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You might enjoy Delano Ames' Jane and Dagobert Brown novels, although unfortunately only two are in print right now. There's also Richard Hull with stuff like The Murder of My Aunt (although he's more of a biter-bit comic crime than an actual mystery) and Michael Innes does a lot of stuff that I find hilarious although he's more a weird parodist than a comedian.
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On a whim I came into this thread looking for mystery recommendations and I discovered that Allingham's Death of a Ghost was only 99 cents on the ebook shop so I picked it up. I am so glad I picked it up - it's full of wit and precision and the puzzle is extremely interesting so far. Of course I'll see if it sticks the landing but I'm having a great time.
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Been blowing through ngaio marsh and absolutely loving it. It's also a less intense version of the thing with nero wolfe where they were written for so long you can see society change - it's a bit understated but there
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Campion is one of my favorite literary stories where someone is trying to parody something (I believe in this case it was Lord Peter Whimsey) and people like it too much and they have to make it serious. The poor Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle writers. On my last Sarah Caudwell and sad about it. Excited to try several other recommendations from this thread though! The Guest List as part of a 3 book Foley set just arrived and I borrowed The Maid from a family member
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May 2, 2024 04:26
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Phobeste posted:Been blowing through ngaio marsh and absolutely loving it. It's also a less intense version of the thing with nero wolfe where they were written for so long you can see society change - it's a bit understated but there I don't remember where (maybe Imgur? not SA anyway) someone had like a challenge reading list and they'd put down Ngaio Marsh as a POC writer.
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Tom Tucker posted:Campion is one of my favorite literary stories where someone is trying to parody something (I believe in this case it was Lord Peter Whimsey) and people like it too much and they have to make it serious. The poor Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle writers. Not to split hairs here, but this doesn't quite fit the Eastman/Laird Ninja Turtles story I think. Also heartily recommend those Ultimate Collections of their stories to anyone, not exactly mysteries though. It's kind of a tall tale the idea that it's just a parody and woops now it's a hit. It has big parody elements of Miller's Daredevil ninja saga stuff and nods to his origin, but it's also their dream to make a comic. And overall they talk about how the craft of even that first issue is a big tribute to Jack Kirby with splash pages and imagination etc. And while it sold well for its initial small print run, it was never intended to be a one-off parody, they wanted to keep telling the tales of these turtles. Also even in the early issues it's a mix of charming fun stuff, like issue 3 is a big wacky car chase, and then they meet wild aliens and stuff. It has gritty things but also fun cute things with their expressions and humor. Anyways you know how it is, fun to geek out about a thing you dig.
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May 4, 2024 20:09
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Spotted one of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club books, The Bullet That Missed, on my last bookstore trip and picked it up solely on the strength of having seen Osman as a contestant on Taskmaster. It turned out to be a pretty fun read. A group of amusingly dotty senior citizens take up investigating cold cases as a hobby, spreading chaos as they dig into the past. It's fairly light and cozy but there are some genuinely well-handled moments of drama and emotion.
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Wrapped up Lucy Foley’s The Guest List. Pretty crisp story but a bit held back by the framing system. The characters also feel a bit like they’re from another planet, but that’s partly the point. Good airplane book but not a real thinker or super satisfying. Caudwell’s The Sybil in her Grave was great. I’m really going to miss Professor Tamar and the Lincoln’s Inn gang. The stories feel like they’re all built on insane coincidences but in the end I find I don’t mind because they’re in service of creating a tangled web that’s fun to pull apart and those coincidences are where the threads knot up in a satisfying way. Yes it’s insanely unlikely but if it COULD happen that way it’s fun to see how it could be untied. The book is also queer as gently caress which is delightful especially as it was published in 2000. Tamar’s deliberately unspecified gender, the amount of queer or clearly queer coded characters, plus the fact that was she involved in cross dressing at Oxford to bust open some men’s lecture club, make me hope she found a welcoming place in life. Tom Tucker fucked around with this message at 01:22 on May 18, 2024 |
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Selachian posted:Spotted one of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club books, The Bullet That Missed, on my last bookstore trip and picked it up solely on the strength of having seen Osman as a contestant on Taskmaster. It turned out to be a pretty fun read. A group of amusingly dotty senior citizens take up investigating cold cases as a hobby, spreading chaos as they dig into the past. It's fairly light and cozy but there are some genuinely well-handled moments of drama and emotion. I sort of tripped and landed on that series early on and I ended up enjoying it. I'll admit that the first book (The Thursday Murder Club) left me kind of ambivalent, but I persevered and found that the series improved a lot once it was actually a series and Osman had had more time to develop people's personalities. Definitely on the light-and-cozy side, but worth reading if you like that. I've also been enjoying the Detective Kindaichi mysteries by Seishi Yokomizo. These were written throughout the mid-20th century by a Japanese man who adored the British-style mystery as exemplified by John Dickson Carr and Agatha Christie. He set out to write mysteries with that same feel, but set in Japan instead. Pushkin Vertigo started translating these into English a few years ago (they started bang in the middle of the series, probably so that they could start with one they thought would be appealing and sell well) and so far I have enjoyed them all.
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Picayune posted:I sort of tripped and landed on that series early on and I ended up enjoying it. I'll admit that the first book (The Thursday Murder Club) left me kind of ambivalent, but I persevered and found that the series improved a lot once it was actually a series and Osman had had more time to develop people's personalities. Definitely on the light-and-cozy side, but worth reading if you like that. Well that's what I'm reading after I finish my current run of Nero Wolfe. Thanks!
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May 20, 2024 23:50
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The Kindaichi mysteries have been so instantly gripping and satisfying, I'm incensed it took so long for them to get translations. Its hard to wait for the next one's release in September.
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I also started reading the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries recently. So far I've finished The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse, and I just started The Village of Eight Graves. I'd say The Honjin Murders was just okay; the solution to the locked room murder is my least favorite type, the over-complicated Rube Goldberg machine that requires a chapter-long explanation. The Inugami Curse was a lot better; no locked rooms, but a cast full of plausible suspects and lots of strange circumstances surrounding the murders. I'm looking forwards to seeing what the remaining books in the series have to offer.
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