Just discovered Dornford Yates---Barry books similar to Wodehouse, Chandos books to the Saint books

[bobbieinok]

This essay Dornford Yates and the Clubland Heroes at mysteryfile.com and the Wikipedia entry seem good introductions

Anyone here familiar with his work?

ETA---was a cousin of HHMunro (Saki), author of short story The Open Window

[abqtommy]

1. Thanks. Not familiar but it's always nice to hear recommendations from other readers.

[bobbieinok]

2. Have you read mysteries by John Dickson Carr? Margaret Duffy? Christianna Brand

Carr is an acquired taste. Some I really like. Others just so so. His book on Arthur Conan Doyle is great.

Duffy I discovered relatively recently. Like so many series books, I found the 1st one--A Murder of Crows-- great, the rest up and down.

[bobbieinok]

3. Brand book Green for Danger, a WWII mystery. I really like it

[abqtommy]

4. Nope, none of those. I stick mainly to sci-fi. Right now I'm reading A Redbird Christmas by

Fannie Flagg. Again... Go figure!

[First Speaker]

5. I read The Burning Court every few years, and really like it...

...and I love Crooked Hinge, for its outrageous ending. Carr is an old favorite, along with Ellery Queen, who's been unjustly forgotten...

[malthaussen]

6. Carr, yes. Others, no.

The Nine Wrong Answers is brilliant, IMO.

-- Mal