The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Bill wrote: "RJ wrote: "I finished:


House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Bill wrote: "RJ wrote: "I finished:


House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Love it. Alan

Georgia wrote: "Just started a Michael Bennett, detective story. Interesting as it is a little bit Blue Bloods: family life, police work, etc. Bennett is thrown into a new situation which..."

Love Patterson's novels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alan i’m a huge fan of James Patterson

I'm currently reading The Mystery of the Yellow Room and I want to know why Gaston Leroux is most famous for The Phantom of the Opera. He is a fantastic mystery writer!

Münsters Fall by Håkan Nesser

When a Swedish lottery winner is murdered - and the boss is on leave - Inspector Munster heads the investigation.....but he's a distracted fellow. 3 stars

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

About to start The Plotters by Korean author Un-Su Kim; finished 3 from 1919 (well, I finished them some time ago but just posted about them, ranking them from most annoying to least):

The Mystery of the Thirteenth Floor, by Lee Thayer

The Mystery of the Skeleton Key, by Bernard Capes

and


Ashes to Ashes, by Isabel Ostrander. When it comes to decade challenge time for 1910-1919, you might want to keep this one in mind.

Also, a final plug for Millar's The Fiend buddy read, starting today. I'll be thinking about how I want to set this up before we get rolling, but everyone is more than welcome.

Just finished March Violets by Philip Kerr
This is the first in Kerr's Bernie Gunther series. Gunther is an ex-cop private detective in Berlin, 1936. So, Nazis. Lots of atmospheric background on geography, food, social behaviors, etc. Complicated plot, very interesting but gets pretty grim towards the end. I liked it.

My review of The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor:

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

The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman

Psychologist Alex Delaware helps LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis investigate the death of a beautiful woman at a wedding reception that's being held in a former strip club. Pretty good mystery. 3 stars

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

I finished my 16th book

Sandy I think I will like that book called The Drowned Girls and I know what mean about having a mountain of unread books lol

Faith wrote: "My review of The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor:

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

I'm reading this now. Just started. 🙂

Trunk Music

Araych wrote: "Just finished March Violetsby Philip Kerr
This is the first in Kerr's Bernie Gunther series. Gunther is an ex-cop private detective in Berlin, 1936. So, Nazis. Lots ..."

That was one of my five star reads from last year. Amazing how the setting of WWII era Berlin changed everything from what would otherwise have been a relatively ordinary noir-ish mystery.

Just finished Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt
This is, I believe, number 4 in the Andy Carpenter series. Andy is a smart-alec lawyer in New Jersey, so there's a lot of humor in this series, which I like. It's an easy read and very well written.

Araych wrote: "Just finished Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt
This is, I believe, number 4 in the Andy Carpenter series. Andy is a smart-alec lawyer in New Jersey, so there's a lot o..."

I like this series also because it's amusing and fun. 😊

Finished Force of Nature by Jane Harper, one of the best new authors in the genre, another nice atmospheric mystery form Harper. Rating - 4/5

My 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...

Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George

In this entertaining mystery, two southern sisters help solve the murder of an Elvis impersonator. 3.5 stars

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

Barbara how’s that book going?

Christine wrote: "Barbara how’s that book going?"

It's going well Christine. 😊

Miss Seeton Rocks the Cradle by Hamilton Crane

Fearless, intrepid elderly Miss Seeton finds a kidnapped baby and a dead body....and helps solve a couple of crimes. Amusing mystery. 3 stars

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

Finished The Woods by Coben

My review of Black Mountain by Laird Barron:

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

I just finished The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner. My review is below

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

I'm starting Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine by W.J. Burley.

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly

In this addition to the 'Harry Bosch' series, the grizzled sleuth works with Detective Renee Ballard on a cold case involving a rapist/murderer. Both Harry and Renee have issues, but they're good partners. Enjoyable mystery. The book can be read as a standalone. 3.5 stars

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

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

Just finished A Visible Darkness by Jonathon King.
This is Max Freeman #2. Max is an ex-cop with issues who lives in a shack in the swamp.These are really good reads, I don't understand why they're not more popular. Highly recommended.

Araych wrote: "Just finished A Visible Darknessby Jonathon King.
This is Max Freeman #2. Max is an ex-cop with issues who lives in a shack in the swamp.These are really good ..."

I found the first one quite interesting. Looking forward to continuing the series.

I finished my 17th book

Well I’m glad that the book is going good Barbara

Reading The Roanoke girls by Amy Engel

Christine wrote: "I finished my 17th book"

Zipping right along. 😊

Storytelling at its best - a new favourite! Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield is mysterious and magic.
5★ Link to my review

Lucky Stuff by Sharon Fiffer

In this addition to the series, private detective Jane Wheel returns to her hometown where a murder soon occurs. At the same time, a washed up comedian blows into town. The book can be read as a standalone. 3 stars

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

Finished The Trapped Girl by Dugoni. Average mystery with one good twist. I was able to figure most of the twists' otherwise

Finished Teatro Grottesco yesterday... it was an out-of-the-box read...

Here's my review...

Martinis And mayhem

Finished reading , A Killer's Mind

by , Mike Omer

My Review

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

Just starting Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas.

Death of the Black-Haired Girl by Robert Stone

A college co-ed involved with a married professor can't cope when he breaks it off. The book touches on a lot of controversial issues. 2.5 stars

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

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 Dying

Slaughter and Forgetting: Murder and intrigue on the streets of Prague...
4.5★ My review of Slaughter and Forgetting

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...

Kingdom of the blind

I finished The Mystery of the Yellow Room the first in the Joseph Routebille series. I think Gaston Leroux writes better mystery than he does horror

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

I was bullied for 4 years, it affected my whole life and after 32 years I finally gained the courage to write my first Novel. I won book of the month on Goodreads. 🙏 it’s on sale only for 99 cents for a short time and it’s a Psychological Thriller.

https://www.amazon.com/DEAD-BLUE-CATE...

A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle
Not at all the Sherlock I have held in my mind since childhood.
As a show of respect for one of the few things I can still remember I will read another. There must have been something magical in the Holmes stories. This certainly was not it.

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