WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is a weekly Meme hosted by Mizb @ Should be Reading.

What are you currently reading?

I am reading The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell. In this book Inspector Wexford reminicises about one of his early cases as a young detective. A woman was murdered in her home and the killer is still at large. Wexford knows who the killer is but has no evidence. Will he be successful in putting the killer behind bars?


What did you recently finish reading?
I finished Double Idemnity by Cain. I saw the movie but had no clue it was based upon a book. Insurance agent Walter Huff knows what he is getting into when Mrs.Phyllis Nirdlinger asks him about Accident insurance. But he is so enamoured by Phyllis that he plans and executes the perfect crime for her. Will the police or insurance office find his role in the case? Great Book!

I also finished reading The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill published in 1892. It is considered to be the first locked room mystery. Arthur Constant is found dead in his room. Who killed him and how? All the doors and windows are locked so how did any one gain entry and kill him. I liked Zangwill's humour and his characters especially Peter Crowl, 'the plain Man' without any fads.

I also finished The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Felix serialised in 1862 and published as a book in 1865. It is considered to be the first mystery novel though there is some discussions going on about it. An insurance investigator is investigating a case where a woman probably has been murdered. The book is composed of letters, testimonies, diary entries.

I also finished Fate by Amanda Hocking. It is the second book in the series My Blood Approves. I haven't read the first one and I will not read it. Alice is in love with two vampires. She pines for Peter who seems not to care for her and Jack loves her blindly even considers her worth dying for her. Only reason she has not 'turned' is her younger brother Milo. Now to make matters worse because of an accident Milo has to turn into a Vampire. What will happen to Alice? Now I know why I don't read romances, paranormal or otherwise. This is not for me.


What do you think you'll read next?

Summer Lightning by P G Wodehouse
DeKok and Murder on blood Mountain by Baantjer.
Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is a weekly Meme hosted by Mizb @ Should be Reading.

What are you currently reading?
I am currently reading The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill published in 1892. It is considered to be the first locked room mystery. Arthur Constant is found dead in his room. Who killed him and how? All the doors and windows are locked so how did any one gain entry and kill him. I liked Zangwill's humour.
I am also reading The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell.


What did you recently finish reading?
I finished reading The Vault by Ruth Rendell.



What do you think you'll read next?

Summer Lightning by P G Wodehouse
DeKok and Murder on blood Mountain by Baantjer.
Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is a weekly Meme hosted by Mizb @ Should be Reading.

What are you currently reading?
I am currently reading The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill published in 1892. It is considered to be the first locked room mystery. Arthur Constant is found dead in his room. Who killed him and how? All the doors and windows are locked so how did any one gain entry and kill him. I liked Zangwill's humour.

I am also reading The Vault by Ruth Rendell.


What did you recently finish reading?
I finished reading The Amendment of Life by Cartherine Aird. A woman is found dead in a maze in a stately home. Who is she? Is it suicide? Did somebody murder her? If so, how? I liked Inspector Sloan, not a bit like Inspector Morse. I like Morse too.

I also finished U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton. Michael Sutton as a six year old saw two people burying a bundle. Now 21 years later he feels that the bundle is probably a girl kidnapped in the area. He approaches Kinsey to find out the truth. What will she uncover?

I also finished reading The Sorcereress of Strand by L T Meade and Robert Esutace.


What do you think you'll read next?

Summer Lightning by P G Wodehouse
DeKok and Murder on blood Mountain by Baantjer.
Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is a weekly Meme hosted by Mizb @ Should be Reading.

What are you currently reading?

I am reading U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton. I have read all her books in the Alphabet series till T is for Tresspass but not in order. I love Kinsey Millhone, 37 year old, twice divorced, Private Investigator from the fictional city of Santa Teresa. Michael Sutton as a six year old saw two people burying a bundle. Now 21 years later he feels that the bundle is probably a girl kidnapped in the area. He approaches Kinsey to find out the truth. What will she uncover?

I am also reading The Sorcereress of Strand by L T Meade and Robert Esutace.

What did you recently finish reading?

Last year I finished The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters.

What do you think you'll read next?

The Vault by Ruth Rendell
The Retribution by Val McDermid
Amendment of life by Catherine Aird

WWW: Wednesdays

I am playing WWW: Wednesdays hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading

To play along just answer the following three questions....

*What are you currently reading?
*What did you just recently finish reading?
*What do you think you'll read next?

What are you currently reading?
I just started The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters. It is Brother Cadfael's thirteenth chronicle. I read Ellis Peters Monk's-Hood which features herbologist detective Brother Cadfael before and I liked it. This story takes place in 1142.

What did you just recently finish reading?
I finished Blue Heaven by C. J. Box and the Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer. Blue Heaven is a thriller. Twelve year old Annie, and ten year old William watch an execution in the woods. The killers identify the kids and are watching their home. They have nowhere to go. How long will they survive in the woods? Where will they go? Will anybody help them? A roller coaster ride with bad cops and some good guys. A great thriller.

Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer is a mystery featuring French detective Gaston Max. A strange woman is killed in the apartment of writer Henry Leroux in London. There is a paper with the name Mr.King in her hand. Who is Mr. King? Who killed the woman? Why is Gaston Max a French detective investigating this case in London? Of Chinamen and opium dens. Didn't expect to be so caught up with the book. I even had a nightmare about a locked room and a golden dragon. A good thriller. Now I will have to read the next book in the series, Golden Scorpion.

What do you think you'll read next?
I am still planning to read Violets are Blue by James Patterson which is a sequel to Roses are Red. I am also planning to read Vault by Ruth Rendell. Vault is the latest book by Ruth Rendell featuring Inspector Wexford.

WWW: Wednesdays

I am playing WWW: Wednesdays hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading

To play along just answer the following three questions....

*What are you currently reading?
*What did you just recently finish reading?
*What do you think you'll read next?

What are you currently reading?
I am reading a thriller, Blue Heaven by C. J. Box. Twelve year old Annie, and ten year old William watch an execution in the woods. The killers identify the kids and are watching their home. They have nowhere to go. How long will they survive in the woods? Where will they go? Will anybody help them? This is the second C. J. Box book I am reading. The first was Three weeks to say goodbye, which was in Harlan Coben Stlye and I enjoyed reading it.

What did you just recently finish reading?
I finished reading Roses are Red by James Patterson. There are a series of bank robberies where the bank employees or their family are killed execution style. FBI approaches Alex Cross to help them in their investigation. Will Alex Cross catch the Mastermind? Who is the Mastermind? The novel is 306 pages long with one hundred and twenty four chapters. Almost every other page is a chapter, wonder what purpose it serves. Alex Cross is supposed to be in difficult times with his ex-girlfriend, who was kidnapped by a serial killer in one of the earlier books is not able to reconcile with her life, and his little daughter has a tumour operation. It is all so matter of fact that it is hard to feel for the guy. There is a surprise in the end, still the story is disappointing.

I also finished reading Molly Brown's Freshman Year by Nell Speed. It is an ebook available free for Kindle. It is a feel good book. Molly Brown from Kentucky goes to study in Wellington College. Her family has to sell apple orchards to send her to college. Molly is very kind-hearted, noble etc and makes friends easily. So it is her first year at college, the various activities she gets involved in and parties she attends and hosts is the crux of the story. There is some mystery too. Everybody shuns one of the sophomores. What did she do and why everybody hates her? Who is the miscreant causing mischief in college in various events? A glimpse into college life of girls a good hundred years ago?

What do you think you'll read next?
I am planning to read Violets are Blue by James Patterson which is a sequel to Roses are Red and something with a colour yellow in the title. Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell is tempting.