The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

I had a typo in the link on my previous post of this one.

Rook is a fictionalised account by Stephen G. Eoannou of ex-cons who teamed up to become an odd pair of "badfellows" and ended up on the FBI's most-wanted list.
3.5★ My review of Rook

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. I recently read one of those stories, Flowering Judas, which is also the title story of a later collection.

It takes place in the early 1920s in revolutionary Mexico. I can see why it made an impression in 1965.
My review of the story Flowering Judas

The Really Wild Family series is a delightful introduction to wildlife for children. Great information and wonderful illustrations!
Little Elephant: A Day in the Life of a Elephant Calf by Anna Brett is the latest one I've read.
My review of Little Elephant with several pictures

Outback by Patricia Wolf ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
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I finished my 87th book

Finished Not Safe After Dark: And Other Stories by Peter Robinson.

My review is here,
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lying Beside You is the third in the Cyrus haven series and should be read in order. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. I didn't love it and I found myself starting to skim through the second half, which is never a good sign. So frustrating!

Finished the 2016 Shamus Award winner for Best Novel in the form of Brutality by Ingrid Thoft which is the 3rd in the Fina Ludlow series.



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

Finished reading And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

by Jon Meacham

My Review

I finished Murder in the Gallowgate by Daniel Sellers


I was a little underwhelmed: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also finished Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner


which was a nice read: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

As soon as I finish The Orphanage (which will likely be today) I'm planning on taking a breather before diving into Nights of Plague and reading a crime novel from China Bad Kids by Zizin Chen (Pushkin).

Just finished a fun, very engaging cozy mystery, Up to No Gouda

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Now starting THE NIGHT MARKET by Jonathan Moore, a near future thriller published back in 2018.

I read his mystery/thriller novel FIVE DECEMBERS earlier this year, which he published under the pen name James Kestrel. It won both the Edgar and Barry Awards as the Best Novel of 2022. It was an excellent read and it put Moore on my radar to look for his other earlier stuff.

Richard Flanagan is a favourite author of mine, a Tasmanian, and I can see why The Sound of One Hand Clapping was on the award lists in 1998. It's the story of a migrant family who came to Tasmania in the 1950s. Australia wasn't war-torn Europe, but life for them was no picnic.
4.5★ My review of The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Upside Down Inside Outby Monica McInerney ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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An Unwanted Guest

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Richard Flanagan is a favourite author of mine, a Tasmanian, and I can see why The Sound of One Hand Clapping was on the award lists in 1998. It's the story of a migran..."

Have you read his Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish? So good!

The Dark Vineyard is perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Louise Penny.
It’s the second in the series. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 88th book

I read book 5 in the Lane Winslow series A Sorrowful Sanctuary by Iona Whishaw
My wife and I are enjoying this series and recommend it to cozy mystery fan(no graphic violence, no profanity).
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The first book in the Dox series. Dox is the bit-part character in Barry Eisler's John Rain and Livia Lone series and makes a resounding entrance in this one.

My review of - Amok by Barry Eisler

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

Just getting into Bad Kids by Zijin Chen. So far it's okay. I'm just excited that it's a Chinese-language novel translated -- far too few of those.

The Darkest Game by Joseph Schneider

Tully Jarsdel #3, recommend series be read in order. This is the best of the series, an outstanding example of the modern police procedural. 5 stars, highest recommendation.

Not quite halfway through the novella, The Final Solution by Michael Chabon. First read this a little over 15 years ago, and so far it's still holding up as the best Sherlock Holmes pastiche I've ever read, though Holmes' name is never mentioned.

In 1944 an elderly man sees a boy walking along the railroad tracks outside his home. On the boy's shoulder is a parrot, and the parrot speaks in German, singing or reciting numbers, unlike the boy who is mute. Later, when a man is murdered trying to steal the parrot, the local police ask the old man's help and the mystery proves so tempting, he turns away from his beehives for a time.

Clouds Without Water by Garry Harper

In 1844, the preacher of a church in a farming town says he knows the Second Coming of Jesus will occur in six months.....and the townsfolk better get ready.

Good portrait of a charismatic leader and a 'cult.' 3.5 stars

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

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I just listened to Bleeding Heart Yard . A good addition to the series. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I’m reading by

Nancy wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Richard Flanagan is a favourite author of mine, a Tasmanian, and I can see why The Sound of One Hand Clapping was on the award lists in 1998. It..

Have you read his Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish? So good."

Yes indeedy, Nancy! It was wild and wonderful and based on a lot of fact, hard to believe though that is.
5★ My review of Gould's Book of Fish

The short story, Sweat, is from the American South. The acclaimed Harlem Renaissance writer, Zora Neale Hurston, wrote wonderful, real dialogue. This is from 1926 - I loved it.
5★ My review of Sweat with links to the story online

I've been meaning to read Kent Haruf's much-loved Plainsong for years, and I'm glad I finally did. Wonderful people on the plains of Colorado. He wrote two more books about them, so I can see where they go.
4★ My review of Plainsong

Will To Live

I finished my 89th book

Christine wrote: "I finished my 89th book"

Good going Christine. 😎

The Favor by Nora Murphy

Two professional women, a lawyer and a doctor, find themselves in toxic abusive marriages. Then someone takes action.

Good domestic thriller that addresses a big (probably universal) problem. 3.5 stars

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

I thought it was high time I started picking my way through my collection of volumes of Fredric Brown short stories.

My review of - Red Is the Hue of Hell by Fredric Brown

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

Damo wrote: "I thought it was high time I started picking my way through my collection of volumes of Fredric Brown short stories.

My review of - [book:Red Is the Hue ..."

That looks good!

I've finished Bad Kids. I wasn't completely in love with the writing but the story had twist after twist after twist (especially towards the end) so it turned out to be okay.

The Push and Hostage At Crystal Manor

The Murder Museum by Alice Castle ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Not a thriller or mystery, but a book about current affairs in the US.
Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments by Nathan J. Robinson
My review, 3.5 stars rounded up, with a personal note at the end
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just finished The Final Solution by Michael Chabon.

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

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

Isabelle Drake's baby son was abducted a year ago, and Isabelle is determined to find the perpetrator.

Very good psychological thriller. 4 stars

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

Anthony Horowitz does it again with The Twist of a Knife .
My full five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 90th book

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