The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Read Bright Burning Things
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just finished The Guilty Ones

A unique take on the traditional police procedural plot. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished reading Deadly Secrets

by Robert Bryndza

My Review

The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan is a departure from her Irish detective series. This finds a US group trying to rescue wrongly convicted people from Death Row. But were they wrongly convicted?
4★ My review of The Murder Rule

I enjoyed Sulari Gentill's short story The Company of Rats, a prequel to her Aussie historical mystery series, which is a favourite! Rowland Sinclair is only 14, but he knows the ratcatcher's a bit suss. ('suspicious', for non-Aussies)
4.5★ My review of Company of Rats with a link to the story online

Blackhouse

Val wrote: "Here's my 5 star review of Take Your Breath Away by Linwood BarclayLinwood Barclay

Hope it takes your breath away too!!

https://www.goodr..."

I can highly recommend "Never look away", "No Time for Goodbye" and the sequel "No Safe House". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood...

I finished the 2nd book in the Lew Archer series, a must read for detective fiction fans:


The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the classic roman noir:


I Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the 2nd book in the Lew Archer series, a must read for detective fiction fans:


The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Rat..."

I really, really enjoy reading Cornell Woolrich's books. They're not all great, but I still have a fondness for his work.

Better known for his Horatio Hornblower series and The African Queen, C.S. Forester's 1926 psychological crime novel is not to be missed.
Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester

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

The Uninvited

Linda wrote: "The Uninvited"

Is that "The Uninvited" by Dorothy Macardle? I've read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
It was filmed with Ray Milland under the same title.

Elizabeth A.G. wrote: "Better known for his Horatio Hornblower series and The African Queen, C.S. Forester's 1926 psychological crime novel is not to be missed.
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Already on the tbr ... like so many other good ones!

Christine wrote: "Linda wrote: "The Uninvited"

Is that "The Uninvited" by Dorothy Macardle? I've read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
It was filmed with Ray Milland under the same title."

Yes, that was a good book. So much more to it than the film it inspired, but I really enjoyed both.

I just finished The Marlow Murder Club

A fun cozy mystery. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've finished reading A Puzzle for Fools: A Peter Duluth Mystery (1936); still working on my post for the novel. Considering how much I disliked the next book in that series (this is the series opener), I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. Never saw that ending coming. Up next: Black Beadle by ECR Lorac (1939).

Also still reading Devil House by John Darnielle -- I'm actually liking it, despite the somewhat middling ratings. Just FYI: it is not horror, it is also not really true crime.

I just read The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Slayers. It was first published in 1934 and is one of those old fashioned who dunits that keep you guessing until the end. She was so creative!

Again, not a mystery, but fascinating.

The End of Everything by Katie Mack

Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, speculates about five scenarios for the end of the universe. Luckily Mack has a wonderful sense of humor, which makes the physics a bit more fun.

Good book. 4 stars

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

Nancy wrote: "Christine wrote: "Linda wrote: "The Uninvited"

Is that "The Uninvited" by Dorothy Macardle? I've read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
It was filmed with Ray Milland under the same title...."

Me, too!

Helen wrote: "I just read The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Slayers. It was first published in 1934 and is one of those old fashioned who dunits that keep you guessing until the end. She was so creative!"

I enjoyed reading that so much!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nin...

Helen wrote: "I just read The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Slayers. It was first published in 1934 and is one of those old fashioned who dunits that keep you guessing until the end. She was so creative!"

I loved Dorothy Sayers books. Haven't read one in a long time.

My review of Fifty-Four Pigs: A Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery by Philipp Schott (4 stars)

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

The Uninvited

I finished Twelve Secrets by Robert Gold


The start of a great new series! Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hurray! Aussie author Adrian Hyland finally gave us a new book! Constable Jesse Redpath is another smart, tough female character from the Northern Territory. She's stepping on the toes of the local Victorian cops, investigating a death at Canticle Creek. Excellent!
4.5~5★ My review of Canticle Creek

Helen wrote: "I just read The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Slayers. It was first published in 1934 and is one of those old fashioned who dunits that keep you guessing until the end. She was so creative!"

Helen, I just had to laugh at your post. You wrote "Dorothy L. Slayers" instead of Sayers. Thanks ... I surely needed that LOL.
:)

Ha!

Finished All Human Wisdom by Pierre Lemaitre which is a sequel The Great Swindle aka Au revoir là-haut which won the Prix Goncourt. The first one was fascinating but a bit gruesome. The sequel is also fascinating and deals with revenge.

I finished Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger


Here is my 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished reading The Disappeared

by C.J. Box

My Review

I finished my 20th book

Read The Paris Apartment
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Christine wrote: "I finished my 20th book"

Nice going Christine. 👍

★★★★

Our Mother’s House By Julian Gloag (1963).

The story concerns the seven Hook children, who decide not to report their mother's death for fear of being separated and sent to an orphanage. Instead they bury her in the back garden, pretending to the outside world that she is ill and confined to her room. Their problems begin when curious officials make inquiries, and well-meaning neighbours offer assistance. The children have begun quarrelling when an enigmatic stranger appears, claiming to be their father.

This outstanding book was made into a movie starring Dirk Bogarde.

The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet by Michael Pearce

I am a big fan of Pearce's "Seymour of the Yard" series but this is not one of those. I found this book slow and confusing. It's about political intrigue in Cairo in 1908 and the Mamur Zapt is a British political operative. 2 stars.

Just finished the audio version of The Paris Apartment by Lucy FoleyLucy Foley

Here's my 5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Still working on Devil House by John Darnielle and still liking it; it's making me feel guilty.

I read The Burning Pages by Paige Shelton It is a cozy mystery set in Edinburgh, Scotland. An American now living in Scotland sets out to salve a mystery.
I rated it 3.5 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Magic Feather

Everyday Magic is hardly everyday, but there's plenty of magic. Jess Kidd has written a delightful book for youngsters, which is fun for grown-ups, too. Orphan, witches, potions, it's all here!
4★ My review of Everyday Magic

Genesis Magic Feather

Read The Murder Rule
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Bullet for a Star by Stuart Kaminsky

Toby Peters #1. It's 1940 in Hollywood and someone is trying to blackmail Errol Flynn. Warner Bros. studio hires Toby to make it go away. Toby is an ex-security guard trying to make it as a P. I. and barely making enough to eat and put gas in his old car. Wonderful light, fun mystery with great characters, humor, and a plot that will keep you guessing. Kaminsky has won every award they have for mystery writers and he deserves every one. 4 stars, highly recommended.

I recall reading a couple of the Toby Peters books years ago. They were good fun.

I've finished Devil House. I got so caught up in it that it's one p.m. and I haven't moved all day except to get coffee. It's very strange, but there's method in all of this madness, I suppose.

Just finished Stray Kat Waltz by Karen Kijewski (4 stars)

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

Next in line is Gideon's Risk by J.J. Marric

Took me a while, but finally finished The Postman Always Rings Twice. I'm reminded of why it may be the seminal text of noir; Existentialism as it's lived rather than as it's theorized.