What mysteries are you reading at the moment? Old thread, 2019-2020 Showing 1,201-1,250 of 1,516

[Jill]

I have started Photo Finish for buddy read. Both Troy and Alleyn feature in this one. It feels a bit like being back with old friends. You wouldn't want them there all the time, but it is nice for a visit. I think I will be missing them when this series finishes, which will be quite soon now.

[Icewineanne]

Finished byKaitlyn Dunnett

Can’t resist great book covers!

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now reading Pride, Prejudice and Poison by Elizabeth Blake
(First book in a new series)

[Judy]

I have now finished The Luck Runs Out, the second Peter Shandy book by Charlotte MacLeod. I quite enjoyed this but didn't think it was as good as the first book - I think part of the problem though was that it felt a bit laboured listening to it on Audible after a while, even though I enjoyed it in that format at first. But anyway I will give book three a try.

My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I've started A Place Of Safety for our buddy read. I'm sorry there is only one more in the series as I think she's writing better.

[Icewineanne]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I've started A Place Of Safety for our buddy read. I'm sorry there is only one more in the series as I think she's writing better."

Really enjoyed this short series also, Elizabeth. Glad that there are many more in the Midsomer Murders tv series 😉

[Judy]

Jill wrote: "I have started Photo Finish for buddy read. Both Troy and Alleyn feature in this one. It feels a bit like being back with old friends. You wouldn't want them there all the time, but i..."

I've also started Photo Finish, and am not very far in but enjoying it so far. I see that Marsh returns to New Zealand in this one!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Icewineanne wrote: "Glad that there are many more in the Midsomer Murders tv series"

It's how I got interested in Barnaby, but no longer watch TV series.

[Bicky]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Icewineanne wrote: "Glad that there are many more in the Midsomer Murders tv series"

It's how I got interested in Barnaby, but no longer watch TV series."

In the beginning, the TV series was quite enjoyable but then became very formulaic. I have been very pleasantly surprised by the novels.

[Jill]

I have started Abracadaver by Peter Lovesey This is the third book in the Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian policeman series. I read the previous two, both of which I liked a lot.

[Colin]

I'm just about to get into The Rasp by Philip MacDonald , the first of his Anthony Gethryn mysteries.

[Laurence]

Just into the early portion of A Murder Is Announced . Miss Marple #5. Christie's character introductions and dialogue quite appealing so far.

[Colin]

Laurence wrote: "Just into the early portion of A Murder Is Announced . Miss Marple #5. Christie's character introductions and dialogue quite appealing so far."

That's a terrific book, one of her best.

[Susan in NC]

Just getting into book three of a promising series by a favorite author, Indigo Ghosts by Alys Clare.

[Susan in NC]

Laurence wrote: "Just into the early portion of A Murder Is Announced . Miss Marple #5. Christie's character introductions and dialogue quite appealing so far."

Love Miss Marple! Makes me want to break out my DVD collection of the Joan Hickson Miss Marple dramatizations - she is my favorite.

[Sandy]

Susan in NC wrote: "Just getting into book three of a promising series by a favorite author, Indigo Ghosts by Alys Clare."

I'm on my library's wait list. I liked the first two.

[Sandy]

I'm listening to A Better Man, the latest in an excellent series with a new one due in September.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Just getting into book three of a promising series by a favorite author, Indigo Ghosts by Alys Clare."

I'm on m..."

Me, too! This one is creepy, so far - in a good, atmospheric way!

[Judy]

I'm currently under way with two mysteries - A Place Of Safety by Caroline Graham, one of our forthcoming buddy reads, and I'm listening to The Roman Hat Mystery, the first Ellery Queen book, on Audible.

I had only tried one Ellery Queen book before, The Siamese Twin Mystery which I remember not liking very much, but am enjoying the early set-up of The Roman Hat Mystery.

[Tania]

I've started several in the last few days, but not made it past chapter 1, it's me, not the book. I'll give it a couple of days and pick one.

[Jan C]

Judy wrote: "I'm currently under way with two mysteries - A Place Of Safety by Caroline Graham, one of our forthcoming buddy reads, and I'm listening to [book:The Roman Hat Mystery|..."

Roman Hat was the first book so it may provide more of a set-up.

[Jill]

Just starting A Place Of Safety Looking good so far.

[Bicky]

I found Roman Hat to be a let down. But having got used to Ellery, I enjoyed the next two books.

[Shaina]

I'm almost at the end of Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers and will then move to the last book ( Busman's Honeymoon ) in the Lord Peter Wimsey series.

[Judy]

Bicky wrote: "I found Roman Hat to be a let down. But having got used to Ellery, I enjoyed the next two books."

Thanks Bicky - I'll bear that in mind if I find the same. So far, I'm enjoying it - as I'm listening to it on Audible it will probably take me a long time to get to the end.

[Judy]

Jill wrote: "Just starting A Place Of Safety Looking good so far."

I've just finished this one and liked it a lot - looking forward to our discussion.

[Judy]

Just a reminder that we have 3 buddy reads coming up in a few days, Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh, A Place Of Safety by Caroline Graham and More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham.

[Susan]

Thanks, Judy. I am halfway through the first two, but won't start the Allingham until I have finished those. Enjoying the Graham a lot.

[Judy]

Glad you are enjoying the Graham, Susan. I'm just about to start the Allingham - looking forward to it.

[Susan]

I just popped over to look at the vote - very close this month!

[Judy]

Yes, it is indeed - a tie at the moment! https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Susan wrote: "I just popped over to look at the vote - very close this month!"

Exciting!

[Sandy]

I just finished The Long Divorce, penultimate Gervase Fen. I loved it: humor, puzzle mystery, picturesque village characters, romance. A twist on the picturesque village as this one is populated by high-end commuters who want to keep the village picturesque vs. functional, and without day trippers.

[Sandy]

I now have one of my common problems as a bunch of requests became available all at once.

Upcoming reads include:
More Work for the Undertaker for our buddy read. This is my only buddy read this month as I haven't followed the Midsommer series and the Marsh is only available as a physical book.

All due by the end of July:
Hickory Dickory Dock
Things in Jars
The Lantern Men The new Ruth Galloway just out today in the US!
Murder in G Major

I also have the physical book Evanly Choirs that the library will want back eventually.

An embarrassment of riches.

[Judy]

Sounds like quite a nice problem to have, Sandy! But I can see it would be a job to read them all at once.

[Colin]

Colin wrote: "I'm just about to get into The Rasp by Philip MacDonald , the first of his Anthony Gethryn mysteries."

Finished this. My brief thoughts on it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Louise]

Sheep’s Clothing by Austin Lee. Amusing mystery featuring Miss Hogg, a former schoolteacher who has gone into business as a private detective.

[Piyangie]

Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James.

[Shaina]

Thanks to this group I started the P.D. James challenge and I am reading the third one in the series ( Unnatural Death). Hope to catch up by next month.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Look forward to your comments in the threads, Piyangi and Shaina!

[Tania]

I'm reading The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers. A lot of detail, I keep having to go back and reread sections.

[Judy]

Piyangie and Shaina, you are welcome to comment in the threads for the PD James books you are reading, as they are still open.

[Tara]

I just picked up the British Library Crime Classics Foreign Bodies, which is a collection of mystery short stories from around the world, some of which were translated for the first time for this book. So far I am finding it a bit of a mixed bag, but it is interesting nonetheless.

[Judy]

Tara wrote: "I just picked up the British Library Crime Classics Foreign Bodies, which is a collection of mystery short stories from around the world, some of which were translated for the first..."

Ooh, I will be interested to hear more about this collection - I have read quite a few of the British Library anthologies and enjoy them but they tend to have several of the same authors, whereas this one is bound to have some different names to discover.

Talking of BLCC, one of the authors I've discovered via the anthologies is H.C. Bailey - I've just started reading a Kindle reissue of Call Mr. Fortune, one of his books of short stories about detective Reggie Fortune.

I'm slightly amused that Reggie is portrayed as lazy despite being a brilliant doctor! He also talks a bit like Lord Peter Wimsey.

[Jill]

I have finished Darkside by Belinda Bauer which was a disappointment compared to the first book in this trilogy, and have now started Light Thickens by Ngaio Marshfor a buddy read in August. Hasn't started too well for me, but hoping it picks up further on.

[Susan in NC]

Just started Thirteen Guests for our August read. So far, intriguing country house set-up, I like the author’s descriptions, makes me want to know more about the people.

[Tara]

Judy wrote: "Tara wrote: "I just picked up the British Library Crime Classics Foreign Bodies, which is a collection of mystery short stories from around the world, some of which were translated ..."

Its definitely a different grouping from other anthologies. So far I've read stories by Anton Chekhov (Russia), Palle Rosenkrantz (Denmark), and Balduin Groller (Hungary). Additional stories are from Mexico, Japan, and India, to name a few. Of course they can never be as good as they would be in the original language, but still cool to read about the mystery genre from so many different cultures.

[Susan in NC]

That’s what I was thinking! On my TBR list - short story collections like this are a great way to try out new authors without a huge time commitment.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Thanks for reminding me of this one, Tara.

[Judy]

Sounds like an intriguing collection, Tara - I will add to my TBR now.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I have just started Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog. Those who know I don't usually get humor in print might be interested to know I laughed out loud at the first sentence.