Cozy Mystery Corner - Page 12

SensualPoet · 02-27-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Yeah, they're not YA or children's books for sure. Flavia may be 11, but she's 11 going on 78! With a devious streak.

Thanks! I picked up the Sweetness volume at Kobobooks today at 30% promo code.

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I enjoy Carolyn Hart. The Death on Demand series was one of my mother's favorites.

Yup, enjoyed one volume of Death on Demand and have a couple of others cued up.

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

Any good mysteries with little to no romantic angles? Unless it's gay lol

Also Richard Stevenson's series Donald Stratchey are fun reads; as is Anthony Bidulka's Russell Quant. Both have titles as ebooks as well as paper.

Helen Smith · 02-28-2011, 08:34 AM

I have just found this thread - great recommendations. I like the sound of the Flavia books - I had never heard of them before. Thank you.

SeaBookGuy · 03-01-2011, 11:35 AM

I've read the first 25% or so of Poison Ivory, the penultimate book (as of now) in Tamar Myers' "Den of Antiquity" series featuring Charleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake (library download); I've read all the previous ones, though it's been a while for me since the last book. Setting aside her irritating assistant C. J.'s constant references to her family back in Shelby (NC), it's silly, but fills time okay.
My library has the latest one (after that) as an e-book also, which I'll probably read at some point for downtime filler.

lyric39 · 03-04-2011, 02:36 AM

Hi Everyone,
Just wondering has anyone read any Novels by Jodi Picoult, I've just come across one of her books entitled "Keeping Faith" Please give me a review if you have.
Thanks and happy reading
lyric39

amward · 03-04-2011, 03:34 AM

I've read quite a lot of Jodi Picault, she's pretty good. She's very hard to pin down to a type, but she writes well and often works her stories round quite confronting issues.

Should say that they are certainly not cosy mysteries, at least not the ones I've read.

SeaBookGuy · 03-04-2011, 08:28 AM

I've started the second Flavia (The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag) on audio, which is good, but a bit long in the set-up of a crime.

phenomshel · 03-06-2011, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by amward

I've read quite a lot of Jodi Picault, she's pretty good. She's very hard to pin down to a type, but she writes well and often works her stories round quite confronting issues.

Should say that they are certainly not cosy mysteries, at least not the ones I've read.

Definitely not cozy. I tried one, don't remember the title, because I thought I *should* like them, everyone else certainly does. I didn't.

wyndslash · 03-06-2011, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Also Richard Stevenson's series Donald Stratchey are fun reads; as is Anthony Bidulka's Russell Quant. Both have titles as ebooks as well as paper.

i'll check it out! thanks

looks interesting...i'm anal about starting from the first book when it comes to series, though. *clicks request kindle edition*

@shel: thanks for the recommendation

looks good *also clicks request kindle edition*

Catlady · 03-06-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Definitely not cozy. I tried one, don't remember the title, because I thought I *should* like them, everyone else certainly does. I didn't.

I've seen a couple of Lifetime TV movie versions of Jodi Picoult books that were interesting enough to make me consider sampling her work--The Tenth Circle and Plain Truth. But I have the feeling that they may be too fraught with MEANING, when I prefer straightforward genre fiction.

lyric39 · 03-11-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Helen Smith

I have just found this thread - great recommendations. I like the sound of the Flavia books - I had never heard of them before. Thank you.

Hi and Welcome Hellen, I started the "Cosy Mystery Corner" a little while ago and it's really taken off. It's brought so many cosy readers together, everyone is lovely here and of course there are some excellent recomendations and reviews.
I hope you discover some wonderful reads here and we will look forward to your posts.
Happy reading
lyric39

SeaBookGuy · 03-15-2011, 11:11 PM

Yesterday, I started Some Like It Hot-Buttered, and I must say I was put off by the protagonist as seeming somewhat obnoxious. Specifically, his bragging about "getting" alimony off his physician ex-wife might have seemed anti-sexist, but I found his attitude vaguely creepy. It's as though he stayed home and raised their kids while she pursued her career: they don't have any.

I'll continue reading, but things aren't looking all that promising about actually finishing it.

phenomshel · 03-16-2011, 02:22 AM

I'm reading Sue Ann Jaffarian's "Ghost in the Polka-Dot Bikini" . It's the second in the Ghost of Granny Apples series. Sue Ann's got an off the wall sense of humor and it really comes through in the books.

SensualPoet · 03-20-2011, 04:02 PM

I completed the second installment of Carolyn G Hart's Death in Demand series, Design for Murder, over the weekend. This one moves the action to Chastain, NC from Annie Laurence's home base of Broward's Rock where she operates a mystery bookshop. There's romantic involvement with wealthy sidekick Max Darling but, more to the point, bodies start to pile up at Chastain where Annie is leading a murder mystery evening in conjunction with the local historical society.

Some people find it tedious, but one of the charms (at least early in the series), is the author's penchant for spewing a laundry list of mystery authors and the works to illustrate some aspect of the current plot point. I'm a casual reader of cosys and mysteries in general; it's fun to mentally tick off author's I have read, have heard or make note of for future investigation.

With mission accomplished, I've opened another cosy, Lawrence Block's Burglars Can't be Choosers, the first in his Bernie Rhodenbarr series -- delightfully amusing so far!

SeaBookGuy · 03-20-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

Yesterday, I started Some Like It Hot-Buttered, and I must say I was put off by the protagonist as seeming somewhat obnoxious. Specifically, his bragging about "getting" alimony off his physician ex-wife might have seemed anti-sexist, but I found his attitude vaguely creepy. It's as though he stayed home and raised their kids while she pursued her career: they don't have any.

I'll continue reading, but things aren't looking all that promising about actually finishing it.

Bumped to say that not long after I wrote that, I gave up on the book altogether - Elliot was just too obnoxious a protagonist for me.

SensualPoet · 03-21-2011, 09:06 PM

Well, that was quick! Finished Lawrence Block's first Bernie Roddenbahr burglar book, Burglars Can't Be Choosers from 1977. It's quite a hoot!

Handsome, mid-30s, professional burglar Bernie thinks he's on a "routine" unlock and entry, looking for a blue leather box in an antique rolltop desk. Dismayed that the box is missing, he's more dismayed when the cops arrive and arrest him; he's even more dismayed to discover there is a corpse in the other room and he's now considered the murderer. By chance, the arresting cop is an "old buddy" and Bernie manages to make a getaway. Enter a cast of characters as Bernie tries to "clear his good name", of the murder charge at least, including a couple of love interests and a few eccentric theatre people.

I did find the solution a tad conventional, but there were lots of laughs throughout as the story is told in the first person as the twists and turns present themselves to our hero. Available from for abt $8 from Kobo, Kindle and with luck your local Overdrive e-library.

03-04-2011, 02:36 AM	#169
lyric39 lyric39 Posts: 44 Karma: 4281618 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lara Victoria Device: elonex 621eb	Jodi Picoult novel Hi Everyone, Just wondering has anyone read any Novels by Jodi Picoult, I've just come across one of her books entitled "Keeping Faith" Please give me a review if you have. Thanks and happy reading lyric39

03-04-2011, 03:34 AM	#170
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	I've read quite a lot of Jodi Picault, she's pretty good. She's very hard to pin down to a type, but she writes well and often works her stories round quite confronting issues. Should say that they are certainly not cosy mysteries, at least not the ones I've read. Last edited by amward; 03-04-2011 at 03:36 AM. Reason: needed to add more

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02-28-2011, 08:34 AM	#167
Helen Smith Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 200000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Device: kindle	I have just found this thread - great recommendations. I like the sound of the Flavia books - I had never heard of them before. Thank you.

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SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I've read the first 25% or so of Poison Ivory, the penultimate book (as of now) in Tamar Myers' "Den of Antiquity" series featuring Charleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake (library download); I've read all the previous ones, though it's been a while for me since the last book. Setting aside her irritating assistant C. J.'s constant references to her family back in Shelby (NC), it's silly, but fills time okay. My library has the latest one (after that) as an e-book also, which I'll probably read at some point for downtime filler.

03-04-2011, 08:28 AM	#171
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I've started the second Flavia (The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag) on audio, which is good, but a bit long in the set-up of a crime.

03-15-2011, 11:11 PM	#176
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	Yesterday, I started Some Like It Hot-Buttered, and I must say I was put off by the protagonist as seeming somewhat obnoxious. Specifically, his bragging about "getting" alimony off his physician ex-wife might have seemed anti-sexist, but I found his attitude vaguely creepy. It's as though he stayed home and raised their kids while she pursued her career: they don't have any. I'll continue reading, but things aren't looking all that promising about actually finishing it.

03-16-2011, 02:22 AM	#177
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I'm reading Sue Ann Jaffarian's "Ghost in the Polka-Dot Bikini" . It's the second in the Ghost of Granny Apples series. Sue Ann's got an off the wall sense of humor and it really comes through in the books.

03-20-2011, 04:02 PM	#178
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	I completed the second installment of Carolyn G Hart's Death in Demand series, Design for Murder, over the weekend. This one moves the action to Chastain, NC from Annie Laurence's home base of Broward's Rock where she operates a mystery bookshop. There's romantic involvement with wealthy sidekick Max Darling but, more to the point, bodies start to pile up at Chastain where Annie is leading a murder mystery evening in conjunction with the local historical society. Some people find it tedious, but one of the charms (at least early in the series), is the author's penchant for spewing a laundry list of mystery authors and the works to illustrate some aspect of the current plot point. I'm a casual reader of cosys and mysteries in general; it's fun to mentally tick off author's I have read, have heard or make note of for future investigation. With mission accomplished, I've opened another cosy, Lawrence Block's Burglars Can't be Choosers, the first in his Bernie Rhodenbarr series -- delightfully amusing so far!

03-21-2011, 09:06 PM	#180
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Well, that was quick! Finished Lawrence Block's first Bernie Roddenbahr burglar book, Burglars Can't Be Choosers from 1977. It's quite a hoot! Handsome, mid-30s, professional burglar Bernie thinks he's on a "routine" unlock and entry, looking for a blue leather box in an antique rolltop desk. Dismayed that the box is missing, he's more dismayed when the cops arrive and arrest him; he's even more dismayed to discover there is a corpse in the other room and he's now considered the murderer. By chance, the arresting cop is an "old buddy" and Bernie manages to make a getaway. Enter a cast of characters as Bernie tries to "clear his good name", of the murder charge at least, including a couple of love interests and a few eccentric theatre people. I did find the solution a tad conventional, but there were lots of laughs throughout as the story is told in the first person as the twists and turns present themselves to our hero. Available from for abt $8 from Kobo, Kindle and with luck your local Overdrive e-library.

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