OT: Mysteries - easy read & animals/vet stuff

I like the Daisy Dalrymple series by Carola Dunn. They take place in England in the 1920s & are not too serious. I also just discovered a new series by Kasey Michaels. The main character, Maggie Kelly, lives in New York and writes pre-victorian mysteries. ln the first book, Maggie Needs an Alibi, her two main characters suddenly show up in her apartment and "help" her solve a mystery. It's not Pulitzer Prize winning literature, but the first one was fun enough that I brought the second home with me today and have reserved the third and fourth from the library. Nothing quite like having a tall, dark and handsome (Clint Eastwoods cheeks, Val Kilmer's smile, etc), rather stuffy aristocrat show up with his sidekick and take up residence in your apartment. I don't usually read modern stories, except for the MC Beaton ones, but I stray once in a while if the books have enough of an "escape factor" in them. If I want real life, I'll read the newspaper. :-)) Liz from Humbug

Yes :) I've read some of these, very good :) Thanks EG

Yes - those are good and if you like all things Holmes, try "Holmes on the Range" about a couple of cowboys that emulate Holmes and Watson. Too bad Solar Pons is out of print. Those were a hoot.

Cheryl

I once checked out a JE audiobook and listened to about 20 minutes and couldn't *stand* it! It was the reader that I didn't like. (I haven't read any JE, although I understand they're supposed to be terrific.) It was the "fake" NJ accent that did me in. Being a former "Jersey girl" myself, I hear the real thing all the time when talking to family.

Sue

Maisie Dobbs is a good character too -- the writer is Jacqueline Winspear.

I liked the first reader better than the one she uses now -- the first one was Lori Petty.