The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

I've just finished Edge of Disaster - A.M. Hargrove. Now I am reading book 4 of The Guardians of Vesturon series ReEmergent - A.M. Hargrove.

If i can find my annotated Shakespeare collection, i'm going to re-read Much Ado About Nothing before going to see the movie. After that, I'll go back to mystery/thrillers.

Henning Mankell's Firewall. Bloated.

Charles wrote: "Henning Mankell's Firewall. Bloated."

Is that the best one word review ever?

Renee wrote: "Charles wrote: "Henning Mankell's Firewall. Bloated."

Is that the best one word review ever?"

Well, it's better than "meh."

Well played, Stephen.

Just started a blast from the past, found at the library - Too Many Cooks, by Rex Stout.

Just started Joyland

I'm reading The Dead Shall Not Rest by Tessa Harris

Blazing through Always Watching by Chevy Stevens. She's just so good at the messing-with-the-mind stuff. And it's set on Vancouver Island--arguably one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Renee wrote: "Blazing through Always Watching by Chevy Stevens. She's just so good at the messing-with-the-mind stuff. And it's set on Vancouver Island--arguably one of the most beautiful places on earth."

Indeed it is Renee. I've lived on the Island for 12 years now and there is no other place I'd rather live. Where on the Island is it set?

Jeanie wrote: "I finished Silken Prey, Live by Night, 14 and Dead Ever After over the weekend. I'm not sure what i'll work on next. I guess i'll wait and see what the group reads are and then decide."

Did you like Silken Prey? I don't know if I've gotten tired of Davenport or if that was one of Sanford's lesser books. It just didn't grab me.

Bill wrote: "Renee wrote: "Blazing through Always Watching by Chevy Stevens. She's just so good at the messing-with-the-mind stuff. And it's set on Vancouver Island--arguably one of the most beautiful places on..."

Victoria (St. Adrian's Hospital, Fishermen's Wharf, of course, the usual suspects) as well as Shawnigan Lake. I just loved reading "Esquimalt" and knowing how to pronounce it! Happy Canada Day neighbor!

She describes our forests SO beautifully, and accurately: the trees and mud, mist and manure, the moss. Oh, the moss!

I just finished reading Coldwater by Diana Gould. I loved it! Great mystery! Dark subject (child prostitution) but so good!

I finished The Dead Shall Not Rest by Tessa Harris, a Dr. Thomas Silkstone mystery. Set in late 1700s London the book gives a good feel for the setting, though I got the impression that London was chock full of grave robbers, highwaymen thieves, con artists, and cheats of all kinds. The story was okay - Dr. Silkstone needs to find the murderer of a famous castrato (a singer castrated as a youth to maintain his soprano voice) - but the "side stories" were a little too melodramatic for me. I'd give the book 3.5 stars.

Renee wrote: "Bill wrote: "Renee wrote: "Blazing through Always Watching by Chevy Stevens. She's just so good at the messing-with-the-mind stuff. And it's set on Vancouver Island--arguably one of the most beauti..."

I'll have to check her out, Renee.

about to finish ...hmmm kinda slow, but some parts are quite interesting.

Just finished The Informationist, well paced thriller with a very strong female lead character. I'll definitely be checking out the rest of the series.

I finished and it was so good.

I just finished . It was pretty good. I could have lived without all the sex.

Reading The Last Whisper in the Dark, one of my favorite new series.

I'm just starting ...

Just finished The Heist and liked it pretty well. I thought it would be like the show White Collar and it started out that way, but then they put together a small group of people to pull off schemes for the government and it was really interesting and comical. I'm glad it was different than what I expected because it made me like it more. Now reading Second Honeymoon.

Kathryn wrote: "Just finished The Heist and liked it pretty well. I thought it would be like the show White Collar and it started out that way, but then they put together a small group of people to pull off schem..."

I can't wait to read The first was really good.

France wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Just finished The Heist and liked it pretty well. I thought it would be like the show White Collar and it started out that way, but then they put together a small group of people t..."

I just recently read the first one when I saw this one was coming out. My husband and I both liked it. I told my him he needs to be careful or I'll cooking him up some scrambled eggs . . . .

just finished reading Along came the spider by James Patterson...it was good but i thought Kiss the Girls was better.....now reading Inferno its quite good so far...its different from his other books

I am starting Catherine de Medici, three books in one, by Jean Plaidy. I imagine it will be similar to Lucretia Borgia in two. Not only does she give a view of the times and places which allows you to share and empathize from their viewpoint, she adds the qualities of conspiracy, thriller type mystery, sabotage, murder, all the elements of the time (ours is That different....sometimes I really wonder); it's anything but dry historical fact in attempted story form. It's fiction, of course, except some real basic truths come out of her perceptions of the characters. Anyhow, we'll see how it goes.

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JF: The Blue Rose by Gloria Alden The Blue Rose which I enjoyed

NR: Seconds Away by Harlan Coben Seconds Away - This is a YA, but that's not an impediment to my enjoying it

I began to read this morning and so far it's really good. :)

Starting this weekend i am going to read for the next week and half these books

I'm currently finishing The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton and just starting The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Passport To Eternity by J.G. Ballard.

I finished The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin, a Malcolm Fox mystery. Inspector Fox is a Scottish "complaint's officer (investigates police corruption). He's looking into a possible police cover-up for a fellow cop who takes advantage of women suspects. The investigation mushrooms into a much larger case involving suicides and missing money and Scottish terrorists, etc. Good book. 4 stars.

Reading Black Orchids, by Rex Stout. Much fun.

Reading Run For Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Soooooo much better than the Women's Murder Club series.

Broke my arm last week but the silver lining is all the reading you get done when you can't do anything else.
I've read Blood Orchids, Just Desserts,A Killing Karma,Wrong Time Wrong Place, and A Plunder by Pilgrims.

Donna wrote: "Broke my arm last week but the silver lining is all the reading you get done when you can't do anything else.
I've read Blood Orchids, Just Desserts,A Killing Karma,Wrong Time Wrong Place, and A P..."

hope the arm heals quickly donna- glad you're getting some reading done :)

Blood Orchids has been on my tbr a while- do you recommend it?

Rachel wrote: "Donna wrote: "Broke my arm last week but the silver lining is all the reading you get done when you can't do anything else.
I've read Blood Orchids, Just Desserts,A Killing Karma,Wrong Time Wrong ..."

Hi Rachel, yes I really enjoyed Blood Orchids. Nice description of Hawaii and a twisty complex plot. I would read more in the series.

I just finished reading The Hangman's Daughter. It is fast paced at the beginning, a good thing to draw you in to read. Somewhat drags in the middle. It is set in 1659 in Europe--mystery, witchcraft and history rolled into one.

I just finished If You Were Hereby Alafair Burke. It was one of my favorite books of the year so far! Now i'm reading The King of Liesby John Hart. About 50 pages in and i'm hooked!

Reading Visitation Street and The Black Country

Currently reading by J A Konrath. It's the first book in the Jack Daniels Mystery series.

I'm currently reading The Hangman's Daughter.

I'm reading Eye for an Eye by Ben Coes. Great summer read so far. Fast-paced, lots of action, over the top sort of fun.

Donna wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Donna wrote: "Broke my arm last week but the silver lining is all the reading you get done when you can't do anything else.
I've read Blood Orchids, Just Desserts,A Killing Karma,Wr..."

thanks donna! I would love to visit Hawaii someday but that book may be as close as I get lol.

currently reading Joyland

Reading Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain.

currently reading I like it so far only on page 150

Donna wrote: "Broke my arm last week but the silver lining is all the reading you get done when you can't do anything else.
I've read Blood Orchids, Just Desserts,A Killing Karma,Wrong Time Wrong Place, and A P..."

Sorry about the arm, but at least you found something positive. :0)

I'm reading Robert B. Parker's Killing The Blues by Michael Brandman. This is one of those books that continues a series with a new author after the original author (in this case Robert Parker) dies. In this Jesse Stone book (police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts) Jesse seems more violent and murderous than in Parker's original books...but maybe I'm not remembering correctly.

Books completed this month - Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst and Die Trying by Lee Child.
Books I hope to complete this month - Trust your eyes by Linwood Barclay, Hidden Order by Brad Thor, Bombshell by Catherine Coulter, Born to lose by James Hollock and 11/22/63 by Stephen King