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What are you reading?
I just finished: 
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I started reading:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
currently reading 'The Shape of Snakes' by Minette Walters.rather an odd story about an old 'crime that might not be a crime'
not sure I like it or not as yet
Listening: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
Like it until now, but only listened some 2 hours.
Like it until now, but only listened some 2 hours.
I finished: 
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Mystery & Detective by Arthur Conan Doyle
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I started reading:
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
Currently reading the first in an historical mystery series that takes place in 1930's Kansas: Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery by Laurie Loewenstein. It's a strong debut.
Bloodhounds
#3 in the series by Peter Lovesey and
by Giles Blunt, also #3 in series.Also reading
not Woodward's best writing but the subject makes me sick and yes fills me with fear for the United States.
I finished:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading
, Five Little Pigs, by
Agatha ChristieMy Review
I am reading
, Her Last Breath, by
Linda Castillo
Just finished
At first I didn't know if I wanted to read this book as it was about a son killed in an accident by a intoxicated driver. After 75 pages I got into it as it moves thru deep psychological changes within the family to feeling internal changes from guilt and fears. An unusual book. 4****
Evan Smoak is still answering his phone and asking the desperate callers "Do you need my help?" Well, duh! Of course, that's why were given the secret number of The Nowhere Man! This is #2 in Gregg Hurwitz's action-packed Orphan X series.
4★ My review
Started reading I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
I finished: 
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I started reading:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
In the Galway Silence by Ken Bruen - I read the first half in one sitting - after finishing
Perfect Bones by A.J. Waines. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... , and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Finished
Always good to get to my favourite type of book, action thriller.
My loyalties are with a group of authors which I always know I will get an action packed book and of course Tim Tigner is one of these, an action man and former Special Forces man and now an established action author joining my favourites, Ben Coes, Tom Wood, Simon Kernick, Mark Dawson, David Baldacci, Lee Child, Nelson DeMille, Vince Flynn, Mark Greaney, Daniel Silva, Brad Taylor, Emlyn Rees and Brad Thor.
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT SENT HIM...
The Russian president caught him...
The free world is counting on him...
But he doesn't remember.
Former CIA agent Kyle Achilles is still coming to grips with the deaths of his parents and beloved older brother by the Russians, who framed him for their murders (read Pushing Brilliance for this story). He's also struggling with his deepening feelings for Katya, his dead brother's fiancée. They both feel the attraction, but know they each need to deal with their grief before deciding whether they belong together.
He is an accomplished operative who was recruited by the CIA after excelling in the Olympics for his exceptional skills. Now working for himself he specialises in clandestine missions; and in this case, he is called for such a mission for the President of the U.S.
International destinations from Hawaii, Seattle, Russia, Switzerland, Florida, full of enormous twists and turns, filled with some great characters, and a very full plot which is thrilling, action packed
Now on to next book, which I believe reads best if you have read Chasing Ivan, Tim Tigner first book, a novella that introduces the reader to Achilles.
Four stars. Enjoy
Starting
Sean wrote: "FinishedAlways good to get to my favourite type of book, action thriller.
My loyalties are with a group of authors which I always know I will get an acti..."
Have you read anything by Alex Berenson? He's very similar to the authors on your list.
Just finished
. Not my kind of book 1*Just started
I love the John Rain series and I've read at least 4 of the first ones. Now in this it takes us back to when he is first learning his TRADE and meeting those who train him, etc. if you yearn for justice in this world, this is a book for you (any Reacher book will do also!🤓)
I recently finished reading The Fire Witness: Joona Linna Series: #3 by Lars Kepler. I've really been enjoying this Scandinavian crime series!Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
That's one of my favorite Christies, Marwan!
I also recently finished reading The Darkness: A Thriller
by Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson. I thoroughly enjoyed it!Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished two more: 
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Rating: 1 star
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading
, Not Quite Dead Enough, by
Rex StoutMy Review
I am starting
, Banker, by
Dick Francis
I finished: 
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 edited by Elizabeth George
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Witch Elm , a character driven slow burning why-dun-it. French is good. Rating 4/5My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished "Before I Burn" by Gaute Heivoll.Read my review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I worked hard on it! Hope you like it!
I recently finished reading His Perfect Wife
by Natasha Bell. A great choice for a women's book group!My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Rest Ye Murdered Gentleman by Vicky Delany
Just finished
Murder in the Dark by Simon R. Green a quick but rewarding and entertaining read. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just missed the group read of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, but I knew I wanted to read it anyway. Overall, I enjoyed it (if one can be said to enjoy WW2 in France), but with a few niggles.
4★ My review
Just finished
The Woman Who Kept Everything by Jane Gilley. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...About to start
Broken Ground by Val McDermid
My review 
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie - 4 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review
Ordeal By Innocence by Agatha Christie - 4 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have just started
The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd after finishing the wonderful
Transcription by Kate Atkinson. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
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But I bought your book on kindle, let's see if it's good. Don't know if this was your intention, but it worked, got me curious.