The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Earth 2, Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate


⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
#DC #alternateearth
#dystopian story

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

Finished The Silver Bone by Kurkov. It's an easy read, a bit on the humorous side and pretty light. The seeds of a second volume are definitely there at the end, so I will be picking up the next book when published. I have a particular fondness for this author after reading his book Grey Bees, which I loved.

An emotionally powerful ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐read!
Red Dirt Home by Renae Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Sandy how are 4 of your books going?

Finished Bye, Baby
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Murder Marks the Page by Karen Rose Smith

This book is a spinoff from 'Daisy's Tea Garden Mysteries.'

Jazzi Swanson, who learned to be an amateur sleuth from her mom, looks into the murder of a friend.

Good cozy. 3 stars

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

I recently finished The Accident by Fiona Lowe

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

The Body Under the Bridge is a strong police procedural. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny It is set in Quebec, Canada, at the end of the Covid pandemic. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just finished The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White :)

Ah, Ireland and a new Tana French mystery! Retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper can't avoid trouble, even in a foreign rural village. The Hunter is a follow-up to The Searcher and equally excellent as a standalone.
My review of The Hunter

The Stranger At Black Lake by Christina McDonald is a suspenseful novella of murders, ghosts and long kept secrets and a prequel to her Detective Jess Lambert series.

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

My review of The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill

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

Death or a Master Chef is perfect when you want to get away. My 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 34th book

Reading The Tragedy of X by Ellery Queen

Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine (Comixology Originals) #1


3 Star
Original series
New
Nerdy superhero in the making
short story
excellent

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

From my 2017 NetGalley backlist.
Intense, gripping and suspenseful.
The Hidden Hours by Sara Foster ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

King of Scars

Leigh Bardugo returns to the Grishaverse with a duology on the multi-talented, silver-tongued Nikolai Lantsov. I really liked Nikolai who had been introduced in Siege and Storm and provided much needed humor. Because of my curiosity about his future, I skipped past the Six of Crows duology which is set between Alina Starkov's trilogy and Nikolai's novels.


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

Next In Line

This children's picture book about a resourceful young Syrian refugee boy was originally an award-winning short film. Adnan: The boy who helped his mummy remember by Mark Arrigo retells the story for kids with atmospheric artwork.
My review of Adnan: The boy... with several of the illustrations and links to some film info

I really enjoyed the 20th Molly Murphy Mystery - In Sunshine or in Shadow by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I completed Two books in 2024 and both are my favourite
Verity https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Silent Patient

5/5 stars

An Icelandic Thriller that delivers.

Please read my review linked below:

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

Rule of Wolves is the "final" book in Nikolai Lantsov's journey as King of Ravka.


Leigh Bardugo had left her ending with enough room to suggest a sequel. Does she have any plans to return to the Grishaverse?


My review -

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

Finished First Lie Wins
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Captivating, character driven, Irish mystery 🍀🍀🍀🍀.5
The Hunter by Tana French ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've finally reread all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels leading to Gaudy Night, the book I'd actually meant to read and which I started last night. I couldn't really remember what had gone on in the series to that point, prompting the reread of them all.

Nancy wrote: "I've finally reread all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels leading to Gaudy Night, the book I'd actually meant to read and which I started last night. I couldn't really remember what h..."

I should do that. I haven't read any of them, and only one or two Wimsey short stories, since the '80s.

Randy wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I've finally reread all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels leading to Gaudy Night, the book I'd actually meant to read and which I started last night. I couldn't really r..."

They're fun, although Sayers can drive a person crazy sometimes. In Have His Carcase it's with an in-depth explanation of how a certain code works; The Nine Tailors bogs down with technical know-how of bellringing. So far Gaudy Night is very different in tone than the previous books.

I recall as a teen (early 20s?) really liking The Nine Tailors in spite of all the bell-ringing information. Reading it was also the first time I saw a reference to the Spanish Influenza.

Now starting FEARLESS JONES (2001) by Walter Mosley, the first novel in his series featuring the title character and Paris Minton, used bookstore owner, set in 1954 Los Angeles.

I finished the sixth book in the Easy Rawlins series


Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started the pulp noir classic


A Killer Is Loose by Gil Brewer

Australian outback crime thriller
Vanished by James Delargy ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Where You End
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm closing out the week with a thriller - Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Nancy wrote: "I've finally reread all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels leading to Gaudy Night, the book I'd actually meant to read and which I started last night. I couldn't really remember what h..."

I haven't read these books in a long time but I LOVED them. Among other things, I liked that Harriet had spirit.

Barbara wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I've finally reread all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels leading to Gaudy Night, the book I'd actually meant to read and which I started last night. I couldn't really r..."

They've been a lot of fun, but I do cringe at the use of racial epithets in her books. Out of all of the series, Gaudy Night seems to have the most depth.

Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr

Bernie Gunther #12. I've been reading this series in order because I'm a big fan but this is the weakest entry I've read. Takes place half in 1939 and half in 1956.In 1939 Bernie is tasked to find the murderer of a highly placed Nazi and in 1956 he is tasked to kill a woman the East Germans/Nazis want dead. The problem for me was that the hunt for the 1939 killer is almost completely taken up with the various impediments the Nazis place in Bernie's hunt for justice. And the 1956 half book is almost completely taken up with Bernie's flight to avoid becoming a murderer. The book is slow and rather boring. Only 2 stars.

Goyhood by Reuven Fenton

Mayer, an Orthodox Jewish Talmud Scholar, discovers that he's a 'fake Jew'.....and is desperate to remedy the situation. This debut novel is funny and heart-warming, with a bit of thriller thrown in.

Highly recommended. 4 stars

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

Charlie Donlea has written another captivating mystery, featuring a trainee forensic pathologist and a thirty year old cold case of a missing baby.

Long Time Gone

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

My review of Murder Marks the Page by Karen Rose Smith

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

Finished Gaudy Night. Oh!

I read Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles It is historical fiction based on an actual group of women who volunteered to go to northern France in 1917. I recommend it. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 33rd book

Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

When climate change has caused mass destruction to the environment, a plan is under way to build a habitat in northern Canada. Interesting protagonists in this character driven plot.

The story is okay, but the theme of global warming is worthwhile. 3 stars

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

My review of The Witless Protection Program by Maria DiRico

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

The Cleaner


3 stars
Thriller Spy Killer
Drugs Gangs adventure


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