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[Karen]

Leslie wrote: "Carol wrote: "My problem with Allingham's books (which I've read all of) is their multiple titles! Coroner's Pidgin, for instance, is also Pearls Before Swine..."

I find 'Stop You're Killing Me' really helpful for sorting out titles. It only lists mysteries, though.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/A_A...

[Trelawn]

@ Penny I'd love to hear what you think when you've read it. I thought it was a great story although i'll admit to being thrown by the twist at the start of part two. It is a wonderfully atmospheric story set in the shadows (literally and metaphorically) of Victorian London with a underlying book theme running throughout. A really clever debut novel.

[Karlyne]

Carol wrote: "Carolien wrote: "Helen wrote: "I'm currently reading Coroner's Pidgeon, in the Albert Campion series by Margery Allingham. What's interesting about this especially is the comments on the war (it w..."

I was just thinking "Coroner's Pidgeon"? and wondering why I'd never heard of it, when I saw your reference! Pearls Before Swine I have!

[Penny]

Sandi wrote: "Actually just finished "Hunting Shadows" by Charles Todd. I reread all the Ian Rutledge books prior to this; good to restore some memory losses. It was a good mystery, with a unique ending. But Ian..."

ooh now there's a cliffhanger Sandi!!!
I have only read the first one of this series and have now realised there are about 16 - I just cant keep up!!

[Penny]

I have bitten the bullet and decided to give Peter Robinson another go - I wasnt thrilled by the first DCI Banks a while back. I'm reading a stand alone called Before The Poison so will see what I make of it.

[Joan]

Penny wrote: "I have bitten the bullet and decided to give Peter Robinson another go - I wasnt thrilled by the first DCI Banks a while back. I'm reading a stand alone called Before The Poison so will see what I make of it."

Before The Poison is excellent! All it lacks is Banks. :=(

[Leslie]

Which British detective are you? a fun little quiz from BBC America:

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia...

Apparently I am Fitz (Dr. Edward Fitzgerald from "Cracker") ;(

[Trelawn]

I'm Inspector Morse! I can live with that quite happily though i'm completely ignorant when it comes to Wagner :-)

[Karlyne]

Why, I'm Jane, from Prime Suspect. I should have known, because she seems like the type to always know...

[Bionic Jean]

I too seem to be Jane Tennison! Shame I've never seen the programme... is that why the page has now frozen, do you think? In protest? LOL

[Karlyne]

Jean wrote: "I too seem to be Jane Tennison! Shame I've never seen the programme... is that why the page has now frozen, do you think? In protest? LOL"

I've never seen it, either, Jean! We've probably frozen the entire BBC!

[Jean]

The quiz doesn't come up. Too bad - sounded like fun. I's sorry you missed Jane Tennison - it was quite a few years ago but quite memorable.

[Bionic Jean]

LOL Karlyne!

Jean - It didn't come up the first time I tried, but did on the second :)

[Janice]

Just took the test and I am Inspector Morse.

[Jean]

I've tried multiple times and the quiz still won't come up. Oh well . . . .

[Bionic Jean]

Oh what a shame Jean! :( How about trying this link - you never know...

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia...

[Bionic Jean]

And now I've posted it it looks identical! LOL

[Leslie]

Jean wrote: "I too seem to be Jane Tennison! Shame I've never seen the programme... is that why the page has now frozen, do you think? In protest? LOL"

OMG!! You have never seen Prime Suspect!?! I LOVE that especially the first one.

You should try to get it Jean! This show was what made me a Helen Mirren fan...

[Leslie]

Jean wrote: "I've tried multiple times and the quiz still won't come up. Oh well . . . ."

Try clicking on the magnifying glass - that is what I had to do to get the quiz to show up.

[Kay]

Just took the quiz. I'm Jane Tennison, too. That really made my day because I admire the character. I also like and miss the show.

[Jean]

And another Jane Tennison. But several of those needed a None of the Above. However, I'd love to have Jane Tennison's hair instead of my curls.

[Bionic Jean]

"Prime Suspect" has been on in the UK for years - it's just that I've never caught it, feeling that my "cop show TV" time was already full :)

I've no doubt it's a good programme, although initially Helen Mirren seemed strange casting, to a lot of us. She's more associated with Shakespeare in my mind - and when younger was known as the "posh man's totty"! I think she appeared nude around this time and caused quite a scandal in the intellectual theatre world. History now, of course ;)

[Kay]

Thanks for sharing that information. I didn't know any of that about her.

[Ellen]

I took the quiz and I am Sherlock Holmes. There were several questions where none of the answers fit me so I feel sure this is not entirely accurate since I don't see myself as cold and calculating.

[Karlyne]

Jean wrote: "And another Jane Tennison. But several of those needed a None of the Above. However, I'd love to have Jane Tennison's hair instead of my curls."

Too funny, Jean! I was just thinking this morning that I should write book entitled "What Having Weird, Frizzy Hair in a Smooth World Has Taught Me"...

[Jean]

I'd buy it. What mine has taught me is mostly how to curse. . . .

[Karlyne]

You've probably heard me through the air waves. That's me with the high-pitched screeching "yee-owww-ee-ooww", mostly when I'm anywhere near a smidge of humidity...

[Bionic Jean]

Actually Karlyne and Jean, what you really need is a time machine. Then if you travelled back to the 1980's you'd be the envy of all your peers who have to spend money on curly perms for their fashionably "big hair" :D

[Karlyne]

Yeah, but, sadly, I tended to end up looking like a demented Ronald MacDonald. But my motto is "The higher the hair the closer to God"! At least I've never had to rat my hair; it does it all by itself...

[John]

I'm Morse, but I'd rather have been Sherlock Holmes.

But rotten questions. I'm sure both Morse and Holmes had toast and marmalade, not strawberry jam. Like me!

[Jean]

Me too, Karlyne - about the same color too.

[Helen]

I'm Morse as well - and I agree about the marmalade ;>) ..

I have just finished books by two authors who were new to me. The first is The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah, the other Elly Griffiths' The Crossing Places. Both are more or less present day and each has a female as the lead character. Although my preference runs to 'period pieces' such as the early 1900s, I decided to give these a go. The Murder Wall unfortunately is not my cup of tea; for whatever reason I could not 'like' DCI Kate Daniels and had trouble with some of the characters' choices; I do not plan to continue with the series. The Crossing Places is the opposite - I really like Ruth, I was fascinated by the archaeological detail & satisfied by turns of events - I will definitely read more of her stories.

Now on to Joe Sandilands & The Palace Tiger ;>)

[Penny]

Well Naturally I am INSPECTOR MORSE!!!!!!!
fun little quiz though!

[Diane]

Karlyne wrote: "Jean wrote: "I too seem to be Jane Tennison! Shame I've never seen the programme... is that why the page has now frozen, do you think? In protest? LOL"
I am a Jane Tennison but as much as I loved Prime Suspect and Jane Tennison, I really can't see myself as her. Not at all - much too shy and reserved. I didn't see the sequels to Prime suspect though but the original was great.

[Karlyne]

Diane wrote: "Karlyne wrote: "Jean wrote: "I too seem to be Jane Tennison! Shame I've never seen the programme... is that why the page has now frozen, do you think? In protest? LOL"
I am a Jane Tennison but as m..."

I'm really going to have to find Prime Suspect and give it a try!

[Leslie]

And now back to your regularly scheduled program :)

I just finished a great Golden Age mystery, The Poisoned Chocolates Case. It has a fun twist to the typical mystery, as you get 6 amateur sleuths and 6 solutions - each solution is quite convincing until the others start pointing out the weaknesses. It provides an interesting look at the various approaches to solving a mystery & the actual killer was a big surprise (at least to me!).

[Karlyne]

I have not read any Anthony Berkely, and The Poisoned Chocolates is one of those I've always had vaguely on my radar. I need to bump it up to order-it-from-the-library-and-get-on-with-it-already.

[Bionic Jean]

That does sound fun, Leslie :) I've added it to my TBR shelf.

[Penny]

Leslie wrote: "And now back to your regularly scheduled program :)

I just finished a great Golden Age mystery, The Poisoned Chocolates Case. It has a fun twist to the typical mystery, as you get ..."

sounds good Leslie - I think we are all going to read that one - its yet another series I have never heard of and I used to think I was quite informed about crime writing!!!

[Diane]

Leslie wrote: "I just finished a great Golden Age mystery, The Poisoned Chocolates Case. It has a fun twist to the typical mystery, as you get ..."
Who would do such an evil thing as poison chocolates? Liver I could understand, but chocolates? I have to read it to make sure the culprit was properly punished.
It does sound interesting. I wonder if mystery writers in general ask friends and neighbors to read their drafts to analyze them for weaknesses and possible better solutions.

[Bionic Jean]

I think there may have been a Poirot with that explanation too, but it might have been a short story.

[Joan]

Mike wrote: "Just starting.

Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French"

ME TOO!!!

[Karlyne]

I just picked up The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson, Shake Hands Forever by Ruth Rendell, The Hollow by Agatha Christie (pretty sure I don't already have it!), and The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey at a thrift store for $.65 each. Yep, $.65 each, that's $2.60 for all four. Bazinga!

[Trelawn]

That's a great bargain! I picked up The Man in the Queue in Charing Cross last year but haven't read it yet. Josephine Tey came highly recommended by someone who said she is similar to DL Sayers.

[Karlyne]

I've read two others of Tey's and liked them a lot, but they didn't really remind me of Sayers. I read somewhere that P.G. Wodehouse liked her and Patricia Wentworth, so that's how I found the two of them!

[Trelawn]

Well I'll take a recommendation from Wodehouse. I love his Jeeves books and short stories. I've been reading my way through them over the last few months

[Yvonne]

I'm currently reading Children Of The Revolution by Peter Robinson and The Caves of Perigord by Martin Walker.

[Jean]

Children of the Revolution was excellent, as is all of Peter Robinson.

[Karlyne]

Trelawn wrote: "Well I'll take a recommendation from Wodehouse. I love his Jeeves books and short stories. I've been reading my way through them over the last few months"

Wodehouse is great winter reading, for whenever the weather closes in!

[Trelawn]

For the last few days I've been reading The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. Excellent so far with some laugh out loud moments.