Historical Mystery Lovers discussion

Post any recommendations for the various tasks here.

In your post, please note the book and author as well as the task or tasks the book fits.

Enjoy!

Recommendation for Category Weapons: Lead Pipe Task #2 The Silver Gun #1 Art Deco mystery by L.A. Chandlar. New author for me.

Recommendation for Category Rooms: Billard Task #1 Murder at Fenway Park #1 Mickey Rawlings by Troy Soos American baseball. Also new author for me.

Hope someone can recommend a book with WRENCH on cover. Have search online & all I could find was a YA contemporary mystery In the Study with the Wrench which unforunately is not historical. Thanks!

From my reading of our last time we did Clue: , a Nero Wolfe in Portuguese. I read it in English.

While looking for a book with a kitchen on the cover I noticed that many of the Mrs. Jeffries series have useful covers: kitchen, glass conservatory, dining room table ...

There are over 30 books in the series so have fun searching.

Sandy wrote: "From my reading of our last time we did Clue: , a Nero Wolfe in Portuguese. I read it in English."

Thanks, Sandy! Missed this one as our library has as Libby Kindle but with the English language cover :)

Alice just posted a positive review for The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman. On the cover 1 female is holding a gun & the other female is holding a knive.

Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "Alice just posted a positive review for The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by [author:Alison Goodman|88..."

Good catch. Thanks

Recommendation for Category 3 (Weapons), Task 3 (Knife) - This book has a sword on the cover, I thought it was really well done and it's set in England in 1657 so a different/earlier era than most: The Seeker by S.G. MacLean

Hello there, I have two recommendations:
-For a Healer Detective: The List of Seven by Mark Frost is a Conspiracy Mystery that has a pre-Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle as its main character.
-For the Metal Title: The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis.

Which one should I listen to next for double letter? I'm mooching off a friend's Hoopla and I don't want to use all her borrows. I want to make the best choice for a book to listen to while I work. I've listened to Cleopatra Fox books and the narrator is nice. I haven't listened to either of the others before.

Murder on the Brighton Express (the library may get an e-book in Libby in addition to Hoopla's audio book).

Murder Among the Pyramids by Sara Rosett

or The Matter of the Secret Bride (Hoping the library gets that one in hardcover soon).

QNPoohBear wrote: "Which one should I listen to next for double letter? I'm mooching off a friend's Hoopla and I don't want to use all her borrows. I want to make the best choice for a book to listen to while I work...."

Havent read/listened to those 3 titles. But the audio narrator for Murder Among the Pyramids is Elizabeth Klett. I really liked her narration of Lady Odelia's Secret.

Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "QNPoohBear wrote: "Which one should I listen to next for double letter? I'm mooching off a friend's Hoopla and I don't want to use all her borrows. I want to make the best choice for a book to list..."

Thank you. I ended up choosing Cleo because I didn't have a lot of time this week to get into a whole new story. Since I know Cleo and Harry and friends, I didn't have to worry about listening carefully to the explanations of backstory.

QNPoohBear wrote: "Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "QNPoohBear wrote: "Which one should I listen to next for double letter? I'm mooching off a friend's Hoopla and I don't want to use all her borrows. I want to make the best..."

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Food on the cover















Scissors on the cover

QN; Great suggestions!

Dianne Freeman's Countess of Harleigh series has a lot of chandeliers on the covers. The books are pretty cozy for those who prefer that sort of thing.

Another one for kitchen

The Jammed Judges: Doro Banyon Cozy Historical Mysteries-Book 3

Lynn Brittney's Mayfair 100 series has a number of weapons in their covers: rope, revolver, dagger, a bottle of poison and even a scissor! The covers also have distinct colours.

Ruhani wrote: "Lynn Brittney's Mayfair 100 series has a number of weapons in their covers: rope, revolver, dagger, a bottle of poison and even a scissor! The covers also have distinct colours.

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Thank you! Great covers

any suggestions for something cozy featuring a wrench or hardware store item on the cover?

QNPoohBear wrote: "any suggestions for something cozy featuring a wrench or hardware store item on the cover?"

In message #4 Sandy recommended The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout. The above bookcover link is to a non English version. I havent read.

QNPoohBear wrote: "any suggestions for something cozy featuring a wrench or hardware store item on the cover?"

Oops, above not cozy. Maybe Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge Has keys on cover which can be bought at Hardware store. Havent read.

Black Cover: The Socialite's Guide to Murder #1 Pinnacle Hotel

Blue Cover: The Socialite’s Guide to Death and Dating #2 Pinnacle Hotel

I found a couple with hardware store items

Strong Temptations (lock)

A Surreptitious Undertaking: An Arabella Stewart Historical Mystery (flashlight)

I had a few others I have to check on. Look on Hoopla if your library has a subscription. They have a lot of the e-books that aren't available in hardcover.

Ones I already read

Rotten to the Core (wheelbarrow)

The Proof of the Pudding (watering can)

Any for reading?
Jane and the Man of the Cloth is all I have off the top of my head.

QNPoohBear wrote: "Any for reading?
Jane and the Man of the Cloth is all I have off the top of my head."

The first book in the series Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor also works. You could also try The Apothecary Rose

Since I had read all these books I actually ended up reading The Prince's Man for this category

I just reread Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. I miss sleuthing with Jane so maybe I will go read #2.