JUst finished reading A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth Duncan. Made me nostalgic for the years I'd lived in Wales. I don't have book 4 in the series, it's on my WL, so will likley turn to something else for while. For once I'd like to read a series in sequence.

Marya-- Can't help but mention this. I also lived in Wales for my junior year of college several eons ago.  Attended University College, Cardiff, but travelled all over the country on foot, pony trekking, hitching etc.  Studied history and archaeology. 

Sharon, if you haven't read it, you might enjoy Elizabeth Duncan's Penny Brannigan series. Although Duncan's Canadian she really gets the feel of Wales. Her main character, Penny, is a Canadian expat but drawn very true to life. Of course, she would be as Duncan herself is Canadian. (I've lived in Canada, too.)

Thanks very much. I will have a look!

I loved Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes.  A delightful, humourous story of three people who attend an academy to learn how to murder (delete) their employer.  I would never have dreamed of half the ways that were presented.  Of the three atendees, I liked Cliff's story the best.  

Max Allen Collins' Flying Blind. Still curious as to what really happened to Amelia Earhart, but I suspect all the books in the world on the subject won't give a full and/or true account.

rereading Sofie Ryan's No Escape Claws. Great series, love it.

Reading No Graves As Yet (World War I, Bk 1) by Anne Perry, one of my favorite authors.

Rereading Elizabeth Duncan's A Killer's Christmas in Wales in hopes the snow storms of the novel will cool me during today's heatwave.

Moving on to the next in the series, A Small Hill to Die On.

I'm plowing my way through Elizabeth Duncan's Penny Brannigan series. Just finished Never Laugh as a Hearse Goes By and have just started Slated for Death.

No PBS twice in a few days---leaves more time to read. I'm now on to Murder on the Hour.

Moving on to Murder is for Keeps.

Now it's The Marmalade Murders. I have the whole series, only 2 more to go.

Took time out for a non-mystery read and now onto Remembering the Dead, the 2nd last book in the series.

After times out for other reads, I'm finally on the last of the Penny Brannigan series: On Deadly Tides.

After a hiatus from reading of almost 5 years, I got back into reading this past summer. I've been binging on a number of favorite authors - Linda Castillo, Daniel Silva, Robert Crais, John Sandford, Kate Ellis, et al. Am I the only mystery reader who's not into cozies?

Welcome back to reading Mary

No, Mary, you are not the only one not into cozies.  I haven't read one in ages.  I choose vintage mysteries and historical fiction mysteries.  Not many modern authors seem interesting to me either.   All of us choose what gives us pleasure and what works for one may not be the choice for another.

Recently read:
Twisted Prey by John Sandford
A Soul to Take by C.N. Bean
The Girl in the Woods by Gregg Olsen
The Wheat Field by Steve Thayer
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
Outsider by Linda Castillo

Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich. "I took a bag of chocolate chip cookies out of the freezer and ate one. You were supposed to bake them first, but that seemed like unnecessary effort." I so identify with Stephanie Plum!

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. A true crime book. Only the names have been changed to keep the author from being sued. The murder doesn't take place until 200 pages in, but the lead-up descriptions of colorful Savannahian characters and life really draw the reader in.

Now reading The Black Angel by John Connolly. An appropos book to read for Halloween.

I like cozies and Historical mysteries the best. I read a few thrillers but I don't like the really gory ones.

Currently, I am reading Edinbugh Midnight by Carole Lawrence. Set in 1880 Scotland. It is book 3 of the series. Very good series well written. I hope Ms. Lawrence writes another one in this series.

Sand Creek by D.W. Linden - A former rodeo star with an alcohol problem is now a deputy sheriff in Colorado. A serial killer is leaving the mutilated bodies of blonde white women at sites of historical atrocities perpetrated against Indians. Not as explicit as that sounds. 

Double Homicide by Faye and Jonathan Kellerman - Two stories in one book. The first set in Boston involving a shooting in a bar following a college basketball game. The second set in Santa Fe, where an art dealer that no one liked was bludgeoned to death. A lot of attention to character development in both stories.

Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron - In this installment, Judge Deborah Knott is staying in NYC. She returns to her room and notices a draft coming from the french doors leading to the balcony. The door won't close because there's a foot in the way. The foot, unfortunately, is attached to a dead body. 

The Skull Beneath the Skin by P D James -Cordelia has been barely scraping by as sole proprietor of a detective agency left to her after the death of her mentor and partner in the agency. Most of her clients have hired her to locate lost pets. Then a man engages her to assume the role of secretary-companion to his wife. The wife is an actress who's been receiving letters, each consisting of a quote about death/murder from a classic play, each decorated with a drawing of coffin or skull. The stress is affecting her ability to perform. The characters are exceptionally well drawn, the plot intricate, the writing style literate. Agatha Christie would have appreciated this book.

Just finished The Watchman by Robert Crais. It's part of the Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series, most of which feature Elvis, a private investigator, as the main character with Joe was his backup. This one has Joe playing bodyguard to a wild young woman who, following a car accident, agrees to testify as a witness for the feds. Crais is also the author of a number of good standalone books, including Demolition Angel, which features a female member of the bomb squad, and Hostage, which was made into a movie starring Bruce Willis.