What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2024-2025) Showing 651-700 of 1,017

[Susan in NC]

Jackie wrote: "I think I would prefer to read the whole series, since you recommend it Susan, thank you!"

I enjoyed it, the first is The Family Vault

[Judy]

I was a bit disappointed by Dramatic Murder by Elizabeth Anthony, as I thought it fizzled out rather after a great start - also only the first couple of chapters are really Christmassy. Still glad to have read it though for that early part.

At the moment I'm about halfway through another Christmas book from British Library, Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries, which I'm enjoying more. This is a collection of short stories but jumps around between older and more recent authors, rather than just going through in chronological order as usual with BL, which is making for a lot of variety and a fun read.

[Susan in NC]

Currently rounding out the year with our January read, The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley, and finding it great fun - if Agatha couldn’t solve it, I know I can’t! I hav suspicions, but I’m probably all wrong…rainy here all weekend, so perfect time to enjoy this new-to-me classic. Really enjoying the characters and humor.

[Jackie]

I am just starting The Mysterious Affair at Styles on my kindle.

After I finish with The Luck of the Bodkins audio book, I think I will listen to The Mysterious Affair at Styles on audio as well.

[Susan in NC]

Jackie wrote: "I am just starting The Mysterious Affair at Styles on my kindle.

After I finish with The Luck of the Bodkins audio book, I think I will listen to The Mysterious Affair at Styles o..."

Yay, just about to start that one myself!

[Kirsten]

I've been reading Lost Girls by Angela Marsons

[Keith]

Somehow, I stopped getting any posts from this quite a while ago and am trying to get connected again How can I go about that? Anyone able to help please?

[Frances]

Unfortunately the GR notifications now seem somewhat random and unreliable-I get notifications on threads I'm not participating in for groups to which I belong, and no notifications from threads in which I'm active. So my answer has just been to check in regularly on things that interest me, but it is frustrating.

[Franky]

I agree. It's frustrating about the lack of notifications. I'm trying to get used to it also.

Currently I'm reading the classic Gothic mystery Dragonwyck by Anya Seton.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

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I'm trying my first audio book Murder for Christmas I've read poetry in an audio format before & that was fine, but with a longer book I don't think it is for me. I'm having trouble keeping the characters straight & the pace seems kind of slow.

[Jackie]

Carol, I know that people enjoy audio books in different ways. I like it for nonfiction but for fiction only like it when I'm listening to a book I have already read and even know well (Heyer and Wodehouse!) and/or I am alternating reading a chapter on my Kindle, and then listening to an audible version. I'm currently doing that with The Mysterious Affair at Styles

[Susan in NC]

Jackie wrote: "Carol, I know that people enjoy audio books in different ways. I like it for nonfiction but for fiction only like it when I'm listening to a book I have already read and even know well (Heyer and W..."

I use audiobooks the same way - and I like being able to speed up the narration - otherwise it’s painstakingly slow! I don’t use them alone for a first time read, especially mystery, too tough to keep characters and clues straight.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

I tried speeding up - but that spoilt the enjoyment I was getting from Geoffrey Beevers wonderfully fruity accent. Towards the end I listened while I did housework or sitting outside to my deck & that was better.

[Jackie]

I never speed up the audio books - it is only when it's a story I already know that I can keep up with what's happening at regular speed!

[Jan C]

Currently listening to Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie. Had thought it would complete my challenge. That was before I knew that The Thin Man movies were on TCM today. (I don't know why because I actually have those DVDs.) But I can never resist them.

[Susan in NC]

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I tried speeding up - but that spoilt the enjoyment I was getting from Geoffrey Beevers wonderfully fruity accent. Towards the end I listened while I did housework or sitting outside to my deck & t..."

Glad you made it work for you!

[Susan in NC]

Jackie wrote: "I never speed up the audio books - it is only when it's a story I already know that I can keep up with what's happening at regular speed!"

;o)

[Susan in NC]

Enjoyed rereading The Mysterious Affair at Styles while listening to Hugh Fraser narrate, and now starting an upcoming buddy read, Marked to Die

[Judy]

I've started reading Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes, which is the first in her Inspector Henry Tibbett series and was first published in 1959. Enjoying it so far, as the inspector and his wife Emmy set off for a skiing holiday in the Italian Alps, with a varied group of people at their hotel.

I decided to try a book by Moyes after enjoying a short story by her in the British Library anthology Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "I've started reading Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes, which is the first in her Inspector Henry Tibbett series and was first published in 1959. Enjoying it so far..."

Oh, I look forward to your thoughts, I have it on my tbr from a previous GR friend’s favorable review, sounded like something I’d enjoy, like our Sloan & Crosby series.

[Sandy]

Requested Dead Men Don't Ski from my library. It has been on my TBR for a while and the reviews look great.

[Sandy]

About to start Styles for our 2025 challenge.

[Sandy]

Up next (i.e. yesterday's library pick-ups)


The Case of the Missing Maid
We Three Queens
Under Lock & Skeleton Key

And then there are our mid-month reads.

[Judy]

That little lot should keep you busy for a day or two, Sandy! Hope you and Susan both enjoy Dead Men Don't Ski.

[Sandy]

Explains why I never get to the books I own.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "Explains why I never get to the books I own."

So true!

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "That little lot should keep you busy for a day or two, Sandy! Hope you and Susan both enjoy Dead Men Don't Ski."

I won’t be getting to it anytime soon - I’ve got three other books on the go already, then, as Sandy says, our mid-month buddy reads to get to!

And I see by Sandy’s library pick-ups, there’s a new Lady Georgiana book out (We Three Queens)! I’m a couple books behind on that series, along with others I enjoy…so many books…and I wanted to watch the dramatization of The Mysterious Affair at Styles with David Suchet on BritBox tonight! Not enough time for everything.

[Sandy]

Isolated from my library books I plan to reread the next Anty book tonight, The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine. Even if I remembered the plot I doubt it would ruin my enjoyment.

[Susan in NC]

I started our next Mrs, Pargeter, but really not grabbing me…kind of on the back burner while I read more interesting books!

[Judy]

Susan in NC wrote: "I started our next Mrs, Pargeter, but really not grabbing me…kind of on the back burner while I read more interesting books!"

Sorry to hear that, Susan! I've started Something The Cat Dragged In by Charlotte MacLeod, our next Peter Shandy buddy read, and am enjoying it so far - pleased to see that the college characters feature more in this one than in the previous book.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "I started our next Mrs, Pargeter, but really not grabbing me…kind of on the back burner while I read more interesting books!"

Sorry to hear that, Susan! I've started [book:Some..."

That was a fun reread - I was able to listen to the audiobook while finishing a knitting project. For mystery rereads or cozies like Mrs. Pargeter, I prefer audiobooks so I can knit or exercise at the same time. I wish Mrs P was available on audio! This may be the first time I just skip to the last chapter to see whodunnit…

[Alwynne]

I finished a classic crime novel Murder at Mt. Fuji by prolific, award-winning Japanese author Shizuko Natsuki, sometimes referred to as the Agatha Christie of Japan. It's about to be reissued for English-language audiences. Thought it was interesting as an exploration of toxic masculinity and an investment in reputation/public appearance in 1980s Japan but disappointing overall.

Link to my review:

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

[Susan in NC]

Decided to chuck Mrs. Pargeter and start Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers for another group’s upcoming read - I love meeting Miss Climpson in this one! Peter’s idea is brilliant- harness all that “spinster/gossiping” energy! lol!

[Sandy]

Sorry about Mrs. Pargeter, especially as I own the first eight, but Sayers will never disappoint.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "Sorry about Mrs. Pargeter, especially as I own the first eight, but Sayers will never disappoint."

Thanks - I like her, but just felt after the first several chapters of this one, set at a weight loss spa, run by yet another old associate of Mr. P, that the schtick was getting old. Plus, the views on fitness, exercise, excessive eating (of which our delightful Mrs. P is fond!), etc., just weren’t clicking for me. As you say, when I looked at other upcoming group reads, the Sayers jumped out at me, can’t go wrong!

And I’ve borrowed Murder at the Vicarage, narrated by my favorite Marple, Joan Hickson, up next, so my cup of crime runneth over!

[Judy]

Susan in NC wrote: "Decided to chuck Mrs. Pargeter and start Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers for another group’s upcoming read - I love meeting Miss Climpson in this one! ..."

We've also got a buddy read of Unnatural Death coming up in this group in April, Susan, so you'll be ready to join in with it here too! :)

[Judy]

I've just read The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert, after it was recommended in the Shedunnit podcast. It is one of the books in her series about solicitor Arthur Crook. I thought it was a really entertaining read and I liked it much better than the books by this author chosen for British Library reissues, Death in Fancy Dress and (published under her other pseudonym, Anne Meredith) Portrait of a Murderer.

I've now started our forthcoming Maigret buddy read, The Judge's House, which has a great start. However, I note that this book features an "old lady" of 64 (my age), while the Anthony Gilbert book features an "elderly lady" in her 50s!

[Sandy]

50's!!!! that seems so long ago.

[Jan C]

It was, for me. Close to 25 years since I was 50.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Decided to chuck Mrs. Pargeter and start Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers for another group’s upcoming read - I love meeting Miss Climpson in thi..."

Oh, that’s right, yay! I really enjoyed my reread, accompanied by Ian Carmichael’s excellent narration!

Judy, can you tell me where to find the latest list of our upcoming buddy reads? I didn’t realize we were reading on with Lord Peter, and don’t want to miss anything else! Thanks.

P.S. Never mind, I found my list of upcoming reads, I see “Unnatural Death”

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "I've just read The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert, after it was recommended in the Shedunnit podcast. It is one of the books in her series about solicitor Arthu..."

Yikes! I’m 59, so I guess I’m firmly in the elderly, closing in on ancient, category!

[Judy]

Just in case anyone is still looking for our list of upcoming reads, it's here :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Judy]

I've just finished Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac which was a fun read - I thought from the title that it might be set in a hospital, but it isn't. It's in a village where a couple of the characters are staying at an osteopath's clinic.

Not important to the plot, but this one also briefly features a woman of 50 who claims to be settling down to enjoy her old age - I'm coming across this everywhere now! ;)

[Jackie]

Judy wrote: "Just in case anyone is still looking for our list of upcoming reads, it's here :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

thank you, Judy!

[Susan in NC]

I’m going to tackle the doorstop Tombland, the final Shardlake, but first, Three Hands in the Fountain, our next Falco, which I was able to get from my library

[Marcus]

Thank you, Judy. I’ll keep tracking the Agatha’s challenge.

[Jackie]

I am listening to the audio version of The Murder at the Vicarage and, for a change, I remember the identity of the murderer. This makes it fascinating to watch myself being mis-directed!

[Marcus]

The Murder at the Vicarage will be a rereading for me, as was the Mysterious Affair at Styles. As always, I completely forgot the plot.

[Judy]

I'm reading a library ebook of The Murder at the Vicarage and also our next group read,Unexpected Night at the same time on my Kindle! I'm enjoying them both and they are different enough that I don't think I'll mix them up.

[Susan in NC]

I finished Three Hands in the Fountain last night, will return to the library this morning, and pick up Tombland - if I can fit in some press-ups ahead of time to heft it around!💪🏻

I am currently reading The Kingsclere Mystery by Moray Dalton