Author Topic: Mystery Corner ~ 2 (Read 906008 times)

Steph · « **Reply #7880 on:** December 28, 2015, 09:14:20 AM »

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Pull up a comfortable chair and join us here to talk about mysteries and their authors.
We love hearing what YOU enjoy and recommend!

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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Fantastic Fiction
Stop You're Killing Me

Discussion Leader: JoanK

Its the lateest... First The Suspect and now The Promise.. I am rereading the Suspect first and then will go onto The Promise.. None of his old characters at all..

JoanK · « **Reply #7881 on:** December 28, 2015, 04:12:10 PM »

Company coming! My computer room is also my spare bedroom, so I'll have limited access to the computer til New Years. (yes, I'm a dinosaur with no laptop or portable device!)

Steph · « **Reply #7882 on:** December 29, 2015, 08:56:54 AM »

I have that problem inNorth Carolina, my spare room is my guest room and my computer area..

FlaJean · « **Reply #7883 on:** December 29, 2015, 09:59:23 AM »

JoanK, if you read on a Kindle, can't you also use it to get on the Internet? I love my iPad. I can sit comfortably in my easy chair And read or use the Internet. Best thing I ever bought.

Frybabe · « **Reply #7884 on:** December 29, 2015, 10:18:41 AM »

Jean, if she has a Fire, she can, but not if she has a Paperwhite or earlier dedicated e-reader.

JoanK · « **Reply #7885 on:** December 29, 2015, 04:28:16 PM »

I have an earlier one that doesn't connect to the internet (except to Amazon). I'm thinking of getting a new one, but I like the matte finish of the old one, specifically designed for readers: you can read for hours and your eyes don't get tired. The new ones are shiny. I'm able to sneak in here while my visitors are off at the beach.

Frybabe · « **Reply #7886 on:** December 29, 2015, 04:58:24 PM »

You are right there, JoanK. I got a Fire thinking that the background lighting would be a help. But with the glassy finish, it is sometimes annoying to have a reflection from it. My Kindle 2nd Gen. battery (at least I think it was the battery) died. Rather than get a new battery, I decided to try the Paperwhite. It took me a while to get used to it. There are things I like about both. The 2nd Gen is now back with its original owner. She is a real hardware tech and wanted take a look at its innards.

Steph · « **Reply #7887 on:** December 30, 2015, 08:47:13 AM »

My new(to me) bedbook is an older Lindsey Davis that I had not read.. Falco is up to his usual tricks and Helena is keeping track of him.. I forgot how much I enjoyd the series.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #7888 on:** December 30, 2015, 09:18:03 AM »

My work room is also the spare room/son's room when he comes home (he has never lived full time in this flat, so he doesn't really have his own room as he might have done in the house we lived in when he was a child) so I too have limited access when he's around - moved my laptop to the sitting room but then get constant 'what are you doing?' inquisitions from the rest of them...)

Anyway, he's gone back to the Highlands now, so I'm reinstated, although the inquisitors are still here (one of whom is supposed to be writing a dissertation).

We've been watching And Then There Were None, the new TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous whodunnit (which was first published under a title that my 17 year old can't even bring herself to say). It's very good though not at all cosy - lots of blood and really scary at times. Excellent performances from many famous actors, including Anna Maxwell Martin, Charles Dance, Miranda Richardson, Aidan Turner (Poldark himself) and Sam Neill. It ran over three nights. If it comes to US TV I would recommend it.

Rosemary

MaryPage · « **Reply #7889 on:** December 30, 2015, 10:02:49 AM »

Oh, I'll be sure to catch that one. Thanks, Rosemary!

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #7890 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:50:05 PM »

I loved the original, black&white edition of "And Then There Were None".

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #7891 on:** December 30, 2015, 02:42:39 PM »

I've not seen any other adaptations Tomereader. This one is good though.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #7892 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:44:03 PM »

The original (?) I speak of was probably made in the 40's if not earlier. To me it has all the elements of real "suspense". Made in 1945 with Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Houston. Also, two other (more recent) permutations titled "Ten Little Indians", and then the 2015 one you mentioned.

MaryPage · « **Reply #7893 on:** December 30, 2015, 08:31:46 PM »

I think it was in the forties, too.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #7894 on:** December 30, 2015, 08:34:51 PM »

Steph · « **Reply #7895 on:** December 31, 2015, 08:21:36 AM »

I loved the book and even had a computer game some years ago that duplicated the book and you had to solve murders.. Fun

marjifay · « **Reply #7896 on:** January 05, 2016, 08:36:49 AM »

I can't find the webpage that lists the titles and authors of all mysteries. Does anyone here remember the name of that website?

Marj

Steph · « **Reply #7897 on:** January 05, 2016, 08:46:49 AM »

I think that Pat has that one..I just generally look them up on Amazon or Google.. Plus from when I had the book store, I have a series of books, that cover all sorts of mystery writers.. Excellent.

jane · « **Reply #7898 on:** January 05, 2016, 10:46:04 AM »

Marj....she has these in the heading. Maybe they will help.

Fantastic Fiction

Stop You're Killing Me

Steph · « **Reply #7899 on:** January 06, 2016, 08:55:32 AM »

both are excellent.

JoanK · « **Reply #7900 on:** January 06, 2016, 05:28:50 PM »

Both are excellent, and they're in the heading if you forget. Fantastic Fiction is more up-to-date, and looks fancier. "Stop" has books listed by detective as well as author (I often remember the detective's name and not the author's) and you can also look for books with a particular plot or location (all the mysteries that take place in New Jersey, for example). But it is incomplete.

marjifay · « **Reply #7901 on:** January 07, 2016, 02:40:21 AM »

Thanks so much, Jane. The title I was looking for was STOP, YOURE KILLING ME! I love that website.

Marj

Steph · « **Reply #7902 on:** January 07, 2016, 08:53:46 AM »

My bed book just now is a Laura Lippman,, short stories collection. Interesting ways to murder others.. I guess she needed to get it out of her system. Sort of fun.

JoanK · « **Reply #7903 on:** January 07, 2016, 04:05:56 PM »

I didn't know Lippman wrote short stories. Which book is it?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/laura-lippman/

Steph · « **Reply #7904 on:** January 08, 2016, 08:28:30 AM »

Hardly Knew Her.... I didnt know she did either.. but it is fun..mostly getting away with murder except for two Tess stories.

marjifay · « **Reply #7905 on:** January 09, 2016, 02:16:00 PM »

I'm reading a very good spy thriller, The Unlikely Spy, by Daniel Silva. This is his first book and does not have his popular character Gabiel Allon, which series I have also just started and has made me want to read more by him. The book is set mostly in England during World War 2. The book's title refers to a beautiful young and cold-hearted female spy who has been assigned the task of finding the secret of where the allies plan their attack in France. To do this, she is to try to find and meet a young engineer, a widower, who German Intelligence believes knows the secret. Silva does a very good job of developing his characters, several of whom I found from Wikipedia were real people, There is much suspense in this book as the woman and some other agents go about their spying business, careful to avoid M15 British Intelligence who could have them hanged if they are caught. I'm almost to the end of this book, and much as I hate to see it end, I'll finally have time to start on my 20-some other books I have out from the library.

Happy New Year's reading to everyone!

Marj

JoanK · « **Reply #7906 on:** January 09, 2016, 04:15:09 PM »

Sounds like an excellent book, MARJ!

FlaJean · « **Reply #7907 on:** January 09, 2016, 06:17:57 PM »

I've only read the series with Gabriel, but that sounds interesting, Marj.

I had to go renew my library card so got a couple of books while there. I'm starting Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen. I've just read one other book in this series and enjoyed it so thought I would give it a try.

Steph · « **Reply #7908 on:** January 10, 2016, 09:25:49 AM »

I read and love Silva.. I like Gabe the best, but did read that one as well.

MaryPage · « **Reply #7909 on:** January 12, 2016, 01:13:32 PM »

I am amused to find myself reading an American, well, two American detective novels published in Great Britain as one paperback. You see, when someone in here said how great the Harry Bosch books by Michael Connelly are, and Steph seconded that by saying she just loved Harry, I immediately went to ThriftBooks and ordered the first six in the series, and these two were available this way. Yep, published in Great Britain! They call it a Bumper Omnibus Edition, and it is really, really fat and unwieldy, but I find I don't really mind all that much. Connelly is a good writer, and these books just sail right along.

So now I have two terrific detective heroes: Harry Hole (Jo Nesbo) and Harry Bosch. Even though he is in translation from the Norwegian, I think Nesbo is the better writer, but both can turn out dazzling plots.

Oh, the books are The Concrete Blonde and The Last Coyote.

JoanK · « **Reply #7910 on:** January 12, 2016, 05:43:02 PM »

reading the latest Clea Simon book "Code Gray". this is the series about the woman graduate student, working on her dissertation and talking to the ghost of her former cat.

It really takes me back to my graduate student days. And drives me crazy: she's NEVER going to finish that dissertation! She's clearly going around in circles without a compass! I had so many friends who were like that. Everyone stalls somewhere in the PhD process. I had my stall earlier: by the time I got to writing my dissertation, I went through it, guns blazing.

nlhome · « **Reply #7911 on:** January 12, 2016, 07:21:52 PM »

My "take along" book right now is The Last Coyote, MaryPage. I am enjoying it, but it's a 2nd hand paperback, so good for sticking in my purse or in the car and taking along, so it is a slow read, so slow that often I end up rereading the last chapter to remind me of what's happening.

MaryPage · « **Reply #7912 on:** January 12, 2016, 08:27:44 PM »

I do that exact same thing. And of course, my fat 2-book paperback is second hand, also, as all ThriftBooks purchases are.

marjifay · « **Reply #7913 on:** January 13, 2016, 06:28:58 AM »

I agree with Steph who loves Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch. Harry is my favorite detective. Has he quit smoking yet? I hope so. Harry's real name is Hieronymus Bosch. His mom named him after the artist whom I 'd never heard of until I read Connelly's books about Harry.

I'm reading Cross Justice by James Patterson. This is about his detective Alex Cross. I love his family. In this one he is in North Carolina to see if he can help his nephew who has been accused of a brutal murder which all those who know and love him can't believe he'd ever do such a thing. Alex is living while there in the home where he grew up. As he walked through the kitchen and remembered his mother, it brought tears to my eyes. Brought back memories of the kitchen in the home I lived in as a young girl. My mom was a great cook and baker of the most yummy pies and cakes. (home ec major in college). But on Sunday nights we just had sandwiches, leftovers and ice cream for dessert as we listened to Charlie McCarthy and Jack Benny on the radio. (BTW, there is a good book I've been reading by Jack Benny and his daughter titled Sunday nights at Seven.)

Marj

Steph · « **Reply #7914 on:** January 13, 2016, 09:10:47 AM »

My bed book is a new to me author..Sara Blaedel..she is danish and very famous there. The one I found in Target, no less was The Forgotten Girls and thus far, it is interesting. her heroine is Louise Rick and I seem to be in the middle of a longer series, but it is still excellent. So neat to find a new author and one that has published a lot of books.

FlaJean · « **Reply #7915 on:** January 13, 2016, 02:48:38 PM »

Another author's name for me to write down.

. Sounds interesting.

JoanK · « **Reply #7916 on:** January 13, 2016, 05:36:06 PM »

Sara Blaedel sounds interesting.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/sara-blaedel/

My library has "The Forgotten Girls" with a waiting list, but no other books by her.

Steph · « **Reply #7917 on:** January 14, 2016, 08:50:36 AM »

Because it is the middle of a series, some of the comments are mysterious to me, but I know all will become clearer, although I may take a look at Thrift Books to see what they have. I assume they have to be translations.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #7918 on:** January 15, 2016, 12:40:20 PM »

I just read J.D. Robb's Portrait in Death. I think it is about in the middle of her series. It is much more about Lt. Eve Dallas and husband Roark's personalities. Roark learns the story of his mother which shakes him up. As I have probably said before, her 3rd, 4th and 5th books and maybe beyond got very gory and I stopped reading her for a while, but returned and have now read almost all of the series. She must have heard from readers that they didn't care for the gore, because she has backed off of that some. I enjoy her relationship with her mentee, Peabody, as well as with the whole team.

Although it is set in 2050, I think she isn't very imaginative about what the world might be like in terms of technology by that time. But I just ignore that and enjoy the story. I really like her, Nora Roberts/Robb's, writing. I don't read her romance books, but i do like almost all her other works.

I'm also reading a new author to me, Marie Force, who has a new series called "the fatal series", I think. It's set in Washington D.C. A young "John Kennedy Jr" type senator is found murdered in his bed. I'm about 100 pgs in and she's a good writer. I have been getting paperback books at the library because they are easier to hold in bed. I also read ebooks in bed because I can set my ipad on the nightstand and its perfect to read. Ohhhhh sooooo many books.............

Jean

Steph · « **Reply #7919 on:** January 16, 2016, 08:31:17 AM »

hmm, IPAD in bed. never tried it, but can see the possibilities. I like J.D. Robb, but not her romance stuff. and generally skip the gory details of their love life in each book, there is generally two of those.

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