#MurderEveryMonday Crime fiction title with an evaluative adjective
When Kate reminded us of this week's #MurderEveryMonday theme, my first thought was for H. R. F. Keating because I had noticed a pattern in some of his books: The Bad Detective The Good Detective The Soft Detective The Rich Detective These are standalone's and I never read anything by Keating, but I'm curious about his writing. He was president of the
#MurderEveryMonday Orange Cover
For today’s #MurderEveryMonday I’m reusing an old photo of the crime fiction novel with the most orange cover I have. This is the ninth volume in the Adam Dalgliesh series and I think I like it when I read it.
To know more about the hashtag, check Kate’s blog.
To compensate the reused photo, I’m also sharing a small video about the non-fiction book “Agatha Christie A Reader’s Companion” (cover also orangey).
Wagstaff and Poole go through Christie’s works and give us context and background about her novels, but what I like the most are the descriptions of the fist editions, the dust-jackets, the size, the ads, the maps included in the books, the spines, etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pZVqvgEG_2A
#AgathaChristie #CrimeFiction #MurderEveryMonday #NonFiction #PDJames #Video
#MurderEveryMonday Orange Cover
For today's #MurderEveryMonday I'm reusing an old photo of the crime fiction novel with the most orange cover I have. This is the ninth volume in the Adam Dalgliesh series and I think I like it when I read it. To know more about the hashtag, check Kate's blog. To compensate the reused photo, I'm also sharing a small video about the non-fiction book "Agatha Christie A Reader's Companion" (cover also orangey).
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/murdereverymonday-orange-cover/
#MurderEveryMonday Crime fiction title with a word to do with intelligence
Today's #MurderEveryMonday is a crime fiction title with a word to do with intelligence. Check Kate's blog to know more. I started with "Desapareceu um Inventor" (can be translated as "An inventor disappeared" (scientist)), which the original title is "Your deal, my lovely" by Peter Cheney. Never read this one and it's one in the FBI agent Lemmy Caution series.
#MurderEveryMonday Title with a word to do with smell: Sad Cypress
For today's #MurderEveryMonday I had to share Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie - cypresses have scent. It's not very well known, but it's one of my favorite reads. I also love the David Suchet TV series' episode with Elisabeth Dermot Walsh as Elinor Carlisle. The book starts with Elinor Carlisle in court, accused of murder. We go back in time through Elinor perspective first to know the context, the second part of the book sees Poirot entering the scene, asked by his friend Doctor Peter Lord - is this a nod to Sayers' Lord Peter?
#MurderEveryMonday cover with “something a baby or child would use”
The centre of Portugal has been devastated by storms and flooding. More than a week later, we still have thousands of people without electricity. Our region didn't suffer as much as the centre, but we are all bracing ourselves for new storms in the next days. Still, I wanted to share a cover for today's #MurderEveryMonday, "cover depicting something a baby or child would use"
#MurderEveryMonday A special edition
Today's #MurderEveryMonday is a title with a word that starts with the letter Q. I'm hoping I can use the title in Portuguese for this one, because it is the perfect excuse to tell you about a special edition, that is not much known. The book chosen is The Floating Admiral, which title was translated to Portuguese as Quem Matou o Almirante?
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/murdereverymonday-a-special-edition/
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