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[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.
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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.
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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.

[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.