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Post by brooks on Oct 3, 2011 11:39:52 GMT -5
Going start Murder on the Orient Express. Never read anything by her.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Oct 3, 2011 12:40:03 GMT -5
OH, interesting Brooks. I've never read her stuff either and I probably should as I love a good mystery.
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Post by niaru on Oct 4, 2011 8:51:45 GMT -5
I've read her books (in French!) years and years ago...should probably read her again in the original!!
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Post by brooks on Oct 4, 2011 12:41:26 GMT -5
Have found many of them on Kindle  |
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Post by Bara on Oct 14, 2011 15:02:23 GMT -5
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Post by brooks on Oct 14, 2011 22:45:46 GMT -5
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Post by Bara on Oct 15, 2011 7:06:30 GMT -5
;D ;D
My long-lost cousin is a Dr Who fanatic (you can't choose your relatives ... )
Hee hee! Enjoy the Orient Express ..
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Post by adcooper on Oct 15, 2011 11:38:15 GMT -5
I've read (and forgotten) a few of these mysteries! Bara, I didn't know about the author's disappearance. It seems like a perfectly reasonable response to a spouse's stupidity. But if I owned the Old Swan, I'd tell the story at every opportunity.
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Post by Bara on Oct 16, 2011 8:23:49 GMT -5
Quite so, Ann. I don't think I've ever been to Harrogate, but I know that it is a 'genteel' spa town. Where better to hide out? Except Shetland, of course. I would be surprised if Mrs Christie even knew that Shetland existed!
There's also 'Partners in Crime' about a young 1920's couple called Tommy and Tuppence - they're not my cup of tea. But I love Miss Marple and the conclusions she draws from observing local characters in St Mary Mead. And I am positively in love with Hercule Poirot and his 'leetle grey cells'! Sorry Niaru, but he's Belgian, not French!
Have a quick check on the BBC series, Brooks. The Art Deco and Art Nouveau homes are absolutely beautiful.
Have fun - where are you up to? (No spoilers!)
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Post by brooks on Oct 16, 2011 12:44:15 GMT -5
Oh I have finished Orient Express, Loved it!!!! And now reading about Tommy and Tuppence I found "The complete mystery novels of Agatha Christie, Volume 1 (special edition)" it has about 15 books included. I have starting with the first, Murder on the Orient Express, and just reading them on order, it was in the kindle book store. Hey did you ever find your cord or what that was you lost for your kindle? |
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Post by brooks on Oct 17, 2011 21:52:58 GMT -5
Here's the table of contents of the book.
Full novels:
Mysterious affairs at styles
Secret adversary
Murder on the links
Short stories :
Adventure of the western star
Tragedy at marsdon manor
Adventure of the cheap flat
Mystery of hunters lodge
Million dollar bond robbery
Adventure of the Egyptian tomb
Jewel robbery at the grand metropolitan
Kidnapped prime minister
Disappearance of mr. Davenheim
Adventure of the italian nobleman
Case of the missing will
The veiled lady
The lost mine
The chocolate box
Affair at the victory ball
Adventure of the clapham cook
The Cornish mystery
Adventure of Johnny waverly
The double clue
The king of clubs
The lemesurier inheritance
The plymouth express
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Post by brooks on Nov 5, 2011 22:30:03 GMT -5
Have read down to" Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan". The short stories are great will have to see if there is a volume II
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Post by Bara on May 9, 2012 5:35:21 GMT -5
Brooks, I think you'd like Georgette Heyer. (Don't you think, Ann?) I'll see if I can find a couple to send you. (I'm not sure how to 'gift' Kindle downloads!) Re the 'lost cord', I don't know! I have a whole box of leads and plugs and doodads and thingummijigs - perhaps it's there ..  |
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Post by adcooper on May 9, 2012 8:33:50 GMT -5
Wait! What? Whoa. I have not read G Heyer. Should I!?
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Post by Bara on May 10, 2012 2:38:51 GMT -5
She'll be on your shelves, somewhere, Ann! Set in Regency England - all powder, patches, beautiful clothes, highwaymen and romance.
Brooks, I've sent you 'Friday's Child' and 'Frederica' - let me know what you think!
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