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By Judy · 1 post · 725 views
last updated Feb 14, 2016 07:57AM
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2026)
By Judy · 4 posts · 12 views
By Judy · 4 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 17, 2026 12:51PM
The White Swan - general chat (2023-26)
By Judy · 835 posts · 120 views
By Judy · 835 posts · 120 views
last updated Jan 15, 2026 12:52PM
What non-mystery books are you reading? (2023-26)
By Judy · 399 posts · 130 views
By Judy · 399 posts · 130 views
last updated Jan 14, 2026 10:26PM
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Jan 26: Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) by Ngaio Marsh (1941)
By Susan · 44 posts · 28 views
By Susan · 44 posts · 28 views
last updated Jan 15, 2026 09:17AM
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Jan 26: Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) - SPOILER Thread - (1941)
By Susan · 41 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 41 posts · 21 views
last updated Jan 18, 2026 09:19AM
Feb 26: The Chinese Shawl (Miss Silver, #5) - SPOILER Thread - (1943)
By Susan · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Jan 16, 2026 12:45AM
Feb 26: The Chinese Shawl (Miss Silver, #5) by Patricia Wentworth (1943)
By Susan · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Jan 16, 2026 12:44AM
Nov 25: Post After Post-Mortem - SPOILER Thread - by E C R Lorac (1936)
By Susan · 15 posts · 19 views
By Susan · 15 posts · 19 views
last updated Jan 09, 2026 01:29AM
Nov 25: Post After Post-Mortem (Robert Macdonald #11) by E C R Lorac (1936)
By Susan · 29 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 29 posts · 21 views
last updated Jan 08, 2026 01:59PM
Dec 25: Murder After Christmas - SPOILER Thread - (1944)
By Susan · 8 posts · 19 views
By Susan · 8 posts · 19 views
last updated Jan 01, 2026 02:15PM
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Jan 26: Peril at End House (1932) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 17 posts · 26 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 26 views
last updated 9 hours, 6 min ago
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Jan 26: Peril at End House (1932) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 10 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 10 posts · 21 views
last updated Jan 06, 2026 11:38AM
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2025 Challenge - Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple
By Susan · 46 posts · 116 views
By Susan · 46 posts · 116 views
last updated Dec 23, 2025 05:27PM
Feb 26: A Pocket Full of Rye (1953) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Jan 17, 2026 11:37AM
Feb 26: A Pocket Full of Rye (1953) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 1 post · 3 views
last updated Jan 17, 2026 11:36AM
Jan 25: The Mysterious Affair at Styles - SPOILER Thread - (1920)
By Susan · 38 posts · 48 views
By Susan · 38 posts · 48 views
last updated Dec 29, 2025 06:00PM
Dec 25: They Do It With Mirrors (1952) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 17 posts · 20 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 20 views
last updated Dec 15, 2025 03:40AM
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Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey #6) (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 6 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 6 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 14, 2026 04:52PM
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Strong Poison - SPOILER Thread - (Lord Peter Wimsey #6) (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
last updated Jan 15, 2026 09:21AM
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Faithful Unto Death (Bradecote and Catchpoll #6) by Sarah Hawkswood (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
last updated Jan 14, 2026 04:49PM
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Faithful Unto Death (Bradecote and Catchpoll #6) - SPOILER Thread - (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 2 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 2 posts · 7 views
last updated 19 hours, 13 min ago
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The State Counsellor by Boris Akunin (Erast Fandorin #6) (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 7 posts · 7 views
last updated 23 hours, 59 min ago
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The State Counsellor - SPOILER Thread - (Erast Fandorin #6) (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 4 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 9 views
last updated 16 hours, 23 min ago
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Mrs Pargeter’s Principle (Mrs Pargeter #7) by Simon Brett (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
last updated Jan 17, 2026 10:22AM
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Mrs Pargeter’s Principle (Mrs Pargeter #7) - SPOILER Thread - (Jan/Feb 26)
By Susan · 1 post · 6 views
By Susan · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Dec 27, 2025 11:50AM
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Triple Quest (Bobby Owen #34) by E R Punshon (Dec/Jan 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 7 views
last updated Jan 03, 2026 07:10AM
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Triple Quest (Bobby Owen #34) - SPOILER Thread - (Dec/Jan 25)
By Susan · 2 posts · 5 views
By Susan · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated Jan 03, 2026 07:07AM
Six Were Present (Bobby Owen #35) - SPOILER Thread - (Feb/March 2026)
By Susan · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Jan 18, 2026 08:11AM
Six Were Present (Bobby Owen #35) by E R Punshon (Feb/March 2026)
By Susan · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Jan 18, 2026 08:09AM
Brought to Light (Bobby Owen #32) - SPOILER Thread - (August/Sept 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 04, 2026 04:10PM
Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) - SPOILER Thread - (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 2 posts · 5 views
By Susan · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated Oct 15, 2025 07:25AM
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
Dark is the Clue (Bobby Owen #33) by E R Punshon (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 1 post · 5 views
By Susan · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Sep 14, 2025 10:38PM
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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 · 12 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 12 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:50PM
Cecile is Dead by Georges Simenon (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 11 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 11 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 · 73 views
By Jessica-sim · 10 posts · 73 views
last updated Jan 08, 2023 06:04PM
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 149 views
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 149 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 · 25 views
By Jason · 1 post · 25 views
last updated Nov 16, 2019 10:04AM
Reading around Britain and Ireland.
By Jay-me (Janet… · 103 posts · 164 views
By Jay-me (Janet… · 103 posts · 164 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
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2024-2025)
By Judy · 1099 posts · 177 views
By Judy · 1099 posts · 177 views
last updated Jan 17, 2026 10:33AM
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2023)
By Judy · 618 posts · 141 views
By Judy · 618 posts · 141 views
last updated Jan 05, 2024 02:48AM
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2022)
By Judy · 873 posts · 160 views
last updated Jan 08, 2023 08:15PM
The White Swan - general chat (2021-2022)
By Judy · 542 posts · 99 views
last updated Jan 02, 2023 07:39AM
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2021)
By Judy · 1557 posts · 236 views
By Judy · 1557 posts · 236 views
last updated Dec 16, 2022 05:33PM
Mid-Feb 21 - The Private Patient by PD James
By Susan · 34 posts · 31 views
By Susan · 34 posts · 31 views
last updated May 06, 2021 12:25AM
Mid-Feb 21 - The Private Patient - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 15 posts · 83 views
By Susan · 15 posts · 83 views
last updated Mar 06, 2021 07:58AM
Mid-Jan 2021 - The Lighthouse- SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 29 posts · 30 views
By Susan · 29 posts · 30 views
last updated Jan 25, 2021 02:08PM
Mid-Jan 2021 - The Lighthouse- PD James
By Susan · 25 posts · 25 views
By Susan · 25 posts · 25 views
last updated Jan 19, 2021 12:05AM
December 2020 - The Murder Room - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 23 posts · 34 views
By Susan · 23 posts · 34 views
last updated Dec 29, 2020 11:03AM
May 2020 - The Black Tower by P.D. James - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 71 posts · 96 views
By Susan · 71 posts · 96 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 10:40AM
May 2020: The Black Tower (1975) by P.D. James
By Susan · 41 posts · 40 views
By Susan · 41 posts · 40 views
last updated Dec 19, 2020 06:09PM
July 2020 - A Taste for Death (1986) by P D James
By Susan · 69 posts · 37 views
By Susan · 69 posts · 37 views
last updated Dec 12, 2020 05:18PM
Slow Horses by Mick Herron - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 58 posts · 148 views
By Susan · 58 posts · 148 views
last updated Apr 02, 2022 12:23AM
Spook Street by Mick Herron - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 47 posts · 833 views
By Susan · 47 posts · 833 views
last updated Feb 15, 2020 07:35AM
Joe Country by Mick Herron - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 13 posts · 110 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 110 views
last updated Oct 20, 2019 12:15AM
Dead Lions by Mick Herron - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 31 posts · 264 views
By Susan · 31 posts · 264 views
last updated Oct 02, 2019 08:37PM
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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 · 23 views
By Susan · 24 posts · 23 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 · 21 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 21 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
Money in the Morgue - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 22 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 22 views
last updated Oct 30, 2020 02:42AM
Money in the Morgue - September 2020
By Susan · 25 posts · 28 views
By Susan · 25 posts · 28 views
last updated Oct 28, 2020 12:41PM
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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
