The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

1914 - 1924 - Whose Body? (1923) The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim (1915)
1925 - 1934 - A Man Lay Dead (1934)
1935 - 1944 - A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey (1937)
1945 - 1954 - Brat Farrar (1949) by Josephine Tey
1955 - 1964 - Cover Her Face (162)
1965 - 1974 - Midnight Plus One (1965)
1975 - 1984 - The Matarese Circle (1979)
1985 - 1994 - Cabal (1992)
1995 - 2004 - The Lost Luggage Porter by Andrew Martin (2006)
2005 - 2014 - Tokoloshe Song (1914)

I liked that book -- way to go on your first post!

I've added The Double Traitor as my second read in 1914-1924 category. E. Phillips Oppenheim wrote many books including mysteries and crime stories. This specific one is probably more in the espionage/early thriller category.

I really enjoy Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series set in Italy. Slowly reading my way through the series, Cabal being number 3.

Carolien wrote: "E. Phillips Oppenheim wrote many books including mysteries and crime stories...."

Interesting choice of reading material. Oppenheim is one of the earliest writers of international intrigue; if not the very first. Pre-dating both Erskine Childers and John Buchan. One of the originators of 'invasion lit' which haunted Britain in those days. This same sub-genre also gave 'Dracula' to the reading public.

I enjoyed this one. It's interesting how the genre developed. I read Zoo Station recently which is set pre-WWII, but written nearly a century later. Some of the plot remains very similar.

I've reread Brat Farrar which I really enjoyed. I probably prefer Josephine Tey to the better known female authors of that generation including Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

I love Gavin Lyall's books and this gave me a good excuse to reread one of his classic Cold War thrillers Midnight Plus One. I highly recommend his books.

I also finally got around to reading a Ngaio Marsh in the form of A Man Lay Dead. I enjoy classic English mysteries, but for some reason has never read her books (no particular excuse, my mother has a shelf full of her books). I enjoyed it and will continue the series.

I promised myself a few years ago that I would reread P.D. James's Adam Dagleish series in order. I finally made a start on that project by reading Cover Her Face. Compared to her later books, it's a decent mystery, but she definitely improved over the years.

I've completed the challenge with a reread of The Matarese Circle which was probably my favourite book by Robert Ludlum. I still enjoyed it, and found it really interesting to contemplate the changes technology has wrought in this area. I recently red an article on how difficult it is to use false passports these days due to the linked databases and technology used to make passports. This book is littered with false documents. The electronic trail that we all leave these days is completely absent.