tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post1596804771773376937..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: It Started with Nancy DrewSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-6756059971295681522011-05-10T10:06:12.403-07:002011-05-10T10:06:12.403-07:00Ann,
All those series are set in England. Charlie...Ann,<br /><br />All those series are set in England. Charlie's are historical mysteries (most set pre-WWI and the latest set immediately after) while the others are contemporaries. The Wesley Petersons have a modern day mystery running alongside a modern investigation into a historic mystery, which is often fun.Stevie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172414866093930481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-22271234183357666562011-05-10T09:03:15.771-07:002011-05-10T09:03:15.771-07:00Anything by Elizabeth Peters and you can't go ...Anything by Elizabeth Peters and you can't go wrong!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-61727930069866034442011-05-10T00:48:47.188-07:002011-05-10T00:48:47.188-07:00@Clare London: You're thinking of Elizabeth Ge...<i>@Clare London: You're thinking of Elizabeth George.</i><br /><br />I blame early senility - mine, not hers :).Clare Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392142798976142547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-309853766647901002011-05-09T21:14:52.460-07:002011-05-09T21:14:52.460-07:00@Toni Anderson: For its name alone, I think I'...@Toni Anderson: For its name alone, I think I'll try the Monkeewrench series.<br /><br />@Rita: I was a fan of the Stone Barrington series...until the books consisted of namely Stone dining at Elaine's, sleeping with an endless array of impossibly gorgeous women, and getting paid incredible sums of money for doing...well, the first two items.<br /><br />@Marcelle Dube and Wynter Daniels: The Jack Daniels series is pretty much awesome. I think everyone should read it.<br /><br />@Kathy Ivan: For purely nostalgic reasons, I'm tempted to pick up a Nancy Drew title and reread it.<br /><br />@Clare London: You're thinking of Elizabeth George.<br /><br />@Stevie Carroll: For the alliteration alone, I want to try Charlie Cochrane's Cambridge Fellows series. I do enjoy mysteries set in England (well, I assume the series is set in England).Ann Brucehttp://www.annbruce.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-29984043502573453002011-05-09T10:32:33.137-07:002011-05-09T10:32:33.137-07:00I follow Kate Ellis' Wesley Peterson and Joe P...I follow Kate Ellis' Wesley Peterson and Joe Plantagenet series, although I was a little disappointed with the ending of the last book I read of the former. I also follow Stephen Boothe's Fry&Cooper series as Mum is an avid collector.<br /><br />Then, of course there's Charlie Cochrane's Cambridge Fellows series, which I'm slowly catching up with.Stevie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172414866093930481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-25286106460904352562011-05-09T07:24:28.410-07:002011-05-09T07:24:28.410-07:00I'm ashamed to say I haven't read either o...I'm ashamed to say I haven't read either of these series - though it sounds like I should!<br /><br />Is it the same Elizabeth Peters who wrote the Inspector Lynley series? Because I loved the blend of romance and crime in that series, at least until it got too angst-ridden.<br /><br />I'm a HUGE Lee Child fan, the only books I'll every buy in hardback because I won't wait for the next one in paperback :).<br /><br />I was a keen fan of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich as well, though I left that in the end, when it started spiralling in on itself without any step forward :(. But no one made me laugh like her Grandma.Clare Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392142798976142547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-86056973979229985732011-05-08T12:49:18.661-07:002011-05-08T12:49:18.661-07:00I grew up reading all the Nancy Drew books, too. ...I grew up reading all the Nancy Drew books, too. One of my fondest memories is sitting down with these friends.<br /><br />The only series I've been reading with any true consistency has been the J.D. Robb "In Death" series.Kathy Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440759802997389459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-76316416832230179072011-05-07T14:30:16.601-07:002011-05-07T14:30:16.601-07:00I was a Nancy Drew reader but I haven't read m...I was a Nancy Drew reader but I haven't read many series as an adult. I'll have to try Konrath's series. I've heard so many good things about it.Wynterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611293420659353094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-2576266626346262452011-05-06T13:38:32.800-07:002011-05-06T13:38:32.800-07:00I resist series, to be honest but the Jack Daniels...I resist series, to be honest but the Jack Daniels series sounds interesting and I went through Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series like it was candy. Lately, I've been gobbling up Louise Penny's Three Pines mysteries, Christy Evans' Georgianna Neverall comic mysteries, and Kris Nelscott's Smokey Dalton series.<br /><br />Hmm. Maybe I don't mind series after all...Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-82946358805809707352011-05-06T13:07:01.436-07:002011-05-06T13:07:01.436-07:00I did the Nancy Drew Hardy Boys thing also. I have...I did the Nancy Drew Hardy Boys thing also. I have resisted reading Jack Daniels series until I’ve got time to go through several books. Silly I know but I hate waiting between books. I went through Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series a book every two days a couple of years back. Lordy I hate waiting for the next one. Stephen White’s Dr Alan Gregory the same way. His next book has been stalled out. Ugg! And just for fun I love Stuart Wood’s Stone Barrington they are quick easy reads.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-42126973810647511062011-05-06T12:11:12.025-07:002011-05-06T12:11:12.025-07:00My favourite mysteries are PJ Tracy's Monkeewr...My favourite mysteries are PJ Tracy's Monkeewrench series. Love her writing. Also Tami Hoag & Lisa Gardner, but I really miss their more romancy novels. I love the blend of RS/mystery that those two ladies write.Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.com