tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post8579206102770004214..comments2024-03-27T10:21:58.236-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: Recent Reading: Mysteriously yours (AGATHA CHRISTIE, PATRICIA MOYES)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-23371585771646592452014-04-09T06:32:54.191-07:002014-04-09T06:32:54.191-07:00Mrs. Vanderstein's Jewels is the only other on...Mrs. Vanderstein's Jewels is the only other one I know of. There are some copies at bookfinder.com.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-1560981596225597192014-04-08T15:34:47.413-07:002014-04-08T15:34:47.413-07:00Thanks, Kristi. Interesting that the article refe...Thanks, Kristi. Interesting that the article refers to her as the author of mystery novels plural, but I have so far only found the one title. Will have to dig deeper when time allows. Thanks for the information!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-19321344482690854262014-04-08T15:34:10.232-07:002014-04-08T15:34:10.232-07:00 The drama of the move goes on, Kristi. But it h... The drama of the move goes on, Kristi. But it has gone fairly smoothly, all things considered.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-51306083638854328272014-04-07T20:34:29.776-07:002014-04-07T20:34:29.776-07:00Found another small bit about Mrs. Charles Bryce i...Found another small bit about Mrs. Charles Bryce in this article which is more about her son and Ian Fleming.<br />http://literary007.com/2013/12/04/you-only-live-once-memories-of-ivar-bryce-and-ian-fleming/Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-19922176039985793022014-04-07T20:30:28.468-07:002014-04-07T20:30:28.468-07:00And I hope the moving went well. I need no excuses...And I hope the moving went well. I need no excuses to read mysteries!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-18735890510328781422014-04-06T17:30:53.765-07:002014-04-06T17:30:53.765-07:00Oh, wonderful. I'm working on another large u...Oh, wonderful. I'm working on another large update and will add her. Not a lot of information about her online? I'll have to dig deeper, though I did find some positive reviews of The Ashiel Mystery. Something else to read... Thanks for the suggestion, Kristi!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-61995837542241466002014-04-06T17:23:22.560-07:002014-04-06T17:23:22.560-07:00I did enjoy reading Patricia Moyes in, I think, th...I did enjoy reading Patricia Moyes in, I think, the '80s, when my local library had lots of them. Very enjoyable...<br />I just bought The Ashiel Mystery by Mrs. Charles Bryce 1882-1956 who I couldn't find mention of in your blog. She was from the UK and apparently her son was a good friend of Ian Fleming and perhaps helped come up with the name "James Bond", though this is the veriest hearsay.....Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-59242790048146358382014-04-06T10:15:24.355-07:002014-04-06T10:15:24.355-07:00I got off to a slow start with Marsh, but once I d...I got off to a slow start with Marsh, but once I discovered Scales of Justice, Surfeit of Lampreys, the wartime Colour Scheme, and the eerily atmospheric Singing in the Shrouds, I was hooked. Yes, she's one of the authors whose absence from my list causes me most pain. Someday...Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-90680032445694212332014-04-06T05:28:44.956-07:002014-04-06T05:28:44.956-07:00Felse too has a believable and happy marriage. H...Felse too has a believable and happy marriage. His wife Bunty gets a book to herself, more or less, and one also sees their son Dominic growing up and getting his own books.<br /><br />I guess the great Ngaio Marsh is ruled out of your blog since she was a New Zealander? Perhaps you could sneak her in since her protatgonist, Roderick Alleyn, is a Scotland Yard policeman. He comes to mind as another with a delightful marriage....Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-85223392773528410172014-04-05T21:49:53.361-07:002014-04-05T21:49:53.361-07:00I can't wait to dive into On Your Marks, Lyn. ...I can't wait to dive into On Your Marks, Lyn. It's on my to read shelf patiently waiting. Glad to know it's as enjoyable as it sounds. And thanks again for leading me back to Cat Among the Pigeons!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-62148170985420862022014-04-05T21:48:50.698-07:002014-04-05T21:48:50.698-07:00I've really become quite infatuated with Moyes...I've really become quite infatuated with Moyes now, Cestina. I've finished Dead Men Don't Ski and quite enjoyed it, and I think I'll have to order her third novel right away. Love Henry and his wife Emmy, and it's really a great portrayal of a happy and yet believable married couple.<br /><br />I've only read one George Felse, but quite enjoyed it--A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs, I think, bought as much for its title as anything else. I'll have to get back to Peters/Pargeter again too.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-45880535825246078362014-04-05T21:46:22.831-07:002014-04-05T21:46:22.831-07:00I suppose many mysteries are rather obvious about ...I suppose many mysteries are rather obvious about who the victim will be, but this one really did seem strikingly obvious. It would have been a shocking development had anyone ELSE have been the victim!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-44817948341888935292014-04-05T20:27:13.075-07:002014-04-05T20:27:13.075-07:00I've just finished reading Gladys Mitchell'...I've just finished reading Gladys Mitchell's On Your Marks (Greyladies) which is a girls career novel set in a physical training college like the one in Miss Pym Disposes. Being GM, she can't resist a few mysteries - who drained the swimming pool? Who sawed through the hockey goal posts? - but it's really just a Jolly Good Read as Kay Whalley says in her Introduction. Both Tey & Mitchell taught at such schools so they know their stuff. I was exhausted just reading about all the training & sport the girls do.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-90516337789697184222014-04-04T10:52:51.364-07:002014-04-04T10:52:51.364-07:00Oh it is nice to see Patrica Moyes here - I have a...Oh it is nice to see Patrica Moyes here - I have a very soft spot for her. She seems never to have been rated as highly as some of her contemporaries. I am not sure why this is.<br /><br />I find that her delightful protagonist Henry Tibbett has a lot in common with another of my favourite detectives, George Felse, a much less well known creation of Ellis Peters than Brother Cadfael. I like him much better though, partly because I like krimis (very useful German word, much lacking in the English language) with a family in the detective's background.<br /><br />And of course Ellis Peters, in real life Edith Pargeter, is a heroine of mine since she too taught herself Czech in adult life, as I did, but to a standard that allowed her to win awards as a prestigious translator....Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-5597964584493493032014-04-04T07:46:04.172-07:002014-04-04T07:46:04.172-07:00"...nosy games mistress who is practically we..."...nosy games mistress who is practically wearing a "murder me" sign on her back."<br /><br />Ha!Susan Dhttp://www.dalyght.ca/cuba2014noreply@blogger.com