[Magdalen] Mysteries?

[Chad Wohlers]

Well, chiming in from ~50 miles from where Louise Penny's mysteries 
(mostly) take place:

It is indeed helpful to read them at least somewhat in order. The 
earlier ones all take place in Three Pines and Gamache is a detective in 
the Surete. Later ones have him in various roles and locations. 
Personally, I prefer the earlier ones - many of the newer ones have too 
much office politics & such, IMHO. Her latest (in paperback) is in my 
"to read" pile and takes place in Paris. Also in my pile are "The Old 
Patagonian Express" by Paul Theroux, and three Christopher Moore books. 
BTW, IMHO all clergy should read his book "Lamb".

As for female Episcopal clergy, there's one which take place in upstate 
New York (Diocese of Albany, of all places), by Julia Spencer-Fleming.

Lee is uncovering more: Michelle Blake, author, protagonist is an 
Episcopal priest in Boston. Lee hasn't read it yet.

Another she has is Cristina Sumners, author. She hasn't read that one, 
either.

You can't miss with old Agatha Christie mysteries, of course.

Up here in VT, Archer Mayor is very popular and his books are all excellent.

If you like the outdoors, Nevada Barr's books are all good - central 
character is a female NPS ranger.

And there are lots more, of course.

The Comcast cable guy was just here to replace our DSL with much faster 
cable - so far, so good! We are indeed fortunate as only ~20% of the 
households in town have access to broadband internet up here in the 
boonies of Vermont.

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chad at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA

On 7/14/2021 4:40 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> I’m taking four days off and plan no serious reading! Am going to do mysteries.  How important is it to read Louise Penny’s books in order? Also, there are a couple of series with female Episcopal priest protagonists, but I don’t remember the authors.
> Any wisdom?