14 books
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3 voters
Listopia > Geri Hoekz's votes on the list Midcentury Mysteries (11 Books)
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Celestial Chess
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"On the dark side. Moody, broody and with the Cambridge University 1962 setting, full of modern gothic atmosphere."
Geri
rated it 5 stars
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The Dancing Man
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"Much like book #1: a cloistered academic makes a visit to an English country estate with a creepy past. "
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Borrower of the Night (Vicky Bliss, #1)
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"Humorous and on the lighter side, with a taste of what it must have been like to be a young traveler in Europe in the 70's."
Geri
rated it 5 stars
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The Murders of Richard III (Jacqueline Kirby, #2)
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"A funny take on history enthusiasts and the mayhem that can happen when they gather at an old estate."
Geri
rated it 4 stars
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Prince of Darkness
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"Shades of the occult amid local color in the Maryland countryside."
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Caroline Minuscule (William Dougal, #1)
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"Another mystery involving a suspicious medieval manuscript, set in small-town England. "
Geri
rated it 5 stars
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Death After Evensong (Masters and Green #2)
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"...and another, this one involving a parish in a small town full of suspicious locals. "
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Thornyhold
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"The only true "cozy" on this list but with witchy elements of its own. "
Geri
rated it 5 stars
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The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)
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"Out of the mid period (1983) but I had to add something of Grimes.
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The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh, #5)
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"As with all her books, plenty of atmosphere as well as a good mystery"
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Coffin in Oxford
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"Any book in the Coffin series is good but this is one of the earliest."
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