What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2021) Showing 701-750 of 1,557

[Jacqui]

Judy wrote: "I've just started The Children of Silence by Linda Stratmann, one of the Frances Doughty series set in the late 19th century.

I'd been meaning to get back to this ..."

I've been reading the other series by Linda Stratmann with Mina Scarletti as the main character. I've got the Frances Doughty ones on my list but not sure when I'll get to them. "too many books, not enough time".

[Rosina]

Jax wrote: "Part way through Number 3 of the Skelgil series Murder on the Edge a lot of Cumbrian local colour which is a place I've never actually been but would like to especially after readin..."

Another book that looks interesting - particularly as I have climbed across Sharp Edge and up Blencathra (in my younger days).

[Carolien]

Jax wrote: "Part way through Number 3 of the Skelgil series Murder on the Edge a lot of Cumbrian local colour which is a place I've never actually been but would like to especially after readin..."

This looks interesting, I've never heard of the author.

[Gary]

Having just finished the 3rd of the Lady Hardcastle books, Death Around the Bend I am now reading the so far grim 14th book in the 87th Precinct series, Lady, Lady, I Did It!.

[Judy]

Jax wrote: "I've been reading the other series by Linda Stratmann with Mina Scarletti as the main character. I've got the Frances Doughty ones on my list but not sure when I'll get to them. "too many books, not enough time". ..."

The Mina Scarletti books sound very interesting - I see they are set in Victorian Brighton, which will make a difference from the London setting of the Doughty ones. I will hope to get to them after I finish this series, thank you! But I share the too many books problem...

[Kelly]

Hi All👋.
I have been a member a while but not really contributed ( shame on me, but I aim to put that right!).
Recently my desire to read GA crime has resurfaced.
I was going to quickly read the group reads but the general comments were not too favourable😂so I thought I would hold fire for the June books & read those with you.
At the moment I have started to read from the Bodies in the Library 2021 conference- Books mentioned & reading list.
I am half way through * Till death do us part- John Dickson Carr and I’m enjoying it & on audio I am listening to * Not one of us - June Thomson ( a FB group recommendation) which is good also. I have also got a stack of British Library crime classics to work through, a reading list as long as your arm & a few GA crime books I have just purchased from the library sale.
I’m looking forward to chatting to you all!😃

[Sandy]

Kelly wrote: "Hi All👋.
I have been a member a while but not really contributed ( shame on me, but I aim to put that right!).
Recently my desire to read GA crime has resurfaced.
I was going to quickly read the gr..."

Welcome. The Bodies in the Library 2021 conference increased my TBR substantially as well.

[Susan]

Hi Kelly. Great to have you 'back' :)

[Jacqui]

Rosina wrote: Another book that looks interesting - particularly as I have climbed across Sharp Edge and up Blencathra (in my younger days). ..."

This book definitely has a lot about climbing/scrambling, and Kendal Mint Cake 😊

[Jacqui]

Carolien wrote: "This looks interesting, I've never heard of the author."

I hadn't until last year when a couple of them appeared for free on Kindle. At the moment I think the whole series is in Kindle Unlimited (UK)

[Judy]

Hi Kelly, great to hear from you. The British Library Crime Classics and the Bodies in the Library conference are definitely both recipes for huge numbers of books on the TBR list!

[Sandy]

Just finished Slough House. An excellent series; an excellent book. Waiting a year for the next will be hard.

[Jill]

I have finished The Thursday Murder Club and have left the elderly, going to the 11 year old Flavia I Am Half-Sick of Shadows for out next buddy read. Good start as usual

[Frances]

Jill wrote: "I have finished The Thursday Murder Club and have left the elderly, going to the 11 year old Flavia I Am Half-Sick of Shadows for out next buddy read. Good start as ..."

Loved them both!

[Colin]

Even though I'm very fond of John Creasey's Inspector West books, I've never read any of his Gideon stories. However, I'm about to correct that omission by making a start on From Murder to a Cathedral , which I picked up along with a few other Creasey titles going cheap on Kindle for £1.77 the other day.

[Sandy]

Driven by library due dates my next read will be either Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore or And One to Die On in Jane Haddam's Gregor Demarkian series. I will probably start both and see if either sticks. I just decided put aside A Beautiful Blue Death after almost a hundred pages so I'm in a picky mood.

[Sandy]

I completed Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore and liked it a lot with a couple of exceptions that I would have changed about the ending.

Now on to And One to Die On.

[Jill]

Just finished Slough House and like Sandy said waiting a year for the next book will be hard. Left with a cliff-hanger!

[Judy]

I've finished historical mystery The Children of Silence, which I really enjoyed on the whole although I got a bit bogged down at times.

[Judy]

A problem with our forthcoming Bobby Owen buddy read, The Dusky Hour. I've started this, but have realised from reading the introduction that Goodreads has a couple of titles listed in the wrong order.

The Dusky Hour should really be number 9 in the series, not 8, while Mystery of Mr Jessop should be number 8, not number 9! The books are usually standalones so this may not be a big problem, but apparently the nightclub which features in this book is also mentioned in Mystery of Mr Jessop.

What does anyone want to do? Should we stick with reading them the wrong way round, or do some rearranging, which would mean delaying the next Bobby Owen read a bit to give people a chance to get hold of Mr Jessop?

I will also post this in the Starting/joining in with buddy reads thread.

[Judy]

PS, I am personally going to read them the wrong way round, as I had got Dusky Hour from the library, but am happy to do whatever people want with the buddy reads.

I will now check through the whole Bobby Owen series and ask a super librarian to sort the order out. This is the second time I've come across the books being listed in the wrong order, but I assumed the previous ones were a one-off!

The problem seems to be that Punshon sometimes published more than one book in a year, and GR then puts the titles from that year in alphabetical order.

[Judy]

If anyone wants to comment on the Bobby Owen issue, please go over to the buddy reads thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jill]

It would seem to me, that the best way of reading a series in order, would be to check with Fantastic Fiction when planning.

I have now started The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin. A new to me author, so will see how this goes

[Judy]

Jill wrote: "It would seem to me, that the best way of reading a series in order, would be to check with Fantastic Fiction when planning.

I have now started The Winter Queen by [author:Boris Akuni..."

Yes, good idea, Jill - I won't trust GR over the order of a series in future! I'll check FF and also the publisher over the order of these, then ask a super librarian to correct the order.

I remember enjoying The Winter Queen a lot so will be interested to hear what you think. I meant to go on to the second book, but have left it a long time so I think I'll have to reread the first one before carrying on.

[Judy]

Just checked through the Bobby Owen list, and there are actually 2 more pairs of books in the wrong order later on in the series on GR, and one of the pairs is in the wrong order on Fantastic Fiction as well! (Double checked via the publisher website and the "next book" bit at the end. )

Anyway, I realised I could edit the series myself, so I have put them in the right order now.

[Sandy]

So does that make you a 'super librarian"? Good work.

[Judy]

Sandy wrote: "So does that make you a 'super librarian"? Good work."

Haha, no. I discovered an ordinary librarian could do it! But thank you.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "Jill wrote: "It would seem to me, that the best way of reading a series in order, would be to check with Fantastic Fiction when planning.

I have now started The Winter Queen by [autho..."

Thanks for the info, Judy, and Fantastic Fiction as a reliable source of series order, Jill. I’ve only read the first Bobby Owen book, and prefer reading in order, so this will come in handy as I try to catch up!

Meanwhile, I just started listening to the next Angela Marchmont, [book:The Scandal at 23 Mount Street|48496034] . It definitely starts off with a bang, and no spoilers, but I’m looking forward to finally learning more about the mysterious Angela!

[Colin]

Making a start on The Slayer and the Slain by Helen McCloy.

[Judy]

I've started our next Campion buddy read, The China Governess - one I don't think I've read before. Not very far in as yet.

[Susan in NC]

Just received the next Gaslight series mystery from my library, Murder on Wall Street by Victoria Thompson. Only a couple chapters in, but I can tell this will be an enjoyable and relaxing summer read, just like the Angela Marchmont I just finished- I am grateful, after slogging through a couple snoozers with group reads!

[Jill]

Susan in NC wrote: "Just received the next Gaslight series mystery from my library, Murder on Wall Street by Victoria Thompson. Only a couple ch..."

I do have this series but have never started it. As it seems you enjoy them, having read so many, I must make a concerted effort to get to them.

[Jackie]

I'm reading Blood on the Water in the William and Hester Monk series. It annoys me that the cover says it's the William Monk series, as his wife is equally important in most of the books, and arguably the more interesting parts. At least, I always find her work, as the background for any investigating she does, to hold my attention more than the police/PI/River police investigations.
The series has flaws, but the sameness to each novel is kind of relaxing, and I enjoy these characters.

[Sandy]

Jackie wrote: "I'm reading Blood on the Water in the William and Hester Monk series. It annoys me that the cover says it's the William Monk series, as his wife is equally important in most of the ..."

I agree with all your comments. I suppose Perry couldn't call it the William and Hester Monk series as she did the Pitts, as it took so long for their relationship to develop and it would have been a spoiler (though any one could see the ending to the triangle).

I also love Hester. I space out the novels so the sameness is relaxing and not annoying. Perry's writing style certainly includes a lot of questions!

[Sandy]

P.S. Only one more book and I will be caught up and there aren't many series that long I can say that about.

[Carolien]

Sandy wrote: "P.S. Only one more book and I will be caught up and there aren't many series that long I can say that about."

Have to laugh at this statement, Sandy! I think that applies to most of us.

[Susan in NC]

Jill wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Just received the next Gaslight series mystery from my library, Murder on Wall Street by [author:Victoria Thompson|7448..."

The earlier books show a grittier side of New York in the late 1800s, the later books are cozier in tone, I’d say, but I was invested in the recurring characters by then! Luckily, they never became cloying or sappy - and it was interesting to see the early immigrant experience through Sarah’s eyes, as she is a midwife serving the immigrant poor dwelling in tenements. I enjoy the yearly new book from my library.

[Susan in NC]

Jackie wrote: "I'm reading Blood on the Water in the William and Hester Monk series. It annoys me that the cover says it's the William Monk series, as his wife is equally important in most of the ..."

Yes! That’s what I enjoy about several of my favorite series.

[Susan in NC]

Carolien wrote: "Sandy wrote: "P.S. Only one more book and I will be caught up and there aren't many series that long I can say that about."

Have to laugh at this statement, Sandy! I think that applies to most of us."

Oh, yes...

[Sandy]

Susan in NC wrote: "Jill wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Just received the next Gaslight series mystery from my library, Murder on Wall Street by [author:Victoria ..."

I loved the early books but lost interest eventually. Not a series I plan to pick up again but I have fond memories of Sarah's midwifery days.

[Jackie]

I also stopped reading the Gaslight series at some point, might have been accidentally. I need to pick it up again.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Jill wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Just received the next Gaslight series mystery from my library, Murder on Wall Street ..."

I agree, the series, like any 20+book series, has had slower spots...but the author usually rights the ship by the next book! For me, anyway.

[Jan C]

I read several of the early Gaslight series but I think I just lost interest - while I still had 1-2 books left.

[Susan in NC]

Yes, I bought all of the earliest ones in paperback, or my mom (she was a Barnes & Noble employee) gave them as gifts. With the last half of the series, though, I’ve been getting them from my library- if I want to reread the series, they have them all!

[Jill]

I am now starting The Sea Detective by Mark Douglas-Home The beginning is not what I was expecting from this book.

[Rosina]

Jill wrote: "I am now starting The Sea Detective by Mark Douglas-Home The beginning is not what I was expecting from this book."

I read them some time ago. An interesting basis for detection.

[Colin]

I'm about a third of the way into Poison in the Pen by Patricia Wentworth. A bit of a slow burner that's taking its time so far.

[Susan in NC]

I think I’ll start our next Christie, Sparkling Cyanide today - I don’t recall ever reading it, so I’m curious.

[Tania]

I finished re-reading The Seven Dials Mystery, the opening scenes take place in Chimneys, which I'd forgotten, and has Lord Caterham getting irritated with the guest, (fancy having the bad manners to die on his property)! Very silly but good fun.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

I'm reading The Paradine Case I was going to nominate it but it didn't show as being available as a kindle. I was surprised as it was a Hitchcock film.

A good read, but slow moving so far.