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Old 06-24-2011, 06:48 PM   #211
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Dunno if anyone has posted this, but Amazon has a number of "cozy mystery" novel collections , which are being sold for the very reasonable price of $0.99.

A must-have for fans of classic mysteries!
These are public domain stories that have been collected by now defunct Ignacio Hills Press. Nothing wrong with spending the 99¢ but the stories are generally turn of the 20th century vintage (Wilkie Collins, GK Chesterton) and probably all of the content is available from Project Gutenberg. All the "novels" in this collection definitely are.
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Old 06-25-2011, 01:23 AM   #212
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Hi, found two fun cozies recently. I guess they could be called "geezer" lit (protagonists were 50+) but had intriguing mysteries and some clever writing. The best part: only $2.99 Kindle priced on Amazon. I got a lot of bang for my buck from these two.

Sunshine Estates: Rx for Rosedale (funny) by Lynn Shirey
Retirement Homes Are Murder by Mike Befeler (sweet)

Yeah for cozies! Great mysteries, no blood or gore. Yep, great with tea and cookies. Then maybe a nap with the cat? Happy reading.
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Old 06-25-2011, 12:58 PM   #213
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Hi, found two fun cozies recently. I guess they could be called "geezer" lit (protagonists were 50+) but had intriguing mysteries and some clever writing. The best part: only $2.99 Kindle priced on Amazon. I got a lot of bang for my buck from these two.

Sunshine Estates: Rx for Rosedale (funny) by Lynn Shirey
Retirement Homes Are Murder by Mike Befeler (sweet)

Yeah for cozies! Great mysteries, no blood or gore. Yep, great with tea and cookies. Then maybe a nap with the cat? Happy reading.
Welcome to MR!
Another "geezer lit" (CUTE! though I prefer the term "gently aged" LOL. ) series might be Rita Lakin's Gladdy Gold.
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Old 06-25-2011, 02:00 PM   #214
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Nor are Miss Marple or Gladys Mitchell's Mrs Bradley exactly "spring chickens"! LOL!
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Old 06-26-2011, 05:35 PM   #215
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What's that other one? Oh, Miss Silver! And Mrs. Pargeter by Simon Brett. Man would I love to get my hands on Mrs. Pargeter in ebook....
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Nor are Miss Marple or Gladys Mitchell's Mrs Bradley exactly "spring chickens"! LOL!
Now they definitely aint geezers.......

Not even right geezers......


Course, in the real world, geezer don't have to mean old, more experienced - bin rahnd the block a foo times, aintcha.......
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Old 06-26-2011, 06:27 PM   #217
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What's that other one? Oh, Miss Silver! And Mrs. Pargeter by Simon Brett. Man would I love to get my hands on Mrs. Pargeter in ebook....
The availability of Simon Brett's books as ebooks seems linked to publishers - quite a few of his back titles are being released as ebooks - but not Mrs. Pargeter yet.

If you like PG Wodehouse, try Brett's Blotto & Twinks series - madcap sleuthing with incandescent silly dialogue & narration.
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Old 07-01-2011, 05:45 AM   #218
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No, can't get it - Found it on Diesel, went rihgt through PayPal process, then told it was being removed 'cos of geography.....blah blah .

Pardon my language, but....bum !

Wonder if my cousins could get it for me... no, that won't work, no ereaders among 'em.
Oh, calamity....
So strange that you can't find it I just looked on google and it comes up everywhere in both paid and free sites, try typing an irish country doctor download, it seems to be availabe in pdf too and also audio book also try typing Patrick Taylor in google.
Sorry i can't be more help cant remeber where I got it.
Good luck
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Old 07-01-2011, 04:14 PM   #219
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The first ten Miss Silver mysteries (Patricia Wentworth) are now available from Amazon - 9.99 each.
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Thank you so much for this thread! I never knew what my mother likes (and what I keep an eye out for!) is called "Cozy Mysteries". So much easier to name than "mysteries that aren't especially graphic, with no sex and no swearing, please!"

Will be watching the 99 cent and freebies recommendations with interest -- thanks!!
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Old 07-02-2011, 02:50 PM   #221
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The first ten Miss Silver mysteries (Patricia Wentworth) are now available from Amazon - 9.99 each.
Thanks for the heads up, Pooh.
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Old 07-02-2011, 03:19 PM   #222
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The first ten Miss Silver mysteries (Patricia Wentworth) are now available from Amazon - 9.99 each.
Amazon UK have 29 of her books available, mostly at £4.49. I hadn't come across her before reading this thread - I'll have to give her a try.
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Amazon UK have 29 of her books available, mostly at £4.49. I hadn't come across her before reading this thread - I'll have to give her a try.
Delightful cozies, but I'm not sure I'm willing to pay $10 for them. Or even the $7 that your £4.49 works out to. They're short, and I really think the publisher is ripping us off on this one.
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Delightful cozies, but I'm not sure I'm willing to pay $10 for them. Or even the $7 that your £4.49 works out to. They're short, and I really think the publisher is ripping us off on this one.
I think of these things in terms of entertainment value, Charlie. If a book keeps me amused for 3h, that's worth $7 to me. I've never been particular bothered by what books cost - they're a pretty cheap form of entertainment compared to most other things.
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I'm roaring through the first Miss Silver - The Grey Mask - it is very nicely formatted and typo free! $10 is a rip-off for back list books from the 1930's & 1940's - but as Harry pointed out - these are very entertaining mysteries that hold up today. Detailed character development and tight plotting. Not to mention Miss Silver and her "copy books" filled with neat writing!
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