I love mysteries but have not read any of these. I have though seen the BBC tv versions of Blackheath Poisonings, Master of the Moor and Lonely Hearts. I do enjoy your post so and wish you could post more often! I was looking for pics of Mi…
Imagine if the impeccably organized and eminently sensible Miss Felicity Lemon (private secretary to Mr. Parker Pyne and M. Hercule Poirot) were to assemble her own collection of crime fiction.... Here she recommends and discusses the choic…
I loved The Blank Wall too. I'm a Persephone fan & I enjoy anything they publish but this was a thriller with that Persephone touch. The domestic details & the characterization were terrific. Miss Lemon couldn't agree more. It seems like th…
Wow, that was great. I had no idea. I've yet to read the book, and look forward to it, even with all those little details. :<) Wonderful blog! Could I be so bold as to suggest that Miss Lemon look into the works of M M Kaye's detective fict…
How cool that Miss Lemon has gotten around to reading Martin Edwards' books. I admit to having two that I haven't gotten to yet. Must bump them up the reading pile. I've read a couple of Martin Edwards' books and enjoyed them. I especially
I once thought Agatha Christie novels were shallow reads but then I was only in my late teens and I read them at random. I don't know why I thought she didn't do character development very well, and why I could read them "with half an eye".…
Perfect indeed. Love it! Thanks for sharing. I read this one a couple of years back and did enjoy the island puzzle of it all. Steig Larsson could have taken a lesson here about how to right an island 'locked room' puzzle, in my opinion. Th…
Glad to see you up and running again, Miss Lemon!I haven't read Caroline Graham, but I've seen quite a few of her stories on Mystery! on PBS. How do they compare, if you know? Oh, Seana, I think you'll like the books. The Midsomer Murder se…
It's a pleasure to see this mentioned! I discovered Celia Fremlin last year and I've since tracked down and devoured all of her novels. Some are better than others (she throws in an occasional cliffhanger ending, which is irritating) but sh…
I watched all of them on television, but only read one. Should probably correct this error, now that some time has passed. Have you by any chance watched Lewis on television? Though I maybe should whisper, I really like it better than Morse…
Oh, I've got to read this one, simply to find out what that means. I read quite a bit of Ruth Rendell at one point in my reading life, and I think perhaps I've been too long away. Miss Lemon is very fond of Ruth Rendell, too. And if you lik…
I've never read this....obviously I need to rectify that oversight immediately. ;) I am a big Elizabeth Peters fan, but mainly I read the Amelia Peabody and Vicky Bliss books. This Jacqueline Kirby one sounds good. I am a big fan of Josephi…