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Reading the Detectives

Our group reads vintage British mysteries from the Golden Age and beyond. In 2025 our challenge is Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple. We are reading and discussing the first 6 books in each of these classic series. We also read and discuss books by many other authors. Come and join us for friendly and fun discussions. ...more
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A Murder Is Announced
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
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Start date
October 1, 2025
Finish date
October 31, 2025
Discussion
Group Challenges
Why we're reading this
The next book in our Christie challenge.
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Murder Included
Murder Included (D.I. Price #1)
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Start date
October 1, 2025
Finish date
October 31, 2025
Discussion
Group reads
Why we're reading this
Runner-up in a recent poll.
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Wilful Behaviour
Wilful Behaviour (Commissario Brunetti, #11)
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Start date
October 15, 2025
Finish date
November 5, 2025
Discussion
Buddy reads
Why we're reading this
Next in the acclaimed Brunetti series.
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One Virgin Too Many
One Virgin Too Many (Marcus Didius Falco, #11)
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Start date
October 15, 2025
Finish date
November 5, 2025
Discussion
Buddy reads
Why we're reading this
Next in the popular Falco series.
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+ General chat
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Current and Upcoming Reads
By Judy · 1 post · 454 views
last updated Sep 07, 2025 04:53AM
* Introductions (2023-2025)
By Judy · 208 posts · 141 views
last updated Oct 16, 2025 08:42AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Welcome message for new members - please read before posting.
By Judy · 1 post · 714 views
last updated Feb 14, 2016 07:57AM
Kindle deals (2024-25)
By Judy · 851 posts · 186 views
last updated 16 hours, 14 min ago
What non-mystery books are you reading? (2023-25)
By Judy · 380 posts · 126 views
last updated Oct 26, 2025 03:02PM
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2024-2025)
By Judy · 1020 posts · 167 views
last updated Oct 25, 2025 07:05AM
The White Swan - general chat (2023-25)
By Judy · 750 posts · 116 views
last updated Oct 24, 2025 10:37PM
Recommended Romance suspense novels
By Lucy · 11 posts · 28 views
last updated Sep 28, 2025 01:06PM
Showing 8 of 333 topics — 11,941 comments total
+ Group reads
* December 2025 group read - Winner!
By Judy · 28 posts · 34 views
last updated Oct 15, 2025 10:39AM
* Oct 25: Murder Included (#1 D.I. Price) by Joanna Cannan
By Susan · 12 posts · 18 views
last updated Oct 25, 2025 03:50AM
* Oct 25: Murder Included (#1 D.I. Price) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 8 posts · 9 views
last updated Oct 11, 2025 07:15AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nov 25: Post After Post-Mortem - SPOILER Thread - by E C R Lorac (1936)
By Susan · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Oct 20, 2025 11:50AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nov 25: Post After Post-Mortem (Robert Macdonald #11) by E C R Lorac (1936)
By Susan · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Oct 20, 2025 11:49AM
Sept 25: Lonesome Road (#3 Miss Silver Mysteries) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 22 posts · 15 views
last updated Sep 23, 2025 09:16AM
Sept 25: Lonesome Road (#3 Miss Silver Mysteries) by Patricia Wentworth
By Susan · 16 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 19, 2025 01:03PM
November 2025 group read - Winner!
By Judy · 20 posts · 36 views
last updated Sep 17, 2025 08:43AM
Showing 8 of 171 topics — 7,878 comments total
+ Group Challenges
* 2026 Challenge
By Susan · 24 posts · 28 views
last updated Oct 17, 2025 02:23AM
* Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 16 posts · 17 views
last updated Oct 16, 2025 07:31AM
* Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 32 posts · 14 views
last updated Oct 25, 2025 04:28PM
* 2025 Challenge - Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple
By Susan · 41 posts · 112 views
last updated Oct 16, 2025 10:03AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nov 25: Black Coffee (1950) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Oct 20, 2025 11:04PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Nov 25: Black Coffee (1950) By Agatha Christie
By Susan · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Oct 20, 2025 11:03PM
Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 17 posts · 21 views
last updated Sep 25, 2025 01:00PM
Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 13 posts · 23 views
last updated Sep 16, 2025 12:58PM
Showing 8 of 484 topics — 9,245 comments total
+ Buddy reads
* Willful Behaviour by Donna Leon (Brunetti #11) (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 21 posts · 11 views
last updated Oct 25, 2025 07:02AM
* Willful Behaviour - SPOILER Thread - (Brunetti #11) (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 7 views
last updated Oct 23, 2025 12:57AM
* One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis (Falco #11) (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 8 posts · 9 views
last updated Oct 18, 2025 10:14PM
* One Virgin Too Many - SPOILER Thread - (Falco #11) (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 6 views
last updated Oct 20, 2025 12:07PM
* Gently By the Shore (Inspector George Gently #2) by Alan Hunter (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 9 posts · 10 views
last updated Oct 15, 2025 10:43PM
* Gently By the Shore (Inspector George Gently #2) - SPOILER Thread - (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 15 posts · 9 views
last updated Oct 21, 2025 02:27PM
* Cat and Mouse (Inspector Chucky #1) by Christianna Brand (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 17 posts · 19 views
last updated Oct 25, 2025 10:58AM
* Cat and Mouse (Inspector Chucky #1) - SPOILER Thread - (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 10 posts · 6 views
last updated Oct 20, 2025 10:58PM
Showing 8 of 65 topics — 620 comments total
+ E.R. Punshon/Bobby Owen reads
* Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) by E R Punshon (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Sep 14, 2025 10:38PM
* Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) - SPOILER Thread - (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated Oct 15, 2025 07:25AM
Brought to Light (Bobby Owen #32) - SPOILER Thread - (August/Sept 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
last updated Oct 12, 2025 02:05PM
Brought to Light (Bobby Owen #32) by E R Punshon (August/Sept 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 8 views
last updated Sep 21, 2025 09:30AM
Strange Ending (Bobby Owen #31) by E R Punshon (June/July 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 9 views
last updated Jun 24, 2025 06:32AM
Strange Ending (Bobby Owen #31) - SPOILER Thread - (June/July 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 7 views
last updated Jun 24, 2025 06:29AM
The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
last updated May 22, 2025 08:06AM
The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) by E R Punshon (April/May 25)
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
last updated May 07, 2025 05:58AM
Showing 8 of 46 topics — 379 comments total
+ Maigret buddy reads
* Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths/Maigret and the Fortune Teller by Georges Simenon (Maigret #23) (May/June 25)
By Susan · 7 posts · 5 views
last updated May 21, 2025 02:26PM
* Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths/Maigret and the Fortune Teller - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #23) (May/June 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 8 views
last updated Jun 23, 2025 06:29AM
Cecile is Dead - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:50PM
Cecile is Dead by Georges Simenon (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:46PM
The Judge’s House - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #21) (Jan/Feb 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 29, 2025 03:17PM
The Judge’s House by Georges Simenon (Maigret #21) (Jan/Feb 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
last updated Jan 14, 2025 02:04PM
The Cellars of the Majestic (aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic) - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #20) (Nov/Dec 24)
By Susan · 7 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 23, 2024 07:34AM
The Cellars of the Majestic (aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic) by Georges Simenon (Maigret #20) (Nov/Dec 24)
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 21, 2024 01:15PM
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+ Favourite authors
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Welcome to favourite authors
By Judy · 1 post · 131 views
last updated Oct 07, 2015 02:38PM
Agatha Christie
By Judy · 677 posts · 366 views
last updated Oct 24, 2025 02:13PM
Edmund Crispin
By Judy · 18 posts · 63 views
last updated Mar 18, 2024 11:36AM
Dorothy L Sayers
By Judy · 166 posts · 218 views
last updated Aug 28, 2023 03:52PM
Ellery Queen
By Judy · 16 posts · 84 views
last updated Jan 24, 2023 08:42AM
Michael Innes
By Judy · 32 posts · 39 views
last updated Sep 05, 2022 12:26PM
Georges Simenon
By Judy · 71 posts · 155 views
last updated Jun 28, 2022 12:12AM
E.C.R. Lorac
By Judy · 103 posts · 97 views
last updated Feb 14, 2022 08:30PM
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+ Individual Challenges
* Individual challenges
By Judy · 2 posts · 106 views
last updated Sep 07, 2016 01:08PM
Reading Through The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Jessica-sim · 10 posts · 71 views
last updated Jan 08, 2023 06:04PM
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 147 views
last updated Nov 16, 2022 02:53PM
December 2019 Off-site Read: Dead Men's Morris (1936) by Gladys Mitchell
By Jason · 1 post · 24 views
last updated Nov 16, 2019 10:04AM
Reading around Britain and Ireland.
By Jay-me (Janet… · 103 posts · 162 views
last updated Jan 09, 2019 02:29PM
Reading Through Europe
By Judy · 156 posts · 143 views
last updated Mar 18, 2018 01:42AM
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+ Authors' self-promotion
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By Judy · 1 post · 42 views
last updated Feb 08, 2019 01:12AM
* Self-promotion
By Judy · 81 posts · 170 views
last updated Jul 06, 2025 01:31AM
Quick & Feel Good Book ✿
By Pamela · 1 post · 13 views
last updated Jan 31, 2025 10:03AM
Classic British murder mystery set on the Greek island of Skiathos
By Mike · 1 post · 13 views
last updated Jan 23, 2025 10:52AM
Gripping murder mystery,
By Mary · 1 post · 18 views
last updated Nov 12, 2022 09:02AM
ONLY 99p February 2022
By Mary · 1 post · 16 views
last updated Feb 03, 2022 12:01PM
The Body Politic Geraldine Moorkens Byrne
By Geraldine · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Aug 19, 2021 04:20AM
For Agatha Christie Fans
By Mary · 1 post · 22 views
last updated Jun 24, 2021 12:06PM
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+ Archive: Albert Campion reads
* Cargo of Eagles (1968)
By Susan · 23 posts · 24 views
last updated Jan 31, 2022 10:15AM
* Cargo of Eagles (1968) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
last updated Jan 20, 2022 09:56AM
The Mind Readers (1965) SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 19 views
last updated Aug 21, 2021 10:07AM
The China Governess (1962) SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 20 posts · 25 views
last updated Aug 20, 2021 10:40PM
The Mind Readers (1965)
By Susan · 24 posts · 19 views
last updated Aug 19, 2021 09:30AM
The China Governess (1962)
By Susan · 9 posts · 18 views
last updated Jun 21, 2021 12:12PM
Hide my Eyes (1958) aka Tether's End - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 24 posts · 22 views
last updated May 02, 2021 04:03PM
Hide my Eyes (1958) aka Tether's End
By Susan · 17 posts · 18 views
last updated Apr 28, 2021 01:56PM
Showing 8 of 37 topics — 843 comments total
+ Archive: Nicholas Blake reads
* The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake (April/May 22)
By Susan · 18 posts · 17 views
last updated Apr 28, 2022 02:00PM
* The Private Wound - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 22)
By Susan · 8 posts · 12 views
last updated May 07, 2022 06:17AM
The Beast Must Die - Nicholas Blake - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 47 posts · 58 views
last updated Sep 25, 2024 02:12PM
The Deadly Joker - SPOILER Thread (Feb/March 22)
By Susan · 9 posts · 12 views
last updated Feb 25, 2022 09:02AM
The Deadly Joker by Nicholas Blake (Feb/March 22)
By Susan · 16 posts · 13 views
last updated Feb 18, 2022 10:42PM
A Penknife in my Heart - SPOILER Thread - Nicholas Blake (Aug/Sept 21)
By Susan · 13 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 01, 2021 02:05AM
A Penknife in my Heart - Nicholas Blake (Aug/Sept 21)
By Susan · 13 posts · 20 views
last updated Aug 23, 2021 02:17AM
A Tangled Web aka Death and Daisy Bland - SPOILER Thread (March/April 21)
By Susan · 31 posts · 17 views
last updated Jul 27, 2021 02:43PM
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+ Archive: Poirot Buddy Reads
* Reading Order for the Unofficial Poirot Buddy Reads
By Jessica-sim · 54 posts · 155 views
last updated Dec 27, 2020 08:20AM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: SPOILER THREAD Curtain
By Jessica-sim · 20 posts · 35 views
last updated Feb 05, 2021 06:12PM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: Curtain
By Jessica-sim · 17 posts · 34 views
last updated Jan 26, 2021 04:45PM
Poirot buddy read 38: SPOILER thread for Elephants Can Remember
By Judy · 22 posts · 29 views
last updated Jan 25, 2021 07:56AM
Poirot buddy read 39: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Judy · 27 posts · 30 views
last updated Dec 21, 2020 12:14AM
Poirot buddy read 38: Elephants Can Remember
By Judy · 36 posts · 24 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 04:22PM
Poirot buddy read 39: SPOILER thread for The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Judy · 11 posts · 23 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 02:10PM
Poirot buddy read 35: SPOILER thread for The Clocks
By Judy · 28 posts · 36 views
last updated Dec 17, 2020 08:32AM
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Black Coffee
Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)
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Post After Post-Mortem
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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