A Good Thriller discussion

Now starting BLACKOUT by Simon Scarrow. This is the first novel in the author's new series set in wartime Berlin that features homicide inspector Horst Schenke. The sequel novel is scheduled to be published just after Christmas, so I hope this first book will whet my appetite for more.

Halfway through "THE ONE" by John Marrs, loving it so far.

I read Doomed Legacy by Matt Coyle It is a private eye thriller, set in Southern California. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm currently reading Make Her Pay by Miranda Rijks

Just wanted something light for my last review book of 2023. I've bought four books recently and was gifted an interesting book by my Secret Santa so I will not be reading any review books in the coming weeks. That's not to say I won't post a few words about the books I will read first.

released February 2024

I read Dunn's Conundrum by Stan Lee It is part of a 4 book set from kindle unlimited. This spy book is set in the early 1980s. I rate it 3.5 stars rounded up. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now starting FAULT LINE by Robert Goddard, a stand alone thriller novel he published back in 2012.

This is the fourth Goddard novel that I have read this year, and the tenth one I have read in the last two years. I am extremely grateful that a former supervisor of mine pointed me in his direction.

I'm currently reading Fade to Blonde. Pretty good read so far. Nice 50ish noir.

I am currently reading Stat: Crazy Medical Stories by David Berg MD. I am on volume 9.

Afterburn by Biba Pearce

I read The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust by Elizabeth B. White
It is a 5 star inspiring story. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Art of Dejah Thoris and the Worlds of Mars
⭐⭐⭐ Stars
The picture book has a 7 page history of how the character Dejah Thoris was drawn over the generations till it reached its popular form.

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

#artbook #ERB

Beyond Odin’s Gate


⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
#second book in #trilogy
Fantastic follow-up to Lemuria.
A new take on Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

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

Mysterious Island

Greig Beck
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
#first book in #trilogy
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island redux.

Blockbuster story

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

I'm reading A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley and listening to The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

I'm reading the excellent Translation State by Ann Leckie

Currently reading The Alice Network by Kate Quinn and Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Even Dogs in the Wild


⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Lovely story, holds attention.

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

Cosmic Egg Inc.

Read as an ARC #booksirens

⭐⭐⭐ Stars
cosmic comic sci-fi story


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

The Ancient Egg

Mary E. Lowd

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Read as an advanced review copy
#booksirens #sequel
Blockbuster story. Family, emotions and monsters.

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

Now starting THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO by Dan Fesperman, a stand alone novel published back in 2006 that won the Hammett Prize for Best Novel and was shortlisted for the Barry Award as well.

I read four other books by Fesperman last year and really enjoyed them, so I am hoping this one will keep the momentum going.

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

I finished Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill - an intense, highly atmospheric murder mystery with some serious themes interlaced in the plot line. 4 Stars

I’m reading a book called Never Lie by Freida McFadden

I read I Am Rome by Santiago Posteguillo It is an excellent historical fiction book about young Julius Caesar. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Starting Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

Last gasp by Robert F Barker

I’m reading a book called Ward D by Freida McFadden

I read The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty It is book 6 in the Sean Duffy series, set in N. Ireland during the Troubles. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Last gasp by Robert F Barker

I’m reading my book called The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

A rare read for me, but sounded exciting and a longer book.

I’m reading a book called The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

I am reading Iron Flame!

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Completed Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

In a culture that values boy babies over girls, it’s quite remarkable to that three women in a single family had such close proximity to such incredible upheaval in the shaping of modern China.

I’m reading a book called The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

I am reading Echogenesis by Gary Gibson .... This is about a group of people who wake up on a dangerous hostile world with no idea how they got there. Already halfway through.

AND

The Ark by Patrick S. Tomlinson .... This one follows a detective on a huge spaceship and he has to solve the case of a missing man when it is impossible for anyone to actually disappear. Its very good!! Already read 100 pages.

I’m reading a book called The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel LARGE PRINT by Christopher Greyson

I’m reading a book called A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans

Yesterday I had just finished these two: The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell ⭐⭐⭐ and New Year's Day by Robert R. Best ⭐⭐⭐ That first one is fantasy about a group of 7 people trying to save the whole world from these invading Pandoras and the second one is a werewolf story that takes place over 3 months.

Next I will be starting on A Cat's Guide to Bonding with Dragons by Chris Behrsin

I read. The Underground Library. by Jennifer Ryan
It is historical fiction, set in WWII London. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am 86 pages into Clan of Three Staffs by Chloe Garner ... Its historical fiction about a clan who breeds horses, sheep, goats + cattle. But they prize mountain born horses the best. Thing is they need a rare woman every generation to go take a mare up into the dangerous mountains to attract a mountain stallion. And she has to stay up there until the foal is born. Most women who try it never come back. They need these mountain born horses to get certain characteristics in their Hill Charger horses (which are big horses - they sound like war horses maybe) and by the third generation the horses are something else. And they dont want that. They also mention a few horses in here who have very smooth gaits. Riding horses. Lots of talk in here (ideas) about breeding. That you cannot only breed for big cows or cows that give the most milk - you have to also think about hardiness of the cow and their intelligence so they know how to handle predators, their health. And some people dont realize that. They think amount of milk is the only important thing. But a tons of milk cow is bad if it has soft hooves that leads to sickness! But I suspect the main female in here, Persephine, will be going up that mountain as she has no interest in getting married at all. But its a mystery exactly how a Hillsinger calls a stallion.