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Reading Cup Of Coffee With-- by Margaret Maron. I had not started this series but enjoyed the series about Deborah Knox and wanted to compare. I do like this New York detective.
Finished The Ivory Grin by Ross Macdonald, another nice noir from one of the best in the business. Rating - 4/5My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading Vox by Christina Dalcher yesterday. Excellent read. If a little disturbing.
Never Tell by Lisa Gardner 4-StarsSolid Mystery told by three women
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Started
by Karen Rose last night.
I finished: 
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I started reading:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
RJ wrote: "I finished: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"
Enjoy The Maltese Falcon, it has become synonymous with noir both in books and movies, it might not be the best of all time but it is damn good.
I Invited Her In by Adele ParksI loved
Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain , my spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Christine wrote: "I finished my 16th book"What are you reading next Christine?
Aditya wrote: "Enjoy The Maltese Falcon, it has become synonymous with noir both in books and movies, it might not be the best of all time but it is damn good.Thanks, I'm looking forward to it. I've read some Hammett short stories but none of his novels. I saw the Humphrey Bogart movie many many years ago but don't remember much of it.
RJ wrote: "Thanks, I'm looking forward to it. I've read some Hammett short stories but none of his novels. I saw the Humphrey Bogart movie many many years ago but don't remember much of it."His novels are better, read most of his short stories their quality is all over the place. The movie followed the book closely, it is better that you don't remember the spoilers. Bogart was pretty good in the movie though, he was better as Spade than as Marlowe anyway.
Christine wrote: "
"I loved that one, Christine
Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose 4 1/2-StarsLove this Author and Series
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Force of Nature by Jane Harper, one of the best new authors in the genre, another nice atmospheric mystery form Harper. Rating - 4/5My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Crime Beat by Michael Connelly, the only unread Connelly for me, unforunately his non-fiction is too dour. I will even ask fans of the author to avoid this one. Rating - 2/5.
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm reading a cozy mystery right now -
. It's #3 in the Orchard Mystery series.
I’ve finished #3, 4, and started 5 in the Lady Darby mystery series and I am enjoying her very much.
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and the 2nd Louise Penny book
Finished reading Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
My review can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
@aditya glad to see you like Jane Harper. I think she’s “good” but I don’t think she’s great. I’m not a fan of the detective Aaron Falk but I think the author is a skilled and effective writer. I think Her first book THE DRY is better than the second FORCE OF NATURE.
MadProfessah wrote: "@aditya glad to see you like Jane Harper. I think she’s “good” but I don’t think she’s great. I’m not a fan of the detective Aaron Falk but I think the author is a skilled and effective writer. I t..."Yeah that has been my impression too. Her first book reminded me a bit of Tana French, she is not as good but still worth reading. Falk specially in the second book is very passive and could have been substituted by a completely different protagonist without any noticeable effect. But Haprer's plots are excellent and hopefully she will only get better.
MadProfessah wrote: "@aditya glad to see you like Jane Harper. I think she’s “good” but I don’t think she’s great. I’m not a fan of the detective Aaron Falk but I think the author is a skilled and effective writer. I t..."The third one, The Lost Man, is terrific!
Storytelling at its best - a new favourite! Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield is mysterious and magic.
5★ Link to my review
My review of 
Angels Flight by Michael Connelly - 5 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Patty, I’m definitely going to read “Once Upon a River” now you told what so often pulls me in. So TY.
Just finished #11 in the excellent Ruth Galloway series,
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths. This would have to be my favorite in the series so far. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...About to begin
The Promise by Teresa Driscoll
I really enjoyed both of these! This clever Czech detective has an appetite and wardrobe and disregard for protocol like Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb without the farts. Loved and understood (!) the Eastern European intrigue.Graham Brack,s first two in the series:
Lying and Dying
4.5★ My review of Lying and DyingSlaughter and Forgetting: Murder and intrigue on the streets of Prague...
4.5★ My review of Slaughter and Forgetting
Kathleen wrote: "Patty, I’m definitely going to read “Once Upon a River” now you told what so often pulls me in. So TY."Excellent!
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "The third one, The Lost Man, is terrific!"I will get to it soon.
Finished Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson, I read it because the blurb had a recommendation from Chandler but it was a disappointment, really dated crime novel about bank robbing outlaws. Rating - 2/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished: 
Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Cornell Woolrich
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And I started reading:
The Axeman by Ray Celestin
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