JM> I have most of the non-Brother C books now, thanks to a friend who
JM> makes regular trips to England and usually brings back a dozen books
JM> for me each time.  I think there was just *one* of the mysteries he
JM> couldn't find on this trip.  It's hard to tell because we were
JM> cobbling together a list from info here (your list, I believe it
JM> was, and if so, I thank you again), the library computer, and the
JM> books listed in the front of all the other books we had in hand.
Now that's a good source. I haven't been as maniacal about the Peters
books as I have about Upfield and Wentworth, but I did manage to get
some of the less common ones by way of a dealer who makes regular trips
to England.
JM> Collected Stories of Ngaio Marsh' but the new edition takes the
JM> title from the essay about Alleyn.  So there's one I found (actually
JM> my husband spotted it for me) after I thought I had run out.
Oooh. I don't have that one! Of course I've never been as fond of short
stories as I am of full length novels, so that's a factor.
JM> For some reason, I still haven't gotten into Crispin and Allingham.
JM>  Tried Allingham after the Peter D. adaptations on MYSTERY (nice to
JM> see him getting to do something besides Doctor Who and Tristan), but
JM> it didn't click.
I got into those a long time ago. Not sure if they would click the same
way now. Crispin I gobbled up too fast.
JM>  >  There's
JM>  > always Ray Harrison, of course, and there are still a few
JM>  > Wentworths
JM>  > left to find, maybe an Innes or two, and Hazel Holt is still
JM>  > writing.
JM> Any recommendations?  I still haven't tried Wentworth, and am only
JM> vaguely aware of the others.
Go for one of the earlier Wentworths like Red Stefan or _Run!_ They're
very different from the Miss Silvers.  Miss Silver is wonderful but may
not be to your taste.  The earlier ones are classic romantic adventure
mysteries, with no series characters.  Ray Harrison does a series with
Sgt.Bragg and Constable Morton.  The time period and mood is much like
Sgt.Cribb.  Hazel Holt writes a series with Mrs.Mallory.  The character
writes scholarly stuff about English literature but is a likeable person
none the less.  If you like Sayers, you'll enjoy the references in The
Cruellest Month, where she's studying in the Bodleian and staying with
friends in Oxford.  I;m reading them in order, but I'm not convinced
it's necessary.  I only read Innes' Appleby series.  I didn't care for
the Honeybath stories.  Some of the Applebys are a lot funnier than
others.  Appleby's End is a wild romp, as is Sheiks and Adders.
... McGovern's Law: "The longer the title, the less important the job."
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