It's a Mystery!
Wow, thank you so much to everyone yesterday for your terrific recommendations in my LJ entry on good mystery authors and novels. I will certainly check out many of your choices over time. I particularly enjoyed how detailed and thoughtful many of your responses were- it warmed an English major's heart. As far as Agatha Christie is concerned, I plan to take out "Murder on The Orient Express" next time I go to the library. For now, I've turned 180 degrees and I'm breezing through "Ella Enchanted" with a thought of returning to Pern by the weekend.
For those interested, here are some of the mystery authors and mystery novels recommended to me:
Agatha Christie- "The ABC Murders", "Curtain", "Murder on The Orient Express", Hercule Poirot novels, "Murder In Retrospect", Tommy and Tuppence books, "Appointment With Death", "The Big Four"
Colin Dexter- Inspector Morse novels, "The Wench Is Dead"
Authur Conan Doyle- Sherlock Holmes stories
Dorothy Sayers- Lord Peter Whimsey books, "The Nine Tailors"
P. D. James
Ian Rankin- Lord Rebus books
Isaac Asimov- Robot Detective stories
Ellery Queen- "Ten Days' Wonder", "Cat of Many Tails"
Ngaio Marsh
Lindsey Davis- Falco mysteries
Rex Stout- Nero Wolfe
Margery Allingham- Albert Campion series
G. K. Chesterton- Father Brown stories
Ellis Peters- Brother Cadfael books
Rob Sawyer
Elizabeth Peters- Amelia Peabody books
Sara Paretsky
Jasper Fforde
Dick Francis
Tony Hillerman- Navaho series
Sarah Caudwell- "Thus Was Adonis Murdered"
Edward Marston
Mary Stewart - "Nine Coaches Waiting", "Wildfire at Midnight"
Elizabeth Peters- Amelia Peabody mysteries
Dorothy Dunnet (who I always think of as Judith Hayman's literary idol :))- Johnson Johnson books
Edmund Crispin- Gervase Fen books ("The Moving Toyshop")
Robert Robinson- "Landscape With Dead Dons"
Sharon McCrumb- "If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O"
Barbara Hambly- (I've read a Trek novel of hers, I think- a crossover of Trek and "Here Comes The Brides", though I didn't realize that at the time I read it, having never seen the latter series)
Josephine Tey- "The Daughter of Time"
Sue Grafton
Jim Butcher- Dresden Files (fantasy/mystery crossover)
Diane Duane- "Stealing the Elf King's Roses"
Whew! Again, thank you, everyone, for such a comprehensive list. I will put it in memory and refer to it often. Of all your recommendations above the one that jumps out at me most immediately is Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time", which is now on my list to track down this summer, along with "Murder On The Orient Express".
I'd still be very interested in your comments on the list above- Do you agree with the choices? Do you disagree? Are there any worthy mystery authors or novels missing from the list?
For those interested, here are some of the mystery authors and mystery novels recommended to me:
Agatha Christie- "The ABC Murders", "Curtain", "Murder on The Orient Express", Hercule Poirot novels, "Murder In Retrospect", Tommy and Tuppence books, "Appointment With Death", "The Big Four"
Colin Dexter- Inspector Morse novels, "The Wench Is Dead"
Authur Conan Doyle- Sherlock Holmes stories
Dorothy Sayers- Lord Peter Whimsey books, "The Nine Tailors"
P. D. James
Ian Rankin- Lord Rebus books
Isaac Asimov- Robot Detective stories
Ellery Queen- "Ten Days' Wonder", "Cat of Many Tails"
Ngaio Marsh
Lindsey Davis- Falco mysteries
Rex Stout- Nero Wolfe
Margery Allingham- Albert Campion series
G. K. Chesterton- Father Brown stories
Ellis Peters- Brother Cadfael books
Rob Sawyer
Elizabeth Peters- Amelia Peabody books
Sara Paretsky
Jasper Fforde
Dick Francis
Tony Hillerman- Navaho series
Sarah Caudwell- "Thus Was Adonis Murdered"
Edward Marston
Mary Stewart - "Nine Coaches Waiting", "Wildfire at Midnight"
Elizabeth Peters- Amelia Peabody mysteries
Dorothy Dunnet (who I always think of as Judith Hayman's literary idol :))- Johnson Johnson books
Edmund Crispin- Gervase Fen books ("The Moving Toyshop")
Robert Robinson- "Landscape With Dead Dons"
Sharon McCrumb- "If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O"
Barbara Hambly- (I've read a Trek novel of hers, I think- a crossover of Trek and "Here Comes The Brides", though I didn't realize that at the time I read it, having never seen the latter series)
Josephine Tey- "The Daughter of Time"
Sue Grafton
Jim Butcher- Dresden Files (fantasy/mystery crossover)
Diane Duane- "Stealing the Elf King's Roses"
Whew! Again, thank you, everyone, for such a comprehensive list. I will put it in memory and refer to it often. Of all your recommendations above the one that jumps out at me most immediately is Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time", which is now on my list to track down this summer, along with "Murder On The Orient Express".
I'd still be very interested in your comments on the list above- Do you agree with the choices? Do you disagree? Are there any worthy mystery authors or novels missing from the list?