I love a great mystery, and I lay the blame squarely at the feet of the very talented Dame Agatha Christie. I picked up 'Hickory Dickory Death' when I was very young - eight or nine - and was instantly hooked. My friends read the Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden series: I followed Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot through the English countryside and watched in amazement as they put clues together and 'outed' the killer.
I devoured every book she wrote, some several times, and then moved onto writers such as PD James and Elizabeth Peters. I got hooked on Judith Cutler and Val McDermid. And Ian Rankin. And the ever fabulous Louise Penny. My favorite type of mystery, though, remains the quintessential 'cozy', a la Christie's venerable style.
How about you?
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