Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

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Just finished: The Last Flight by Julie Clark. It was an amazing ride!
☕☕☕☕ out of 5

Now Reading: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell. It is also the August Group Read. Very excited about diving into it.

I am also reading Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter for my own local book club. Karin is also our Author of the month for the release of her latest novel coming out at the end of the month.

Now finished:

Just started:

Starting off the week with the new Sally Solari Mystery, The Fragrance of Death by Leslie Karst https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

been a rough few weeks for me book wise! i just cant find a book that i can get into. currently on Ch 3 of One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose 🤞🏼hoping i can finish this one

My Name Is Yip by Paddy Crewe is the off-beat 'memoir' of a most unusual character. Yip is like no one I've ever met (or am likely to meet), and I loved the way he told his story of early nineteenth century America.
4★ My review of My Name is Yip

Next up with week was Murder of a Mail-Order Bride by Mimi Granger https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Blood sugar, just started, so far its great

Game Of Proof and The Third Grave

I am reading The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream / Dean Jobb
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I have just started reading White Horse by Erika T. Wurth and really getting into it. 😊

I started this book yesterday so far, I'm enjoying it.

Wrapping up the week with Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Quiet American

My introduction to Graham Greene was a success. I had this on my list after reading through the George Smiley series.


My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4886505380

I have just started reading Mind Your Own Murder by Patti Larsen

Jess Kidd has taken the difficult history of the 17th century Dutch ship 'Batavia' and tied it to a contemporary Australian story through two wonderful nine-year-old children. The Night Ship is well-researched and beautifully written, with a little bit of magical realism readers should love.
4★ My review

I liked learning a bit more of DCI Vera Stanhope's background in The Woman on the Island, a short story by Ann Cleeves. Why did the daughter of a petty crim become a cop?
4★ My review

I just finished Arsenic and Adobo by Mia Manansala. I can’t recommend it. Maybe it’s because I don’t love the culinary cozy.

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This week is starting with A Dish to Die for by Lucy Burdette https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I recently finished The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley. Although I found the pacing slower than I would normally like, it was a very good book! A 4* read.

I just started I Play One on TV by Alan Orloff.

Starting Sunflower Dog: Dancing the Flathead Shuffle

*One of the best books I've read in a long while.

Light of the World by James Lee Burke. Robicheaux series has started to show its age, this 20th entry is not among Burke's best. 3/5

My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Rounding out the week with Murder on Trinity Place by Victoria Thompson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I ended up dnfing Book Lovers by Emily Henry. I read just over 200 pages, around 53% and whilst I loved the premise of two people who work in the book industry, one as an agent and the other as an editor, and the references to books, the reading of books, the love of books, I just didn't care about the characters. After 200 or so pages, I was bored.

I started Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell and I'm hooked!

Finished reading Angel Killer

by Andrew Mayne

My Review

Tears of Flames

Where the Heart Leads by Stephanie Laurens

Finished reading Portrait of an Unknown Woman

by Daniel Silva

My Review

Few of us like to be typecasted, even Dame Agatha Christie who had found early success with her mystery novels. She had additional writing desires to placate and thus the pseudonym Mary Westmacott was born.

The Rose and the Yew Tree was her psychological story of redemption.

My review -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Mick Herron's Slough House series is the perfect mix of political intrigue, action, and humour. Here the Slow Horses are up against some Bad Actors indeed. Love it!
5★ My review

Cold As Hell

Just started reading The Forbidden Place by Susanne Jansson

I'm slowly re-reading the Slough House series by Mick Herron. For fans of the television adaptation, season #2 has been approved; get a preview with the second novel.

Dead Lions #2

My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm starting out the week with Gone but not Furgotten by Cate Conte https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The current FBI stories have reminded me of the Bureau's connection with First Nations Peoples, whose treatment around the world is also much in the news.

David Grann of 'The New Yorker' wrote Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. I am still furious about this case, as I'm sure most readers would be.

5★ My review with a couple of photos

Finished:

The Rains

I have just finished six of crows so I am starting crooked kingdom

Went back to St. John with Salt Water Wounds by C. Michele Dorsey https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm reading The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson

Edge Of Dusk

I'm finishing up a Michael Connelly. I have begun trying to read them in order so the story lines flow. This one is The Brass Verdict---which is the story line for the most recent TV series. I do like these characters.

Reckoning by Catherine Coulter 5-Stars
Dual plot lines make for an action packed and intense book
My Review

Cold as Ice by Allison Brennan 🎧 5-Stars
Elise Hansen is back to muck up Sean and Lucy's lives.
My Review

JF: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell - It started off slower than I like except for the back stories from the daughter's point of view but I must say, the second half made up for it. Once everything started to unfold it did not stop until the dramatic and heartfelt conclusion.

NR: A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay

I finished I Play One On TV by Alan Orloff and I really enjoyed it.

Finished reading Child's Play

by Angela Marsons

My Review

Just read a famous, creepy old story, The Yellow Wallpaper with the Short Story Group. Very 'Twilight Zone' and good fun ... or is it?
4★ My review