Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

A better month number wise, but I am way behind my usual count. Here are my November reads:

Good Reads

Strawberry Tattoo
Lauren Henderson
Sam Jones, artist and amateur sleuth, is booked for a showing of Young British Artists in a fancy Manhattan gallery and finds lots of action plus a few bodies during her eventful stay in the Big Apple. I had not read this series in years but found Sam as fun as before and enjoyed the look at the late 1990s art scene.

Trophy Hunt
C.J. Box
This is a pleasant enough series on audio though the lead character, Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett, drives me crazy sometimes. The narration by David Chandler was well done and kept me engaged with the story even when it seemed to get a bit strange.

The Green Eagle Score
Richard Stark
Parker is as cool and effective as ever and this book was just as well written and plotted as the previous entries in the series. Listened to the audio version which was ably narrated by Stephen Thorne.

Justice for the Damned
Priscilla Royal
A nicely done historical mystery. I really like the main character, Eleanor the young Prioress of Tyndale, the plot was engaging, and the historical details interesting.

Ice Cold
Tess Gerritsen
While this did not have the most plausible plot, I did enjoy the fast pace and found it very suspenseful. Listened to the audio version which was narrated by Tanya Eby who I thought did a good job.

The Procane Chronicle
Oliver Bleeck
This was another good quick read in this series that features a professional go between. In this book St. Ives is hired by a thief whose diaries, that chronicle his past jobs, have been stolen. Lots of action and a nice suspenseful ending.

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
While I am not the biggest Bruce fan, I did find this to be an interesting memoir. I enjoyed the writing style and even though it was a pretty long book I had no problems staying engaged.

OK Read

The Girl
Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz
I found this overly long with too many convoluted plot turns and side issues. The writing got bogged down and did a lot of telling instead of showing and most of the violent scenes were just frankly unbelievable. I do give high marks to the narration of the audio by Simon Vance who gave his usual great performance.

I was wondering if the Millennium series has run its course.

Barry: good point. there is a good jumping off point for another book (no spoilers) as for running it’s course; it was a circuitous route and circling around other characters rather than Lisbeth; in the end the revelations about Lisbeth’s past made up for the sidebars in my opinion.
Barry wrote: "I was wondering if the Millennium series has run its course."

Sandi: Nice month! I used to love the Lauren Henderson books- haven’t read one in a good while but I remember this one as enjoyable. I didn’t listen to Ice Cold, the print ebook version was good though took me a while to complete as I kept putting it aside.
Sandi wrote: "A better month number wise, but I am way behind my usual count. Here are my November reads:
Good Reads
Strawberry Tattoo
[author:Lauren Henderson..."

Good month Sandi

Good month! I've the Springsteen book in The Pile!

I think Joe Pickett is SUPPOSED to drive you a little crazy. At least I hope so.

Good month

I don't do any audio reads, but some of those sound interesting. I'm going to see if they can go on my to-read list. Thanks for the suggestions!

Good month, Sandi