Kindle British Mystery Book Club discussion

1: Clarissa Draper
2: Monterrey, Mexico
3: Val McDermid
4: Silent Witness by Shirley Wells (9 out of 10)
5: Val McDermid or Lynda La Plante

Therese
Cincinnati
PD James
Partners in Crime - 8
Agatha Christie or Elizabeth Peters

1. Mary
2. San Antonio, Texas
3. Tami Hoag or J.D. Robb
4. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed-rate it a 1-what a disappointing book this was for me. 3/4th way through I gave up on trying to find something to like in it and dumped it onto to my Discard pile.
5.Dean Koontz with C.S. Lewis

1. Michele
2. Sleepy town west of Seattle
3. This varies on mood. Today, we'll say Elizabeth George.
4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. Gave it 3 stars, I believe, because it wasn't as good as her most recent effort, Gone Girl, but was far better than Sharp Objects.
5. Agatha Christie...I want to know what really happened when she disappeared for that short period of time. I'm nosy that way (a horrid American trait).

1. Leah
2. Kirkintilloch - the "Canal Capital of Scotland"! Really!
3. Difficult - either Christie or Reginald Hill, maybe.
4. The Chalk Girl - 4 Amazon stars = I Like It (sorry, haven't got to grips with Goodreads star system yet). Love O'Connell's writing and plotting, but really dislike her detective Mallory which stops the books being great, for me.
5. Dickens (he counts as mystery, doesn't he? Bleak House?) - after reading Simon Callow's fabulous Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, I reckon Dickens would be the ultimate party guest.

1: Nick
2: Beaconsfield, UK.
3: Henning Mankel
4: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared 10/10
5: John Steinbeck

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1: Sally
2: Nottingham
3: Dorothy L Sayers - although it does depend on mood
4: If it has to be a mystery...I confess I do love 'cosy' mystery stories, particularly related to knitting.. it's 'The Knitting Fairy' by Jaime Marsden - so embarassing! And I gave it 8 out of 10. If not a mystery, Like the Wideness of the Sea by Maggi Dawn - and that gets a 10
5.Dorothy L Sayers

1: Meredith
2: Bloomington, Indiana
3: P.D. James - the queen of crime :)
4: Last Book You Read: Bad Boy by Peter Robinson. It's okay.
5: If you could meet one author (dead or alive) who would it be? P.D. James, of course!

1. Anne
2. Orange County, California
3. I'm with Sally--Dorothy Sayers. Also like Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, Ruth Rendell, and PD James
4. The man in the brown suit--Christie
5. Conan Doyle, I think.

1: Kathleen
2: Oxnard, CA
3: Tana French, Sharon Bolton, Belinda Bauer, Denise Mina are just a few
4: Haunted Ground by Erin Hart, rated 7 out of 10
5: Carolyn Keene (Mildred Wirt) because Nancy Drew sparked my great love of reading and of mysteries especially. (and/or Mary Stewart! I loved her books!)

1. sandy
2. Te Kuiti, New Zealand
3. Susan Hill, Elly Griffiths, Kate Atkinson, Catherine Aird, Sarah Hilary, Agatha Christie, Peter Robinson, Robert Goddard (oh! was it meant to be one? 8:D)
4. 2nd Chance by James Patterson 2/10 very much like writing by numbers!
5. Stephen King or any/all of the above.

1. Susan Parry
2. Yorkshire Dales, UK
3. Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine
4. Caedmon's Song by Peter Robinson rated 7/10
5 I've met Ruth Rendell, P D James & Reginald Hill so - Agatha Christie

1. Neville
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Louise Penny (at present)
4. The Pure in the Heart by Susan Hill 8/10.
5. George Orwell

Judith
Staffordshire England
M J Trow
Obsession With Death J D Robb 6/10

Stuart Pawson

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1. Beth
2. La Porte, TX, US
3. I am not monogamous when it comes to author-love. I tend to love the one I'm with, lol.
4. Book I just finished: When We Were Executioners. I gave it a 3 to 3.5 rating
5. Author I would most like to meet? Well, again, a tough choice:
(a) Stephen King, my first true and longest book love
(b) Charlotte Bronte. Anyone capable of dreaming up Jane Eyre is someone I need to talk to!
(c) Seanan McGuire, my most recent author crush. So prolific, creative and imaginative. Did she sell her soul at the crossroad, or what?

1. Sandy
2. Canada
3. Sorry, can't give you just one: Stuart MacBride, Ian Rankin & Jo Nesbo
4. "Oblivion" by Arnaldur Indridason, 4 stars
5. From the present: Stuart MacBride
From the past: Arthur Conan Doyle

1. Beth
2. gillies Townahip, near Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
3. Agatha Christie
4. Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd
5. Louise Penny

Alice Cooney small town in East Texas
Christie, Charles Todd, Jacqueline Winspear and Louise Penny. latest Charles Todd.
Agatha Christie

1. Barbara
2. Buffalo, NY
3. Dorothy Sayers
4. The last book I read was The Great Gatsby, but since that was a re- re- reread, I'll go back a few books: I just finished reading Snobs, by Julian Fellows. I'd give it a 5. But I have been on a strong run of books that I would rate 8-10: The Last Painting of Sarah De Vos, The Whites, Fourth of July Creek, Fates and Furies ....
5. Oh, I can't even choose!

Great to have you and we love new input.

Nice to meet you Barbara.

1. Lelly
2. Lincolnshire, UK
3. Currently reading Death of a Busybody - George Bellairs (a British Library Crime Classic), only half way thru so too early to rate
4. Cozy/ golden age mystery murders, Sarah Waters, Iris Murdoch, Ruth Rendell/ Barbara Vine, William Trevor, Dickens, Hardy, George Eliot, Brontes, Austen, Gissing, John Wyndham, Phil Rickman etc

Nice to meet you Lelly. Have you tried Ann Granger for cosy mysteries?

1: Name :: Annette
2: Where Do You Live :: Greater Seattle Area - Washington State USA
3: Favourite Mystery Author :: Started with James Patterson then grew rapidly. i would say Currently Neil Cross..
4: Last Book You Read and rate it out of 10 (1 poor, 10 good) last book i read.. - The Beast Within ( i know not a british crime book, but i wanted a lighte read ) now im reading the cuckoo's callling by robert galbraith aka JK Rowling.
5: If you could meet one author (dead or alive) who would it be? Richard Ayoade - again not a crime author but british still..

i joined the group because i love books written in UK and Euro. i feel like it gives me a bit of a change than books based in the states.. after reading neil cross i started looking into other british authors.. im excited to see what this book club has instore for me..

i have a feeling most of the book of the months will be authors i havent read before :) which is exciting to me.. :)

You could try Stuart Macbride, set in Scotland, they are different from other detective novels and very easy to read, they are fun.

Will do. Thanks!!

1. Sue
2. Finger Lakes region of upstate NY
3. My favorite author is Terry Pratchett, who probably doesn't qualify as a mystery writer, although I guess the Nightwatch novels could qualify? As for more typical mystery authors - Daphne du Maurier got me started in that direction, followed by Agatha Christie and Wilkie Collins. More recent favorites include early Elizabeth George, Tana French, Mo Hayder
4. Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer, 8/10
5. Terry Pratchett

Welcome Sue hope you enjoy the group, it is an interesting and varied one.

I'm Victoria. I live in Kent in SE England.
Favourite mystery author - I don't think I could name one, as they are all so different, and it varies depending on what I'm in the mood for at any time.
If I could meet just one, I think it would have to be Dame Agatha. I'd like to ask her not just about her books, but her travels and the archaeological digs she went on.
Last book read - I usually have several on the go, fiction and non-fiction.

Welcome, so glad you joined us and look forward to your comments.

Thank you. I'm just trying to work out what my thoughts are on some of the topics here!

Nice to have you here, I hope you enjoy the discussions. Pl

Hello, I have just joined your group.
My name is Tina,
I currently live in northern Florida,
My favorite mystery authors are Peter Robinson and Tana French.
Recent book read that I liked very much was The Alice Network by Kate Quinn and am currently absorbed with Peter Robinson's Sleeping in the Ground.

Welcome to the group Tina, I hope you enjoy it. I have just finished Sleeping in the Ground and enjoyed it once I got past all the music information.

Judith, I look forward to participating with the selected books for October. Yes, Robinson does love his music! I also like all the food that works it's way into the story.

Hi Tina, great group of book lovers. We just recently moved to South Florida.

Susan wrote: "Hi Tina, great group of book lovers. We just recently moved to South Florida."
Thank you, Susan. I hope you did ok during hurricane Irma! I have so many books I plan on for this great reading group.

David wrote: "Tina wrote: "Hello, I have just joined your group.
My name is Tina,
I currently live in northern Florida,
My favorite mystery authors are Peter Robinson and Tana French.
Recent book read that I lik..."

Thank you so much, David. I look forward for participating.

Tina wrote: "Hello, I have just joined your group.
My name is Tina,
I currently live in northern Florida,
My favorite mystery authors are Peter Robinson and Tana French.
Recent book read that I liked very much ..."

Hi! Glad to see a familiar face here! I've been a member here for a while, this group reads a pretty nice mix of books.

AngryGreyCat wrote: "Tina wrote: "Hello, I have just joined your group.
My name is Tina,
I currently live in northern Florida,
My favorite mystery authors are Peter Robinson and Tana French.
Recent book read that I lik..."

Thank you! I have been stalking your group recently and finally decided to join. I was going to wait until the new year but your book selections appeal to me so, why wait.

David wrote: "Tell us a bit about yourself by giving the answers to a couple of questions.

1:Denise
2: Berkshire uk
3: all of Michael Robothams work , Harry Bingham Mj arlidge Elly Griffiths ... M c Beaton for some humour .
4 Dead if you don't - Peter James 6/7 out of 10
..."

Brian
Vancouver , Canada
R.D. Winfield
The Shining (9 out of 10)
James Henry

Welcome Brian, I am a devotee of Wingfield books, I have read my copies until they are in shreds, I enjoy the dramatisations too but they do alter the books a lot because the content really wouldn't be acceptable to a lot of people watching TV. I hope you enjoy being with the group.

Hello, nice to meet you. I am looking forward to reading Murder at the book club in September. I enjoy writing myself, and love to be creative.

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1. Angela
2. Belfast N. Ireland
3. Mark Billingham
4. Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark 7/10
5. Agatha Christie (I want to know what happened to the gill of pickled shrimps)

Maureen
2: Isle of Sheppey Kent
3: Too many to mention
4: Death in Nostalgia City (3)
5: It would be very hard to choose

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Hi Maureen
*waves from other side of the Kingsferry Bridge*
Welcome to the group.

Christina wrote: "Hi Maureen
*waves from other side of the Kingsferry Bridge*
Welcome to the group."

Been on here quite a while. Waving back