So I made a thing

[thisbluespirit]

... mainly because I never can quite stop myself, even when I remind myself how many comms I already have:

mystery_mansion



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It is a comm for all things mystery, crime and detective-related! News, reviews, discussion, links, promotions, fests, fanworks of all kinds etc. etc. You know the drill. (Fictionally speaking, whether TV, book or other.)

I wondered if there was one when I wrote my Daisy Dalrymple ficlet and went looking, and found that, technically yes, but not only had it not been updated in 4 years, it had rules that didn't make it clear what it did and didn't cover, so I decided to take matters into my own hands and make a (hopefully) more general and open one anyway.

I will promote it presently. In the meantime you can feel free to join, and also please tell me obvious authors/detectives/shows I left off the profile (although I can't have them all). Also above is a handy banner for promoting in your own journals and communities (as appropriate).

If anyone is interesting in co-modding, that would be great.


Also there is a new prompt up at b7friday! It is the inevitable spooky one, but spooky is good, right?

Comments

[evelyn_b]

Oh my goodness! :D

[scripsi]

Nice!

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks!

[thisbluespirit]

:-D

[hyarrowen]

Have joined! I'm just embarking in an Agatha Christie re-read - it'll be interesting to see how far I get!

(Also, Endeavour?)

[evelyn_b]

I'll look forward to seeing you around! I'm up to 1937 in my Agatha Christie re-read, and so far have no regrets!

[hyarrowen]

I hadn't thought of doing a chronological read - that's a really good idea! For some reason I grabbed "The Pale Horse" off the library shelf, and a 1960's Christie just feels a bit... odd. Time for a re-think!

[evelyn_b]

Chronological has been good for me because it's easier not to miss anything - plus I tell myself that I can track themes and see how Christie develops over the decades, though in real life I probably won't pay that much attention.

I really liked some of the sad, creepy, twilight 60s books like Halloween Party - and Third Girl, where Poirot has a crisis because the young woman thought he was too old to understand her problems. Poirot was a good choice for immortality, because he's basically equally out of place in all time periods. <3

(I know technically he dies in his last book, but that's a technicality).

[thisbluespirit]

I added Endeavour in! :-)

Good luck with the re-read.

[liadt]

Cool! Have signed up:)

[thisbluespirit]

Also cool! :-D

[jaxomsride2]

I have joined up!

You have a number of missing detectives: Castle, Murdoch Mysteries, Max Carrados, John Silence, Martin Hewitt.

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! I have added some of those now. (The profile can't have everything, but I do want a fair mix of the better known/significant ones, so that's very helpful.)

[dimity_blue]

I've joined!

[thisbluespirit]

Yay!

[acciochocolate]

This comm is welcomed!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thanks!