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[Tina]

NicoleG wrote: "I found a new book coming out soon I think. Maybe put in a future list?
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-adv......"

Looks, good, NicoleG! By any chance, does it take place in the fall? lol

[PugMom]

I don’t know but it’s not out yet. I’m trying to get an ARC.

[Tina]

NicoleG wrote: "Let me know how to get one!!"

Aww, thanks for the support, NicoleG. Wish I could comp it but we're working from a private person budget, funding it on our own. I have a Paypal acct. I'll see how I have it listed and PM you the name under Goodreads mail. Pugs cuts a mean swath on five pages. lol Feel free to have him paw-tograph his pages or wherever he likes. Look for a Goodreads e-mail later today. Thanks bunches!

[Tina]

NicoleG wrote: "I don’t know but it’s not out yet. I’m trying to get an ARC."

Oh, okay. (I should read post through). Sounds good for a future read, indeed. :-)

[PugMom]

A short cozy for free if anyone wants to grab it and hold on to it for when we need an extra side read
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XWZ...

[Tina]

NicoleG wrote: "A short cozy for free if anyone wants to grab it and hold on to it for when we need an extra side read
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XWZ......"

Wow! Love the cover art, NicoleG. Thanks!

[Nicole]

Tina wrote: "NicoleG wrote: "A short cozy for free if anyone wants to grab it and hold on to it for when we need an extra side read
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XWZ......"

Grabbed it! Thanks, NicoleG!!

[PugMom]

Did I post this free one? https://www.amazon.com/Pickles-Perilo...
I know there's a Freebie thread but I can't find it lol

[Tina]

Thanks, NicoleG!

[Tina]

PI's if you've a seasonal photo you'd like to pop up on The Parlor's masthead, feel free to send it to me. They need to be at least 970 x 245. A little larger works over too small. We could use something autumn, harvesty. ;-)

[Tina]

FYI PI's, all-star cast whodunit titled Knives Out is making its way to theater screens mid Dec. Also, remake of Death On the Nile w/the "new" Poirot, Kenneth Branaugh, is currently in production, filming.
Helen Mirren has movie coming out next week. Though I know little about it, it may be more suspense, drama.

[Tina]

Found a new Brit DVD cozy series (new to me that is) called Queens of Mystery. Got a "If you like Agatha Raisin, you like--") rating. Three aunts write mysteries, niece solves crimes. Sounds fun. Just received it today and will give it a go tonight. Anyone see it yet?

[Nicole]

Tina wrote: "Found a new Brit DVD cozy series (new to me that is) called Queens of Mystery. Got a "If you like Agatha Raisin, you like--") rating. Three aunts write mysteries, niece solves crimes. Sounds fun. J..."

I've seen it and enjoyed it! I hope they film more episodes. :-)

[Tina]

Nicole wrote: "Tina wrote: "Found a new Brit DVD cozy series (new to me that is) called Queens of Mystery. Got a "If you like Agatha Raisin, you like--") rating. Three aunts write mysteries, niece solves crimes. ..."

Lovin' it, Nicole!

[Nicole]

Tina wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Tina wrote: "Found a new Brit DVD cozy series (new to me that is) called Queens of Mystery. Got a "If you like Agatha Raisin, you like--") rating. Three aunts write mysteries, niece ..."

Me, too!

[Nicole]

I've decided to participate in the Read Christie 2020 challenge. I observed last year and I think I'm ready to take the plunge, lol. Here's the link in case anyone else in interested. :-)

https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2...

[Tina]

Nicole wrote: "I've decided to participate in the Read Christie 2020 challenge. I observed last year and I think I'm ready to take the plunge, lol. Here's the link in case anyone else in interested. :-)

https://..."

You go get 'em, Nicole. Best!

[Tina]

Anyone watching Jane Austen's Sanditon airing on pbs? Some similarities to Pride & Prejudice. Very good series IMHO. Third installment up next.

[Tina]

Compiling papers (lots o' papers) for tax filing. Will surface out from under in time for Feb. discussion. :-)

[Nicole]

Taxes. Ugh. Re: Sanditon - no, but I've heard it's really good. I'm flagging it "TBW". :-)

[PugMom]

If I can find PBS somewhere I'll watch it. My husband takes care of the taxes so I just have to hand him my W-2 and I'm done LOL

[Tina]

NicoleG wrote: "If I can find PBS somewhere I'll watch it. My husband takes care of the taxes so I just have to hand him my W-2 and I'm done LOL"

I'm jealous. ;-)

[Tina]

Nicole wrote: "Taxes. Ugh. Re: Sanditon - no, but I've heard it's really good. I'm flagging it "TBW". :-)"

Sanditon is good. Hope you catch it!

[Nicole]

I have a question for our resident Agatha expert!

Mark, I'm re-reading Sleeping Murder and when Gwenda and Giles first visit the nursing home there's a woman who comes into the drawing room with a glass of milk, asking if it was her (Gwenda's) child and mentioning "behind the fireplace". This is clearly from the Tommy and Tuppence story, By the Pricking of My Thumbs but is it a coincidence? Did AC just throw that in there to amuse herself? Or is there a connection? Her father was at Saltmarsh House and the home in the Tommy and Tuppence story was Sunny Ridge.

[Mark Pghfan]

There isn't really an official explanation of this, but most people suspect that it is something that Christie experienced herself and fist inserted it into Sleeping Murder (written in the WWII years, but not published until 1976.) No doubt she forgot using it when she put it in Pricking of My Thumbs, in 1968 or so. And not noticed when the 1940's book was sent for publishing in the 70's.

Nevertheless, assuming it is something that really happened, isn't it spooky?

[Nicole]

YES! I just stumbled across another one. One of the character's sons runs Daffodil Coaches - which was used in Nemesis. I wonder if there are any more. I need to cross reference the Secret Notebooks once I'm done to see if they're mentioned.

[Nicole]

Have you ever listened to her reading excerpts from her autobiography? I'm sure you have. It's fascinating to listen to her explain her process!

[Mark Pghfan]

My guess is that she liked certain names and wanted to use them again. I also think she remarked one that she never thought people would notice such things. Little did she know how rabid we are as fans!

[Mark Pghfan]

So how is everyone? The page has been quite for a few days and we haven't heard from Tina.

I hope everyone is OK

[Nicole]

I'm okay here! I try to get outside everyday to walk and ride my bike. The county that I live in has the highest number of cases in the state so it's frightening. How are you, Mark?

[PugMom]

I'm still alive and kicking!
Hope Tina is doing ok!

[PugMom]

Any ideas for May?

[Mark Pghfan]

Glad you are doing well, though I expect to be hunkered down for a while longer.

I think I mentioned that I've been teaching classes for a life-long learning group here in Pittsburgh, on mystery books. Corona put a stop to in-person classes, but starting in the summer, I will be doing my Golden Age Mystery class via Zoom. Registration for the summer just started and the class is already full with six people on the wait list!

Given that we can't get library books, perhaps we could consider something we already have in our stashes for discussion.

[Nicole]

I think reading something from our stashes is a great idea. How should we go about comparing?

[PugMom]

Did both of you get that free British Mystery kindle box a while ago? That had tons of titles!!

[Mark Pghfan]

NicoleG: No I didn't. I didn't hear of it or otherwise I would have ordered it.

Of course, I have all of Christie, plus Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh. Most of the Cadfaels, the Diva series, Nero Wolfe, Patricia Wentworth (Miss Silver), The Cat-Who series. A lot of others which are escaping my memory right now.

[PugMom]

I know I posted it a while ago. It has 350 mysteries!!! Unfortunately, it’s not free anymore. 99 cents is t bad but I’ll let you know if it becomes free again.

https://www.amazon.com/BRITISH-MYSTER...

I don’t have an extensive stash but can probably get pretty much any classic mystery if I reserve it early enough from the NYC public library.

[Nicole]

It looks like I purchased this in 2017! Mark, here's a list of the included stories:
This Boxed set of British mysteries consist of the greatest murder mystery novels, crime thrillers, detective tales, true crime stories and much more:
Arthur Conan Doyle:
Sherlock Holmes Series
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Valley of Fear
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
His Last Bow
Other Mysteries
True Crime Stories
Edgar Wallace:
The Four Just Men
The Council of Justice
The Just Men of Cordova
The Law of the Four Just Men
The Nine Bears
Angel Esquire
The Fourth Plague or Red Hand
Grey Timothy or Pallard the Punter
The Man who Bought London
The Melody of Death
A Debt Discharged
The Tomb of T'Sin
The Secret House
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Down under Donovan
The Man who Knew
The Green Rust
Kate Plus Ten
The Daffodil Murder
Jack O'Judgment
The Angel of Terror
The Crimson Circle
Take-A-Chance Anderson
The Valley of Ghosts
P.-C. Lee Series
Wilkie Collins:
The Woman in White
No Name
Armadale
The Moonstone
The Haunted Hotel
The Law and The Lady
The Dead Secret
Miss or Mrs?
R. Austin Freeman:
Dr. Thorndyke Series
Other Mysteries
Agatha Christie:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Secret Adversary
H. C. McNeile:
Bulldog Drummond
The Black Gang
G. K. Chesterton:
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Wisdom of Father Brown
Arthur Morrison:
Martin Hewitt Series
Dorrington & Hicks Stories
Ernest Bramah:
Max Carrados Stories
Victor L. Whitechurch:
The Canon in Residence
Thrilling Stories of the Railway
Thomas W. Hanshew:
Hamilton Cleek Series
E. W. Hornung:
A. J. Raffles Series
Mystery Novels
J. S. Fletcher:
Mystery Novels
Paul Campenhaye – Specialist in Criminology
Rober Barr:
The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs
The Adventure of the Second Swag
Frank Froest Mystery Novels
C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery Novels
Isabel Ostander Mystery Novels

[PugMom]

Thanks for listing those titles!! Maybe Mark has some of them in his stash!!

[Nicole]

No trouble at all, just a little cut and paste magic! ;-)

[Mark Pghfan]

I have a lot of them as well. Including the Sherlock Holmes ones. If any of you want to host, then pick a title and I'll probably be able to get it, especially the classic mysteries!

[Mark Pghfan]

What happened to us? I hope you are all all right!

[PugMom]

I’m here!!
I’ll read whichever you guys pick. If there are a few shorter ones I don’t mind reading a bunch.

[Nicole]

Here I am! Sorry!!! I'm here! Ummmm, how about if we each nominate one and then decide by Monday?

[PugMom]

Ok I’ll look at the list again!

[Mark Pghfan]

Did we all get the mystery collection from Kindle? If so, we have a lot of choices. I like the idea of some short stories. Here are a few suggestions:

Sherlock Holmes: There are four novels but 56 short stories in the collection. Perhaps some of those?

Any Father Brown fans? I think the whole collection is in Kindle and they are all short stories.

R. Austin Freeman wrote the Dr. Thorndyke stories which are very old but quite tricky.

Open to other thoughts as well.

[Nicole]

I've never read Father Brown. I'd be interested in one of those.

[PugMom]

Yes!! Father Brown!!

[Nicole]

If we go with Fr. Brown I can host. Mark, are you in? Anyone else? Tina, if you're out there I hope you're okay!!!

[Mark Pghfan]

Father Brown sounds good. As I said they are all short stories, so any of them will work for me. One a week? And thanks for hosting.