Mysteries on The Point with Mindy Todd
We had such a fun time with author Peter Abrahams this morning as Mindy, Peter, and I talked about mysteries. Thanks to all of you who called in with your mystery suggestions! Below are our picks, as well as all the listener picks.
Peter’s Picks
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Maigret at the Gai-Moulin by Georges Simenon
The Chill by Ross Macdonald
Underground Man by Ross Macdonald
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Jill’s Picks
Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
The Awdrey-Gore Legacy by Edward Gorey
The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Sculptress by Minette Walters
December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
Book of Poisons: a guide for writers by Serita Stevens and Anne Bannon (part of the Howdunit Series)
Listener Picks
The Resistance Man: a Bruno Chief of Police Novel by Martin Walker
A Cat Was Involved: a Chet and Bernie Mystery by Peter Abrahams
Louise Penny mysteries set in Canada
Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Erle Stanley Gardner’s old Perry Mason mysteries
Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Mysteries
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan
Ross MacDonald, Margaret Millar, Patricia Highsmith, Lars Kepler, Val McDermid
In studying the Lew Archer novels of Ross Macdonald I’ve tried to identify certain characteristics, themes, motifs, images – call them what you like – that crop up frequently throughout the various books. I don’t claim that the following are particularly important or have any special significance or meaning; nor do I say this is a comprehensive list.
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