The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

How to Age Disgracefully was great fun. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished #5 in the Alaska Wild series, Lost Hours

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If you like a slightly creepy, suspenseful read then I recommend The Intruders by Louise Jensen ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray is a light and humorous mystery featuring a young man who lives in wealthy people's houses when they're away as a sort of uninvited house sitter.

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

The Body Beneath the Willows was just an ok addition to the Craig Gillard series. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by Ross Thomas

Wonderfully entertaining tongue-in-cheek thriller about the adventures of Lucifer Dye from his childhood in Shanghai to his work as a spy ending with his work corrupting a town for pay. Just a great very entertaining book by a writer who can't write a boring book. 5 stars.

The Wisdom of Plagues: Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics by Donald G. Mcneil Jr.

Long time science and health reporter for The New York Times, Donald G. McNeil Jr., shares his insights about pandemics in this book.

Very thorough and informative treatise. 4.5 stars

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

Finishing off the week with The Crossing, another fabulous book from Michael Connelly. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

just finished check & mate by ali hazelwood and i was disappointed… i am currently reading yellow face by r.f. kuang and im loving it so far

I finished The Family Experiment by John Marrs


Easily the best John Marrs book!
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I started reading


Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

Finished The Silence
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My review of The Night House by Jo Nesbø

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An average read for me (⭐⭐.5) but others have loved it . . . The Baby by A.J. McDine https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Probably the weakest book in an otherwise good series - Die Last by Tony Parsons ⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kelsey is bubbly when they move into their new (to them) house, but Lauren is freaking out about being watched from The Other Side of the Road. I enjoyed thriller writer Andrea Bartz's suspenseful story and the ending I didn't expect.
My review of The Other Side of the Road

Sandy how are 20 of your books going?

I finished my 48th book

I saw the movie eons ago. All I remembered was the storm and Leo DiCaprio. And I liked it a lot. The book - 5 stars!
Shutter Island
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The Various Haunts of Men never truly engaged me. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Payback in Death by J.D. Robb

New York police detective Eve Dallas tries to track down a cop killer.

Pretty good police procedural. 3 stars

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

The Hard Stuff by David Gordon

Joe the Bouncer #2. Reacher/Joe Pike meets Elmore Leonard. Dynamite thriller with a complex action-packed plot and numerous deadly characters. Very entertaining, I really liked it. 4 stars.

Finished The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann | read by Dion Graham | Review

I just finished True Crime Stories by Al Cimino and I've never been more glad to finish a book then I was with this. Holy crap is it barbaric and horrific.

I'm kicking off the week with by looking at Death Washes Ashore by Caleb Wygal https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi gives a chilly, creepy twist to the small town secret trope.

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

Christine wrote: "Finished The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann | read by Dion Graham | Review

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My IRL book group will be reading this book in May.

About to finish Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto. Oh my, do the bodies ever pile up in this one!
It's a reread, but it's been so long the story is completely new to me.

Not quite sure what I'll be reading next.

The Black Ice by Michael Connelly📕🥸

Census (Comixology Originals) #1

4 stars
Graphic novel
Short Original story
Mature content
Interesting

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

Just finished reading this book by J. Anthony Sisto and it had me guessing on who the bad guy really was. Suspenseful and well developed characters throughout the book. There is a very eye opening element to trafficking and although it is fiction, we know there are evil people like this out in our world. Enjoyable read!

Now starting GANGLAND by Chuck Hogan, a stand alone crime novel that earned a 2023 Edgar Award nomination as Best Mystery Novel of the Year.

Georgia wrote: "The Black Ice by Michael Connelly📕🥸"

I'm enjoying his books now, too. I liked The Black Ice very much, Georgia.
Michael Connelly's a favourite.
My review of The Black Ice

Ah - a couple of goodies from the #NeverTell short story collection.

Both are about women in the desert in very different, life-threatening circumstances. Deserts lend themselves to mystery, I think. One woman is a crook, while one is a tattooist.

This one is the crook:
Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall

My review of Scorpions
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This one is the tattooist
Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda

My review of Jackrabbit Skin

Im reading Verity

My review of Cozy Up to Blood by Colin Conway

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

A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci

During the struggle for civil rights, a Black handyman is accused of killing a white couple in Virginia. But in 1968, Black people don't get fair trials in this state.

Good courtroom drama. 3.5 stars

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

I've finished reading Inspector Imanishi Investigates and then sat down to watch the film based on the novel called The Castle of Sand (1974, directed by Yoshitaro Nomura). The book, which focuses on a string of deaths and the subsequent investigation, begins in the present and goes back into the past as the titular Inspector searches for the who and the why. The film streamlines the plot somewhat (although the movie itself is like 2 and a half hours long) but I have to say that I sat and cried throughout the last 45 minutes because it was absolutely heartbreaking. The way the director structured the film during that particular segment of time was pretty much genius. Both book and novel are pretty unconventional, taking a slow-burn approach to focus on finding the truth as the detective encounters a serious number of dead ends.

I read Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder It is not a mystery but a history of the mass killings under Hitler and Stalin from 1932-19454. My 5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I strongly recommend this book. The author speaks and reads 6 languages, and has consulted sources overlooked by most historians of this period.

I finished this novel about crack dealers in New Jersey housing projects


Clockers by Richard Price
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm kicking off May with a stand alone The Bootlegger's Daughter by Nadine Nettmann https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Wife’s Secret: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist:

3 stars
3.5 stars closer to 4 rather than 3
free Review copy from BookSirens
fantastic premise

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

My review of Cozy Up to Danger by Colin Conway

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

Calling all cat lovers! Here's a cozy mystery for you! Linda Reilly's Escape Claws
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3/5 stars
Coming out May 14, 2024

Please read my review linked below:

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

For those who enjoy Aussie crime Red Dirt Road by S.R. White features an unusual detective investigating a double murder in a tiny outback town.

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

I finished my 47th book

No Man's Land by David Baldacci

Army investigator John Puller looks into a cold case that involves his mother's disappearance 30 years ago.

Action packed thriller with a sci-fi vibe. 3.5 stars

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