The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Christine wrote: "I finished my 10th book"

Making good progress. 😎👍

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

In this first book in the 'Hannah Swensen' series, the baker/sleuth returns to her home town, opens a cookie bakery, meets her two long-time beaus, and investigates a couple of murders. Good debut. Lots of cookie recipes. 3 stars

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

The accidental futher adventures of a hundred year old manThe Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

Currently reading The Case of the Missing Servant.

The Last Coyote

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Currently reading The Case of the Missing Servant."

It's a light, fun series.

Just finished an Inspector Alleyn mystery, When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh and am starting one of the hard-boiled detective mysteries featuring Private eye, Lew Archer; Sleeping Beauty by Ross Macdonald.

Yes, it has a pleasant, light touch. The vocabulary at the back is very welcome.

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Yes, it has a pleasant, light touch. The vocabulary at the back is very welcome."

Very true. I'd forgotten that. The stories make me hungry sometimes.. ;)

Oh yes, I could eat the food in this book.

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Oh yes, I could eat the food in this book."

Some of my favorite series have great food; Donna Leon's Inspector Brunetti series ; Martin Walker's Bruno series....

Started Stalker by Lisa Stone

Suzanna I hope you don’t eat the food book lol and Rhian I would like that book called Stalker and aww thanks Barbara

I'm enjoying it so far Christine

Oh that’s cool Rhian

I got more books for a belated Christmas present

Christine wrote: "I got more books for a belated Christmas present"

Nice. 😎

The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver

Lincoln Rhyme, the quadriplegic forensic scientist (played by Denzel Washington in the movies) pursues a serial murderer who kills with poison tattoos. Very good mystery. 4 stars

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

Finished 'Thinking on my Feet' by Kate Humble. Great book for anyone interested in walking. I especially liked the stories of other people she interviewed during the year.

Just started 'Hard Pushed: A Midwife's Story' by Leah Hazard - ARC from Netgalley.

And because I can't read only one book at once, I am also reading The Leavenworth Case. You can certainly see what would result from it (the modern police procedural), and you can also see where it came from (the sensation novels of the 1860s, Dickens, and the American sentimental novel tradition). A very interesting read.

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "And because I can't read only one book at once, I am also reading The Leavenworth Case. You can certainly see what would result from it (the modern police procedural), and you can al..."

I found it interesting as well. Nancy has introduced me to a few interesting early mysteries.

The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly.

I finished:


His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I started reading:


Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman

I just finished listening to Chiefs... Wow! I love it! It's quite a listen since it's 17 hours long! But I really enjoy the story line and the politics and southern Georgia back in the days are portrayed and very interesting!!!!

Finished An Anonymous Girl

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

I am now reading and

I'm currently reading

I loved the Netflix series and so far I'm enjoying the book too.

I'm currently reading The Terrorists by Maj Sjöwall. Though I haven't been reading them in order, I am looking forward to finishing all the Martin Beck detective novels.

Just finished The Laughing Policeman (4 stars), The High Window (4 stars) and The Thin Man (4 stars).

I just finished Undone, the 3rd Will Trent thriller, by Karin Slaughter. Definitely the best of the 3 so far and maybe it has something to do with the introduction of Sara Linton from the Grant County series, into the mix. Excellent, if somewhat long, thriller / suspense story. I'm about to start the 13th book in the Anna Pigeon mystery series; Hard Truth by Nevada Barr.

Just finished JP Smith's excellent thriller, The Drowning

Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey

In this third book in the 'Brilliance' trilogy the threatened civil war between 'average' people and 'brilliants' with extraordinary abilities is about to start. The series ends with more of a bing than a bang (IMO)….but it's okay. 3 stars

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

Finished reading Curtains for Three

by Rex Stout

My Review

Finished Stalker by Lisa Stone 4☆ now I've started Anatomy of a scandal by Sarah Vaughan

About to start Out of the Silence by Owen Mullen after finishing The Dry Grass of August byAnna Jean Mayhew. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my WordPress page https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

I finished my 11th book

Christine wrote: "I finished my 11th book"

You're definitely on a roll.. Congrats.

Just finished FOOL ME TWICE: Confessions of a Perpetual Internet Dating Neophyte by Jules Hannaford. This book deserves wayyy more attention!! So hectic. Actually interviewing the author on my thriller book podcast, Books & Booze, shortly!Fool Me Twice: Confessions of a Perpetual Internet Dating Neophyte

Christine wrote: "I finished my 11th book"

Doing great. 🙂🌸❤

I recently had the pleasure of reading an advanced copy of Never Tell by Lisa Gardner.

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

Ambush

My review of The Break Line by James Brabazon:

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

Just finished Herbie's Game by Timothy Hallinan
This is one of the Junior Bender series that Hallinan writes. Junior is a crook who does jobs for other crooks. This series is just wonderful--suspenseful, well plotted, very funny, and extremely well written. I'm a big fan of Mr. Hallinan's work.

Just finished ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Starting

The Running Man

Monsieur Lecoq Émile Gaboriau.

Currently reading Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (non mystery/crime),

Then I'll be starting Dublin Murder Squad's 5'th book The Secret Place by Tana French I'm really looking forward to finishing this exciting series after the next one. Hopefully she continues this series.

Bond. James Bond. Need I say more? Good prequel to the famous Ian Fleming spy series.

At the request of the Fleming estate, Horowitz wrote Forever and a Day to introduce us to 007 and the woman who explains why she orders martinis "shaken, not stirred."
A solid 4★. Link to my review

The Running Man

Aww thanks Barbara and nice is right Barbara and Laura/Mystery in Minutes I put that book called Never Tell on my birthday list

Currently reading Monument to Murder by Mari Hannah. Good series, especially as it’s set in my home town here in the UK.

Just finished Ringer by Brian Wiprud
The spirit of Donald Westlake now walks the land in the writings of Brian Wiprud. Very amusing and intricately plotted crime novel in the spirit of Donald Westlake who, as you should know, was one of the absolute best. Wiprud isn't quite in that august company but he's damn close and hasn't yet generated the output that Westlake did, so he certainly could get there. This book is a lot of fun.