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[Susan in NC]

Adore Cadfael!Read him years ago after seeing him on PBS “Mystery”, and have been revisiting the books over the last few years. He is a delight, I really enjoy the audiobooks as well!

[Susan in NC]

Speaking of Cadfael, I just finished a reread of The Leper of Saint Giles with another group, now I’m indulging in my annual Christmas rereads of old holiday-themed mystery and romance favorites! About to start Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod.

[Helen]

Just started A Grave Concern by Susanna Gregory. This is the 22nd in the ongoing series. Set in Cambridge in the 1300s, Matthew Bartholomew is a physician at the college, who finds a lot of mysteries to solve in each book, aided by his friend the Senior Proctor, Brother Michael -- quite the character himself. Highly recommended for the look at medieval life -- not the happiest of places. Maybe not the book to read if you're looking for a "feel good" story, but I do enjoy them.

[Iza]

I'm currently listening to Hercule Poirot's Christmas since I haven't received my copy yet, and reading The adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle.

[John]

Reading the third in a historical mystery series: Murder at the Mill. Interesting premise of an American surgeon, who is actually a British nobleman via his father's family, who has arrived in an English village after the U. S. Civil War quickly taking up the role of medical examiner in murder cases, working closely with the local police detective who has become basically his best friend.

[Rosemarie]

I have been reading Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin. It's a good mystery with the usual witty writing.

[Cynda]

Some of you all's comments make me glad I have selected six (6) Cadfeal mysteries for my late 2021 reading selections :)

[Cynda]

Just now I am starting Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie. This book will complete my Miss Marple challenge.

[Monique]

Not actually a book, but I'm listening to the audiobook George Cragge in the Red and Other Mysteries. Nice BBC Radio Drama: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[Peterh]

Just finished my third Louise Penny/Inspector Gamache book, the acclaimed "The Cruellest Month".

I've liked her books so far but I'm beginning to find them tiresome and have developed problems with them too. Namely, they're so friggin angsty, it's like reading a Young Adult version of a mystery novel. The style is fun but just too repetitive in terms of emotion and the actual mystery is feeling like it's being put on the back-foot and becoming quite average by book 3. Also I hate this constant need to bring up food, I like food more than the next guy but you don't have to constantly tell us about the scents and tastes throughout the novel. You're trying to do a cozy mystery we get it but stop going on and on about scones and pates and French syrup and whatnot.

[Carolien]

John wrote: "Reading the third in a historical mystery series: Murder at the Mill. Interesting premise of an American surgeon, who is actually a British nobleman via his father's family, who has..."

This is a new author to me and looks interesting. I'll add it to the list.

[Susan in NC]

Cynda wrote: "Some of you all's comments make me glad I have selected six (6) Cadfeal mysteries for my late 2021 reading selections :)"

Smart lady - enjoy!

[Susan in NC]

Continuing my Christmas rereads, I’m listening to the audiobook ofThe Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen as I knit in the afternoon, and just started a lovely Victorian Christmas romance, A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews.

[Susan in NC]

Peterh wrote: "Just finished my third Louise Penny/Inspector Gamache book, the acclaimed "The Cruellest Month".

I've liked her books so far but I'm beginning to find them tiresome and have developed problems wit..."

Thanks- I’ve been recommended and meaning to get to this series for years, people seem to love it! But I guess like anything else, read too many at one time and you get tired of them...I remember a GR friend in another group even felt that way about *shudders, whispering in a low tone*, Agatha Christie, after reading too many Poirot mysteries in a row! As far as I know, they weren’t struck by lightning or anything- but they did say they felt they should keep looking over their shoulder as they typed!

[Susan in NC]

Carolien wrote: "John wrote: "Reading the third in a historical mystery series: Murder at the Mill. Interesting premise of an American surgeon, who is actually a British nobleman via his father's fa..."

Me too - but being one of those “read in order” nuts, I’ll check for the first book...

[John]

Susan in NC wrote: "Carolien wrote: "John wrote: "Reading the third in a historical mystery series: Murder at the Mill. Interesting premise of an American surgeon, who is actually a British nobleman vi..."

This series is best read in order.

[Carolien]

Susan in NC wrote: "Carolien wrote: "John wrote: "Reading the third in a historical mystery series: Murder at the Mill. Interesting premise of an American surgeon, who is actually a British nobleman vi..."

Me too, I've added the first one to the list so far!

[Susan in NC]

John wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Carolien wrote: "John wrote: "Reading the third in a historical mystery series: Murder at the Mill. Interesting premise of an American surgeon, who is actually a..."

Thanks, John!

[Mary]

I'm finishing up An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles, a steampunk m/m romantic mystery set in the Victorian era. It's good, pulpy fun.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

I've also begin Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George, and thus far, this new-to-me writer is quite impressive! I'm a sucker for all mysteries set in British public schools, and a bit of a prose snob. Not only is it suspenseful, but the quality of the writing is ace, in terms of the subtleness of the characterization and details.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Rosemarie]

Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards, a compilation of short stories involving trains.

[Pamela]

I'm reading two different books right now: the nonfiction The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock by Lucy Worsley and the mystery Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry.

I haven't read Perry for a while and on a whim checked my local libraries' digital books and found two of them. I've enjoyed this series but because of the length of time since the last book, I wondered if I would still enjoy it. I do.

I've found that if I read too many of one author all at once or if I wait a year or two before reading another, that I sometimes don't 'get the magic' that I first found with the book.

[Ellen]

Pamela wrote: "I'm reading two different books right now: the nonfiction The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock by ..."</i>

Thanks for mentioning [book:The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock sounds so interesting. Just put it on hold at my library.

[Pamela]

No problem, Ellen. In fact, I'm quite enjoying Worsley's work and because of her description of a real live murder perpetrated by a doctor, which was alluded to in an Arthur Conan Doyle story, The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherlock Holmes, I pulled out my two-volume Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes and read the tale once again. And enjoyed it every bit as much as when I originally read it — as well as found the line referenced by Worsley. It's oddly rewarding to have done so.

[Ellen]

Pamela wrote: "No problem, Ellen. In fact, I'm quite enjoying Worsley's work and because of her description of a real live murder perpetrated by a doctor, which was alluded to in an [author:Arthur Conan Doyle|244..."
It's never a waste of time to reread Sherlock!

[Mary]

I loved Worsley's documentary on British mysteries (a companion to that book).

[Iza]

I'm currently reading : I've been promised secrets, lies, treachery, bigamy and many other victorian sensational twists and turns !

[Werner]

For those unable to click on the cover thumbnail in Iza's post above, the book she's reading is The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins.

[Pamela]

Last night, while reading Worsley's book, I remembered that I had Wilkie Collin's The Woman in White — got to read it now that I have read what Worsley says about it! And of course, I'm interested in the book you mentioned too, Iza.

[Cynda]

Wanting to read something for group participation before the end of the year, I am reading The Sign of Four as part of the Sherlock Holmes buddy read.

[Adrian]

Cynda wrote: "Wanting to read something for group participation before the end of the year, I am reading The Sign of Four as part of the Sherlock Holmes buddy read."

Ditto Cynda.

And then the question is what to finish the year with given what a weird year this has been

[Iza]

Werner wrote: "For those unable to click on the cover thumbnail in Iza's post above, the book she's reading is The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins."

The link didn't work ? Sorry, Werner, and thank you for fixing it :)

[Werner]

No problem, Iza! The link you provided, through the cover thumbnail, worked just fine for me, and no doubt for anyone else who accesses Goodreads through a PC. But some people who access the site through cell phones, tablets, etc. have complained in the past that those devices won't let them click on the thumbnails. (Not sure exactly why; I'm not very tech-savvy myself! :-) )

[Iza]

So it's better to link through text, I gather. Ok, I'll be doing it in the future :)

[Werner]

Iza wrote: "So it's better to link through text, I gather. Ok, I'll be doing it in the future :)"

I usually do both, unless the particular book I'm linking to doesn't have any cover art. If it does, though, it brightens up the post a bit, and gives people who can click on the image a chance to enjoy it. :-)

[Penny]

am whizzing through S W Perry's Nicolas Shelby series - loving the audio - with no where to go it feels like the narrator has moved in as I am spending so much time with him!

just finished and straight on to

[Barbara]

Currently reading Susan Hill’s Simon Serrailler mystery series.

[Susan in NC]

Currently rereading The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer for one group, and All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean for another challenge.

[Werner]

For those who can't read the cover-image thumbnails on their devices, the book Penny just finished (message 335) is The Serpent's Mark, and the one she's newly started is The Saracen's Mark.

[M.J.]

Currently reading Moonflower Murders.

Update: And now also The Thursday Murder Club for the January group read. :-)

[Dorothy]

Currently reading 'Good Girl Bad Girl' and 'Piranesi'

[Helen]

Currently up to #11 in Paul Doherty's Hugh Corbett medieval series, The Demon Archer . Excellent depiction of life at the time -- modern day has nothing on the machinations at the court of Edward I.

[John]

Not real keen on the time period, but as one of my challenges requires a medieval mystery, I'm listening to A Mortal Bane - a group of what might now be termed "escorts" gets dragged into a 12th century murder.

[M.J.]

Betsy wrote: "Just finished the first in a series, OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE about a murder in a small village. Really enjoyed it."

I just recently discovered the work of Margaret Mayhew and have started reading Old Soldiers Never Die. She has a real gift for characterization and setting, the village of Frog End and it's inhabitants practically walk off the page. :-)

[Lisa]

I'm currently reading The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal. So far I like it fine, it's not a cerebral read by any means.

[John]

Moved on to a truly dark, bizarre mystery/suspense set in 1930 London: Gallows Court

[Dorothy]

I've just started 'One by One' by Ruth Ware

[Pamela]

Last night my cousin told me of a sale on Amazon — all eight of Basil Thomson's Inspector Richardson mysteries were available for $.99 each. I had already downloaded the first (hadn't gotten to reading it) but I bought the others.

I looked up Thomson on Wikipedia and was surprised that while they do mention that he turned to writing after his government career but it says nothing about the mysteries!

[Betsy]

Am rereading some of the C.D. Sloan mysteries by Catherine Aird. I read most years ago so it's almost like a new book.

[Jacqui]

I'm currently reading Mystery at the Old Mill a cosy mystery - slightly disappointed but hoping it picks up a bit it's not keeping me engaged as much as the others in the series.

Then I think I'll carry on with Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series with The Seagull and a side order of the April Group Read Why Shoot a Butler?.

[Pamela]

I've just finished The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth. Its the second in the series and I've read both books and found them excellent (unfortunately, I didn't write a review of the first book, which I read in 2012! Can't believe that it's been that long). That won't be repeated. I already have the third book in the series.

Jacqui, I'm hoping that I will soon be joining you reading Ann Cleeves' work. She's on my TBR list.