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[Rosemarie]

I enjoyed The Forever War.
I'm not reading any mysteries right now, but will soon.
I am reading three long books-They Were Divided by Miklós Bánffy, Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner and The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope.
They're good, but also long!

[Leslie]

I'm just about to start on the 4th Bruno mystery by Martin Walker - The Crowded Grave.

[Sonali]

I am reading Lynda La Plante's Silent Scream. Pretty interesting so far, but then her books always are. Have never been disappointed yet.

[Barbara K]

Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arrive and the staff will bring your book(s) out to a table outside the entrance. For purposes of social distancing, they ask that you wait until the staff member has returned into the building before retrieving your books.

Here's hoping other libraries will get on the bandwagon.

[Leslie]

Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arrive and the staff will bring your..."

That is great news! I join you in hoping other libraries follow their lead.

[Adrian]

Leslie wrote: "I'm just about to start on the 4th Bruno mystery by Martin Walker - The Crowded Grave."

I really must get a look at these books. They are set in the Dordogne aren't they ?

[Michell]

I am currently reading The American Agent, A Maisie Dobbs Mystery by Jacqueline Winspear. This is a great series!

[Susan]

Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arrive and the staff will bring your..."

That's my kind of library. I say a library is essential services.

[Leslie]

Adrian wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I'm just about to start on the 4th Bruno mystery by Martin Walker - The Crowded Grave."

I really must get a look at these books. They are set in the Dordogne aren't ..."

Yes and the area is very much a part of the stories :)

[Adrian]

Leslie wrote: "Adrian wrote: "I really must get a look at these books. They are set in the Dordogne aren't ..."

Yes and the area is very much a part of the stories :) ..."

Ah, I thought so, we lived in the Dordogne for almost 5 years so that makes them even more interesting 😊

[Carol]

Michell wrote: "I am currently reading The American Agent, A Maisie Dobbs Mystery by Jacqueline Winspear. This is a great series!"
this is one of my favourite series!

[Pamela]

Just finished Anne Perry's The Sheen on the Silk .

Its very different from her other books, either the Victorian William Pitt or Monk series or the World War I series that I can't remember because I didn't like it as well as the Pitt/Monk books.

But I did enjoy this, even though it seems to take forever to get going.

[Pamela]

Leslie wrote: "I'm just about to start on the 4th Bruno mystery by Martin Walker - The Crowded Grave."

I have had the first book in Walker's series for a while and recently I was given The Templars' Last Secret: A Mystery of the French Countryside — the 10th in the series. Guess that means I should start with the first one!

[Susan]

I am reading my buddy read, The Moving Toyshop :)

[Pamela]

Went for comfort last night and dove into Louise Penny's A Great Reckoning . It will be my 12th book of the month.

[Bionic Jean]

Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. .."

What an excellent idea!

[France-Andrée]

I’m starting The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart, I’m also reading Quest for Love : Denholm Elliott’s biography by his wife and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

[Penny]

I finished

best mystery I have read in a while! A party of old friends go to the Highlands for a break over New Year - quite Christie- like in that you have a setting with no outsiders, a close knit circle of people and one is a murderer. Really enjoyed this 5 stars for me and I am quite a rare giver of 5 stars!

[Penny]

Memo wrote: "I am currently engrossed in Book 5 of the Jill McGowan, Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill Mystery series. There are 16 books in this British mystery series. Great twisting plots in every books. Well w..."

Hi I put the author name into the search engine and nothing came up - weird! I'm always on the look out for new series,

[France-Andrée]

It’s Jill McGown.

[Barbara K]

Penny wrote: "I finished

best mystery I have read in a while! ..."

I enjoyed it as well. Great setting!

[Penny]

France-Andrée wrote: "It’s Jill McGown."

thank you!

[Dorothy]

Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arrive and the staff will bring your..."

What a great idea! I've run out of audio books so would really like if my local library did this.

[Allison]

Dorothy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arrive and the staff..."

Does your library not have Libby (or Overdrive), Dorothy? It’s a free app for download, just need a participating library card number. It grants you access to every audiobook in your library’s system (also ebooks but I only use it for audiobooks).

[John]

Allie wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arri..."

RB Digital (Recorded Books) and Hoopla also offer downloadable books to some libraries.

[Barbara K]

Oh, my library does have Overdrive and Libby, and I use them. I mentioned the curbside service for those people who don’t read electronically.

[Bionic Jean]

I'm reading our current group selection, Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey and enjoying it :) I hope others join in soon with your group read too.

[Allison]

Barbara wrote: "Oh, my library does have Overdrive and Libby, and I use them. I mentioned the curbside service for those people who don’t read electronically."

No worries, Barbara.
Mentioning it to Dorothy because she said she ran out of audiobooks :/

[Leslie]

Bionic Jean wrote: "I'm reading our current group selection, Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey and enjoying it :) I hope others join in soon with your group read too."

It'll probably be a week or so before I get to that but I will definitely be joining you!

Right now I am reading The Moving Toyshop and an American Golden Age mystery, The Lucky Stiff by Craig Rice (plus listening to the audiobook of The Recognitions, a non-mystery book).

[Susan]

Hats off to you, Rita for juggling so many reads at once. I am reading One Fatal Flaw. This is a new series by Anne Perry that features Thomas Potts' son, Daniel. I like it so far.

[Memo]

Penny wrote: "Memo wrote: "I am currently engrossed in Book 5 of the Jill McGowan, Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill Mystery series. There are 16 books in this British mystery series. Great twisting plots in every ..."

Penny wrote: "Memo wrote: "I am currently engrossed in Book 5 of the Jill McGowan, Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill Mystery series. There are 16 books in this British mystery series. Great twisting plots in every ..."

Penny wrote: "Memo wrote: "I am currently engrossed in Book 5 of the Jill McGowan, Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill Mystery series. There are 16 books in this British mystery series. Great twisting plots in every ..."

Penny wrote: "Memo wrote: "I am currently engrossed in Book 5 of the Jill McGowan, Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill Mystery series. There are 16 books in this British mystery series. Great twisting plots in every ..."

Jill McGowanAnn McGowan, Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill Mystery series.

I am amazed that Jill McGowan is not listed in Goodreads. Just goes to show you that not everything in the universe it listed there. She is listed there but not in the usual way that we add book/author. Go figure....

Don't know why she doesn't come up on the blog search but here is the Goodread web page for her: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

I think this series is one of my most favorites. I hope this messages get out in this group. I find most of my recommendations never get addressed, rather disappointing. Maybe, I just don't understand how it works.

[Bionic Jean]

Memo wrote: "I hope this messages get out in this group ..."

Hi Memo, and don't worry, you won't be ignored here. Any other comments you posted were before our grand relaunch :)

I didn't know of the "Chief Inspector Lloyd and Hill" Mystery series, so thank you for the recommendation. The reason you couldn't find the author, by the way, is because her name is spelt an unusual way: Jill McGown.

Hope this helps :)

[Penny]

Just finished this

its the second book in a new series for Kate Ellis which I am really enjoying.
The first book is

The series is set just after the first world war and follows Inspector Albert Lincoln who is damaged both physically and mentally. I found these stories to be more than the usual crime and the characters more fully fleshed out. Her Wesley Peterson series is fun and I have read a lot of them but these newer books are weightier with more back story and depth. I hope she does some more!

[Adrian]

Well I'm currently reading Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie;
and Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

Enjoying both a lot.

[Michell]

I am currently reading Death Comes to the Nursery by Catherine Lloyd. I love this series!

[Diane]

I'm going to start Murder on Tour by Todd Downing. This is a new (for me) author that I just came across. This series is set in Mexico. It's nice to have an American series that's not set in New York or Los Angeles for a change.

[Dorothy]

Allie wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot when you arri..."

Yes they do, but I am a techno peasant and can't work out how to do it!

[John]

Dorothy wrote: "Allie wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Very cool news! I just got an email from our library announcing curbside pickup for books put on hold online. You give them a call from the parking lot..."

Kindle format books aren't much more difficult to get onto a device than ones purchased from Amazon. Epub (Kobo, Nook, etc.) are more complicated to set up, but okay once you get the hang of it. Not much consolation to you now, but once your library re-opens, please ask them if a staffer could walk you through the process - I think it's something they do every so often. 😉

[John]

Lady night, I started listening to a Regency-era series The Sans Pareil Mystery (Okay, it's the second one, technically, but the first didn't appeal to me), where I got into it almost immediately. Great stuff!

[Helen]

Currently reading The Burial Circle by Kate Ellis. This is book 24 in the DI Wesley Peterson series, which blends the solving of a modern crime with a historical mystery. They're terrific.

Then I just got A Stroke of Malice by Anna Lee Huber in the mail. This is part of the Lady Darby series set in Georgian times, also a good one.

[Helen]

Michell wrote: "I am currently reading Death Comes to the Nursery by Catherine Lloyd. I love this series!"

I second that, Michell. Nice to sit down for a few hours with the inhabitants of Kurland St. Mary!

[Nancy]

Just finished The Shortest Way to Hades by Sarah Caudwell. I enjoyed the characters, but not sure I understood all the English legal procedures.

[France-Andrée]

Kurland St. Mary is one of the rare series I’m up to date, there’s also the Lady Georgiana by Rhys Bowen and the Kendra Donovan by Julie McElwain.

[Leslie]

I am just about to start my next Nero Wolfe mystery - The Mother Hunt.

[Bionic Jean]

I'm reading Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie. It's the 15th Hercule Poirot mystery, and I'm reading them in order :)

This one took some getting! I'd reserved it in Large Print from the library, and then came the lockdown. So I worked out how their digital lending worked, and got it that way - except that it's only a sample! (I think it's a mistake with the entry, as 2 others worked OK). Now they tell me I have it already ... so I gave up and bought it on kindle LOL!

[Diane]

Leslie wrote: "I am just about to start my next Nero Wolfe mystery - The Mother Hunt."

That was one of the first Nero Wolfe novels that I read when I was just starting to get into mysteries. It's been a very long time since I've read it, but it's stayed with me for some reason.

[Sonali]

I have just started Martin Walker's Bruno series - Dark Vineyard. Absolutely loved the first one - Death in the Dordogne.

[Rosemarie]

I read the same book a couple of years ago, under a different title: Bruno, Chief of Police. It was entertaining.

[Pamela]

Bionic Jean wrote: "I'm reading Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie. It's the 15th Hercule Poirot mystery, and I'm reading them in order :)

This one took some getting! I'd reserved it i..."

Glad you are reading Cards on the Table, Jean! I read it at the end of February this year and enjoyed it. Sorry though that you had difficulties with digital lending. I've checked out one book with no problems other than finding it and now I'm working to finish The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt before trying another one.

I'm also going to start a cozy for some lightness, White Elephant Dead by Carolyn G. Hart. These days I seem to yearn for quick reads rather than longer reads. Sadly, I have several nonfiction works that I truly want to get to but I just don't feel like it now.

[Adrian]

I'm currently reading The Misty Harbour by Georges Simenon, and of course I'm still buddy reading Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

Again both are really enjoyable.