Clean Mystery/Suspense for the Squeamish discussion
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The first book in the series
had some scattered swears and one not too detailed sex scene, but this second book has nothing like that.
Just finished
, the latest entry in the Gilded Age Newport murder mystery series. This one borrows from Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. If you like that plot but want a more historical setting, also read Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Regency) and The Twelve Clues of Christmas (1930s).
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C. wrote: "The Twelve Clues Of Christmas sounds like a 'must read', thanks!"I recommend the whole series. They're funny and entertaining as well as good mysteries. I love Georgie. 12 Clues is towards the end of the series so far. I enjoyed that one best of all the series so far, I think. It looks like my review got eaten so I'll have to add it back in.
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I just finished Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause. This series, set during WWII, is a throwback to the Golden Age of mysteries as far as I can gather from what I've read. Miss Dimple is very non-nonsense and clever. She teaches first grade so she has strict notions about what is proper so you won't see anything on page that the teachers wouldn't want their students to hear about.
I enjoyed
and hope to read the second book soon. I also am hoping to read more Rhys Bowen before the end of the year...either
or
. I'll also be reading at least one of Anne Perry's Christmas mysteries in December.For contemporary mystery, I tend to grab a Christian suspense book, since I (usually) know what I'm getting with those.
I'm currently reading
, which is good but heavy, as it deals with the MC trying to help the main suspect, who suffers from PTSD (then only a ticket to the loony bin), and who she does not think did it. Interesting angle with a mystery, trying to prove a suspect innocent...
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I have enjoyed some Christian suspense such as the excellent ~
but I try to avoid religious proselytizing.
C. wrote: "I plan to try The Twelve Clues Of Christmas by Rhys Bowen soon.If you start there, you'll be spoiled for the romantic subplot but that is one of the better entries in a great series. I just love Georgie!
I don't have time to read anything right now but I have a long list for winter.
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I don't have much time to read, summer or fall, because of interacting with family friends then, but it just takes me longer to finish the books that I do start, haha!
I picked up A Most Novel Revenge. I have some days off next week - I hope and plan to read it then. The first book was Ok. I didn't like the mistrustful relationship between the married sleuths but the second book was better.
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. It was interesting, but not as "thrilling" as I had hoped for. Did appreciate that there were only a few scattered-mild curses.Next up~
Finished
. A few mild curses near the end (d*, h*). Otherwise good...four stars.I'd agree about reading the Royal Spyness mysteries in order.
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. A few mild curses near the end (d*, h*). Otherwise good...four stars.I'd agree about reading the Royal Spyness mysteries in order."
Thanks for the heads up.
I was bad and read
in one night and one day when I had off instead of doing things I needed to be doing. It was pretty good. The series gets better as it goes along.
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4 stars but really 3 1/2 and
rates the same.I have an Amish mystery checked out so it will probably be next up~
I just read
for the first time. I loved the movies. The book is a little different but I enjoyed it. It's not gory except for one passage on cannibalism which has no relevance to the plot at all. There is a lot of drinking (during Prohibition) and some references to drug use.
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I am hoping to find it more engaging than the book from the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series.
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and going to start~
ETA: sadly both only rated 1-star for me, and I didn't finish either one! :(
Starting
. So far so good, a few chapters in...
I'm reading
at the library before/after work when I have time. I like it better than the other books in the series I've read so far.
Have you all read any of "The Cat who..." series? Forgive me if I am repeating someone else's recommendations. I searched the bookshelves and they weren't on it. No sex , but there may be some very infrequent very mild cussing, though I can't recall any.The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
The Cat Who Saw Red
There are over 20 in the series and began being written in the late 60's and continued through 2008 at least.
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I am only about 50 pgs. in, so far, but I have already found it far more engaging than my last book. I think this one is going to be a winner. :D
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Pamela, I started "The Ice Twins" and I think it will be a Favorite.
Sadly, I could not finish 'The Ice Twins' for the crude talk and pervasive profanity!
The Cat Who books by Lillian Jackson Braun are definitely a very good series. I enjoyed them so much, I have kept everyone of the books, including the short stories books. Highly recommend.
, new author to me.and open arms by traci Dupree a guiideposts series, 'murder and the ministers wife' more investigative then murder series.
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Unfortunately, didn't see any reviews warning of all the "F" bombs and crude sexual talk, in The Ice Twins. I stopped reading it. :(
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I appreciate a heads up, so I assume that other readers do as well.
I just finished reading kingdom come by Jane Jensen. I didn't care for the theme of the murder; but, the finally development in resolving the mystery was very well written and detailed. The second book; is so different from the first book.
i the theme is one of amish farmers and the mystery of trying to resolve the public becoming ill and some deaths because of amish farming. I am enjoying this different theme, and author. She hasn't wrote a lot of books, because she also publishes games; and is an author of romance under the name Eli Easton. >Carolyn wrote: "
, new author to me.and open arms by traci Dupree a guiideposts series, 'murder and the ministers wife' more investigative then murder series."
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TO READ
I have not seen a series on food trucks; even getting popular on tv cook shows; 'the food truck race' this has a great rating and reviews as being fun and Enjoyable
, this is gong to be a favorite read for 2017. The author Jane Jensen, hasn't done many books; (she does games, also) but, I find this mystery unique in an amish rural setting with a unique theme to storyline and suspense filled into book.
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I just finished and highly recommend~
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Hi Jonathan, it looks like your books would fit here, after you meet the criteria for 'self-promotion', which you have not yet done.
Please note the rules here~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Once you have done so, you are welcome to tell us about your books. Thank you.
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Got it. Just started on goodreads so i wasnt aware of all the rules. Will try to satisfy them. Thanks.
I recently read Death on the Sapphire
I really enjoyed it. If you like Downton Abbey, suffragette heroines, plucky and devoted ladies' maids you will enjoy this one. The first murder happens before the story begins and the one that happens happens way off page and Frances is asked to come to the scene. There's one barroom brawl scene. Most of the violence mentioned in the story was conducted during the Boer War.
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Hmmm, your profile says~"Member Since December 2015", and my group's self-promotion rules are shown to all new group members when they first attempt to post, plus the rules for authors are posted in the discussion under 'Intoductions'.
These rules are to prevent the Forums from becoming useless to readers for book suggestions and reviews because of SPAMMING by authors promoting their own books, as what happened at the wonderful Amazon forums, so that they had to ban all author self-promotion, and restrict it from all forums, except the Meet Our Authors Forum. They were promoting their books in every single thread, regardless of not even being in the genre that readers were requesting suggestions of titles for!
When one creates a new group on GR we generally include requirements to be met before we allow any author self-promotion in our group for the reason stated.
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Libby wrote: "Have you all read any of "The Cat who..." series? Forgive me if I am repeating someone else's recommendations. I searched the bookshelves and they weren't on it. No sex , but there may be some very..."I have read ALL of the "Cat Who" books and adore them. Yes, very clean and sweetly funny-ish. I highly recommend.
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There are several more. I love how the author gave each cat it's own personality and ways of meowing(voice)!
I don't think I posted this book in this group. WW1 spy story that I loved.
I read most of the stories in Summer Snoops and Cozy Crimes: 12 Mysteries for the Dog Days of Summer. 12 mysteries for the price of 1 plus it benefits pet rescue. I prefer the cozy mysteries but not all of them are cozy. I also read Murder on the SS Rosa: a cozy historical mystery - a novella. This one is cozy but has lots of historical details. Being set in the 1920s, the characters also have to deal with the aftermath of WWI and that may make future books more deep than the average cozy.
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. Free to read,with my Kindle Unlimited subscription. :D
Clean Mystery/Suspense for the Squeamish
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