Mysterious Pleasures cover

Mysterious Pleasures

by Martin Edwards

Contents: Margery Allingham “One Morning They’ll Hang Him” Eric Ambler “The Blood Bargain” Robert Barnard “Everybody’s Girl” Leslie Charteris “The Mystery Of The Child’s Toy” John Creasey “The Chief Witness” Lionel Davidson “Indian Rope Trick” Lindsey Davis “Something Spooky On Geophys” Colin Dexter “The Double Crossing” Dick Francis “The Gift” Antonia Fraser “The Twist” Michael Gilbert “Judith” Cyril Hare “Name Of Smith” Reginald Hill “The Game Of Dog” H R F Keating “The Hound Of The Hanging Gardens” Peter Lovesey “The Man Who Jumped For England” Ed McBain “The Interview” Val McDermid “The Consolation Blonde” Sara Paretsky “At The ‘Century Of Progress’” Ellis Peters “Guilt of Doom” Ian Rankin “Tell Me Who To Kill” Ruth Rendell “When The Wedding Was Over” Julian Symons “The Tigers Of Subtopia” Margaret Yorke “Mugs”

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?