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Alice Duncan Daisy Gumm series. a fake spiritualist in Pasadean, CA, USA circa post WWI. GF and I started a FB groups for her and she is a frequent contributor. Sometimes we offer pissibilities for her future adventres.
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Southern Louisiana
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Thanks. I just entered a “hold” for a download at my parish library. I decided I would start with the first book of this series. “Sworn to Silence” has an estimated wait time of 8 weeks. I’m not in any hurry. I’ll wait for a good mystery. There are other books I can read in the meantime.
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
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I looked up the Daisy Gumm books they sound like a good fit for me, my library doesn't have any of them in Audio form but Audible does and I am a prime member so can get it that way. I'll write myself a note.
For similar tastes but set in the past is the Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear, set in Britain mostly from WWI on. They say "maisie dobbs" so often in the first books it sort of got to me... Maisie is a girl who grew up in service but was able to go to school and otherwise improve her lot in life and then got involved in adventures of various sorts as a "psychologist and investigator".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisie_Dobbs
Lately I'm going through the Mary Russell/Mrs. Sherlock Holmes books by Laurie R King. I read the Beekeeper's Apprentice when it was first written, bunch of them have come out since then. There are a number of similarities between Mary and Maisie. Some have been better than others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie...lmes_mysteries
Another semi-similar series is set in San Francisco around the time of the fire/earthquake is by Shirley Tallman. The protagonist is a female lawyer. Or more specifically, the only female lawyer...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/41576-sarah-woolson
For modern female lawyers I enjoyed the Barbara Holloway books by Kate Wilhelm. Barbara is a death penalty qualified lawyer in Eugene, Oregon. Not the usual place for murder mysteries!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm
Only a few of them, but I liked the Cree Black books by Daniel Hecht. Cree is a Seattle based psychic detective, so some supernatural elements to the story. Not similar to the other books but psychic detective got in my head
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hecht
For similar tastes but set in the past is the Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear, set in Britain mostly from WWI on. They say "maisie dobbs" so often in the first books it sort of got to me... Maisie is a girl who grew up in service but was able to go to school and otherwise improve her lot in life and then got involved in adventures of various sorts as a "psychologist and investigator".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisie_Dobbs
Lately I'm going through the Mary Russell/Mrs. Sherlock Holmes books by Laurie R King. I read the Beekeeper's Apprentice when it was first written, bunch of them have come out since then. There are a number of similarities between Mary and Maisie. Some have been better than others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie...lmes_mysteries
Another semi-similar series is set in San Francisco around the time of the fire/earthquake is by Shirley Tallman. The protagonist is a female lawyer. Or more specifically, the only female lawyer...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/41576-sarah-woolson
For modern female lawyers I enjoyed the Barbara Holloway books by Kate Wilhelm. Barbara is a death penalty qualified lawyer in Eugene, Oregon. Not the usual place for murder mysteries!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm
Only a few of them, but I liked the Cree Black books by Daniel Hecht. Cree is a Seattle based psychic detective, so some supernatural elements to the story. Not similar to the other books but psychic detective got in my head
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hecht
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Quote0 Lately I'm going through the Mary Russell/Mrs. Sherlock Holmes books by Laurie R King. I read the Beekeeper's Apprentice when it was first written, bunch of them have come out since then. There are a number of similarities between Mary and Maisie. Some have been better than others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie...lmes_mysteries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie...lmes_mysteries
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Oh yes, I should have recommended those. Great fun
Let me know if you want to Join Daisy Daze.
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SE Michigan
Posts: 551
In Michigan we can search of Libraries in the state for a book. Takes about a week or 10 days for a book to arrive at my Library. When I'm finished reading, I return it to my Library and they return it to its Home Library. Perhaps Colorado has a similar exchange.
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