Appointment With Agatha discussion

It's time to start the process of selecting out March sideread.

We are focusing on American authors 1920-1960 for 2022.

MARCH NOMINATIONS:

1. The Odor of Violets: A Duncan Maclain Mystery by Baynard Kendrick (nominated by me);
2. Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar (nominated by Lillelara);
3. The Case of the Fiery Fingers by Erle Stanley Gardner (nominated by Michaela);

Ready.
Set.
Nominate.

To begin, I'm going to remind everyone of our past nominations:

1. The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow (nominated by Christine PNW)
2. Unexpected Night by Elizabeth Daly (nominated by Mike Finn)
3. The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (nominated by Themis-Athena)
4. The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery by Rudolph Fisher (nominated by Michaela)

There is nothing preventing members from re-nominating a book that wasn't selected last time around, but re-nomination also is not required!


I am not renominating the Gwen Bristow book because I will have read it before March, as it is pretty close to the top of my TBR.

Rather, I am going to nominate:

The Odor of Violets: A Duncan Maclain Mystery

because it has a blind detective and a pair of dogs.

Hi Christine, I'm also reading The Invisible Host, which I will have done by March as well. Happy Reading!

Christine PNW wrote: "To begin, I'm going to remind everyone of our past nominations:

1. The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow (nominated by Christine PNW)
2. [book:Unexpected Night|20488724..."

Well, I would like to nominate Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar.
Not sure if she counts, though. Millar has been a native Canadian, who has lived for the majority of her life in the US.

Lillelara wrote: "Well, I would like to nominate Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar.
Not sure if she counts, though. Millar has been a native Canadian, who has lived for the major..."

I'm going to give her a thumbs up. I think she qualifies.

Christine PNW wrote: "I'm going to give her a thumbs up. I think she qualifies."

Great!

I´m not familiar with American authors, but my dad had lots of mysteries by Earl Stanley Gardner. I kept one of them, so I´ll nominate this: The Case of the Fiery Fingers of the Perry Mason series where a criminal defense lawyer solves cases. Hope it´s not too superficial, as I never read any of those.

Michaela wrote: "I´m not familiar with American authors, but my dad had lots of mysteries by Earl Stanley Gardner. I kept one of them, so I´ll nominate this: [book:The Case of the Fiery Fingers|108..."

I think we should definitely read a Perry Mason mystery this year - they are iconic in American mystery fiction.

I've read a couple of Perry Mason books and thought they were a lot of fun.

Only three nominations so far - anyone else??? I'm going to leave nominations open until Monday morning, and then I'll put up the poll!

I'll nominate a Nero Wolfe mystery. I can get Prisoner's Base by Rex Stout from Libby, so I'll nominate that one.
If another member has one they would rather read, I'll go along with that one.

Raymond Chandler is one of my absolute favourites so i'll nominate The Little Sister (1949)

and that odour of violets sounds pretty sweet.

Rosemarie wrote: "I'll nominate a Nero Wolfe mystery. I can get Prisoner's Base by Rex Stout from Libby, so I'll nominate that one.
If another member has one they would rather read, I'll ..."

That's not one that I've read and I've been wanting to read more Nero Wolfe/Rex Stout.

And Jazzy, that is one of the very few Chandlers that I haven't read, so I'm glad you nominated that one. Along with a Perry Mason, I don't think we can end a year of reading American mysteries without reading something by Chandler!

The poll is up!