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sekhmet1010 t1_je9c50i wrote

Which ones would you recommend i start with? I love this genre and have read almost all Agatha Christies. I have also read some Allingham and Tey, both of which i liked a lot.

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falling_fire OP t1_jea0ms1 wrote

Marsh wrote one series and I started at the beginning with "A Man Lay Dead." I thought that the second book, "Enter a Murderer," was better. But I'm a big supporter of reading series in order. By book 3-4 I was hooked.

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Amphy64 t1_jeaazut wrote

Thanks! Writing it down as one to get my mum for her birthday - it was her who gave me her Agatha Christie books to read as a child, too. She loves the French mystery writer Fred Vargas, very uniquely weird with a lot of eccentric characters, the first Three Evangelists one is probably a softer introduction than the first Adamsberg novel The Chalk Circle Man.

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FandomsGotMeHere t1_je9otx7 wrote

Yes, op please suggest which novel of hers should we read. Btw , can you please suggest some Allingham and Tey novels to read? Thank you!

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sekhmet1010 t1_je9t711 wrote

I have read 4 Tey novels and just the 1 Allingham.

So, for Tey i really liked all of them, but To Love and be Wise and The Franchise Affair were my favourites. Daughter of Time is another famous one, but i haven't read it yet. (The other two that i did read were A Schilling for Candles and Miss Pym Disposes )

The only Allingham i ever read was Hide my Eyes . I quite liked it, because you already know who the killer is right in the beginning, but it's all about when and how the story will resolve itself.

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