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

One comment on “Mysteries on The Point with Mindy Todd


  1. Elizabeth says:

    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.

    http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2014/12/ross-macdonald-characteristics-of.html#.VU14pNKUcwB

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