In May we will be reading a detective novel.
Please post your nominations in this thread by March 31st.
Ficciones by Borges
No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe
The body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The White Lioness by Henning Mankell
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Crying of Lot 49
In May we will be reading a detective novel.
Please post your nominations in this thread by March 31st.
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At first i thought on Edgar Alan Poe who is considered the inventor of detective- fiction genre.His short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" has been recognized to be the first detective story.
I liked ""The Black Cat" ;there are other stories by Edgar Alan Poe you can take in consideration.
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Have we read Umberto Ecos' "The Name of the Rose" here?
I am sorry, because I haven't paid a lot of attention and I am not sure whether we have read it or not, but if not but I think that it qualifies. So I'll nominate it.
If we have then I'll defend myself that my brain is not working properly at the moment.
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Ficciones by Borges. Well, some of the stories in the collection are detective stories. What are the rules about that?
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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett. Hammett probably started the tough guy detective type.
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Nice! I've been trying to read this one for quit some time.
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I have to go with
The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe
I have not red that one yet. I always put it off becaue it is one of his longer stories.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Would you like to nominate one?
Nominations so far:
1. Ficciones by Borges
2. No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
3. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
4. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5. The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe
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Agatha Christie, so many to choose from but....
And then there were none (1939)- Agatha Christie
I nominate Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco.
Though, it would be interesting if someone nominated The Crying of Lot 49.
Ooh Foucault's Pendulum when be good. I am currently in the process of reading that one
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Nominations so far:
1. Ficciones by Borges
2. No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
3. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
4. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5. The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe[/QUOTE]
6. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie[/QUOTE]
7. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
I would like to remind that this is not a crime genre reading but specifically detectives; so, if there are any books that would not fit into this category, please let us know.
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Please may I nominate an Inspector Wallander book by Henning Mankell, The White Lioness? I do not read Swedish so I don't know how accurate the translation by Laurie Thompson is, but it reads smoothly in English.
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