Crime / Mystery Books & Stories: Buy or Read Any Recently?

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Put in an order today at Barnes & Noble for:

The Complete Cases of Steve Midnight, Volume 1
(The Dime Detective Library) by John K. Butler
(published by Altus Press)

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I picked up the paperback edition of Sara Paretsky's Shell Game.

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Just order this book from AMAZON.
Some of those Hard Case Crime covers are rather risque. Ah, I love looking gazing at those covers.

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Put in an order today at Barnes & Noble for:

The Complete Cases of Bail-Bond Dodd, Volume 1
(The Dime Detective Library) by Norbert Davis
(published by Altus Press)

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My Mystery Scene magazine review of the Colin Conway / Frank Zafiro thriller Charlie-316 can be read online (it is in the print edition as well) HERE!

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Yesterday I ordered (through barnesandnoble's website):

The Ivory Grin by Ross Macdonald
(first published in 1952)

[MajorHoy]

Put in an order today at Barnes & Noble for:

The Complete Cases of the Reckoner
(The Dime Detective Library) by Carroll John Daly
(published by Altus Press)

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I didn't buy them, but I just received four advance copies of books to review for Mystery Scene magazine. New books by C.J. Box, Ellen Hart, David Baldacci and Lauren North.

I also got informed that I've been selected once again as an official Mitch Rapp Ambassador which means that I'll be receiving an advance copy of the new thriller Lethal Agent soon as well.

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[MajorHoy]

Recently got delivery of:

Find a Victim by Ross Macdonald
<A Lew Archer Novel>
(first published in 1954; 2001 Vintage Crime / Black Lizard)

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Got delivery yesterday of:

The Barbarous Coast by Ross Macdonald
<A Lew Archer Novel>
(first published in 1956; 2007 Vintage Crime / Black Lizard)

And went to a library book sale today where I got:

The Case of the Amorous Aunt by Erle Stanley Gardner
<A Perry Mason Mystery>
(orig. 1963 / published 1994 Ballantine Books)

and

The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
<A Charlie Chan Mystery>
(orig. 1932; 2010 Academy Chicago Publishers)

[MajorHoy]

Got delivery yesterday from Barnes & Noble of:

The Crime Master: The Complete Battles of Gordon Manning & The Griffin Vol. 1 by J. Allan Dunn
(published by Altus Press)

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Almost finished reading:

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
(first published in 1949; 1988 Vintage Crime / Black Lizard)

and just ordered (through barnesandnoble's website):

The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald
(first published in 1959)

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I'm working on the Cornelia Kidd mystery novel Death and a Pot of Chowder. It is the first book in her Maine Murder series. Sadly it will also be the only book in the series as the author (real name Lea Wait) passed away a couple weeks back from cancer.

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I did a book buying binge this week so bear with me as I post this one.

First up was the monthly meeting of my local town library's Mystery Book Club. We read Delivering The Truth by Edith Maxwell this month. I have a passing acquaintance/friendship with the author and due in part to that, she came to the meeting on October 10th. We talked about that book, the entire series and a bunch of other topics as well.

After the meeting was over, people bought books from her and had them signed. This would included me.

I picked up a copy of Judge Thee Not, the fifth book in the Quaker Midwife Mysteries series. It was just published a few weeks ago and I hadn't gotten it yet.

I also bought books 2-5 of her Local Foods Mysteries: 'Til Dirt Do Us Part, Farmed and Dangerous, Murder Most Fowl and Mulch Ado About Murder. I began reading her work after this series had ended and hadn't yet gotten around to buying the books. When I saw she had these four, I had to buy them. And I'm working on getting the first book as well.

I also bought 2 copies of the first book in her Country Store Mysteries series, Flipped For Murder, which I'm giving as gifts to a couple of friends.

Here's a photo of me and the co-moderators of the book club with Edith Maxwell (Edith's in black and I'm in the Patriots sweatshirt).

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Then today, I went to a library book sale a couple towns over from me and spent a whole 8 dollars and came home with 6 books.

The books are all by authors that I haven't read anything from before:

The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson (One of the authors recommended to the mystery book club by Edith Maxwell.
Nothing Short of Dying by Erik Storey
An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt
The Dead Don't Lie by Stuart M. Kaminsky
A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xiaolong[/I]

Then I went to my local Barnes and Noble and picked up the first book in three cozy series.

Assaulted Caramel (The Amish Candy Shop Mysteries by Amanda Flower
Murder By The Book (The Beyond The Page Bookstore Mysteries by Lauren Elliott)
Murder In The Mystery Suite (The Book Retreat Mysteries by Ellery Adams)

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The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
<A Charlie Chan Mystery>
(orig. 1932; 2010 Academy Chicago Publishers)[/indent]

I'd love to read some Charlie Chan prose novels.