MobileRead February 2017 Book Club Nominations

[CRussel]

Hey, folks. We're running out of time here, and while the selection so far is pretty good, there are some others waiting a second or third, and there's still time to nominate something else. How about another Sayers? Or it's been a while since an Agatha Christie. Too "old" for you? Maybe you want something a bit more recent, then, say an Inspector Frost or even an Inspector Morse?

This is a category with a wealth of possibilities, and it feels like we're not taking advantage of them.

[Alohamora]

I'd swear that when I searched Overdrive a few days ago The Dry wasn't listed for my library. I checked again, and today it's there. I read the sample and I'll second the nomination.

[pdurrant]

I'll nominate "The Harper's Quine" by Pat McIntosh.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005DKRFPU/

A murder mystery set in 15th Century Glasgow.

"Gil is a recently qualified lawyer whose family still expect him to enter the priesthood. When he finds the body of a young woman in the new building at Glasgow Cathedral he is asked to investigate, and identifies the corpse as the runaway wife of cruel, unpleasant nobleman John Semphill. With the help of Maistre Pierre, the French master-mason, Gil must ask questions and seek a murderer in the heart of the city."

[BenG]

The movie was good, so I'll third The Friends of Eddie Coyle.

I'd also like to nominate Holmes On the Range by Steve Hockensmith.

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From Booklist

Spoiler:

*Starred Review* The Amlingmeyer brothers--Big Red, our narrator, and Old Red--grabbed a job at the mysterious Bar-VR Ranch to avoid a winter without food or money. One of the hands at the ranch is found with a bullet in his brain and another ends up seemingly trampled, but no one can recall a stampede. The shadowy miscreants had best watch their backs, however, as the Amlingmeyers are not your ordinary cowpokes. Old Red can't read but has been entertained trailside by Big Red's reading Sherlock Holmes stories from Harper's Weekly. Old Red thus considers himself a budding master of what he calls "deducifyin'." With Old Red as a six-gun Holmes and Big Red as a skeptical, nervous Watson, the pair ferrets out the killers and motives from a colorful cast of characters with names such as Puddin-Foot, Tall John, and Swivel-Eye. The Amlingmeyers have graced the pages of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and their initial book-length case is every bit as memorable. At times, they may remind readers of Joe Lansdale's Hap Collins and Leonard Pine with their smart mouths, penchant for trouble, and unflagging loyalty to each other. This is a great reworking of the Holmes conceit, and one suspects Hockensmith will have a steady readership as long as the Amlingmeyers are on the case. Wes Lukowsky

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by BenG

...I'd also like to nominate Holmes On the Range by Steve Hockensmith....

That was a good one. I'd second it, but I'm out of votes. Hockensmith is a fun writer, but I thought Old Red got his knowledge of Holmes from Strand magazines, not Harper's Weekly. I could be wrong. It's been a while since I read it.

[GA Russell]

I second Holmes on the Range.

[JSWolf]

I'll use my last nod and third Holmes on the Range.

[Dazrin]

I will third The Rook and The Dry and second The Harper's Quine.

[bfisher]

I third The Harper's Quine

[BenG]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

That was a good one. I'd second it, but I'm out of votes. Hockensmith is a fun writer, but I thought Old Red got his knowledge of Holmes from Strand magazines, not Harper's Weekly. I could be wrong. It's been a while since I read it.

I'm not sure what the book says but Harper's Weekly was the US publisher.

[WT Sharpe]

That's probably right, then, although I do believe at least one of the stories mentions the Strand.

[WT Sharpe]

Oh! I forgot to post it here, but the nominations are closed and the poll has been posted!