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Reading the Detectives
Our group reads vintage British mysteries from the Golden Age and beyond. In 2025 our challenge is Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple. We are reading and discussing the first 6 books in each of these classic series. We also read and discuss books by many other authors. Come and join us for friendly and fun discussions.
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Welcome message for new members - please read before posting.
By Judy · 1 post · 705 views
last updated Feb 14, 2016 07:57AM
The White Swan - general chat (2023-25)
By Judy · 533 posts · 100 views
By Judy · 533 posts · 100 views
last updated 7 hours, 23 min ago
What mysteries are you reading at the moment? (2024-2025)
By Judy · 794 posts · 135 views
By Judy · 794 posts · 135 views
last updated Apr 26, 2025 05:49PM
What non-mystery books are you reading? (2023-25)
By Judy · 342 posts · 117 views
By Judy · 342 posts · 117 views
last updated Apr 14, 2025 05:37AM
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May 25: One by One They Disappeared (Hugh Collier #1) by Moray Dalton (1929)
By Susan · 4 posts · 11 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 11 views
last updated Apr 29, 2025 01:50AM
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May 25: One by One They Disappeared (Hugh Collier #1) - SPOILER Thread - (1929)
By Susan · 1 post · 9 views
By Susan · 1 post · 9 views
last updated Apr 04, 2025 10:38PM
April 25: Crook O'Lune (Robert Macdonald #38) - SPOILER Thread - (1953)
By Susan · 9 posts · 14 views
By Susan · 9 posts · 14 views
last updated Apr 20, 2025 07:46PM
April 25: Crook O'Lune (Robert Macdonald #38) by E.C.R. Lorac (1953)
By Susan · 14 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 14 posts · 13 views
last updated Apr 06, 2025 11:13AM
March 25: Bloody Instructions (Anthony Maitland Mystery #1) - SPOILER Thread - (1961)
By Susan · 5 posts · 16 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 16 views
last updated Apr 01, 2025 06:41AM
March 25: Bloody Instructions (Anthony Maitland Mystery #1) by Sara Woods (1961)
By Susan · 15 posts · 21 views
By Susan · 15 posts · 21 views
last updated Mar 13, 2025 01:06PM
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May 25: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - SPOILER Thread - (1926)
By Susan · 1 post · 11 views
By Susan · 1 post · 11 views
last updated Apr 05, 2025 11:51AM
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May 25: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926)
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
last updated 7 hours, 27 min ago
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2025 Challenge - Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple
By Susan · 34 posts · 100 views
By Susan · 34 posts · 100 views
last updated Mar 16, 2025 04:49PM
April 25: The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #2) - SPOILER Thread - (1942)
By Susan · 13 posts · 19 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 19 views
last updated Apr 09, 2025 08:44AM
April 25: The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #2) by Agatha Christie (1942)
By Susan · 22 posts · 24 views
By Susan · 22 posts · 24 views
last updated Apr 05, 2025 04:08PM
March 25: The Murder on the Links - SPOILER Thread - (1923)
By Susan · 21 posts · 26 views
By Susan · 21 posts · 26 views
last updated Mar 26, 2025 04:05AM
March 25: The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (1923)
By Susan · 20 posts · 20 views
By Susan · 20 posts · 20 views
last updated Mar 19, 2025 03:10PM
Feb 25: The Murder at the Vicarage - SPOILER Thread - (1930)
By Susan · 17 posts · 25 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 25 views
last updated Mar 10, 2025 04:07PM
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Starting/joining in with buddy reads
By Judy · 1298 posts · 368 views
By Judy · 1298 posts · 368 views
last updated Apr 27, 2025 09:08AM
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Harm’s Way (Sloan and Crosby #11) by Catherine Aird (April/May 25)
By Susan · 17 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 9 views
last updated Apr 20, 2025 01:03AM
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Harm’s Way (Sloan and Crosby #11) - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 25)
By Susan · 9 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 9 posts · 9 views
last updated Apr 23, 2025 03:05PM
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Cop Killer (Martin Beck #9) by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (April/May 25)
By Susan · 6 posts · 8 views
By Susan · 6 posts · 8 views
last updated Apr 14, 2025 10:15PM
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Cop Killer (Martin Beck #9) -SPOILER Thread - (April/May 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 9 views
last updated Apr 18, 2025 11:23PM
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The Curse of the Giant Hogweed by Charlotte MacLeod (Professor Shandy #5) (April/May 25)
By Susan · 23 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 23 posts · 13 views
last updated Apr 22, 2025 06:56AM
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The Curse of the Giant Hogweed - SPOILER Thread - (Professor Shandy #5) (April/May 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 10 views
last updated Apr 15, 2025 02:53PM
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Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #1) (April/May 25)
By Susan · 12 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 12 views
last updated Apr 24, 2025 11:22AM
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The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) by E R Punshon (April/May 25)
By Susan · 6 posts · 7 views
By Susan · 6 posts · 7 views
last updated Apr 28, 2025 01:39PM
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The Attending Truth (Bobby Owen #30) - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 25)
By Susan · 2 posts · 4 views
By Susan · 2 posts · 4 views
last updated 19 hours, 52 min ago
The Secret Search (Bobby Owen #29) - SPOILER Thread - (Feb/March 25)
By Susan · 6 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 6 posts · 12 views
last updated Mar 12, 2025 09:54AM
The Secret Search (Bobby Owen #29) by E R Punshon (Feb/March 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 11 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 11 views
last updated Feb 18, 2025 12:23PM
The Golden Dagger (Bobby Owen #28) - SPOILER Thread - (Dec 24/Jan 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 11 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 11 views
last updated Jan 16, 2025 11:13AM
The Golden Dagger (Bobby Owen #28) by E R Punshon (Dec 24/Jan 25)
By Susan · 2 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 2 posts · 9 views
last updated Jan 01, 2025 05:52AM
Everybody Always Tells (Bobby Owen #27) - SPOILER Thread - (Oct/Nov 24)
By Susan · 4 posts · 17 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 17 views
last updated Nov 25, 2024 06:26AM
Everybody Always Tells (Bobby Owen #27) by E R Punshon (Oct/Nov 24)
By Susan · 2 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 2 posts · 10 views
last updated Oct 20, 2024 03:33PM
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Cecile is Dead by Georges Simenon (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 10 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:46PM
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Cecile is Dead - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #22) (March/April 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 9 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 9 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 02:50PM
The Judge’s House - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #21) (Jan/Feb 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 29, 2025 03:17PM
The Judge’s House by Georges Simenon (Maigret #21) (Jan/Feb 25)
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 10 views
last updated Jan 14, 2025 02:04PM
The Cellars of the Majestic (aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic) - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #20) (Nov/Dec 24)
By Susan · 7 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 7 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 23, 2024 07:34AM
The Cellars of the Majestic (aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic) by Georges Simenon (Maigret #20) (Nov/Dec 24)
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 5 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 21, 2024 01:15PM
Maigret aka Maigret Returns by Georges Simenon (Maigret #19) (Sept/Oct 24)
By Susan · 4 posts · 14 views
By Susan · 4 posts · 14 views
last updated Sep 26, 2024 01:46PM
Maigret aka Maigret Returns - SPOILER Thread - (Maigret #19) (Sept/Oct 24)
By Susan · 3 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 3 posts · 12 views
last updated Sep 21, 2024 02:01PM
Reading Through The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Jessica-sim · 10 posts · 64 views
By Jessica-sim · 10 posts · 64 views
last updated Jan 08, 2023 06:04PM
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 143 views
By Christine PNW · 20 posts · 143 views
last updated Nov 16, 2022 02:53PM
December 2019 Off-site Read: Dead Men's Morris (1936) by Gladys Mitchell
By Jason · 1 post · 23 views
By Jason · 1 post · 23 views
last updated Nov 16, 2019 10:04AM
Reading around Britain and Ireland.
By Jay-me (Janet� · 103 posts · 160 views
By Jay-me (Janet� · 103 posts · 160 views
last updated Jan 09, 2019 02:29PM
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By Judy · 1 post · 41 views
last updated Feb 08, 2019 01:12AM
Classic British murder mystery set on the Greek island of Skiathos
By Mike · 1 post · 11 views
By Mike · 1 post · 11 views
last updated Jan 23, 2025 10:52AM
The Body Politic Geraldine Moorkens Byrne
By Geraldine · 1 post · 12 views
By Geraldine · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Aug 19, 2021 04:20AM
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Cargo of Eagles (1968) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
last updated Jan 20, 2022 09:56AM
The Mind Readers (1965) SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 12 posts · 19 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 19 views
last updated Aug 21, 2021 10:07AM
The China Governess (1962) SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 20 posts · 24 views
By Susan · 20 posts · 24 views
last updated Aug 20, 2021 10:40PM
Hide my Eyes (1958) aka Tether's End - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 24 posts · 22 views
By Susan · 24 posts · 22 views
last updated May 02, 2021 04:03PM
Hide my Eyes (1958) aka Tether's End
By Susan · 17 posts · 18 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 18 views
last updated Apr 28, 2021 01:56PM
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The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake (April/May 22)
By Susan · 18 posts · 16 views
By Susan · 18 posts · 16 views
last updated Apr 28, 2022 02:00PM
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The Private Wound - SPOILER Thread - (April/May 22)
By Susan · 8 posts · 11 views
By Susan · 8 posts · 11 views
last updated May 07, 2022 06:17AM
The Beast Must Die - Nicholas Blake - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 47 posts · 58 views
By Susan · 47 posts · 58 views
last updated Sep 25, 2024 02:12PM
The Deadly Joker - SPOILER Thread (Feb/March 22)
By Susan · 9 posts · 12 views
By Susan · 9 posts · 12 views
last updated Feb 25, 2022 09:02AM
The Deadly Joker by Nicholas Blake (Feb/March 22)
By Susan · 16 posts · 13 views
By Susan · 16 posts · 13 views
last updated Feb 18, 2022 10:42PM
A Penknife in my Heart - SPOILER Thread - Nicholas Blake (Aug/Sept 21)
By Susan · 13 posts · 18 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 01, 2021 02:05AM
A Penknife in my Heart - Nicholas Blake (Aug/Sept 21)
By Susan · 13 posts · 20 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 20 views
last updated Aug 23, 2021 02:17AM
A Tangled Web aka Death and Daisy Bland - SPOILER Thread (March/April 21)
By Susan · 31 posts · 17 views
By Susan · 31 posts · 17 views
last updated Jul 27, 2021 02:43PM
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Reading Order for the Unofficial Poirot Buddy Reads
By Jessica-sim · 54 posts · 154 views
By Jessica-sim · 54 posts · 154 views
last updated Dec 27, 2020 08:20AM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: SPOILER THREAD Curtain
By Jessica-sim · 20 posts · 33 views
By Jessica-sim · 20 posts · 33 views
last updated Feb 05, 2021 06:12PM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: Curtain
By Jessica-sim · 17 posts · 34 views
By Jessica-sim · 17 posts · 34 views
last updated Jan 26, 2021 04:45PM
Poirot buddy read 38: SPOILER thread for Elephants Can Remember
By Judy · 22 posts · 29 views
By Judy · 22 posts · 29 views
last updated Jan 25, 2021 07:56AM
Poirot buddy read 39: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Judy · 27 posts · 30 views
By Judy · 27 posts · 30 views
last updated Dec 21, 2020 12:14AM
Poirot buddy read 38: Elephants Can Remember
By Judy · 36 posts · 24 views
By Judy · 36 posts · 24 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 04:22PM
Poirot buddy read 39: SPOILER thread for The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Judy · 11 posts · 23 views
By Judy · 11 posts · 23 views
last updated Dec 20, 2020 02:10PM
Poirot buddy read 35: SPOILER thread for The Clocks
By Judy · 28 posts · 36 views
By Judy · 28 posts · 36 views
last updated Dec 17, 2020 08:32AM
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