The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Currently reading the ottoman secret by Raymond Khoury and very good so far

finished Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - 4/5

currently reading The Arrangement

Just finished...



An immersing, satisfying, WW2 SOE adventure in which I cared about the cast of characters. It had good plotting, with an ending I didn’t see coming, and kept me up late, lately, with the bedside lamp on.

Starting The House of Brides by Jane Cockram after finishing Edisto Tidings by C. Hope Clark. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

I got a wee bit sidetracked as far as mysteries and crime novels and have spent time elsewhere in other genres, but I'm getting back on track again with Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts (1924). After everything I've been reading, this book seems sort of mundane at the moment. I'll get over it.

I finished reading Undone by Karin Slaughter

Movie Cat Garrison Allen

In this cozy mystery, a book store owner/amateur sleuth (and her cat) help investigate the killing of a movie director.

Fun story. 3 stars

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

Started what I think is a reread, Dead Man's Ransom.

Dirty Sally by Michael Simon

Austin, 1988. Dan Reles is the only Jew on the Austin PD. Gets involved in a nasty murder which leads to more murders and corruption in high places. Simon's style reminded me a bit of James Ellroy.

This book is an unputdownable thriller set in the world of musical theatre, told from the point of view of four very competitive mothers of talented young daughters.

I just enjoyed a welcome visit to Three Pines where Louise Penny shows us the Montreal art world and Clara's unique talent - or is it just A Trick of the Light? I love these people, especially Clara, (and I never liked the victim anyway).
4.5~5★ Link to my "Trick of the Light" review

I just finish Trapped by Kevin Hearne and started The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

Finish read these
The House Next Door by James Patterson I loved this one alot i am really into his short stories and this one was very good!

The First Lady by James Patterson This book was just way to boring not one of my favs I just find this storyline just stupid.

Paranoid by Lisa Jackson I so couldnt put this down! Glad my library finally got it in!

The Blackstone Chronicles by John Saul Yes this is a reread I loved this book so much that I wanted to reread it for Halloween. Still One my favs from him

Help for the Haunted by John Searles Another book i wanted to read for halloween because of ghost stories but this book i found was very boring and not good at all dont know if i ever read anything from this person again since i was let down with this book

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie A reread wanted try to get her books a reread next i will started on her Hercule Poirot & Miss Marple

And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin My aunt bought me this book for my birthday and i finally had time to read it but i was let down with this book it wasnt as good as i hope it would been. Glad she didnt spend alot of money on it since she got it at a 2nd hand store

The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan It was an okay of a book but not as good as her What She Knew book was


Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus I am not into very many Young Adult mysteries but I have to say this one was very good! I wanted to read her other one Called One Of Us is lieing next when my library gets it back in.

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda I liked it but Not as good as her The Perfect Stranger was

From Cradle to Grave by Patricia MacDonald Kinda of a boring book i was let down with this one alot

Going started on these next

started reading Absolute Power

finished The Arrangement - 3/5 it was predictable and for me it read more like a drama than a mystery or suspense but i did enjoy the journey

I've been reading A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Finished Night Fire by Connelly. Going off-genre with Pride and Prejudice

Finished The Nanny , which I won in a Goodreads Giveaway. Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Jean wrote: "Finished The Nanny, which I won in a Goodreads Giveaway. Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

hoping my library gets this in soon i so want to read it

Reading Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta. Pride and Prejudice went back to the pause list - again.

Love P&P but no book is for everyone.

I finished my 97th book

Shannon I read those books called Lies by T.M. Logan and Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle and The House Next Door by James Patterson

I finished The Institute, nice book, even not in the classical King's style.
Today I started A Head Full of Ghosts, so far an intriguing book, maybe with a supernatural background, but I'm not sure.

verona

That Night by Chevy Stevens

A rebellious teenage girl is convicted of killing her sister, though she insists she's innocent. This book is a sort of combination YA novel and adult drama.

I didn't love the book can I can see its appeal to other readers. 3 stars

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

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Love P&P but no book is for everyone."

I feel I am missing something. Actually, I think the issue for me is the language. It's rhythm. I have this problem with most books written in 1800s to early early 1900s. I have always struggled reading the "classics". But I do persevere. :)

Gretchen wrote: "Reading Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta. Pride and Prejudice went back to the pause list - again."

The bad guys in this book are soooo awful. I get anxiety :)

Just finished ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Starting

Recently finished The Red Dahlia, the second in Lynda La Plante's Detective Anna Travis series and The Mugger, the second in Ed Mcbain's 87th Precinct series. I'm looking forward to reading the third in each of these series.

Starting Deadly Harm: a gripping domestic noir thriller by Owen Mullen after finishing an excellent debut psychological suspense novel, The House of Brides by Jane Cockram. My spoiler free review can be found at https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I’m currently reading The Good People by Hannah Kent. I’m only 15 pages in. I enjoyed her book Burial Rites, and have heard great things about this one.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Patty wrote: "I’m currently reading The Good People by Hannah Kent. I’m only 15 pages in. I enjoyed her book Burial Rites, and have heard great things about this one.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

I enjoyed that one, Patty. The Good People were anything but good!

I just enjoyed Aussie author Toni Jordan's new novel, The Fragments. Double timeline: 1930s New York, 1986 Brisbane. Both believable and both well done!
4★ Link to my review of The Fragments

Tail Gait by Rita Mae Brown

A history professor is murdered and Harry Harristeen and her 'talking pets' investigate. During the story, we get lots of snippets from the past....about British prisoners of war during the American Revolution.

The book is okay, but it seems more like history than mystery. 2 stars

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

I'm currently listening to the audio book version of The Dry. I really didn't know what to expect. Having listened to almost half the book. It's pretty good. It is somewhat similar to Tana French and Gillian Flynn's books.

Finished Those who Wish me Dead by Michael Koryta. Reading What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan.

Reshteen wrote: "I'm currently listening to the audio book version of The Dry. I really didn't know what to expect. Having listened to almost half the book. It's pretty good. It is somewhat similar to Tana French a..."

Reminded me of French too though French is undoubtedly the better writer while Harper's plots were more compact than French's.

Dead Lions by Mick Herron

Chapter 2 of the adventures of the Slow Horses (incompetent spies set aside to do busy-work) from the book of the same name. This is a grade-A spy thriller--funny, smart, and very exciting. Hint--not all the slow horses are completely slow. I enjoyed every page.

Echo Park

New Reacher book out, Blue Moon by Lee Child. Started reading this morning. Will go back to What She Knew when finished with Blue Moon.

I finished my 98th book

finished Absolute Power - 5/5!!!

started The Chalk Man

Currently reading The Good People by Hannah Kent.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Currently reading when darkness calls by Mark Griffin

Galway Girl my review,
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2
my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Berezina Not a mystery, but a travel/history recreation of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. my review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Triple Jeopardy by Anne Perry

In this spinoff from Anne Perry's popular 'Detective Thomas Pitt' series, Pitt's son is all grown up and taking center stage in his own novels.
In this second book in the 'Daniel Pitt' series, set in the early 1900s, Thomas's son Daniel - a fledgling attorney at the London law firm of Marcus fford Croft - defends a man accused of embezzling. The book can be read as a standalone.

Interesting mystery. 3 stars

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

Christine wrote: "I finished my 98th book"

You have a reward in mind when you get to 100 Christine? 😊

Just finished the five star Deadly Harm by Owen Mullen My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

Next up is The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Byler Younts