Other genre!

[Nagetier]

As a mystery-novel author and obsessive reader, I want to know if anyone /else/ is. :)

I actually can't stand fantasy stories anymore, except for Bujold's sci-fantasy. I just don't get into it. I can't remember ever really getting into it, and I now love Pern for the genre and the fandom, not the books. (I hate Lessa. I hate Lessa. I hate Lessa. Did I mention, uh, that I hate the main character in quite a few of them?)

I know I'm going way against the grain here. But. Mystery! Especially modern (20th & 21st century) mysteries, starting in like ... 1900 and on. Favourites are Sarah Caudwell's Hilary Tomar and Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody.

Rock on, mystery.
(watch no one else love them.)

[Dux]

I never used to like them - but lately I've been on a mystery kick. I'm pretty much devouring "The Cat Who..." series and the Nero Wolfe mysteries too. I don't like ones that are too violent though (No J.D. Robb for me - although I do like the books she writes as Nora Roberts)

[prekharper]

Sure.

But then, I'll read just about anything.

[Nagetier]

Pfui, Dux.

[Lady Cin]

I'm afraid I only like the cute mystery stuff...Miss Marple, Murder She Wrote, etc.

I'm a huge fantasy fan, a big sci-fi fan and a fan of spy stuff

But then again, I love to read in general...I carry a book with me anytime I go somewhere I might have to wait.

:reading:

[AnnMarie]

I like them. I'll read Agatha Christie on occassion... I really like Magory Allingham's CAMPION series. Most of the time, I don't care for straight mysteries. I find them either boring, or too melodramatic.

[Pat]

My main reading is the mystery genre!!! I particular like cozies and historical mysteries. In fact, will be going to Malice Domestic (a mystery con held in Washington D.C.) next year!!! Can't wait.

As to the cozies, much of what I enjoy about them is the background. I've learned some interesting things about teas, scrapbooking, quilts, etc., not to mention some great recipes!!!

The only sci-fi I read for years was Edgar Rice Burroughs and Anne McCaffrey. Thanks to the folks here, my horizons have expanded dramatically!!! :D

I am a true bookworm...about the only things I don't read are Horror, True Crime and Romances.

[Shazza]

It's a book, therefore I shall read.

[ladyholdermara]

When I was very little I used to get up in the middle of the night to watch the Elery Queen show :) I was hooked on mystery then


later on I was immersed in nancy drew and other female detectives and imagined myself in their place.

NOW I read OLD elery queen mags lol and just about ANY book I can find :D I don't much like the horror, true life or even romances but if they are all that's available.......

Actually for SOME horror I find I can read about them but NOT watch :D

[Dawn]

I like them. I read romantic suspense (Iris Johansen, Nora Roberts, Carla Neggers, Tami Hoag), but I also like just plain ol' mysteries (Tony Hillerman, Jean Hager, Phyllis A. Whitney, Mary Higgins Clark). :)

I also like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and JD Robb's In Death series - not sure what they're categorized as, but they have some mystery in them. :good:

[granath]

I love mysteries! Agatha Christie, Sue Grafton, Dick Francis, P. D. James, Sara Paretsky. I used to like Patricia Cornwell too, but Kay Scarpetta's really starting to bug me. The world is not out to get her...

[Anareth]

Yes and no. Like SF/F, I sometimes stumble on to authors/series I like, with no real discernable pattern (example: I enjoy Rita Mae and "Sneaky Pie" Brown's Mrs. Murphy mysteries, which sorta fall into the cozy category, but found that Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who...." series runs out of steam fairly early on and is too gimicky for me.) I like some historicals (Anne Perry's Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, for example, or Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa), and some modern settings, though generally not police procedurals (not a Kay Scarpetta fan), rather some like Aaron Elkins's Gideon books.

[C_ris]

I like them! :ok:

[Hans]

I don't read them but my wife does and because I don't she reads for two :D

[Elisabetha]

I have not yet read a lot of them, sort of went on an overkill of Agatha Christie some years ago and that killed any interest I had in them for the last few years. But I have now started J.D. Robb's in death series and I like those a lot, so I will probably try some more.

:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

[Elena]

I always plan on getting around to reading one ... but I never do. :roll:

[Beisla]

I like them all right. :)

I don't read them often, but they're a nice change.

[prekharper]

I love mysteries! Agatha Christie, Sue Grafton, Dick Francis, P. D. James, Sara Paretsky. I used to like Patricia Cornwell too, but Kay Scarpetta's really starting to bug me. The world is not out to get her...
I like all of those to a degree, but after a while the recurring characters start to lose their appeal. Yep, Kay Scarpetta has outlived her usefulness (same worries over her niece, same with him/not with him romantic probs, though there's usually a little new stuff with the ME technology). Sue Grafton's alphabet books are starting to blend together so that I can't remember whether I've read them or not -- the only excitement is "what's going to be the word for the next letter?" Dick Francis -- who'd have thought so much happened in the world of steeple-chase, other than riders falling off?

Anyhow, my point is that while familiar characters can be good, they can also be trite.

[granath]

Especially with Scarpetta... I like Kinsey Millhone's spunk and V. I. Warshawski's guts. The advantage with Dick Francis is that most of his novels are stand-alones. Some heroes have two books to their credit, but not many.

Next on my reading list is Agapanthus Tango by David Francis. Like his near-namesake Dick, he writes mysteries set in the equine world.

[Dawn]

I enjoy Rita Mae and "Sneaky Pie" Brown's Mrs. Murphy mysteries, which sorta fall into the cozy category, but found that Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who...." series runs out of steam fairly early on and is too gimicky for me.

I forgot about the Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown books. I like them too. :good:

On the other hand, the "Cat Who..." book that I tried to read, never got finished. Not my style, I guess. :tilt:

[dae]

grins if a book has a good plot then i will read :D

[Kitsch]

I like the China Bayles mysteries - quite hard to get hold of over here though.

I'm also a big fan of the Falco series set in AD 70 Roman Empire by Lindsey Davis.

[Nagetier]

China Bayles, written by Susan Wittig Albert, aka 1/2 of Robin Paige, who wrote the good Kate Ardleigh series. :D

and oooh! I'm going to Malice Domestic, and might be a panelist. ^-^ Definitely going to be selling my Nero Wolfe T-shirts ('Go To Hell, I'm Reading' - Archie) etc, and chumming about drinking tea.

Those of you who haven't read Sarah Caudwell's books, read and love them. My absolute favourites.

[Mausey]

I don't mind a mystery but I like adventure in it as well. J.D. Robb, Sue Grafton are good for mystery. Clive Cussler is good for adventure and mystery. Iris Johansen and Suzanne Brockman are a couple more good authors. Brockman has a bit more romance in her books than some but most of the books are pretty good.

[Pat]

[QUOTE=Nagetier] <snip>
and oooh! I'm going to Malice Domestic, and might be a panelist. ^-^ Definitely going to be selling my Nero Wolfe T-shirts ('Go To Hell, I'm Reading' - Archie) etc, and chumming about drinking tea.QUOTE]<snip>

Nagetier!!!! I'm going too!!!! I'll have to look for the T-shirts (love the saying, btw....wonder if my hubby would ;) ). I'll be looking for you there. (and, yeah....its great that Susan Wittig Albert is going to be there...and so is Joan Hess and Toni Kelner...)

Ok, I'll behave. :D

[Nagetier]

I'll be wearing my Pfui Pfighter yellow T-shirt with the orchid on the back, probably -- or will be dressed as Amelia Peabody or Kate Ardleigh. Because, see, I'm lame. XD

[Selene]

Oh yes I do, but then I love :reading: and I do read all I can put my hands on :bouncy: Exept the Russians ............... :blush: I have read them all at school but I can't get my self to read them again.

[bisb]

Give me a book any day--I never go anywhere with out a book to read. :roll:

[AnnMarie]

Oh well now, if someone wants to bring in the TEEN mysteries...

I grew up on Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and Trixie Belden! I thinl Trixie was actually my favorite. She was so...normal! I defenately identified with her. (Of course, her home is only about an hour away from mine, so that may have influnced me too) :ok:

[Ian]

I'm a great fan of Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael books (we have all 21 of them), a crusader turned monk who uses his past experience, as well as his current duties as the abbey's herbalist, to solve murders. Since the books are set in the 12th century he has no modern technology to turn to, and can only use what knowledge would be available to someone in his position (which, because of his background, is rather more wide-ranging than most monks').

[Kater]

They're not my favorite but I will read them on occasion

[Maedhbh]

I love the Cat Who... series. And I've liked some of Nora Roberts mysteries. That's about the level of "horror" I can stand.

[JayEgo]

There're very few mystery novels I've read and those I have haven't really grabbed me and lured me into the genre though I'll always give a well recomended book a go with few exceptions. If I don't like something, i can always not finish it... yeah, right :roll:

Ja¥son xx

[prekharper]

You have that problem, too, Jayson? When I start something, I feel compelled to finish it. Cover to cover. Even National Geographic. :roll:

[Faren]

Mysteries were my first reading love. :ok: I've read the gamut: Sayers, Marsh, Christie, P.D. James, Francis, Hillerman, Peters (Ellis and Elizabeth...Amelia rocks, Nagetier! :ok: ), J.D. Robb, Johansen, and so many more. Did not realize there were Mystery Cons...but then again, I'd never heard of Dragon*Con until a couple of years ago. :roll:

[Earthmother]

I enjoy a good mystery/suspense. Right now I am ready a Fantasy Mystery which is very very :cool:

Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark are the only Mystery authors that I have read almost all of their books. Mostly I read those that catch me and rarely I find an author that sticks to me like my SF and Fantasy authors. :evil:

[Maedhbh]

... When I start something, I feel compelled to finish it. Cover to cover. ...
Goodness yes. It's ever so annoying when they book isn't any good. I've only managed to put down ONE book in my life. And even with that one I read the last chapter just to see how it ended. :rolleyes:

[Ravien Coromana]

mystery novels are EVIL!!!!! :evil:
i want to destroy each and everyone of them, except a few, like clue.

[granath]

Tastes differ Ravien. I love them. :devil:

[woollymouse]

I don't like them but, that's only because I have a habit of jumping to the end of a book to find out how it ends which kinda defeat the object of a mystery. I did however, use to read the Brother Cadfael mysteries but, now it's Sci-fi fantasy for me or popular Science books, you can't beat a well written Non fiction book sometimes. :bouncy:

[Nurianna]

I'm a great fan of Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael books (we have all 21 of them), a crusader turned monk who uses his past experience, as well as his current duties as the abbey's herbalist, to solve murders. Since the books are set in the 12th century he has no modern technology to turn to, and can only use what knowledge would be available to someone in his position (which, because of his background, is rather more wide-ranging than most monks').


I love watching the shows that they have done on these books.. but havent had much luck finding the books... thanks for the author's name.. now I gotta trail to follow~ lol~

[McClance]

I read little else other than science fiction and certain fantasy. The last novel that I finished reading and wasn't sci-fi nor fantasy was Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee two years ago. Every one of te two dozen novels that I've finished reading since then has been either science fiction or fantasy. I don't really care for much else. And the only fantasy I like is where the dragons are portrayed as honorable creatures.

Although, for me, any book can be considered a mystery. One of the things that keeps you reading the book is the mystery of what's going to happen next and how the characters are going to solve their problems.
I used that same reasoning when I read a Star Trek book for a book report when we were supposed to read a mystery book.

:fiend: :D :evil:

[Maedhbh]

Did the teacher let you get away with it?

[McClance]

Did the teacher let you get away with it?

Apparently she did. I explained my reasoning when I presented the report.

I also used did the samething when I read (or tried to read) The Silmarillion when were supposed to be reading a historical book. I reasoned that The Silmarillion WAS in fact historical in the context that it was Middle Earth history. I passed.

:D :D :fiend: :devil:

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

I haven't read many mystery books, but I've liked the ones I've read so far. I'm leaning a bit more towards suspense. Not sure if it qualifies as Mystery, but I really liked The Oakdale Affair, by Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Maedhbh]

Apparently she did. I explained my reasoning when I presented the report.

I also used did the samething when I read (or tried to read) The Silmarillion when were supposed to be reading a historical book. I reasoned that The Silmarillion WAS in fact historical in the context that it was Middle Earth history. I passed.

:D :D :fiend: :devil:
She was probably just happy that you were reading anything. ;) Seriously, I think that's great you got to read what you wanted to and STILL get a good grade.

[Ez]

I don't often read mysteries, but when I do I mostly enjoy them.

[Lessaruatha]

Anne Perry's Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and Ellis's Brother Cadfael

[Kestrel]

If I can find a good one, I like them a lot.

[Xhack]

I like all the usual suspects.

But recently, I've been staying close to home, reading the entire canon of Paul Johnston (http://www.paul-johnston.co.uk/pages/books/quint.htm) with his detective Quint Dalrymple, and Ian Rankin (http://www.ianrankin.net/pages/books/index.asp?PageID=12) and his marvellous Inspector Rebus.

Both well worth a try.

[granath]

Rebus is great.

I really like Reginald Hill's Dalziel & Pascoe yarns as well. The TV show was one of my faves.

[Bamy]

I don't read them.

[spellwight]

I prefer light mysteries. I don't want to have to think too hard.

[skysong]

I like mysteries that are also sci-fi or fantasy as well.
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century...