What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2024-2025) Showing 751-800 of 1,020

[Susan in NC]

I’ve reread The Body in the Library, and have been enjoying watching the Geraldine McEwan version of the Miss Marple story on BritBox - I saw it when it was shown on public tv in the U,S. 20 years ago, but forgot the liberties taken with the plot! It was fun to watch, though.

Now I’m starting “Crook O’Lune” for our April read.

[Jackie]

I've started If Books Could Kill because someone gave me a copy, and all the books I actually want to read are ebooks, which I don't read at night, or not in at my library yet. I'm underwhelmed 3 chapters in.

[Sandy]

Speaking of underwhelmed, I started and dropped Holmes, Marple & Poe at the 25% mark.

Onto Cadfael, a known quantity.

[Jackie]

I hear you, Sandy! I see the next Lord Peter Wimsey is in at the library so not sure if I will finish If Books Could Kill, maybe give it another couple of chapters.

[Judy]

Good to hear you liked The Sunken Sailor: Inspector Tibbett #2, Sandy. I want to read this series in order, but Patricia Moyes seems to be one of those authors where the books appear and then disappear on Kindle, in the UK anyway!

[Sandy]

Judy wrote: "Good to hear you liked The Sunken Sailor: Inspector Tibbett #2, Sandy. I want to read this series in order, but Patricia Moyes seems to be one of those authors where ..."

Between my library system and Amazon, most seem are available to me, some on Hoopla (non-kindle eBooks through the library). Not sure I will ever make it through all 19-20!

[Judy]

I'm not sure I'll make it through the whole Tibbett series either, but am enjoying it so far!

[Susan in NC]

I’m going to start the next Catherine AirdHarm's Way, and then try our next in the Peter Shandy series, The Curse of the Giant Hogweed. Both are currently available through Libby at my city library.

[Judy]

I read Book 3 in the Henry Tibbett series, Death on the Agenda - Henry and Emmy are travelling around again and are in Geneva this time, due to a meeting of an anti-drugs committee. I didn't think this was quite as good as the first two books, though I enjoyed the setting.

[Alwynne]

I finished Hannah Deitch's Killer Potential literary crime with a twist, likely to appeal to fans of books like Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and/or Scrap Didn't quite work for me but still enjoyable.

Link to my review:

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

[Jan C]

Having finished The Body in the Library I have started on Harm's Way. Enjoyable but not sure I understand it. Must be a distinctly British thing. I have seen something similar on Midsomer Murders and it didn't make much sense to me there either. You'll have to explain it in the discussion when we come to it.

[Susan in NC]

Lovely Large Print edition of We Solve Murders came through the hold system at my library finally!

[Sandy]

Susan in NC wrote: "Lovely Large Print edition of We Solve Murders came through the hold system at my library finally!"

Enjoy! it is a lot of fun.

[Jackie]

I've just started listening to the audio version of A Royal Affair - the first one in the series was light-weight but enjoyable, but I didn't feel a strong urge to continue so We Shall See what I think of this one, the second.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Lovely Large Print edition of We Solve Murders came through the hold system at my library finally!"

Enjoy! it is a lot of fun."

Thanks, about a third in and loving it!

[Sandy]

Jackie wrote: "I've just started listening to the audio version of A Royal Affair - the first one in the series was light-weight but enjoyable, but I didn't feel a strong urge to continue so We Sh..."

I read the first and didn't continue so would like to know how the second compares.

[Susan in NC]

I’m starting a new-to-me historical series I’ve been wanting to read, starting with The Highgate Cemetery Murder.

[Nike]

I've just started reading Dead Scared by Sharon J. Bolton

[Jan C]

I finished Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac yesterday.

I would move on to Crook o'Lune except that I can't find it. Amazon tells me that I bought it in 2023. It will turn up one day. The last two missing books I found by happening to be staring at a bookshelf and the book I was seeking happened to be there.

[Sandy]

Jan C wrote: "I finished Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac yesterday.

I would move on to Crook o'Lune except that I can't find it. Amazon tells me that I bought..."

I believe 'inanimate' objects can hide when they want and reappear at their own time.

[Sandy]

I am reading / listening to Dead in the Frame, latest in a very good series that has much the same set up as Nero Wolfe.

[Jackie]

Sandy wrote:

I read the first and didn't continue so would like to know how the second compares.

If you didn't like the first one, I don't suppose you would like the second. I loved them both.

I am giving the second a 5 star review.

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

[Sandy]

I am listening to In at the Death. It was an Audible freebie that has expired but is still on my device so I am 'rushing' through it before Audible catches on.

[Marcus]

Finished The Body in the Library for our group’s challenge. That was a rereading. Also reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Besides the Agatha’s challenge, I’m reading her other novels and collections of short stories in chronological order as referenced in https://www.historyhit.com/culture/ag...

[Sandy]

Marcus wrote: "Finished The Body in the Library for our group’s challenge. That was a rereading. Also reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Besides the Agatha’s challenge, I’m reading her other novels and co..."

You can't go wrong with Agatha. Are you including her romances written under a different name?

[Susan in NC]

Diving into a reread of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for our upcoming challenge read.

[Marcus]

No Sandy. Where I can find the list of these novels?

[Sandy]

Marcus wrote: "No Sandy. Where I can find the list of these novels?"

Her alternate name is Mary Westmacott and she also wrote under Agatha Christie Mallowan. Excellent memoir of her archaeology experience under the Mallowan name.

[Jackie]

I am well into a re-read of Unnatural Death and had forgotten how much I enjoy all the Lord Peter books. This one is from the library but I think I should own them.

[Marcus]

Thanks Sandy.

[Susan in NC]

Jackie wrote: "I am well into a re-read of Unnatural Death and had forgotten how much I enjoy all the Lord Peter books. This one is from the library but I think I should own them."

Same here - I have the paperbacks I first read back in the ‘90s, but boy that print is tiny! Gradually replacing them with ebooks or the larger paperbacks with easier to read fonts!

[Judy]

Has anyone read The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards?

I'm currently reading this and really enjoying it, but it is absolutely massive, and mentions so many different authors and works that I'm reeling!

[Ellen]

Judy wrote: "Has anyone read The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards?

I'm currently reading this and really enjoying it, but it..."

Yes it is a fabulous source for those of us who love classic mystery.

[Susan in NC]

Judy wrote: "Has anyone read The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards?

I'm currently reading this and really enjoying it, but it..."

I’ll have to try and get hold of it, always looking for new authors.

I just finished devouring (and enjoying) the latest St. Cyr mystery, Who Will Remember by C.S. Harris. Never lets me down!

[Sandy]

Susan in NC wrote: "Judy wrote: "Has anyone read The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards?

I'm currently reading this and really enjoyi..."

I am on the wait list and chomping at the bit!

[Jackie]

Susan wrote:

I have the paperbacks I first read back in the ‘90s, but boy that print is tiny! Gradually replacing them with ebooks or the larger paperbacks with easier to read fonts!

I hear that! I always choose large print from my library if they had one.

I just got an order from Abebooks that I treated myself to, and no Lord Peter among them, but instead I have started the series over listening to the audio books from the library.

Currently listening to Whose Body? and I am really enjoying listening to it (especially the inquest!). I find with any book that has some complexity, I like reading first so I know what is happening, and then when I listen to the audio book I can concentrate on appreciating the dialog.

the Lord Peter books are apparently perfect for that!

[Susan in NC]

Great idea, I’ve reread Lord Peter a couple times, but he’s always a treat!

[Judy]

Hope you get to the top of the wait list for The Life of Crime soon, Sandy! It's a lot of fun.

[Sandy]

Judy wrote: "Hope you get to the top of the wait list for The Life of Crime soon, Sandy! It's a lot of fun."

I read Life of Crime a couple of years ago and agree it is a lot of fun. The book I am waiting for is the second in the post, the latest in the historical St Cyr series. Sorry to be confusing. I'm 4th in line.

[Judy]

Ah ha, I see! Sorry, Sandy - I hope you are soon top of the list for St Cyr then. I haven't tried that series but have heard good things about it.

[Sandy]

Judy wrote: "Ah ha, I see! Sorry, Sandy - I hope you are soon top of the list for St Cyr then. I haven't tried that series but have heard good things about it."

RE St Cy: Needs to be read in order and probably a bit melodramatic but exciting with interesting characters.

[Sandy]

I am reading Death in Kashmir, more spy thriller than mystery and exciting if unlikely. Wonderful characters. I wish the author had continued with this cast. (I'm assuming that she doesn't but haven't read any others.)

[Jackie]

I recently read and liked it, Sandy, and it was my first by that author. I did it with the retro reads group and I hope we go on to read more "Death in..." books, perhaps once a year.

[Susan in NC]

I don’t want to get too far ahead in group reads (I forget plots quickly, makes it hard to discuss!), so I’m reading book 2 in a new-to-me historical mystery series
, Murder at Traitors' Gateby Irina Shapiro.

[Sandy]

I am reading The Mystery of the Crooked Man. It is filled with blatant Christie references without ever using her name. The protagonist is rather unlikable but interesting and humorously snide. Mixed feelings but I plan to persist.

I wonder if the author had to get permission from the Christie estate. So far the grandson has not been portrayed favorably.

It is fun to see how many references I can find. I know I am missing many. Almost wish I owned a copy I could highlight.

[Judy]

Ooh, sounds intriguing, Sandy. I'll look forward to hearing your verdict when you finish it.

[Sandy]

Judy wrote: "Ooh, sounds intriguing, Sandy. I'll look forward to hearing your verdict when you finish it."

Verdict is I did not finish . Got to the halfway point, was confused, read the reviews and decided I might never know what was happening.

Then became available. (Still waiting for the new St Cyr that has been 'in transit' for over a week!). And I should be moving on to our buddy reads.

As expressed many times in these threads, no time for so-so reads with many winners waiting.

[Judy]

Sorry to hear The Mystery of the Crooked Man wasn't as good as you hoped, Sandy. I hope Murder at Gulls Nest is better!

I do agree that there's no time to waste on books we're not really enjoying, with so many tempting choices available.

[Judy]

I'm under way with a couple of our forthcoming buddy reads, Signed, Picpus by Georges Simenon and The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin. Enjoying both of them so far.

[Susan in NC]

The Big Four became available through my library, so I’m rereading now.

Update: halfway through, realizing why I’ve only read this once! The plot is all over the place…The Moving Finger, next up in our challenge, is available from my library, and a favorite, reading that instead.