Pick of the Month January 2020

Crime Fiction Pick of the Month 2019

Many crime fiction bloggers write a summary post at the end of each month listing what they've read, and some, like me, even go as far as naming their pick of the month.

This meme is an attempt to aggregate those summary posts.
It is an invitation to you to write your own summary post for January 2020, identify your crime fiction best read of the month, and add your post's URL to the Mr Linky below.
If Mr Linky does not appear for you, leave the URL in a comment and I will add it myself.

You can list all the books you've read in the past month on your post, even if some of them are not crime fiction, but I'd like you to nominate your crime fiction pick of the month.

That will be what you will list in Mr Linky too -
e.g.
ROSEANNA, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - MiP (or Kerrie)

You are welcome to use the image on your post and it would be great if you could link your post back to this post on MYSTERIES in PARADISE.

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Pick of the Month - October 2019

Crime Fiction Pick of the Month 2019

Many crime fiction bloggers write a summary post at the end of each month listing what they've read, and some, like me, even go as far as naming their pick of the month.

This meme is an attempt to aggregate those summary posts.
It is an invitation to you to write your own summary post for October 2019, identify your crime fiction best read of the month, and add your post's URL to the Mr Linky below.
If Mr Linky does not appear for you, leave the URL in a comment and I will add it myself.

You can list all the books you've read in the past month on your post, even if some of them are not crime fiction, but I'd like you to nominate your crime fiction pick of the month.

That will be what you will list in Mr Linky too -
e.g.
ROSEANNA, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - MiP (or Kerrie)

You are welcome to use the image on your post and it would be great if you could link your post back to this post on MYSTERIES in PARADISE.

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From the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge

Here is what has been happening over on ACRC this month

1. IN THE SHADOW OF AGATHA CHRISTIE 2. What Day of the Week is Agatha Christie Most Likely to Murder You On? 3. Timeline of Poirot’s Novels and Short Stories 4. Book notes: MRS McGINTY'S DEAD 5. Book Notes: HICKORY DICKORY DOCK 6. Book Notes: AFTER THE FUNERAL 7. Horror Writer? 8. Spooky Stories 9. Book Notes: AFTER THE FUNERAL 10. A Reading Guide to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot Mysteries 11. N or M? 12. Book Notes: DEAD MAN'S FOLLY 13. Hercule Poirot Short Stories and Novellas

Pick of the Month September 2018

Crime Fiction Pick of the Month 2018

Many crime fiction bloggers write a summary post at the end of each month listing what they've read, and some, like me, even go as far as naming their pick of the month.

This meme is an attempt to aggregate those summary posts.
It is an invitation to you to write your own summary post for September 2018, identify your crime fiction best read of the month, and add your post's URL to the Mr Linky below.
If Mr Linky does not appear for you, leave the URL in a comment and I will add it myself.

You can list all the books you've read in the past month on your post, even if some of them are not crime fiction, but I'd like you to nominate your crime fiction pick of the month.

That will be what you will list in Mr Linky too -
e.g.
ROSEANNA, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - MiP (or Kerrie)

You are welcome to use the image on your post and it would be great if you could link your post back to this post on MYSTERIES in PARADISE.

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meme: New to me authors - July to September 2018

I have read 20 new-to-me authors in the last 3 months.

1. 4.5, THE SEVEN SISTERS, Lucinda Riley
2. 2.2, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S TRUE CRIME INSPIRATIONS, Mike Holgate
3. 4.4, THE WITNESS, Nora Roberts
4. 4.4, THE GUILTY WIFE, Elle Croft
5. 4.4, TWIST OF FAITH, Ellen J. Green
6. 4.8, THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING, Bill Clinton & James Patterson
7. 4.3, BALLAD FOR A MAD GIRL, Vikki Wakefield
8. 4.4, DEAD LETTERS, Caite Dolan-Leach
9. 4.4, MIDNIGHT AT THE BRIGHT IDEAS BOOKSTORE, Matthew Sullivan
10. 4.4, THEN SHE WAS GONE, Lisa Jewell
11. 4.5, THREE LITTLE LIES, Laura Marshall 
12. 4.4, BANNERLESS, Carrie Vaughn
13. 4.6, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, A. J. Finn
14. 4.5, BODIES FROM THE LIBRARY, Tony Medawar (edit)
15. 4.5, NEED TO KNOW, Karen Cleveland 
16. 4.3, THE CELTIC STONE, Nick Hawkes
17. 4.4, THE PARIS SECRET, Karen Swan
18. 4.5, BRING ME BACK, B. A. Paris 
19. 4.5, ODD CHILD OUT, Gilly Macmillan
20. 4.6, DARK WATER, Robert Bryndza 
21. 4.4, THE WIFE BETWEEN US, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 

Discover the other new authors others have read

Summary: Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival for October 2015

I have realised that because I was travelling I didn't write a summary post for the ACRC Blog Carnival for October, so here it is. Some lovely places to explore.


Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. Review: HALLOWEEN PARTY 2. Notes on THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS @ Christie in a Year Extended 3. Tuesday Night Bloggers: THE LABOURS OF HERCULES @ Clothes in Books 4. Tuesday Night Bloggers: summary @ The Passing Tramp 5. A Crime is Afoot - THE ABC MURDERS 6. Kate Jackson (Armchair Reviewer) 7. Agatha Christie tropes: moira @ clothes in books 8. Come Tell me How you Live: Christie memoir - moira @ clothes in books 9. ISOT Classic Mystery Novel - Hallowe'en Party 10. ISOT Classic Mystery Novel - Christie vs Carr 11. Kate Jackson (Armchair Reviewer): The Christie Verdict 12. Clothes in Agatha Christie- moira @ clothes in books

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Summary: Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival for November 2015

And interesting selection of posts for last month.

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. Christie memoir - moira@ClothesInBooks 2. Agatha Christie: Mistress of Mystery by G. C. Ramsey (Kate Jackson) 3. Book vs Adaptation: N OR M? 4. Within a Wall @ Clothes in Books 5. Murder on the Orient Express: Branagh 6. Agatha Christie Reading List 7. THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD 8. Margaret@BooksPlease - Update 9. The Moving Finger @ Bitter Tea and Mystery

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The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival for December is ready for your posts.

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival - July summary

We did well with the July Carnival with 11 participants and real variety in the contributions.

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival Participants

1. Review: THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY @ View from the Blue House 2. Finishing Off the Agatha Christie Short Stories- Kerrie 3. A Touch of Irak and Gertrude Bell from Christie in a Year - extended 4. Report: Agatha Christie short stories to be read - Kerrie 5. Review: DOUBLE SIN and other stories @ MiP 6. Review: POIROT'S EARLY CASES @ MiP 7. Review: THREE BLIND MICE and other stories @MiP 8. Tommy & Tuppence new BBC series - Margaret @ BooksPlease 9. Review: THE ABC MURDERS @ Past Offences 10. TV Review: PARTNERS IN CRIME @ Past Offences 11. Review: Peril at End House @Bitter Tea & Mystery

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The ACRC for August is now open.

Summary - Agatha Christie Reading Challenge for June 2015

If you read Agatha Christie, then you can enter your review in the monthly Agatha Christie Reading Challenge here.

Here are the entries for June 2015.

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. Agatha Christie's 14 poisons investigated in Scotland's crime writing festival 2. Covers: N or M? @ The Nick Carter & Carter Brown Blog 3. Margaret @ BooksPlease (Sad Cypress) 4. Margaret @ BooksPlease (Short Stories) 5. Agatha Christie and The Detection Club 6. Review: PARKER PYNE INVESTIGATES @ Past Offences 7. Review: PARTNERS IN CRIME @ Past Offences

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New to me authors April to June 2015

I read 17 new-to-me authors in the first quarter of the year, and added another 14 in the last three months.
As you can see quite a number have impressed me.

1. 4.3, TRACKING NORTH, Kerry McGinnis- Australian author
2. 4.4, THE LOST SWIMMER, Ann Turner - New Zealand author
3. 4.4, TALKING TO THE DEAD, Harry Bingham
4. 4.8, IN A DARK, DARK WOOD, Ruth Ware 
5. 4.4, ODDFELLOWS, Nicolas Shakespeare - set in Australia
6. 4.9, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, Paula Hawkins 
7. 2.0, THE LAUGHING MONSTERS, Denis Johnson 
8. 4.5, FROZEN OUT, Quentin Bates 
9. 4.4, TROUBLED WATERS, Gillian Galbraith
10. 4.8, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - translated
11. 4.2, THE BLUE ROSES OF ORROROO, Margaret Visciglio - Australian author 
12. 4.6, I LET YOU GO, Clare Mackintosh
13. 4.4, THE PORT FAIRY MURDERS, Robert Gott - Australian author
14. 4.0, CHEF MAURICE AND A SPOT OF A TRUFFLE, J. A. Lang   

Check out some of the titles others have listed for this meme.

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge March 2015

A good variety of contributions in the last month:

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. THE SECRET ADVERSARY @ Clothes in Books 2. Margaret @ BooksPlease (Three Act Tragedy) 3. Christie's Book of Poisons @ Little Hideout 4. THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS - TracyK @ Bitter Tea & Mystery 5. Agatha Christie's Unsolved Mystery 6. Agatha, Houdini and Doyle @ Past Offences 7. ENDLESS NIGHT @ The Game's Afoot 8. Review: POIROT and me, David Suchet @ MiP

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Agatha Christie Reading Challenge for April is now open.

Your contributions are very welcome.

Plans for December Reading

December is always a busy time and it is often hard to get some time to do some serious reading.

I did aim to read 145 books this year, but I am only on 126 currently, so that target looks a bit far away.

Specifically I am aiming to complete the Mystery Author Challenge being run at Red Headed Book Child.
I have E, X and Y to go.
E: I am reading now: THE SHADOW WOMAN by Ake Edwardson
Y will be ANTIDOTE TO MURDER by Felicity Young
X depends a bit on my local library but I have reserved DEATH OF A RED HEROINE by Qiu, Xiaolong
My full list is here.


The other meme that I am trying to complete is VINTAGE MYSTERY BINGO 2014 hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block.
My record page is here. I have actually read 25 books.

Here is what I have done so far.
Golden Vintage - books written before 1960

 To complete a double bingo I am borrowing a Maigret from the library: THE MAN WHO WATCHED TRAINS GO BY

Silver Vintage: books written 1960 - 1989

 I am not sure whether I am going to be able complete a bingo line on this one. I have plenty of books on my Kindle to use - it is just getting them to line up!

Summary of Agatha Christie Blog Carnival for August

There were only 5 postings in the ACRC Carnival last month but all worth checking out.

1. THE ABC Murders (Sergio@ Tipping My Fedora) 2. Chris and Christie - reading Agatha Christie's books in order 3. Margot Kinberg takes a look at Miss Marple 4. Desyat Negrityat 1987- review @ noirencyclopedia 5. Review @ MiP - NEMESIS

The September ACRC Carnival is now open for your contributions.

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Summary: Agatha Christie Blog Carnival for July 2014

The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge continues this year and the August carnival is now open.

We welcome all contributions providing they relate in some way to Agatha Christie.

What are your best Christies? Check out some lists in the posts below.


Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. CozyMysteryBlogTour-AgC SignupsOpen- Sharon 2. New POIROT Monogram Murders- Sharon 3. Explore Poirot's apartment 4. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE @Readers Respite 5. Sparkling Cyanide at Clothes in Books 6. Top 5 Agatha Christies at Clothes in Books 7. Martin Edwards - Best 6 Agatha Christies 8. Christine Poulson's Top 5 Agatha Christies 9. Top 5 Agatha books - follow-up post Clothes in Books

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I'd like to also point out to you the Agatha Christie Blog Tour happening September 1-14 over at Cozy Mystery Blog Tours. Participants can now sign up for a spot.

New to Me Authors April-June 2014

I am quite pleased with my new-to-me author tally so far in 2014.

So far for the year I have read 15.
My aim is to read as many as I can.
Last year I managed 59, but I don't think my total will be any where near that this year.

• FINAL CURTAIN, Ed Ifkovic
• I WILL HAVE VENGEANCE, Maurizio de Giovanni
• GREY MASK, Patricia Wentworth
• THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE, Carin Gerhardsen
• CINDERELLA GIRL, Carin Gerhardsen 
• APPLE TREE YARD, Louise Doughty 
• ELEMENTAL, Amanda Curtin- NOT crime fiction
• THE AMBER FURY, Natalie Haynes 
• THE SILVERSMITH'S WIFE, Sophia Tobin
• A WHISPERED NAME, William Brodrick
• THE LABYRINTH MAKERS, Anthony Price

See new authors others have been discovering.

Meme: New-to-me Authors April to June 2014

It's easy to join this meme.

Just write a post about the best new-to-you crime fiction authors (or all) you've read in the period of April to June 2014, put a link to this meme in your post, and even use the logo if you like.
The books don't necessarily need to be newly published.

After writing your post, then come back to this post and add your link to Mr Linky below. (if Mr Linky does not appear - leave your URL in a comment and I will add to Mr Linky when it comes back up, or I'll add the link to the post)
Visit the links posted by other participants in the meme to discover even more books to read.

This meme will run again at the end of September 2014
 

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Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Blog Carnival for March

The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge continues this year and the April carnival is now open.

Here is the summary for the blog carnival of March 2014

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Participants

1. Kerrie - ENDLESS NIGHT 2. Kerrie - BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS 3. Kerrie - MURDER IN THE MEWS 4. Kerrie - A Selection of Short Stories 5. Christie in a Year Extended - Initially 6. Notes on THE MOUSETRAP@ Christie in a Year 7. Official Agatha Christie Newsletter for Feb 2014 8. "They do It With Mirrors" by Agatha Christie (Margaret @ BooksPlease) 9. David Suchet wins Lifetime Achievement Award 10. Watch clips from all 70 Poirot TV shows with David Suchet

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New to Me authors January to March 2014

I've read 5 new-to-me crime fiction authors so far this year.

1. 4.3, HOTEL BOSPHORUS, Esmahan Aykol
2. 4.4, WITNESS THE NIGHT, Kishwar Desai 
3. 4.1, THE DIVIDED CHILD, Ekaterine Nikas
4. 4.4, DRIVE BY, Michael Duffy  
5. 4.6, VISITATION STREET, Ivy Pochoda

Check who others have discovered.

Meme: New to Me Authors January to March of 2014

It's easy to join this meme.

Just write a post about the best new-to-you crime fiction authors (or all) you've read in the period of January to March 2014, put a link to this meme in your post, and even use the logo if you like.
The books don't necessarily need to be newly published.

After writing your post, then come back to this post and add your link to Mr Linky below. (if Mr Linky does not appear - leave your URL in a comment and I will add to Mr Linky when it comes back up, or I'll add the link to the post)
Visit the links posted by other participants in the meme to discover even more books to read.

This meme will run again at the end of  June 2014
 

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Recent Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival posts

The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge continues this year.
Some of us, including me, must be getting close to the end of our journey, but there are new people joining the challenge all the time.

I was travelling during in January and February and didn't get around to doing Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival summaries, so here they are for January and February.


The March AGRC Carnival is waiting for your contributions.

January's contributions

1. Review: ENDLESS NIGHT @ Tipping My Fedora 2. Agatha Christie's Marple - Endless Night - ITV review 3. Review: HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS 4. Kerrie - Review: THIRD GIRL 5. Notes on SPARKLING CYANIDE @ Christie in a Year 6. Yvette / The Mysterious Affair at Styles PBS 7. Marpleising ENDLESS NIGHT 8. Notes on PARTNERS IN CRIME @ Christie in a Year 9. Article: Life of Dame Agatha Christie 10. Full reading list published on the Christie site 11. PARKER PYNE INVESTIGATES; Moira @ Clothes in Books

February's contributions

1. Five Little Pigs (Margaret @ BooksPlease) 2. Crooked House - Moira @ClothesInBooks 3. Appointment with Death (Cozy Mystery Book Reviews)

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