to book. The continuing community of fairly complex characters make this a very pleasant and intriguing series. They are police procedurals/cozy.

The series has been reissued in ebook form (with changed titles) as part of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited books

[Susan in NC]

Diane wrote: "I am working my way through Faith Martin's Hillary Greene series Murder on the Oxford Canal. I just finished the 13th in the series Murder of a Lover and am loving t..."

This sounds like my kind of series, thanks! I’m just starting a reread The Toll-Gate, more of an adventure-romance than mystery, with the Georgette Heyer Fans group here on Goodreads.

[Carolien]

Susan, I have not looked at the Corinna Chapman series, but they look like fun. They are horrendously expensive as ebooks, but I do have a husband who is currently working in Australia and, having missed my birthday, Christmas and New Year, owes me a lot of presents. I think I'll send him a suggestion on what he can bring home next week.

[Judy]

I haven't tried the Corinna Chapman series but may give them a go, Susan, thanks - the unique setting and bread descriptions sound tempting!

[Diane]

Diane wrote: "I am working my way through Faith Martin's Hillary Greene series Murder on the Oxford Canal. I just finished the 13th in the series Murder of a Lover and am loving t..."

Susan wrote I’m just starting a reread The Toll-Gate, more of an adventure-romance than mystery...

Susan you raise an interesting point though the discussion maybe belongs on the Georgette Heyer group (which I'm also a member of). Is The Toll-Gate a mystery? (view spoiler)[ It's not a murder-mystery but John is trying to solve the mystery of why the toll keeper disappeared. It's certainly a romance and an adventure and a comedy for that matter. (hide spoiler)]

[Teri-K]

Carolien wrote: "Susan, I have not looked at the Corinna Chapman series, but they look like fun. They are horrendously expensive as ebooks, but I do have a husband who is currently working in Australia and, having ..."

If you have access to Audible, the narrator is very good and I've enjoyed listening to the series several times. They're kind of quirky, sometimes amusing and full of fascinating characters.

[Carolien]

Teri-K wrote: "Carolien wrote: "Susan, I have not looked at the Corinna Chapman series, but they look like fun. They are horrendously expensive as ebooks, but I do have a husband who is currently working in Austr..."

Now that is a good idea. Audible is harassing me since I have too many credits outstanding, so I may as well put them to good use!

[Gary]

Not a classic mystery, but currently reading Bikinis & Bloodshed by Anne Marie Stoddard

[Sandy]

Diane wrote: "I am working my way through Faith Martin's Hillary Greene series Murder on the Oxford Canal. I just finished the 13th in the series Murder of a Lover and am loving t..."

Sounds like a series I'll enjoy and I have a Kindle Unlimited that is convenient but is not paying its way.

[Susan in NC]

Carolien wrote: "Susan, I have not looked at the Corinna Chapman series, but they look like fun. They are horrendously expensive as ebooks, but I do have a husband who is currently working in Australia and, having ..."

I’m sorry- I found them through my library, next to the Phryne mysteries, so got to try them for free - but that sounds like a great plan!

[Susan in NC]

Diane wrote: "Diane wrote: "I am working my way through Faith Martin's Hillary Greene series Murder on the Oxford Canal. I just finished the 13th in the series Murder of a Lover a..."

Diane - good point! I guess I was thinking that the mystery of the toll-keeper’s disappearance is what caused Jack to stick around and get involved in Derbyshire- and we don’t know if there has been foul play. Also, there is the mysterious behavior of the young heir and his shifty friend- why do they come to Derbyshire? What are they up to? There is a lot going on, but we don’t have a body, that’s true, I was just posting what I was reading, I hadn’t thought.

On the other hand, I finally got my library copy of Died In the Wool (nice large print copy), and started reading along with the audiobook. Great narrator, loving the descriptions of the South Island.

[Susan in NC]

Teri-K wrote: "Carolien wrote: "Susan, I have not looked at the Corinna Chapman series, but they look like fun. They are horrendously expensive as ebooks, but I do have a husband who is currently working in Austr..."

Thank you, I just joined Audible, I’ll give them a try!

[Gary]

While my Nook was recharging, I fired up my Kindle and started The Pusher by Ed McBain which is book 3 in the 87th Precinct series.

[Sandy]

Gary wrote: "While my Nook was recharging, I fired up my Kindle and started The Pusher by Ed McBain which is book 3 in the 87th Precinct series."

Ah the electronic age! I'm often bouncing between two ipods, only one of which gets my books from Audible.

[Gary]

So I was in the basement to retrieve something else and I located one of my boxes of paperbacks. There about 3 books down near the first Brother Cadfael novel was my copy of the first Richard Jury novel, The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes. So not everything I read will be ebooks. Found at least one Perry Mason in the box as well.

[Judy]

I've started reading one of the Patricia Wentworth books I picked up as a freebie a while back, Fear by Night - good fun so far. This one was first published in 1934.

[Jill]

Starting Closed Circle by Robert Goddard Set on a transatlantic liner in 1931

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Last night I started Maigret Sets a Trap. I had thought I'd start Green for Danger, but apparently I forgot to buy it when it was on sale.

[Susan]

Jill wrote: "Starting Closed Circle by Robert Goddard Set on a transatlantic liner in 1931"

I love books set on ships, Jill. There is just something magical about liners...

[Judy]

I finished Fear by Night by Patricia Wentworth, which was a bonkers plot but enjoyable. I'm aiming to read more of the books which have been waiting patiently on my Kindle - especially now that I have a new one which is working properly!

I've now started listening to Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen, the second in her series of mysteries set in the Welsh countryside, beautifully read by Roger Clark, who has a great voice with a Welsh accent which is perfect for these stories.

I'm also reading our forthcoming buddy read The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan.

[Susan]

Good to hear you don't have to read on your phone anymore, Judy :)

[Judy]

Thanks, Susan. Yes, nice to have a bigger screen. :)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I have only resorted to reading on my phone on a couple of occasions, I much prefer the larger screen and I have a choice of kindle, Fire tablet or ipad.

I'm currently reading the fourth book in the Rivers of London seriesBroken Homes. The next book will tick off the penultimate English county of my challenge. I still have a lot of Wales, Scotland and Ireland to visit.

I'm also listening to the audible version of The Toll-Gate

[Susan in NC]

Trying to catch up with the group, I’m reading .

[Susan]

Susan in NC wrote: "Trying to catch up with the group, I’m reading ."

Hurrah!

[Gary]

Now reading The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes

[Jan C]

Finally finished Death in the Dentist's Chair.

[Jill]

Almost half way through The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra for the new group read

[Gardener0126]

Diane wrote: "I am working my way through Faith Martin's Hillary Greene series Murder on the Oxford Canal. I just finished the 13th in the series Murder of a Lover and am loving t..."

Because you posted this, I have started Murder on the Oxford Canal, and am enjoying it. In general the word “gripping” in the title or description of a book is a huge “ no” for me. I don’t know why, probably because it is so overused. Every book in the series has “a gripping crime novel full of twists” attached to the title. I know I said that I am enjoying this book, and I am, but I am not finding it “gripping”.

[Emma]

Gardener0126 wrote: Because you posted this, I have started Murder on the Oxford Canal, and am enjoying it. In general the word “gripping” in the title or description of a book is a huge “ no” for me. I don’t know why, probably because it is so overused. Every book in the series has “a gripping crime novel full of twists” attached to the title. I know I said that I am enjoying this book, and I am, but I am not finding it “gripping”

Ha, I started the same book as a results of Diane's recommendation (and have also read the second in the series, Murder at the University), and agree with you. Both were very enjoyable (but not gripping).

The list of British slang at the back of my Kindle edition was amusing - it made me wonder if the author is not a native Brit, since some of the terms aren't quite what I'd expect. There's a bit in the second novel where Hillary is noted to have had "the opportunity to study art as a second major" which is not the way British degrees work.

[Susan]

Current mysteries on the go are:

Scrublands: The No. 1 Bestselling Thriller in Australia

Nemesis

The Devil Aspect

[ShanDizzy]

Susan wrote: "The Martha Grimes mysteries are finally being released on kindle in the UK in August. I will pre-order the first one on your recommendation, S Dizzy, as I know we often like the same books :)"

Susan, I think I will try to read this series again despite being disappointed in the coarse language from #4 The Dirty Duck. I had lunch with one of my friends over the weekend who has read the entire series and she said that the language isn't as bad in the rest of the series. I don't mind a smattering of coarse language but cannot tolerate rampant cursing/swearing/vulgarity just for the sake of it. Because I truly got to like Jury, Plant, and his opportunistic aunt and the other characters, so I will it another go. Do you remember anything about the language from reading this series? Thank you

[Jill]

S Dizzy wrote: "Susan wrote: "The Martha Grimes mysteries are finally being released on kindle in the UK in August. I will pre-order the first one on your recommendation, S Dizzy, as I know we often like the same ..."

I've only read the first 3 of this series and The Lamorna Wink which is the one I read first (as I was in Lamorna at the time) and that made me buy the series. My next will be The Dirty Duck, but I don't think I remember swearing in the later book.

[ShanDizzy]

Jill wrote: "S Dizzy wrote: "Susan wrote: "The Martha Grimes mysteries are finally being released on kindle in the UK in August. I will pre-order the first one on your recommendation, S Dizzy, as I know we ofte..."

Thanks for the information, Jill.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

S Dizzy wrote: "I don't mind a smattering of coarse language but cannot tolerate rampant cursing/swearing/vulgarity just for the sake of it. "

Yay! Another who doesn't see the point of the coarseness "just for the sake of it."

[Jill]

Just finished The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy and A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton
Am now going to read Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz. I read The House of Silk and liked that so time for the next in the Sherlock Holmes series by this author.

[Jan C]

S Dizzy wrote: "Susan wrote: "The Martha Grimes mysteries are finally being released on kindle in the UK in August. I will pre-order the first one on your recommendation, S Dizzy, as I know we often like the same ..."

I am on my 15th book and I have no recollection of bad language. Maybe I just have a selective memory.

[Susan in NC]

Couldn’t get Inspector Chopra from my library, so I’m listening to the audiobook through Scribd, and just started , more of a spy thriller really, for another group read.

[Susan in NC]

S Dizzy wrote: "Susan wrote: "The Martha Grimes mysteries are finally being released on kindle in the UK in August. I will pre-order the first one on your recommendation, S Dizzy, as I know we often like the same ..."

Hey, Shannon! I read this entire series years ago because I also enjoyed Plant and Jury and the recurring characters- I don’t remember the language being that bad among the main characters, I enjoyed their humor and friendship (and yes, Plant’s horrid aunt!) I hope you enjoy it if you read on. I have to check back in with Martha Grimes, I believe she wrote other things for awhile then went back to Jury with a new book in the last couple years.

[Annabel]

I am reading Miss Klopp's Midnight Confessions . I love this series but was horrified to discover that for this one, she has switched to third person. Why do authors do this? Constance Klopp delivers a great first person narrative. It's not that I don't like books written in third person, but when you have started to enjoy a series' narrative voice, it's very jarring to switch.

I thought the same when the Kay Scarpetta books switched to third person and I don't even like those that much. I know it gives the author the chance to use other narrative voices and show scenes where the protagonist isn't present, but I'm not sure the trade is worth it. Hoping that the next book in the series switches back.

[Judy]

That's interesting, Annabel - I also find it a bit odd when a series chops and changes from one to the other. I wonder if it sometimes has something to do with the nuts and bolts of the mystery in question - if it needs scenes where the detective isn't there, as you say.

[Susan in NC]

Annabel wrote: "I am reading Miss Klopp's Midnight Confessions . I love this series but was horrified to discover that for this one, she has switched to third p..."

I read the first couple books in this series and enjoyed them- thanks for the reminder, Annabel, to get back to it.

[Sandy]

Susan in NC wrote: "Annabel wrote: "I am reading Miss Klopp's Midnight Confessions . I love this series but was horrified to discover that for this one, she has swi..."

I read them all as they came out, never noticed the switch and can't tell you if first person returns. I feel very unobservent.

[Jemima]

I've just finished and am currently into , having read the previous Angela Marchmont mysteries and enjoyed them through Oct-Dec last year.

[Judy]

Was the Sara Rosett book good, Jemima? That's a new name to me. I'm also a fan of the Angela Marchmont books.