English Mysteries Club discussion

Welcome Helen and Zain! :)

My name is Ru Ann and I live in Germantown, TN. I am retired and living with my elder son. I enjoy gardening, cooking, and reading. I love mysteries but especially those in an English setting. Of course I have read Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but I also enjoy M.C. Beaton for fun. I am joining late but it won't take me long to read your April book.

Hi Jean, I have just discovered this group so obviously I won't know how to best participate, I love English Mysteries and just abut all Mysteries . I just finished the latest C S Harris " Lord Devlin{ book and now have a Vera Stanhope on tap, I have never read any of these but have watched to series on BBC My favorite is the Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny. I look forward to many pleasant discussions and tips for new authors

Welcome, Ru! I’m sure that this is going to be a fantastic group! Sure wish I had discovered this place earlier, but late is better than never. 😎

Zain

Hi Ru An, and hi Heather :) Welcome to the "English Mysteries Club".

I'm so pleased you have both joined us, and I hope you will find plenty to join in with here. Just scroll through the threads, and join where you like. We have a new group read every month, and alternate between golden age English Mysteries and more modern ones. We have author folders as well as all the different types of mysteries, and plenty of places to chat. I hope you find lots of new ideas for reading here. Just enjoy the group :)

Hello, I'm Pam. I've yet to find an author that I love as much as Ruth Rendell. I've read everything by Rendell/Barbara Vine 2 or 3 times. If there are any fans who've found a writer similar to Rendell, I'd love the recommendations.

Have you tried Louise Penny? Wonderful mysteries!

Hi I am a new member My name is Heather and I live in Western New York near Buffalo. I love English mysteries and cozy mysteries I just found this group while looking for my next read I will read this book and try to catch up with all of you. It is a pleasure to be here.

Ru wrote: "Have you tried Louise Penny? Wonderful mysteries!"

I love Louise Penny. Have read all of them. I am anxiously waiting for the next one in Aug.

I like jonathan kellerman an Michael Connelly and Patricia Cornwall. Right now reading dark echo by Michael Connelly.

Hi, Heather, welcome. I, too, am a fan of English mysteries. Who are your favorite authors?

Welcome to all newbies, enjoy this group!

Hi Pam, Heather and Renée! Welcome to the "English Mysteries Club".

Your reading sounds as though you really love mysteries, so I do hope you enjoy it here. Join in wherever you like :)

Hello, my name is Robin and I consider myself a really good armchair detective - book and television, lol. I like all mysteries and was looking for a group to join. I recently finished Dorothy Sayers's Peter Whimsey series, and saw y'all are reading one of my favorite Georgette Heyer mysteries, Why Shoot a Butler? and had to ask to join. Currently, I'm reading the The Freeman Files Series: Books 1-3.

I'll try to be involved, but if you look at my currently reading list, you'll know I'm negligent at writing reviews, so please excuse me if I don't reply regularly.

Hi Robin, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". Just pull up your favourite chair and join in wherever you like. There are lots of threads, and you can add as much or as little as you like. Just have fun :)

Welcome Robin! :)

Helen wrote: "Hi, Heather, welcome. I, too, am a fan of English mysteries. Who are your favorite authors?"
Hi Helen
My favorite authors all seem to be women. I have read all of Louise Penny, I enjoy Anne Perry, currently Lynn Messina, Anne Cleeves, Elizabeth George, But also the Charles Todd Ian Rutledge series and many others. Who do you enjoy reading?

Hi, my name is Devashree and I live in Mumbai, India. My go-to way to relax is reading a mystery. Some of the authors I enjoy include Ann Cleeves, M C Beaton, Louise Penny and of course, Agatha Christie.

Due to the new Covid-19 wave, we are in a lockdown here. I am hoping to use some of this time to discover new books and authors. This group looks like just the place for it!

I look forward to joining the group reads and participating in the discussions.

Welcome Devashree! Heard about the big extent of the pandemic in India, so keep safe and enjoy reading!

Hi Devashree, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". You'll feel at home here, as those are some of our favourite authors too! What a good idea to read more while you are stuck at home. We do hear what a crisis you have in India at the moment, so as Michaela says, please stay safe. And join in wherever you like :)

Hi, I'm Sabina and I live in the UK. I'm very pleased I found this group as I love whodunnits. My favourite authors are Agatha Christie, P.D. James and Simon Brett. I'm an author myself as well as an avid reader of murder mysteries.

Hi, Sabina! Welcome to the group!

Hi Sabina, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". Whodunnits are definitely our staples, so I'm sure you'll enjoy it here. Just join in wherever you like and have fun :)

What do you write, Sabina? I also write mysteries - the Llangynog Murders, set in Wales. I'd like to check out your books!

I'd like to read them also. They are not available here but I will ask my sister-in-law to send me one. She and her family live in Aberystwyth.

Hi Everyone,
I'm a new member from Hertfordshire, England. I've been a big fan of mysteries since I read my first Agatha Christie at the age of ten. I love the puzzle element, spotting clues, building theories. My current favourite is Anthony Horowitz, looking forward to his new Hawthorne book to be published.

Hi Csilla, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". I'm pleased you found our group, and hope you like it here :)

I really enjoyed Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz.

Hello! I am a new member. I absolutely love Agatha Christie. My first mystery was "Elephants Can Remember" which I read in high school. I have loved them ever since. I live in North Carolina, in the US. I am a big fan of cozy mysteries and I am always looking for one similar to Agatha Christie and Murder, She Wrote.

Hi Lisa, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". Lovers of Agatha Christie are very welcome, and if you like cosy mysteries then I think you'll love it here :)

How wonderful to be able to remember your first ever mystery read! I hope you find lots more to join in with here, with us.

I hope so as well! I have never read anything by Dorothy L. Sayers, so I am excited to read !

Hi, Lisa, and welcome to the group. If you are at all interested in the historical mystery genre (which is all that I read), there are a lot of "cozy" HMs I could recommend. One that comes to mind is the Beryl Helliwell and Edwina Davenport series by Jessica Ellicott, also set in a quaint 1930s English village, where the bodies tend to fall about. The first is Murder in an English Village (appropriate, what?), and she's up to five books now.

Thank you so much for the recommendations. I will definitely check them out!

LISA wrote: "Hello! I am a new member. I absolutely love Agatha Christie. My first mystery was "Elephants Can Remember" which I read in high school. I have loved them ever since. I live in North Carolina, in th..."

Hi Lisa! Welcome! I'm from the south, too. My first "grown up" mystery was also Agatha Christie - "Cards on the Table".

Glad you'll be reading with us in June - Whose Body? is a good one!

I love the "Cards on the Table" as well. I don't know how she came up with all of these plots.

AAAWWWOOOOOOO Hello to all! I'm Samantha aka The Red Wolf. I am a hardcore classic Nancy Drew fan (plus, I LOVE the computer games). I'm in Canada and just love mysteries, although I've probably watched more mysteries than read them, especially when it comes to Holmes, Poirot and Marple. I just enjoy them better and I don't get as confused with the long list of characters as I do when reading the story.
Anyways, I look forward to seeing what this group has in store!

Welcome Samantha! I understand about Christie´s long list of characters, and remember my parents had some of her mysteries with lists of characters. Enjoy! :)

Hi Samantha, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". Feel free to look through our threads, find our author threads, and join any group and ongoing buddy reads you fancy. Just have fun here :)

Welcome Samantha! I hope you enjoy yourself!😄

Bionic Jean wrote: "Hi Samantha, and welcome to the "English Mysteries Club". Feel free to look through our threads, find our author threads, and join any group and ongoing buddy reads you fancy. Just have fun here :)"

Hi, and thank you! There is a lot to take in, but I'm enjoying perusing through everything!

LISA wrote: "Welcome Samantha! I hope you enjoy yourself!😄"

Thanks, LISA!

Michaela wrote: "Welcome Samantha! I understand about Christie´s long list of characters, and remember my parents had some of her mysteries with lists of characters. Enjoy! :)"

Thanks for the welcome! Yeah, and even the television shows and movies would sometimes make characters look similar, which caused confusion and arguments between me and my parents as we tried to follow the story. I swear they do it on purpose to prevent viewers from solving the mystery themselves LOL

Bionic Jean wrote: "Welcome to the "English Mysteries club". Whether you're a new member or have been here for a while, please tell us a little about yourself here, so we can get to know you :)

I'm Jean, your moderat..."

Hi Jean! For some reason I just now saw your invite for me to join this group! Crazy! Yes, I am in! Love reading with you. I will look around. Thanks so much!

YAY Debbiecat's in! Yes, the invitation has been sitting there for a while LOL! Glad you've joined, and welcome! I hope you have fun reading English mysteries here with us :)

Hi! I've just found this group and know I will love it here! I read a lot of mysteries - whodunnits and police procedurals. Started off young with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. I've recently discovered Louise Penny and Elly Griffiths,

My name is Lynn and I live in East Anglia, UK with my husband and our rescue dog from Romania. I like knitting and crochet and gardening and walking as well as reading!

Hi Elletee and welcome to the "Englsih Mysteries Club". Yes, you're definitely in the right place, and I hope you really enjoy it here.

And fantastic - another Rommie owner! We've only had ours a bit less than 5 months, but he's made tremendous progress, and is an adorable hunk. I'll bet yours is in their seventh heaven with all that walking :)

Bionic Jean wrote: "Hi Elletee and welcome to the "Englsih Mysteries Club". Yes, you're definitely in the right place, and I hope you really enjoy it here.

And fantastic - another Rommie owner! We've only had ours a ..."

Oh how wonderful! We've had our boy for nearly 8 years now. He's a lovely scruffy dog though we don't really know what he is! Part terrier as he's got a beard!!
Thank you so much for the welcome.

Yes, they are lovely dogs :)

Hi. Just like I did last year, I am here as member from mid-August to December. Usually I am done with my heavier reading and am wanting lighter reading by this time of the year. . . . While I fell behind on reading this year, I still need my cozy mystery time. So good to be back for a while.

Welcome back, Cynda!

Elletee wrote: "Hi! I've just found this group and know I will love it here! I read a lot of mysteries - whodunnits and police procedurals. Started off young with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. I've recentl..."

I love Elly Griffiths and Louise Penny so I share your enthusiasm.