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[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "Got it! Maggie Kavanagh and the title is Double Indemnity. It only just came out two days ago. Only four reviews. The blurb isn't really making me jump for it, but maybe it will for some of you guys."

Oh dear. Fatherly Police Chief did it. ;-P

Kidding. Um, well it doesn't grab me either, but it's a possibility. There have to be some other candidates out there...

[Susinok]

Closet by R.D. Zimmerman? The first book is pretty amazing. There's 5 in the series, and his mysteries always has some sort of gay theme to them. Not a romance..

Any of you not read Mahu yet by Neil Plakcy? One of my favorite series. Kimo is a policeman and he has to out himself in order to report a murder outside a gay club. That's chapter 1, so I'm not giving anything away. Not a romance, but he does have a steady relationship a few books in.

Have we done Donald Strachy? Death Trick

Or our old buddy Victor J. Banis? Deadly Nightshade

Am I giving too many options?

[Susinok]

Some day I'll read one of my Georgette Heyer mysteries, too. I have not read any of them.

[Jordan]

This reminds me of that other new-to-us series a few people have started. Pride Lodge, was it? I can't remember but I know I bought the first book.

Mahu is one of my favorites! Actually will be reading one of those next month as part of my series catch up challenge.

The others I haven't read and will have to look into.

[Varecia]

I could not even get myself into Sherlock-mood this month, so I'm obviously in no position to suggest something here. But Susinok's suggestions sound all fine to me, the Kavanagh title did not peek my interest.

Edit: Hm, I just saw that there will be a new book by Julie Bozza on Feb 1th - maybe that could be interesting too?
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[Becky]

Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by the reviews so far it's more heavily focused on the mystery than the romance, so won't put off people who get bored with characters jumping in bed every five minutes. ;-)

[Anne]

Becky wrote: "Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by the reviews so far it's more ..."

I would like to read this one.

[Marge]

I'd be really interested in Death Trick. I think many of us got it as a freebie last month.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Closet by R.D. Zimmerman? The first book is pretty amazing. There's 5 in the series, and his mysteries always has some sort of gay theme to them. Not a romance..

Any of you not read ..."

Not too many options at all! It's just these are all oldies but goodies. I'm actually curious to see if there are any viable new entries as far as mystery.

[Josh]

Becky wrote: "Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by the reviews so far it's more ..."

Now here we go! Charlie is pretty new (relatively speaking) and I think she's trying to do traditional, genuine mystery.

[Josh]

Marge wrote: "I'd be really interested in Death Trick. I think many of us got it as a freebie last month."

I LOVE Richard Stevenson. There's no question that he writes a great, traditional PI novel.

[Susinok]

Hmm I don't know of any modern gay mysteries that are not tied with m/m romance in one way or another. Though there are some very good mystery romance out there, I'm not sure where to find gay mysteries and recommendations (other than here).

How about lesbians? Lori Lake is a mystery writer. Also Radclyff writes action/thriller/mysteries. (I saw them both at GRNW, but have not read any of their stuff yet).

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Some day I'll read one of my Georgette Heyer mysteries, too. I have not read any of them."

The odd thing about Heyer's mysteries is they lack her trademark wit. Which is to say, they are well-constructed traditional mysteries, but the...hm...zing? of her romance is missing.

Now granted, part of the trouble is that murder is no laughing matter. We all kind of struggle with that one. And I think Heyer's mysteries would be better regarded if she wasn't held in such high regard in romance.

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Becky wrote: "Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by the reviews so ...

Now here we go! Charlie is pretty new (relatively speaking) and I think she's trying to do traditional, genuine mystery."

I was going to second Charlie's book too. I've been eyeing it for a while now, but haven't read it yet.

[KC]

Susinok wrote: "Hmm I don't know of any modern gay mysteries that are not tied with m/m romance in one way or another. Though there are some very good mystery romance out there, I'm not sure where to find gay myst..."

I've been mostly disappointed with f/f mysteries. But i see that Jess Faraday (author of The Affair of the Porcelain Dog) has an f/f one - The Left Hand of Justice.

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Becky wrote: "Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by th..."

Charlie's book is quiet fun, so that's a nice one to have. Or Stevenson's. Love his books.

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Becky wrote: "Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by th..."

Yes, this sounds very promising. I have the book but haven't had time to read it.

[Jordan]

Becky wrote: "Hardly up and coming, more already upped and arrived ages ago - but how about Charlie Cochrane's The Best Corpse for the Job? Going by the reviews so far it's more ..."

I definitely need to read more of her work!

[Josh]

KC wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Hmm I don't know of any modern gay mysteries that are not tied with m/m romance in one way or another. Though there are some very good mystery romance out there, I'm not sure where ..."

I did appreciate The Porcelain Dog. Very much. But that's a case of...I appreciated what she achieved but had zero desire to read anything else by her.

Which as a writer always makes me want to analyze. Appreciation and admiration are not enough to drive book sales or readership, and this is endlessly fascinating to me.

What makes us pick up books by certain authors over and over again?

And this is especially interesting in the case of readers who bitch and moan ENDLESSLY about certain authors but always buy everything the author publishes! :-D

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Hmm I don't know of any modern gay mysteries that are not tied with m/m romance in one way or another. Though there are some very good mystery romance out there, I'm not ..."

This is a very good point. I've read a lot of books that I liked, even enjoyed, but while they might be the first book in a series, I don't feel inclined to pick up the next book. I've often wondered why this is. Mostly it's happening to me in YA literature. In M/M, I'm mostly sticking to authors I know are good, and there seems to be an endless list of authors I like, so I'm not running out of books any time soon, even though I'm rarely (it seems) picking up new authors. I'm also a slow reader, which kinda helps, I guess. lol.

[Jordan]

It was Murder at Pride Lodge. Not new though. It came out in 2012. I'm sure I bought it, though it more people prefer Charlie Cochrane's book, I'm all for that. It is on my to-read list.

[Antonella]

I would like as well to read The Best Corpse for the Job, because I'm going to buy it and read it anyway.

But the same goes for all the books Susinok mentioned, with the exception of ''Closet'' by R.D. Zimmerman.

The Donald Strachey series would be good for a challenge though. I've got 12 books on paper and there are 13. I've read till number 7.

And of course I'll buy the new Julie Bozza's book.

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "I would like as well to read The Best Corpse for the Job, because I'm going to buy it and read it anyway.

But the same goes for all the books Susinok mentioned, with the exception ..."

Stevenson would make a good challenge. I've read them all but the last two or three.

And that's probably more to do with time than anything but I always enjoy his work.

[Antonella]

Josh wrote: "Stevenson would make a good challenge. I've read them all but the last two or three.

And that's probably more to do with time than anything but I always enjoy his work. "

Oh, yes. I've read only 7 just because I bought all of them together, and the others are still on the waiting list.

[Johanna]

Ooookay. Should I set up a poll then or do we let Josh do the choosing this time? :-)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are (probably, maybe, perhaps) the books that got most support so far:

Death Trick by Richard Stevenson
The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Ooookay. Should I set up a poll then or do we let Josh do the choosing this time? :-)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are (probably, maybe, perhaps) the books that got most support so far:

[bo..."

If you guys are agreeable, I say we do Charlie's book as next month's read and the Stevenson book as the next challenge?

[Karen]

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Ooookay. Should I set up a poll then or do we let Josh do the choosing this time? :-)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are (probably, maybe, perhaps) the books that got most supp..."

I'm in for The Best Corpse for the Job. It was on my personal short-list.

As an aside, I also read The Affair of the Porcelain Dog and its sequel, Turnbull House. I remember that the books were slower reads for me than most books, and that I was reading some KJ Charles and Jordan L Hawk's Widdershins books around the same time and maybe the Faraday books were finally just overloading the historical/paranormals at the time. But I did like the second book more than the first, and I plan to read the third. I think it's a trilogy.

[Calathea]

Josh wrote: "If you guys are agreeable, I say we do Charlie's book as next month's read and the Stevenson book as the next challenge? "

I would like that. The Affair of the Porcelain Dog sounds interesting. :)

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "If you guys are agreeable, I say we do Charlie's book as next month's read and the Stevenson book as the next challenge?"

That sounds like a good plan to me. So, The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane will be our February BOM.

About the Richard Stevenson's Donald Strachey series Challenge (13 books) — Would you guys want to read Death Trick, the first book of the series as March BOM and start our Challenge from there (this is what we've usually done with longer challenges) or shall we set up the Challenge schedule and topic(s) and start right away? Thoughts?

And let's also have some discussion about the length of the upcoming Stevenson Challenge.

Example: Joseph Hansen's Brandstetter Challenge (12 books) we started in August 2013 and finished in March 2014 (9 months, that is).

[Calathea]

Johanna wrote: "Would you guys want to read Death Trick, the first book of the series as March BOM and start our Challenge from there "

Oh, no more challenges for me at the moment. I'll sit that one out. Sherlock Holmes-challenges proves to be time consuming... I'll see if I do the first one as BOM, though.

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "About the Richard Stevenson's Donald Strachey series Challenge (13 books) — Would you guys want to read Death Trick, the first book of the series as March BOM and start our Challenge from there (this is what we've usually done with longer challenges) or shall we set up the Challenge schedule and topic(s) and start right away? Thoughts?"

To start in March with Death Trick as BOM is a good idea, and then I'd go for at least 10-11 months for 13 books, to avoid scaring away people from the challenge.

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Ooookay. Should I set up a poll then or do we let Josh do the choosing this time? :-)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are (probably, maybe, perhaps) the books that got most supp..."

YAY! I'm in agreement to that!

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Johanna wrote: "About the Richard Stevenson's Donald Strachey series Challenge (13 books) — Would you guys want to read Death Trick, the first book of the series as March BOM and start our Challeng..."

Yes, what Antonella said. Start in March as BOM and 10-11 months.

[Becky]

Sounds good to me. Do the first book then anyone who wants to start the challenge continues from there.

I read Death Trick back in 2011, so it will be a reread for me, but long enough back I'll have forgotten the details, I'm sure.

[Johanna]

Antonella wrote: "To start in March with Death Trick as BOM is a good idea, and then I'd go for at least 10-11 months for 13 books, to avoid scaring away people from the challenge."

Yeah, I agree. We have to be able to have breaks from the challenge books over the months too.

So if we'll start in March, we might want to stretch the challenge all the way to the end of January 2016 — or even February 2016 — maybe?

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Antonella wrote: "To start in March with Death Trick as BOM is a good idea, and then I'd go for at least 10-11 months for 13 books, to avoid scaring away people from the challenge."

Yeah, I agree...."

I'm not sure about going into the next year. But maybe December?

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "I'm not sure about going into the next year. But maybe December?"

If you guys think that would be enough time, I'm happy with your suggestion.

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I'm not sure about going into the next year. But maybe December?"

If you guys think that would be enough time, I'm happy with your suggestion."

What about writing December-January and living it open?

[Johanna]

Antonella wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I'm not sure about going into the next year. But maybe December?"

If you guys think that would be enough time, I'm happy with your suggestion."

What about writing D..."

Sure, we can do that.

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "If you guys are agreeable, I say we do Charlie's book as next month's read and the Stevenson book as the next challenge?"

That sounds like a good plan to me. So, [book:The Best Corpse..."

I could go for the Donald Strachey challenge, especially since I've already read books 1-9... : )

[Jordan]

Just bought both books!

Btw, I'll go with the majority about the timing! It doesn't really matter.

[Johanna]

Karen wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "If you guys are agreeable, I say we do Charlie's book as next month's read and the Stevenson book as the next challenge?"

That sounds like a good plan to me. So, [book..."

Ha! :-D

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Count me in for Charlie's book. I will also do the Strachey challenge. I have read a few of those but it would be great to chat about them.

[Marge]

I'm happy to read Death Trick, but I'll hold off on deciding any challenges until I know I like the first one. I have been disappointed by several books lately that were the first in a series, so I won't read the others. Or some that were okay, but I don't want to read further. Some of that MIGHT be because I was thus able to dump 8-10 books off my to-read list. :-)

[Varecia]

I don't think I will read the February BOM book.
But I would be happy to read the first Strachey in March and maybe I will even participate in the challenge. I set up my own private one and vowed to read the Brandstetter series one book a month and now there will be the Hardesty series with the republishing of one book a month *waves to KC :-)*, but if I like the Strachey book I could add a third challenge to that.

[Carlita]

Bought Charlie's book and I'm hoping to take part.

[Carlita]

Bought Charlie's book and I'm hoping to take part.

[KC]

Varecia wrote: "I don't think I will read the February BOM book.
But I would be happy to read the first Strachey in March and maybe I will even participate in the challenge. I set up my own private one and vowed ..."

Awesome challenges! I will gladly join you on both the Hardesty and the Strachey ones, we can compare notes as we read them :-) For Hardesty, i read the first three, but i'm going to reread them one each month, i'm waiting for the print book to arrive. Strachey, i read more of, but looking forward to getting back to them. In the meantime, i have some catching up to do, the Prosperity stories, for one.

[KC]

Adding my vote to the Strachey challenge :-)

[Johanna]

KC wrote: "Adding my vote to the Strachey challenge :-)"

Cool. :-)