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Reading the Detectives
Our group reads vintage British mysteries from the Golden Age and beyond. In 2025 our challenge is Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple. We are reading and discussing the first 6 books in each of these classic series. We also read and discuss books by many other authors. Come and join us for friendly and fun discussions.
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last updated Feb 14, 2016 07:57AM
The White Swan - general chat (2023-25)
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By Judy · 679 posts · 112 views
last updated 2 hours, 17 min ago
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2024-2025)
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By Judy · 986 posts · 163 views
last updated Sep 30, 2025 06:06PM
What non-mystery books are you reading? (2023-25)
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By Judy · 376 posts · 122 views
last updated Sep 22, 2025 09:13PM
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VOTE NOW for December 2025 group read!
By Judy · 18 posts · 20 views
By Judy · 18 posts · 20 views
last updated 16 hours, 45 min ago
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Oct 25: Murder Included (#1 D.I. Price) by Joanna Cannan
By Susan · 11 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 11 posts · 13 views
last updated Oct 02, 2025 10:38AM
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Oct 25: Murder Included (#1 D.I. Price) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
last updated Oct 05, 2025 12:34PM
Sept 25: Lonesome Road (#3 Miss Silver Mysteries) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 22 posts · 14 views
By Susan · 22 posts · 14 views
last updated Sep 23, 2025 09:16AM
Sept 25: Lonesome Road (#3 Miss Silver Mysteries) by Patricia Wentworth
By Susan · 16 posts · 17 views
By Susan · 16 posts · 17 views
last updated Sep 19, 2025 01:03PM
July 25: In Muffled Night - SPOILER Thread - Muir (1933)
By Susan · 16 posts · 18 views
By Susan · 16 posts · 18 views
last updated Aug 24, 2025 10:50AM
August 25: Calamity at Harwood - SPOILER Thread - (1945)
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
last updated Aug 12, 2025 10:47PM
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Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 13 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 13 views
last updated Oct 04, 2025 12:27PM
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Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 25 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 25 posts · 13 views
last updated 9 hours, 50 min ago
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2025 Challenge - Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple
By Susan · 36 posts · 110 views
By Susan · 36 posts · 110 views
last updated Oct 05, 2025 12:56PM
Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 17 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 21 views
last updated Sep 25, 2025 01:00PM
Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 13 posts · 22 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 22 views
last updated Sep 16, 2025 12:58PM
August 25: Sleeping Murder - SPOILER Thread - (1976)
By Susan · 24 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 24 posts · 21 views
last updated Aug 26, 2025 01:18PM
August 25: Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie (1976)
By Susan · 20 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 20 posts · 21 views
last updated Aug 13, 2025 02:03PM
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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 11 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 11 views
last updated Sep 20, 2025 02:26PM
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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) - SPOILER Thread - (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
last updated Sep 21, 2025 08:01AM
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Special Assignments by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #5) (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 10 posts · 8 views
By Susan · 10 posts · 8 views
last updated Sep 27, 2025 06:13AM
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Special Assignments - SPOILER Thread - (Erast Fandorin #5) (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 10 posts · 6 views
By Susan · 10 posts · 6 views
last updated Sep 28, 2025 01:38PM
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Mrs Pargeter’s Point of Honour (Mrs Pargeter #6) by Simon Brett (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 12 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 10 views
last updated Sep 19, 2025 10:36PM
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Mrs Pargeter’s Point of Honour (Mrs Pargeter #6) - SPOILER Thread - (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 9 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 9 posts · 9 views
last updated Sep 25, 2025 10:40PM
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Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander #1) (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 12 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 12 views
last updated Sep 26, 2025 10:55PM
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Faceless Killers - SPOILER Thread - (Kurt Wallander #1) (Sept/Oct 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 8 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 8 views
last updated Sep 22, 2025 07:30AM
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Brought to Light (Bobby Owen #32) by E R Punshon (August/Sept 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 8 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 8 views
last updated Sep 21, 2025 09:30AM
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Brought to Light (Bobby Owen #32) - SPOILER Thread - (August/Sept 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
last updated Sep 15, 2025 12:10AM
Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) - SPOILER Thread - (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 1 post · 3 views
last updated Sep 15, 2025 12:04AM
Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) by E R Punshon (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Sep 14, 2025 10:38PM
Strange Ending (Bobby Owen #31) by E R Punshon (June/July 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 9 views
last updated Jun 24, 2025 06:32AM
Strange Ending (Bobby Owen #31) - SPOILER Thread - (June/July 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 7 views
last updated Jun 24, 2025 06:29AM
The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 7 views
last updated May 22, 2025 08:06AM
The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) by E R Punshon (April/May 25)
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
last updated May 07, 2025 05:58AM
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Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths/Maigret and the Fortune Teller by Georges Simenon (Maigret #23) (May/June 25)
By Susan · 7 posts · 5 views
By Susan · 7 posts · 5 views
last updated May 21, 2025 02:26PM
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Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths/Maigret and the Fortune Teller - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #23) (May/June 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 8 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 8 views
last updated Jun 23, 2025 06:29AM
Cecile is Dead - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:50PM
Cecile is Dead by Georges Simenon (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:46PM
The Judge’s House - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #21) (Jan/Feb 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 29, 2025 03:17PM
The Judge’s House by Georges Simenon (Maigret #21) (Jan/Feb 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
last updated Jan 14, 2025 02:04PM
The Cellars of the Majestic (aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic) - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #20) (Nov/Dec 24)
By Susan · 7 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 7 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 23, 2024 07:34AM
The Cellars of the Majestic (aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic) by Georges Simenon (Maigret #20) (Nov/Dec 24)
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 21, 2024 01:15PM
Reading Through The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Jessica-sim · 10 posts · 69 views
By Jessica-sim · 10 posts · 69 views
last updated Jan 08, 2023 06:04PM
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 147 views
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 147 views
last updated Nov 16, 2022 02:53PM
December 2019 Off-site Read: Dead Men's Morris (1936) by Gladys Mitchell
By Jason · 1 post · 24 views
By Jason · 1 post · 24 views
last updated Nov 16, 2019 10:04AM
Reading around Britain and Ireland.
By Jay-me (Janet… · 103 posts · 162 views
By Jay-me (Janet… · 103 posts · 162 views
last updated Jan 09, 2019 02:29PM
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By Judy · 1 post · 42 views
last updated Feb 08, 2019 01:12AM
Classic British murder mystery set on the Greek island of Skiathos
By Mike · 1 post · 13 views
By Mike · 1 post · 13 views
last updated Jan 23, 2025 10:52AM
The Body Politic Geraldine Moorkens Byrne
By Geraldine · 1 post · 12 views
By Geraldine · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Aug 19, 2021 04:20AM
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Cargo of Eagles (1968) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
last updated Jan 20, 2022 09:56AM
The Mind Readers (1965) SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 19 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 19 views
last updated Aug 21, 2021 10:07AM
The China Governess (1962) SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 20 posts · 25 views
By Susan · 20 posts · 25 views
last updated Aug 20, 2021 10:40PM
Hide my Eyes (1958) aka Tether's End - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 24 posts · 22 views
By Susan · 24 posts · 22 views
last updated May 02, 2021 04:03PM
Hide my Eyes (1958) aka Tether's End
By Susan · 17 posts · 18 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 18 views
last updated Apr 28, 2021 01:56PM
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The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake (April/May 22)
By Susan · 18 posts · 17 views
By Susan · 18 posts · 17 views
last updated Apr 28, 2022 02:00PM
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The Private Wound - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 22)
By Susan · 8 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 8 posts · 12 views
last updated May 07, 2022 06:17AM
The Beast Must Die - Nicholas Blake - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 47 posts · 58 views
By Susan · 47 posts · 58 views
last updated Sep 25, 2024 02:12PM
The Deadly Joker - SPOILER Thread (Feb/March 22)
By Susan · 9 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 9 posts · 12 views
last updated Feb 25, 2022 09:02AM
The Deadly Joker by Nicholas Blake (Feb/March 22)
By Susan · 16 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 16 posts · 13 views
last updated Feb 18, 2022 10:42PM
A Penknife in my Heart - SPOILER Thread - Nicholas Blake (Aug/Sept 21)
By Susan · 13 posts · 18 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 01, 2021 02:05AM
A Penknife in my Heart - Nicholas Blake (Aug/Sept 21)
By Susan · 13 posts · 20 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 20 views
last updated Aug 23, 2021 02:17AM
A Tangled Web aka Death and Daisy Bland - SPOILER Thread (March/April 21)
By Susan · 31 posts · 17 views
By Susan · 31 posts · 17 views
last updated Jul 27, 2021 02:43PM
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Reading Order for the Unofficial Poirot Buddy Reads
By Jessica-sim · 54 posts · 155 views
By Jessica-sim · 54 posts · 155 views
last updated Dec 27, 2020 08:20AM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: SPOILER THREAD Curtain
By Jessica-sim · 20 posts · 35 views
By Jessica-sim · 20 posts · 35 views
last updated Feb 05, 2021 06:12PM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: Curtain
By Jessica-sim · 17 posts · 34 views
By Jessica-sim · 17 posts · 34 views
last updated Jan 26, 2021 04:45PM
Poirot buddy read 38: SPOILER thread for Elephants Can Remember
By Judy · 22 posts · 29 views
By Judy · 22 posts · 29 views
last updated Jan 25, 2021 07:56AM
Poirot buddy read 39: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Judy · 27 posts · 30 views
By Judy · 27 posts · 30 views
last updated Dec 21, 2020 12:14AM
Poirot buddy read 38: Elephants Can Remember
By Judy · 36 posts · 24 views
By Judy · 36 posts · 24 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 04:22PM
Poirot buddy read 39: SPOILER thread for The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Judy · 11 posts · 23 views
By Judy · 11 posts · 23 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 02:10PM
Poirot buddy read 35: SPOILER thread for The Clocks
By Judy · 28 posts · 36 views
By Judy · 28 posts · 36 views
last updated Dec 17, 2020 08:32AM
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Which book do you want to read in December 2025?
Murder After Christmas
The Caxton Manor Murders : Book 1 Alexander Wolfe Series (The Alexander Wolfe Series)
The Case of the Headless Jesuit (Thomas Littlejohn #16)
Envious Casca (Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway, #6)
