trey2004
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Post by trey2004 on Apr 17, 2006 15:36:42 GMT
In this thread, you can discuss your favorite Mystery book Series. I've got alot of favorites. I started by reading 'Nancy Drew' and 'The Hardy Boys' when I was 10. Nowadays, I enjoy the 'Hercule Poirot' Series by Agatha Christie, the 'Diagnosis Murder' Series by Lee Goldberg, and the 'Murder, She Wrote' Series by Donald Bain.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Apr 19, 2006 13:11:27 GMT
One of my guilty pleasures is Martin Scott's 'Thraxas' books. These are mystery stories set in a sword and sorcery universe, and are quite entertaining.
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Post by Cläy on Apr 26, 2006 23:52:34 GMT
I'm quite a fan of ' The 3 Investigators' myself. Very inventive and amusing stories, with believable and intersting mysteries. Also stacks up well against the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, which were also around at the time.
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Post by Captain Punjab on Apr 27, 2006 0:46:14 GMT
Yeah, I used to love the 3 Investigators. I still do, I just haven't bought any of the books for a while. Great stuff though. I also like Nancy Drew, though for some reason I could never really get into the Hardy Boys...
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Post by Casey Jones on Aug 4, 2006 12:01:13 GMT
My favorite is 'Sherlock Homes' by Sir Arther Canon Doyler.
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Post by robbyp890 on Sept 3, 2006 17:45:51 GMT
I like the 5-minute mystery book,but its not in a particular series.
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Post by Sodor18 on Nov 16, 2006 6:02:47 GMT
I'm a fan of the 2 Minute Mysteries series.
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Post by Aidan on Aug 31, 2010 4:26:40 GMT
I've read some Sherlock Holmes mysteries in school. The mystery I clearly remember reading was "The Final Problem." It was interesting how Doyle was asked to bring Holmes back.
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Post by Truro on Sept 1, 2010 8:19:13 GMT
M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth Murder Mysteries. I first got into this series last year, reading the second in the series, Death Of A Cad. When I bought it, the critic's comments on the back described it as something of a Black Comedy, so I thought I'd give it a go. As I read on, I found Hamish a very likable and sympathetic character, pining after a woman he can' seem to have (we've all been there at some point. Don't deny it.). The dialog is indeed funny and also works properly as a who dunnit. So far I've read up to Death Of A Snob, which I found a copy of during the week away in York.
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Post by Ian on Sept 16, 2010 16:27:29 GMT
I agree with you Truro, M.C.Beaton's 'Death of a...' series featuring Hamish Macbeth is worth the read if you get chance (I was lucky enough to stumble across a DVD set of the TV series some weeks ago to, a bargain at £6).
I'll recommend her Agatha Raisin collection here too, which kicks off with the wonderfully named 'Agatha Raisin & the Quiche of Death'. Humour and intrigue leaps of every page, Aggie's adventures often make for laugh out loud reading with their often insane murders (such as a man planted upside down in a plant pot, someone putting LSD in the jam at a village fete causing mass suicide, the list goes on), bizarre situations and catty remarks.
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Post by Truro on Sept 21, 2010 16:39:00 GMT
I agree with you Truro, M.C.Beaton's 'Death of a...' series featuring Hamish Macbeth is worth the read if you get chance (I was lucky enough to stumble across a DVD set of the TV series some weeks ago to, a bargain at £6). I'll recommend her Agatha Raisin collection here too, which kicks off with the wonderfully named 'Agatha Raisin & the Quiche of Death'. Humour and intrigue leaps of every page, Aggie's adventures often make for laugh out loud reading with their often insane murders (such as a man planted upside down in a plant pot, someone putting LSD in the jam at a village fete causing mass suicide, the list goes on), bizarre situations and catty remarks. I'm currently renting the Hamish MacBeth TV series . Now I've got a thing for Valarie Gogan. My dad actually got me three Agetha Raisin books, when he was in Scotland a short while ago. I've already read Quiche of Death and I'm in the middle of reading Vicious Vet. There's something about Beaton's writing seems, for lack of a better word, quite cosy. Especially considering that these are Murder Myteries!
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