Author Topic: Mystery Corner ~ 2 (Read 906007 times)

jane · « **Reply #7840 on:** December 15, 2015, 11:27:03 PM »

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jane · « **Reply #7841 on:** December 15, 2015, 11:29:24 PM »

Good thinking, Mary! Yes, she has:

"U" is for Undertow

http://www.amazon.com/U-Undertow-Kinsey-Millhone-Novel-ebook/dp/B002DW92UC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450240042&sr=1-1&keywords=u+is+for+undertow

Steph · « **Reply #7842 on:** December 16, 2015, 10:23:22 AM »

I thnk her lates was W, so yes, she should have..

nlhome · « **Reply #7843 on:** December 16, 2015, 01:28:28 PM »

Oh, great, I totally forgot about that series. I quit reading along about R. Thanks so much. I should be able to find a copy of that and it would be a quick read.

nlhome · « **Reply #7844 on:** December 16, 2015, 01:37:05 PM »

Except there is not a copy in our system - we have multiple copies of all the other letters, but none of that book. Interesting. So I guess a stop at a book store is in my near future, unless anyone else has a suggestion?

JoanK · « **Reply #7845 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:57:37 PM »

NLHOME: I searched Fantastic Fiction with the word "Under", figuring it's a likely word to start a title. It came up with a whole bunch, most starting with Under. One should be available in your library.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/search/?searchfor=book&keywords=Under

nlhome · « **Reply #7846 on:** December 16, 2015, 10:50:56 PM »

Thank you, Joan.

Steph · « **Reply #7847 on:** December 17, 2015, 08:25:51 AM »

Still on the Charles Todd.. " An Unmarked Grave" I do like the mother and son team.. Bess is a favorite of mine.. and the WWI is so vivid in this.

MaryPage · « **Reply #7848 on:** December 17, 2015, 10:10:44 AM »

I keep trying to remember the name of the one so popular back in the nineteen forties, or was it the thirties? They made a movie of it in the early forties, and EVERYone went to see it. My entire boarding school walked into town two by two to get scared to death by a story we already knew. Was it The Uninvited?

The book was by Dorothy Macardle: do scroll down and read all the many reviews, as they all rave and rave

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3564508-the-uninvited

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037415/

PatH · « **Reply #7849 on:** December 17, 2015, 11:30:20 AM »

If you don't count the "An", An Unmarked Grave starts with U.

ginny · « **Reply #7850 on:** December 17, 2015, 11:52:04 AM »

And if you like Ruth Rendell, An Unkindness of Ravens might count.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #7851 on:** December 18, 2015, 06:39:04 AM »

nlhome - I have found one at last! Dorothy L Sayers - Unnatural Death Nothing like a bit of Lord Peter Wimsey

Steph · « **Reply #7852 on:** December 18, 2015, 07:44:37 AM »

As much as I love Dorothy Sayers, I had forgotten the u part.. An Unmarked Grave is excellent and made you guess and reguess all the way through. Excellent.

MaryPage · « **Reply #7853 on:** December 18, 2015, 08:31:45 AM »

Oh, how delightful! A Dorothy Sayers! And I probably own it in video, too, as I have a whole collection of hers as done by the BBC years ago. My favorite Sayers was Gaudy Night, with Harriet.

But hey, you can't do better! Look no more!

FlaJean · « **Reply #7854 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:06:25 PM »

Was browsing in B&N yesterday and saw Ann Hillerman's first Leaphorn and Chee novel "Spider Woman's Daughter". Bought it and after starting it I realized I had read it. Oh well, it's worth a second read. Ann writes as well as her dad Tony Hillerman. I see in the back of the book that she has a second one entitled "Rock with Wings". It might be cheaper to get that one on my iPad (Kindle app)if possible.

JoanK · « **Reply #7855 on:** December 18, 2015, 05:30:45 PM »

Flajean:"Rock with Wings is $9.99 on kindle. Spider Woman's daughter is only $1.99 so I ordered it. Kindle told me I already owned it and it was in my archives. made the same mistake you did: I don't remember reading it at all.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/anne-hillerman/

JoanK · « **Reply #7856 on:** December 18, 2015, 05:36:43 PM »

STEPH: glad you found such a good "U". Now do you start on "V"?

nlhome · « **Reply #7857 on:** December 18, 2015, 07:40:03 PM »

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am limited by time and by library, as book stores are too far away and we will be leaving for the holidays soon. So, I grabbed on at the suggestion of another SL friend, Donna Leon's Uniform Justice. That should be a good read on the stops in our travels, and I'll finish by the deadline.

However, next year I'll have to look up some of those others. An Unmarked Grave sounds good. I have read one of the others in that series. And I know I've read the Dorothy Sayers book but so long ago, it might be a good idea to reread that one.

Have a good Christmas everyone.

Nan

Steph · « **Reply #7858 on:** December 19, 2015, 09:23:27 AM »

I liked the first Anne Hillerman very much, must look for the next one..

FlaJean · « **Reply #7859 on:** December 19, 2015, 11:37:00 AM »

Joan, thanks for that info. Think I'll get the Kindle Rock with Wings.

FlaJean · « **Reply #7860 on:** December 19, 2015, 11:40:25 AM »

nlhome, you can't go wrong with the Donna Leon book. I've read that whole series and always look forward to the next one.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #7861 on:** December 19, 2015, 11:46:58 AM »

I agree. The ones I like best are those with lots of description of Venetian daily life - surely one of the few places in the western world where life is still different from everywhere else, with no cars and hence a continuing custom of daily shopping in markets and everything, from rubbish collections to funeral processions, taking place by boat. Plus all the breathtaking beauty of the place, which cannot be dimmed even by the constant onslaught of tourists and erosion.

MaryPage · « **Reply #7862 on:** December 20, 2015, 02:24:59 AM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPH!

emfoxwell · « **Reply #7863 on:** December 20, 2015, 07:03:52 AM »

Another "U" novel is _The Unsuspected_ by Charlotte Armstrong (the friend of a woman who died in mysterious circumstances thinks it was murder and decides to investigate). The book was made into a film with Claude Rains, Constance Bennett, and Hurd Hatfield, but, sadly, the film is not very good. For those with e-readers, there was an ebook version of _The Unsuspected_ released in 2014.

JoanK · « **Reply #7864 on:** December 20, 2015, 03:18:30 PM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPH.

Steph · « **Reply #7865 on:** December 20, 2015, 06:03:46 PM »

It was alovely day and I think all of you for your wishes.. My new Book is the one on Witches and looks great..

FlaJean · « **Reply #7866 on:** December 21, 2015, 09:30:58 AM »

Happy Birthday, Steph. Glad you had such a nice day.

Steph · « **Reply #7867 on:** December 22, 2015, 08:53:27 AM »

I found a trilogy type mystery book at a thrift shop..Constance and Charlie are the detectives. He is a retired policeman and she is a psychologist.. Not quite sure how I feel, will let you know.

JoanK · « **Reply #7868 on:** December 22, 2015, 04:02:03 PM »

Sounds familiar. Who is the author.

Steph · « **Reply #7869 on:** December 23, 2015, 08:58:02 AM »

Kate Wilhelm.. I think I have read books by her, but not a series like this one.. I finished Nightingale.. not a mystery, but oh my, such a read..

FlaJean · « **Reply #7870 on:** December 23, 2015, 10:42:24 AM »

Got a free book from iBooks "Death in the English Countryside" by Sara Rosett. It's a cozy mystery. I thought it was unusually well written for a first book, but it is apparently the first book in a new series and she has other series books.

Steph · « **Reply #7871 on:** December 24, 2015, 07:25:10 AM »

new name for me. Will look to see what is what.

FlaJean · « **Reply #7872 on:** December 24, 2015, 11:15:17 AM »

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to my fellow mystery lovers

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #7873 on:** December 24, 2015, 11:16:14 AM »

And to you and to everyone else on SeniorLearn, Jean :-)

MaryPage · « **Reply #7874 on:** December 24, 2015, 02:33:05 PM »

Copy that, Jean and Rosemary!

JoanK · « **Reply #7875 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:43:17 PM »

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #7876 on:** December 26, 2015, 10:45:12 AM »

Hear ye - Hear ye...!!!

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Steph · « **Reply #7877 on:** December 27, 2015, 12:43:04 PM »

Rereading the Robert Crais on Maggie the search and rescue dog and her policeman.. Because there is a new one out and I was not sure I remembered all that had happened in the first one..Good.

JoanK · « **Reply #7878 on:** December 27, 2015, 04:05:58 PM »

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/robert-crais/

Steph:Which series has the rescue dog in it?

Frybabe · « **Reply #7879 on:** December 27, 2015, 04:25:29 PM »

Oh, that sounds good Steph. We have some Crais at the library, so I add my voice to JoanK's question.

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