garnet927
Landed Gentry
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Mar 9, 2005 15:47:26 GMT -4
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Post by garnet927 on Jul 21, 2011 17:39:49 GMT -4
i also am a big fan of the Maisie Dobbs series, as well. Oddly, most of the mystery authors I read these days are women: Sara Paretsky, Janet Evanovich, JD Robb, and Victoria Thompson.
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Post by canuckcutie on Jul 21, 2011 21:38:21 GMT -4
My mum and I both love the Maisie Dobbs books! I am a mystery & history buff so it's the perfect combination.
I also tend to gravitate towards female mystery authors - Carol O'Connell, Tess Gerritsen, Sara Paretsky (although she hadn't had a VI book out in ages). Used to be a big fan of both Kathy Reichs & Patricia Cornwell but I've found both series aren't grabbing me as they used to. I think after a while some authors just churn out another formulaic book in their sleep.
Just starting a series by a British female author about a forensic anthropologist - author is Elly Griffiths - so I have hopes that I might like her stuff. I recently read two great mysteries, Sister by Rosamund Lupton and Before I go to Sleep by S J Watson. I am usually pretty good at figuring out what is happening but both kept me guessing.
I've gotten into Camilla Lackberg - she's a Swedish mystery writer.
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Post by Smilla on Jul 21, 2011 23:40:16 GMT -4
Nice to see this thread active at just the time I've returned to mysteries.
Currently, I'm discovering Carl Hiaasen (Lucky You.) Geeze, he's graphic. Also, I just scooped up a ton of those Best American Mystery Stories anthologies at our Borders closing sale--those are good! Then I'm reading Judith Guest's The Tarnished Eye, one I've been saving for a rainy day, and will hopefully round out my mystery purge with Ariana Franklin's The Serpent's Tale. Should be fun.
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Nov 27, 2024 23:51:26 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2011 14:20:29 GMT -4
I like Ariana Franklin's books very much (especially City of Shadows), and looked forward to a new mystery being released each summer for the past few years. I was sad to read that she passed away recently.
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Post by Smilla on Jul 22, 2011 16:13:23 GMT -4
Whuh? That's terrible. I mean, we've all got to go sometime, I guess, but she was a great writer.  |
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Dharma
Lady in Waiting
Ground control to Major Tom
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Mar 8, 2005 12:22:15 GMT -4
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Post by Dharma on Jul 26, 2011 10:48:40 GMT -4
Wow, that is sad news indeed. I loved her books. RIP Ariana Franklin a/k/a Diana Norman
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Post by eclair on Jul 26, 2011 10:55:56 GMT -4
I just re-read Sparkle Hayter's series with Robin Hudson, investigative reporter. Those books are so funny! The first book is "What's a Girl Gotta Do?" for those who are interested. Out of curiosity I checked to see if there were any more books in the series besides the five I have. A sixth book is listed, but I couldn't find it at any of the libraries, locally or nationally, or on Amazon. I ended up on Ms. Hayter's web page which didn't clear up any confusion about this book. Instead, she has a blog going and also a plea to her readers to donate money to help her pay off back taxes. She promises to send her books in return and promises a new Robin Hudson mystery to be released in 2011. Not sure when it was written. So that was fairly depressing. I e-mailed a local mystery book store to see if they could find the book. The title is "Last Girl Standing", supposedly released in 2005. But I've come across other cases where a book was supposed to be released but never was. Still, the series is a fun read. It would be great if more books were published, but I won't hold my breath.
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Post by eclair on Oct 17, 2011 15:06:16 GMT -4
Bump! I love Colin Cotterill's series that starts with The Coroner's Lunch, and I just finished a new book by him that is the start of a new series. It's called At The Whim of a Hat, which is a misquote from George Bush. It's set in present day Thailand, and the protagonist is a woman who is a crime reporter. When her beginning to be forgetful mother sells the family home and moves south, she and her brother feel they must move also. So she's in the quiet south, when a crime occurs and an old crime is revealed. Very funny and enjoyable. I hope this series takes off, as long as the other series continues.
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Post by pathtaken on Oct 19, 2013 8:42:27 GMT -4
I just finished reading A Red Herring Without Mustard the third book by Alan Bradley in the Flavia de Luce series. It kept my interest but I actually figured this one out quickly.
I love mysteries but they all seem to follow a formula, takes the fun out of it.
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Post by Carolinian on Oct 20, 2013 14:02:52 GMT -4
I no longer read the Flavia de Luce books for the mystery but enjoy them for the characters. I'm looking forwards to the next one, due in early '14. The last was left with quite a cliffhanger so I've been hoping he'd finish it. (Bradley's in his mid 70s.)
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