The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Currently reading: In Bloom by Fern Michaels, Lori Foster and Carolyn Brown

Forgotten by Nicole Trope

One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose

⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 for The Widow's Husband by Lesley Sanderson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I hope that’s a good thing CBRetriever and Nancy and I read very fast Nancy

How are 4 of your books going Sandy?

Finished #13 Rizzoli & Isles (NetGalley), Listen To Me
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Christine wrote: "I hope that’s a good thing CBRetriever and Nancy and I read very fast Nancy"

Certainly MUCH faster than I read, Christine!!!

Yesterday was a lazy day here and fever is down so I was eager to catch up on reading. Then I realized that Tuesday is my IRL book group meeting and I hadn't read the book. Aaaarggh!! So I spent much of my day reading Jessica Bruder's Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. Then I spent much time being depressed and feeling guilty.

Currently reading "The Murder of Roger Akroyd" by Agatha Christie. The May classic book read for "EVERYONE has read this but me" group.

I finished another excellent crime novel by Michael Allegretto (Dead of Winter) and am now halfway through "Be Still, My Love" by June Truesdell.
Even though it was published in 1947, the writing style is not old-fashioned at all and I enjoy reading it very much.
It was filmed in the late 1940's with Loretta Young, "The Accused". One of my favorite film noir movies.

I finished my 37th book

Four friends go on a hunting trip into a remote and cold region of Iceland. Can they survive the weather and each other?

Psychological Thriller
5/5

Read my review below:

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

The Silent Widow

I finished my 58th book.

I read a kindle unlimited book Last Call by Sheldon Siegel It is a legal mystery set in San Francisco. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recommended to Perry Mason fans

⭐⭐⭐for In Bloom by Fern Michaels, Lori Foster and Carolyn Brown https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished The Long Drop by Denise Mina. Boring retelling of a true crime. 2/5

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

Aditya wrote: "

Finished The Long Drop by Denise Mina. Boring retelling of a true crime. 2/5

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

Yikes! I have it on my shelves. Maybe it will stay there a bit longer...

Wolf Girl is a shy little girl who pretends to be a brave, fierce wolf. The illustrations by author Jo Loring-Fisher are just beautiful.
3.5★ My review of Wolf Girl with some of the lovely artwork

I loved The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes about a man whose memory is as fallible as everyone's. Wonderful story with an ending that has generated a lot of discussion since it won the Booker Prize in 2011.
5★ My review of The Sense of an Ending

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I loved The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes about a man whose memory is as fallible as everyone's. Wonderful story with an ending that has generated a lot of discu..."

I enjoyed that one as well.

I recently read the little book The Master Key
by Masako Togawa written in 1962. It’s about the aging residents of a hotel for women. At the beginning, there is a crime. Each chapter after that is told by the POV of different women who live there.



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I finished First Born by Will Dean

and although I didn't like the main characters, I gave it four stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Four strangers, the Boston Public Library, and a scream that breaks the silence. Is this the way to make new friends? 4/5 atars


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

Nighttown by Timothy Hallinan

Junior Bender #7. Junior accepts a job against his instincts and it turns our the job morphs into something even worse than he imagined. Absolutely fascinating mystery/thriller. The plot races down the nighttime streets of L.A. and carries Junior, Ronnie, Stinky and us through nightmarish situations and on to a bittersweet ending. 5 stars, highest recommendation.

Now starting THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES by Jussi Adler-Olsen. This is the first book in his ongoing series featuring detective Carl Morck and the team from Department Q, which handles cold cases across the whole of Denmark and those requiring special scrutiny.

I hope this first book is as good as advertised. I could use a new mystery series to add to my TBR stack :-)

James wrote: "Now starting THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES by Jussi Adler-Olsen. This is the first book in his ongoing series featuring detective Carl Morck and the team from Department Q, which handles cold cases acr..."

let us know - I've been eyeing his books as potential reads

Stillwatch

"Stillwatch" by Mary Higgins Clark? How do you like it?

I just finished my 60th book and should be able to meet my reading challenge this year (180 books).

I finished my 38th book

Great!

Oh, you fast readers! I'm still working on Tomb of Sand, and I'm right about the halfway point. I'm not generally a fan of novels this big, but this one is well worth my time. I'm also on a Christie kick -- thinking about rereading And Then There Were None after I finish Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

I finished "The Christmas Thief" by Mary Higgins Clark this mornig and now continue with "Santa Cruise". I'm no fan of cruise ships, but I just know that MHC can turn every topic into something interesting.

I also have some 20+ Agatha Christie novels (German hardcovers) waiting for me, but this year I planned to re-read all MHC crime novels, maybe if I manage to finish MHC in time, I still will get to the Christie novels.

I decided to read another book along with Pandemonium. It's called Fenrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. So far, so good!

It was filmed with Julie Christie and Oscar Werner.

I just finished "The Murder of Roger Akroyd". I've decided to keep going with my Agatha Christie introduction so I've moved on to "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". This one is a little harder to follow.

Christine wrote: "It was filmed with Julie Christie and Oscar Werner."

there was also one filmed for HBO starring Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, and Lilly Singh that was released in 2018

CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "It was filmed with Julie Christie and Oscar Werner."

there was also one filmed for HBO starring Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, and Lilly Singh that was relea..."

I've never heard of that one, but will check it out.

Christine wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "It was filmed with Julie Christie and Oscar Werner."

there was also one filmed for HBO starring Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, and Lilly ..."

Reconsider, Christine. It ... well ... it didn't really stick to book, didn't really stick to the earlier movie, and didn't really add anything interesting or good, but did change up some stuff.

It has a great cast but still felt like a train wreck to me.

I just remember hearing about it - I've never seen it (I'm too cheap for HBO)

Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot #9, OK to read as a standalone. Hercule is charged by a beautiful actress to help secure a divorce from her husband. But soon the husband is murdered, and that is only the beginning of the murders. This is Christie at her best -- plot, dialogue, characters : all top drawer. I liked this one a lot -- 4 stars.

For "Bones" fans, July is just around the corner, and that's when the next Temperance Brennan book comes out: Cold, Cold Bones
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Five stars for The Locked Room, the latest in the Ruth Galloway series.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished the first book in the Dave Robicheaux series:


The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the sixth installment in the Kindle County series:


Reversible Errors by Scott Turow

The Keep, by Jennifer Egan. 5 stars!!!!! This strange and wonderful book has a mystery at its heart: who is telling the story, and how much of it is true? What you discover as you read it is another story entirely, and both have heart and darkness and tragedy and love. A truly remarkable novel from a highly accomplished author. Most highly recommended.

I read The Hidden One by Linda Castillo Both my wife and I enjoyed it and rate it 4 stars. It is book 14 in the series. Although it can be read as a stand alone, I recommend that you read the series in order, as there developments in Kate's personal life throughout the series. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Starting

A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde

I think The Strange Adventures of H, a young girl, by Sarah Burton could be an entertaining introduction to historical fiction about 17th century London. It covers the Plague, the Great Fire, and bawdy houses.
3★ My review of Strange Adventures of H

The Endless Bookshelf wrote: "I decided to read another book along with Pandemonium. It's called Fenrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. So far, so good! "

An absolute classic! So much more than just a story. I hope you like it. Of course it's been filmed but I liked the book better.

I've read the most astonishing book I've read in a long time: No Less The Devil by one of my favorite authors: Stuart MacBride


Not for the faint of heart: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...