Clean,Non Religious-Reads discussion

My favorite mystery/suspense plots are the missing person.

Can anyone suggest some exciting 'clean' ones?

Does a missing corpse count?

Erle Stanley Gardner's 'Case of the Runaway Corpse' does have a bit of profanity, but not much.

Flavia De Luce Series by Alan Bradley is terrific.

Mary wrote: "Flavia De Luce Series by Alan Bradley is terrific."

I plan to read~ very soon.

I just finished reading The Case of the Missing Servant (Vish Puri, #1) by Tarquin Hall. I LOVED it. The story takes place in India and I got a real feel of it. I didn't find the language bad. Some insinuated scary situations, but nothing too bad. If you like the feel of Number One Ladies Detective Agency, you will like this.

Hmmm, I don't know. I've never felt any desire to read any from the NOLDA series, set in Africa.

Have u read any Norah Lofts?

Bless This House
A Calf for Venus
Pargeters

one of my favs for Halloween is: Gad's HallGad's Hall / The Haunting of Gad's Hall

I but Jassy on my TBR list. Hadn't heard of those Gad books. Am going to have to add them...

Since I love Gothic I think I would enjoy the Gad's Hall books more if there was more of a supernatural element to them than reviewers report.

I'm not really a fan of Victorian England books.

Carol wrote: "I but Jassy on my TBR list. Hadn't heard of those Gad books. Am going to have to add them..."

They are just a little spooky so that its not pure terror. (about right for me) She leaves quite a bit to the reader's imagination for those who have one.

I enjoy all the book that Norah Lofts has written as she doesn't use profanity and I like her writing style. She is very versatile having even written about a book about the Donner Party called Winter Harvest. Her book about revenge is fairly modern but I can't think of the title at the moment.

Okay, so I'm a little late to the discussion! I haven't been on for a long time!

Anyway, I love mysteries, so I have lots of recommendations.

Sherlock Holmes - always clean, Agatha Christie, also clean. My favorite of hers isn't strictly a whodunnit. It's called "They Came to Baghdad". HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Also, the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. They take place in 1100 England. Squeaky clean, sweet romantic subplots, beautiful Wales. What's not to like?

The Last Templar series by Michael Jecks. Also historical mysteries set in England and I can't remember the year. Curse me!

Also the Beatrix Potter mysteries (she's the sleuth) by Susan Wittig Albert. So cute with insights into her life, a little bit of romance, and the best part is the animals talk! To each other! And try to help with solving the mystery. So enchanting! Absolutely clean!

Also Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen mysteries in which Jane is the sleuth. Awesome if you're a regency freak. They're clean, classy, with a little romance. Ten out of ten would recommend!

It's so hard to find decent books to read nowadays. I just don't trust the bookstore anymore. :(

Thank you so much for those recommendations Becky!

I'm not a big mystery fan myself, but last year I did read and enjoy The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson. The novel is about a 12 year old boy with crippling OCD and how he tries to solve a kidnapping in his neighborhood. I also really liked The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill. Which is a Young Adult mystery set in 1920s Chicago and follows Piper Sail who braves the city's seedy underbelly to find her missing best friend.

The Goldfish Boy sounds wonderful, I added it to my TBR mountain, thank you for the heads up!

No problem, hope you like it. :)

The gaslight mysteries by Victoria Thompson.