tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post6660448309571964737..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Best Crime Books of 2015Clothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-62444051214813409172016-01-24T11:07:31.590+00:002016-01-24T11:07:31.590+00:00If you find her other books you'll have to tel...If you find her other books you'll have to tell me if they're worth reading.<br />Yes Lady vanishes was based on a book, though much changed by Hitchcock. I think both film and book excellent in their own ways.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-25073927473766907202016-01-24T10:20:23.401+00:002016-01-24T10:20:23.401+00:00Also, I love Adelia Aguilar, coroner, crime solver...Also, I love Adelia Aguilar, coroner, crime solver, a feminist ahead of her time. Diana Norman wrote other books before she wrote these as Ariana Franklin. But I can't find them here.<br />I'd like to read her book about Constance Markovicz (spelling?) but it's not available here.<br /><br />And The Lady Vanishes is a favorite movie. Had no idea there was a book upon which it's based.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61864127700759817042016-01-23T22:42:08.162+00:002016-01-23T22:42:08.162+00:00Yes, must go....Yes, must go....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54987529391811043162016-01-23T17:35:55.989+00:002016-01-23T17:35:55.989+00:00Chicago has a lot to offer and it has changed a lo...Chicago has a lot to offer and it has changed a lot since my family moved away. Famous landmarks are the Art Institute and the fantastic Museum of Science and Industry, which I still miss. Saw chicks hatching, walked through a gigantic replica of the human heart, went into a facsimile of a coal mine, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32341190767897251912016-01-23T10:47:26.439+00:002016-01-23T10:47:26.439+00:00I would love to visit Chicago, but have never done...I would love to visit Chicago, but have never done more than change planes there. One day....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71906085434255044812016-01-23T10:29:28.848+00:002016-01-23T10:29:28.848+00:00My history in Chicago is just one more reason why ...My history in Chicago is just one more reason why I love V.I. Warshawski's adventures. I know certain locations, but then I look at maps and photos of other areas of the city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-69699670764724143492016-01-23T09:23:58.319+00:002016-01-23T09:23:58.319+00:00Oh I didn't know you were Chicago, Kathy - in ...Oh I didn't know you were Chicago, Kathy - in that case you might consider it, even though it is so long, because it is apparently a very Chicago book. I set myself a target and read so many pages each day - then did end up reading the final pages at a much faster pace.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22078785682679315152016-01-23T09:23:02.857+00:002016-01-23T09:23:02.857+00:00Oh yes, it was very very terrible, I can see Rue M...Oh yes, it was very very terrible, I can see Rue Mclanahan with an orange tan in a warm climate. Very bad. Someone should do it again - they had updated it to contemporary in that case, but it would make a nice 20s flapper adventure.<br />And yes, agree with you about drunk policemen...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-4661137479214124842016-01-23T09:21:38.675+00:002016-01-23T09:21:38.675+00:00I was surprised that my proportion of North Americ...I was surprised that my proportion of North American books wasn't higher, but most of mine were British-set. I do like to expand my horizons somewhat, but in the end I like UK/American books more than, say, Scandi-noir or other European fiction. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-8545276167320115232016-01-23T06:45:47.925+00:002016-01-23T06:45:47.925+00:00It's a great list with a lot to add to my TBR ...It's a great list with a lot to add to my TBR list. I loved In Bitter Chill and liked The Ghost Fields. I adore Ruth Galloway in all of her investigations and living her own life.<br /><br />Now, Death of a Detective interests me because I grew up in Chicago and like reading books set there. But I don't know if I can read a book that size, and tightly packed at that. These days a 400-page book is a commitment. So I'll see about that.<br /><br />But there are other titles that intrigue me here, including Arab Jazz and Kiss Me First. Always interesting books here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76147489506583278672016-01-23T06:39:46.610+00:002016-01-23T06:39:46.610+00:00I think Harry Nelson is my favourite fictional cop...I think Harry Nelson is my favourite fictional cop too - he is so dry - and I like that he is not a drunk. I am a bit tired of drunks. I have been saving up the last Ariana Franklin book - so much so that when I went to get it last year to finally read I have...er...misplaced it (i.e. donated it or something in one of my decluttering purges). Have to get another copy.<br /><br />From your list I definitely want to read Kiss Me First and the Golden Age of Murder. That one is difficult to get because of my self-imposed ban on buying books from overseas stores but I'll make it happen somehow. I think my days of reading 700 page books are behind me. Or maybe when I retire...but probably not. I don't recall reading either of your favourite Christie novels so might have to seek them out too. I do recall a terrible movie of The Man in the Brown Suit - set in the 80's with Edward Woodwood and one of the actresses from the Golden Girls tv show - utterly wretched. I'm sure it bore little resemblance to the book.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68846704428762821302016-01-23T05:57:42.909+00:002016-01-23T05:57:42.909+00:00Moira: Interesting to read your favourites. I am g...Moira: Interesting to read your favourites. I am going to keep an eye out for Martin's book in Canadian bookstores.<br /><br />I have not read any of the authors you mentioned beyond Ariana Franklin. I enjoyed the three books I have read in the series.<br /><br />The majority of my reading involves North American authors. Occasionally I cross the Atlantic or Pacific in my crime fiction reading but it is not often.<br /><br />Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-70008952817031674432016-01-22T22:20:33.555+00:002016-01-22T22:20:33.555+00:00I love reading other people's lists, which is ...I love reading other people's lists, which is why I always do my own. It's particularly interesting, as you say, to see which authors we have in common, while picking different books.<br />Death of a Detective really is a commitment...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-21990636389056620272016-01-22T20:50:07.119+00:002016-01-22T20:50:07.119+00:00A great list and almost too much to adequately com...A great list and almost too much to adequately comment on. We are in agreement on King and Joker and the Len Deighton books, although I put other books on my top ten for those authors. I love them all. Also, In Bitter Chill, just a great book. <br /><br />I am not sure I will ever be able to force myself to read Death of the Detective at that length. Although I have read longer books in the last year or two. Maybe some day.<br /><br /><br />I think I may have to rank the few (maybe 12) Christie's I have read in the last 3 years so I can keep up with which are favorites. Not for publication, though, until I have a few more. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-48774994262701151432016-01-22T20:09:17.132+00:002016-01-22T20:09:17.132+00:00Thanks Chrissie - and I am thinking hard...Thanks Chrissie - and I am thinking hard...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-79656982658359755992016-01-22T17:17:53.875+00:002016-01-22T17:17:53.875+00:00Ah, so many books that I want to read . . . don...Ah, so many books that I want to read . . . don't forget, too, Moira, it is your turn to choose a book for us both to review. Can't wait to know what it is. <br />In agreement about Martin's splendid book.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68154642700193441152016-01-22T14:46:41.029+00:002016-01-22T14:46:41.029+00:00Absolutely - 2025 was obv what was meant, and I kn...Absolutely - 2025 was obv what was meant, and I know you will have read all of his books by then...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-51639899725910446932016-01-22T14:44:12.407+00:002016-01-22T14:44:12.407+00:00An undetected typo, obviously....An undetected typo, obviously....col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61314660533442277962016-01-22T13:59:44.979+00:002016-01-22T13:59:44.979+00:00Ha! This is most unfair of me, but while writing t...Ha! This is most unfair of me, but while writing this piece I was looking at some old posts and found a claim by you that 2015 was going to be the year of Deighton... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82242321536013069782016-01-22T13:58:56.644+00:002016-01-22T13:58:56.644+00:00Glad you enjoyed the list Margot, and I do recomme...Glad you enjoyed the list Margot, and I do recommend the Moggach - I think you'd find a lot of points of interest, and I'd be really interested in your opinion. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35934214201177625422016-01-22T13:31:27.579+00:002016-01-22T13:31:27.579+00:00Only two in common - Smith and Hjortsberg, though ...Only two in common - Smith and Hjortsberg, though I intend to get Deighton read at some point. I have the books, just need to ease them into the schedule!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-70476130953636790072016-01-22T12:32:41.288+00:002016-01-22T12:32:41.288+00:00I like the variety in your choices, Moira. And you...I like the variety in your choices, Moira. And you've picked some good 'uns, too. And you've reminded me that I mean to read <i>Kiss Me First</i>. Must put that on the list and get to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com