Comments on: Classic Mystery Books… the Authors

By: shirley

shirley — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:48:53 +0000

Val: go to your public library……….usually thats where I look.

Then I go to AMAZON………if not there………..don't know….grin.

By: Val

Val — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:50:28 +0000

I love your site so much and find it really helpful when looking for books. Can anyone tell me why I can't find any of Donna Andrew's books? They sound delightful.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:11:06 +0000

Thanks, Carin, Elizabeth Daly does indeed sound like a great addition to this list!

By: Carin

Carin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:15:26 +0000

I would recommend Elizabeth Daly. Her Henry Gamadge books are awesome and it does not hurt that she was Agatha Christie's favorite America author.

By: Ram

Ram — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:52:48 +0000

S. S. Van Dine,
A.E.W. Mason,
Anthony Berkely.

I remember reading their works long time ago, and I still feel the atmospheres they created.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:46:16 +0000

Thanks for bringing Ian Rankin (with his John Rebus – Edinburgh series) to our attention!

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:44:54 +0000

I believe it would be good to include Ian Rankin to this list of books. I'm ready to get the new one as fast as I can. They are,of course, about the steadily dedicated and never wavier from what he sees as right policeman, and therefore not too popular with the folks on the top. We are all rebels in our hearts and he does for us what many fear to do.

By: Danna - cozy mystery list

Danna - cozy mystery list — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:06:36 +0000

What timing!
We just finished watching The Woman in White. I haven't read either of the books, but loved the "movies."

By: paula

paula — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:57:12 +0000

Wilkie Collins ….. his novel "The Moonstone" is considered, by some, to be the first detective novel. Inspector Cuff is said to be based loosely on a real detective, Jonathan Whicher. (Read about the true Victorian crime: "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" by Kate Summerscale.) Collins' other famous "mystery" novel is "The Woman in White". Both true classics!!!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:59:09 +0000

One of my favorite writers died on New Year's Eve 2008 – Donald Westlake. I will miss his wit and wonderful plots. John Dortmunder and his gang are treasures.