I still haven't tried it, but when I loaned it to my Mother (who turned 88 back in June), she liked it.
Since then, I borrowed all the others (except for the 10th one, Six Cats a Slayin' which just came out in the past couple of months and which I've got on reserve at an area library), plus I've gotten her quite a few other "cozy mystery" series to read, usually with a cat involved.
Right now she's got the last couple of books in The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun to read. (There were 29 novels in that series before Braun passed away back in 2011).
Just put in an order for
using a 20% off Cyber Monday code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.
Ax by Ed McBain <87th Precinct series>
Here's my Mystery Scene review of Michael Connelly's Dark Sacred Night.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
I am fan of NERO WOLFE. While Robert Goldsborough isn't as good as Rex Stout, I still enjoy his efforts to continue Stout's legecy.
I recently picked up THE BATTERED BADGE.
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@MajorHoy
I finished another Ian Rankin novel and my guess is you'd like Rankin a lot. The problem is there are so many (you don't need to read all of them unless you're there for the soap opera element). My favourites: ResurrectionMen, Standing in another Man's Grave, the Impossible Dead
Ok, give Rankin a chance. All his novels are set in Edinburgh, Scotland and my favourite character of his Inspector Rebus is a cynical, desillusioned detective with a great sense of humor and his heart's still in the right place. Also Rebus and Cafferty have this Daredevil/Kingpin type of relationship I love.
Rankin has won many British awards, Edinburgh is as dark as NY, Detroit or Chicago. It is only smaller ;-)
I have 3 books on my wishlist which one should I get: M.Spillane, L.Block or M.A.Collins?
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Good question. It might depend on the specific book.
A little while back I readand while it was initially okay, after a while I got tired of Spillane's narration / over-the-top focus on dames and violence.
The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume I
by Mickey Spillane (New American Library 2001)
For Collins, I readand that was good, but I haven't read any other books by him.
Deadly Beloved by Max Allan Collins
("The First Ever Ms. Tree Novel" / Hard Case Crime, 2007)
As for Lawrence Block, I picked up a few of his at a library book sale, but haven't tried them yet.
Recently ordered
The Benson Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
<first book in the Philo Vance series>
The story was first published back in 1926, so it should be interesting to see what it's like.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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I would say I have read most of the Rex Stout stories.
I love the A&E tv series from the early 2000's. Sadly lasted only 2 seasons.
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