A Good Thriller discussion

Finished Kathy by T.L. Haddix. Not really my cup of tea. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my first Lisa See, not a thriller but beautifully written! The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

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Finished In the Clearing by Robert Dugoni https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished The Girl in the Garden by Melanie Wallace

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Just finished The Trapped Girl by Robert Dugoni which I enjoyed far more than the previous book in the series. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just finished , another great thriller from this talented author, review to follow

Finished The Last Child by John Hart

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Finished a delightful read Snapshots from My Uneventful Life by David I. Aboulafia https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Good read but would recommend reading other books in the series first.



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Finished The Unseeing

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Finished Stasi Wolf

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Thanks to Bookouture, Carol Wyer and Netgalley, for a ARC digital copy; it was my pleasure to write an honest review on the nail biting, gripping and tense thriller.

Bookouture you have found a great author here, I loved this book.

Another great female Detective Inspector character that I will have to follow.

Detective Robyn Carter, returning to the police force after a series of personal tragedies, dives into several investigations; a husband has gone missing and a man turns up murdered. Once she begins her investigations, she sees a link between these men. As she digs deeper and deeper, her investigation leads her to housewife Abigail and her family. How is she connected to these victims and why is she receiving threatening messages; there are secrets and someone wants those secrets told. When Abigail’s daughter is abducted, the race is on to find the perpetrator in time…

The author does such a great job with keeping the pace, tension and story so well, with as mentioned before a collection of great characters, good and bad. I had no glue to the guilty character/characters and kept changing my mind.

The story picks up to a rollercoaster pace for the last 30% -40 % of the book, and the race is on for Detective Inspector Carter and her team.

A fantastic book that I can recommend to everyone. A clear five stars.

This author will be one I look for her next book alongside great police thrillers from Angela Marsons, Sharon Bolton, Casey Hill, Mel Sherratt and Robert Bryndza ... to name a few.

Just finished Face Value by Roger Ormerod an engrossing English murder mystery that stretched my little grey cells! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Okay, so I haven't been to the NetGalley website for quite awhile. I downloaded a read now book after receiving an email about it. My trouble? The layout has changed on the website. I always immediately moved the book to my reading list immediately after downloading it so it didn't get archived before downloaded. Unfortunately...I am no longer able to figure out how to do this. The book shows on my shelf with a feedback button after it. The choices on the top of the page are Start Reading, Give Feedback, Feedback Sent, Not Active. Help?

As long as you've downloaded the book to your reading device, it doesn't really make much difference which shelf your book is on. Once you've read it, just search out the book again, you can always use the search feature, it'll bring up your book and you're able to give feedback. I don't take much notice of shelves. And those older than 3 months get automatically moved.

Just finished Worse Than Death by Jean Bedford an Australian author. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Janet wrote: "As long as you've downloaded the book to your reading device, it doesn't really make much difference which shelf your book is on. Once you've read it, just search out the book again, you can always..."

Thanks Janet, I was just worried that something would be archived before I moved it. Some people have made the mistake of not downloading their books then once automatically archived could not download them.

Scary & smart grit-lit

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Just finished an awesome read Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia 5 very brilliant stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of The Sound of Rain

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Finished All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda a few days ago and have been chewing over how to write my review... so here it is! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Rush of Blood

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Thank You To Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an ARC copy for an honest review.

June 1980: 17-year-old Kelly Lund is jailed for killing Hollywood film director, John McFadden

Thirty years later, Kelly is a free woman. Yet speculation still swirls over what really happened that night.

And when her father-in law, and close friend of McFadden is found dead - shot through the head at point-blank range - there can only be one suspect.

But this time Kelly has some high-profile friends who believe she's innocent of both crimes.

There are a lot of twists in the story, some easier to figure out than others. To be honest, there weren't really any big surprises in the story, but that didn't make the book less interesting to read. On the contrary, it was satisfying to be able to figure things out before it happened, to have once suspicious proven right. It's like a jigsaw and all the pieces are falling into place. I enjoyed the fact that the story took place in Hollywood among actors and directors, I am sure a world, full of the razzmatazz and glitter and fame but are there people with dark secrets...

Reasons for three star...1980 flashbacks, were a little too heavy going, many characters to follow which 1980 and 2010.

The 2010 story was much more interesting. Pace was too slow and heavy, characters not always believable, no great shocks that I had not guessed. A rather long and slow start to the book.

An okay book for me

Finished Don't Look Behind You

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Just finished Blackwater by James Henry, a very ordinary read. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Right Behind You
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Just finished Sticks and Stones by Michael Hiebert. Not one I will be recommending. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Doll House

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Just finished a very good and slightly different take of a golden age detective story The 12.30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Croftshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Was a little disappointed with the last book so I'm happy to say this one is better.

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My review of The Caller by Chris Carter 4★

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Finished The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver a few days back. Scary book, in the fact that it quite conceivably could happen...... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished and , both very good, my reviews are here on Goodreads :)

The Girl Who Was Taken
Liked it even better than
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June 1, 2016 – Finished Reading
Review
I Recommend This Book - STRONGLY

Thank you NetGallery for the opportunity to read John Connolly's new Charlie Parker novel. I have read all of the series and anyone who hasn't read them, should start immediately.
This is a follow up to last year's Song of the Shadows, but it can sstand on it's own - but don't do it...start at the beginning of the series - it is excellent.
Charlie Parker, a private investigator with "special qualities" always finds himself helping someone who is in dire need and Parker is the last resort. The locale changes from Maine to West Virginia, which is a nice diversion.
Parker finds himself up against a strong force called "the cut", with ancient beginnings. Faithful companions, Angel and Louis, are present and the only thing is I want more of those two because they are so interesting and developed characters.
I loved this book and can't wait till the next one. The Charlie Parker series is the best suspense books on the market today. Definitely Recommend. (less)

Just finished The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I had high hopes for Overwatch by Matthew Betley. They were not realised. Compared to many great thrillers I have read recently, this paled in comparison, and if it could have, should have slunk away its tail between its legs.

While I am quite able to stretch my imagination when required, this was ridiculous. The plot required me to suspend all belief in reality and plausibility.

Yes there is plenty of action, but it was not enough to carry me through, and in the end I abandoned this read. I won't be reading the sequels.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster (Australia) via NetGalley for providing a digital ARC of Overwatch by Matthew Betley for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

Airship by Peter McAlan is one of those wonderful reads that, once you start, is almost impossible to put down.

It is engrossing, exciting and nerve-wracking. The plot is brilliantly clever and the characters all too human.

Former star of the RAF, Tom Saxon, is a drunk. His glory days are behind him and tragedy has all but destroyed him.

Two companies — one Anglo-American, one French — are competing to bring the airship back into the mainstream of passenger and freight transport. Yet at least one person believes that airships should never fly again. When one of the pilots is killed, Tom is proposed as his replacement.

Can Tom overcome his reliance on alcohol to complete his task? Will they identify and catch the saboteur before he scuppers the project and kills again?

Strongly recommended.

Thank you to endeavour Press via NetGalley for providing a digital ARC of Airship by Peter McAlan for review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

This was a good psychological thriller - Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre 4★

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Finished The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney

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Oh dear, I seem to be in a bit of a reading slump....this was even worse than my last read. I made it to 71% then wondered why was I was wasting my time and abandoned it. Everyone else has given it rave reviews..... Fatal Option by Chris Beakey https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

More character driven police procedural than thriller & very well written.

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Finished Where the Dead Lie
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Just finished Flight to the Sea by James Pattinson a really good read. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an ARC copy for this Jon Reznick number 3, the best in the series so far.

When an ex-Delta Forces operative dies in a car wreck in Miami, the FBI dismiss it as a tragic accident. But Jon Reznick isn’t so sure—especially when he learns that his teetotal former colleague was apparently drunk at the wheel.

Reznick’s one-man investigation quickly enters dangerous territory when it becomes clear that this was merely the first in a series of mysterious deaths. All of the victims are ex-Delta Forces, and all were involved in a top-secret Iranian hit under Reznick’s command. Retribution will not be complete until Reznick is wiped out too.

With Iran’s ruthless Quds Force hunting him down on US soil, assisted by a powerful Mexican drug cartel determined to increase its own foothold in the country, Reznick’s survival is a threat to national security. FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein is not as keen as some government officials to sacrifice him as collateral damage, but the longer Reznick runs, the more audacious his enemies become. Innocent American lives are at risk, and only Reznick’s victory—or surrender—can save them.

So why is the best ?

What makes a great action book?

Reznick is being chased by the Iranians, Reznick is chasing the Iranian's. So we have a fast paced action packed book with lots of twists and turns. Lots of rather nasty villains.

What also, to me, makes this book better is a larger role in this book for Martha Meyerstein, who we get to know better each book.

So if we have a book that is fast paced from the start, keeps that pace going and keeps the tension going as well as the action and also has nasty villains. Then we have a five star book.

The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman .

Sorry, this one wasn't for me. 3/5

Here's a link to my review
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Just finished The Silent Corner from Dean Koontz. Love Koontz, but this novel is a bit different. No Supernatural stuff...

See my review.

If you like Naval faction, Pigboats by Edward Ellsberg is well worth reading. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

John Connolly's next installment of the Charlie Parker series debuts in the US in July. I was lucky to get a preview of Game of Ghosts...Connolly is masterful and fans will not be disapponted. If you don't read the Charlie Parker series, start now!!!!