Let's All Introduce Ourselves!

[evelyn_b]

Welcome! We've got more than a few members in this community now, so should we have an introduction post? Whether we should or not, we've got one now.

You can introduce yourself in any way you like, but if you're like me and prefer to answer community-related questions in a series, here's a series of questions for you:

1. What's the first mystery or other crime fiction you enjoyed?

2. What's the last thing you read/watched?

3. What are you looking forward to right now?

Feel free to ignore these questions and replace them with anything else you want to talk about! It's your introduction!

Comments

[refu]

1. What's the first mystery or other crime fiction you enjoyed?
Oh dear, timeline? The first mystery books I remember were, like someone already mentioned above, those by Enid Blyton. On TV I remember Scarecrow & Mrs King, Simon & Simon and some German shows like Der Fahnder. I also remember loving several different German audio-dramas, like TKKG and Die Pizza-Bande.

2. What's the last thing you read/watched?
Crime? Does Hustle count? They are criminals... other than that, there are currently new episodes of my beloved SOKO Donau/Wien out. I haven't read a mystery novel in a while, the last one might have been a Johnny Mann ebook I picked up only for the hero's name. It was a little too brutal for me in some scenes so I'm not sure if I want to try another one.

3. What are you looking forward to right now?
When it comes to mystery, crime and detectives? Tough. The upcoming SOKO episodes. Other than that, there's nothing specific on my list. Well, I learned through this comm that there's a new Agatha Raisin book out so I'll try to hunt down the audio-version of that. I'm mostly catching reruns of old Midsomer Murders or German shows (like Ein Starkes Team) otherwise. I have no idea what new things might be coming out of the UK or US markets as I haven't been paying attention.
Well, next year is bound to bring a new Alex Delaware and a new Cooper & Fry novel, two books I'll have on preorder months before their release. Those are two series I need to get my hands on as soon as new books are released.

[evelyn_b]

the last one might have been a Johnny Mann ebook I picked up only for the hero's name.

Was the hero's name Johnny Mann, or something even better?

[refu]

It was the hero's name. I just checked, the book was "The Trophy Taker" by Lee Week.