Detectives on The Point
I had the pleasure of discussing detectives in fiction this morning on The Point on WCAI, which usually is hosted by Mindy Todd, but today we were joined by the delightful Kathryn Eident. Returning to the book show this morning was Nelson Ritschel, Author and Professor in the Humanities Department at Mass Maritime Academy. Many, many thanks for all of your calls and emails! We are already thinking we might need a part two to this show, as Nelson and I both arrived with big piles of books, and only got to a handful. Below you will find what we DID have time for, including all the spectacular suggestions made by our listeners! Miss the show? You can listen online!
Nelson’s Picks
The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley
Father Brown: the essential tales by G. K. Chesterton
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple: the complete short stories by Agatha Christie
Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
Jill’s Picks
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
Great Reference Books on Mysteries:
Make Mine a Mystery: a reader’s guide to mystery and detective fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr
Make Mine a Mystery II: a reader’s guide to mystery and detective fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr
Listener Picks
Maisie Dobbs, first in series Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Harry Bosch, first in series The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Ian Rutledge, first in series A Test of Wills by Charles Todd (pseud. of Caroline Todd & Charles Todd)
Ruth Galloway, first in series The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Maggie Hope, first in series Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Evan Evans, first in series Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
Flavia de Luce, first in series The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Chet and Bernie, first in series Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Cormoran Strike, first in series ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Rowling has created one of the more original private detectives in the genre.
Great suggestion! And thanks for listening!
I love Charles Todd and Jacqueline Winspear so was glad to see them on here. What about Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri? I always try to get on waiting lists to read their books as soon as they come out.
Yes, I love Donna Leon as well, and Andrea Camilleri was actually in my pile of books, but we ran out of time. Thanks for listening! We’ll add these authors to our listener’s picks.