The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

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I read Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins I rated it 4 stars. It is almost as if the plot was ripped from the headlines, with a Jeffrey Epstein type abusing underage girls with the help of a woman recruiter. I am using my library to read some books in series that I enjoy reading. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Currently reading "Mallory, Irvine and Everest: The Last Step But One" by Robert H Edwards. Simply brilliant.

Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor who's dabbled in every show business genre during his long and successful career. It wasn't all smooth sailing though. This is Cumming's memoir about his life and career.

Very good book. 4 stars

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

I finished my 76th book

I'm reading The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA by Jesse Katz, a true story that starts out with an 18 year-old kid who was taken to Mexico to be killed, but survived. As the story of how he came to be there unfolds, the author also looks at the immigrant communities of the Los Angeles area around MacArthur Park who had to yield to gang authority in order to continue to make a living. So good -- no crap stereotypes here.

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore ~ 4 stars

A twisty, atmospheric, dual timeline thriller taking place in a remote part of the Adirondacks during the 1960s and 70s.

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

Finished #22 in the V.I. Warshawski series, Pay Dirt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Say Nothin is described as true crime but is more historical narrative. But it’s definitely five star! My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read Robert B. Parker's Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins It is book 50 in the Spenser series. I devoured it in 2 days and recommend it. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of Rippling Red by Brigid George

No Time For Goodbye

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Best Indian book I have read, loss has seldom been rendered so beautifully. 5/5

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

Eruption


4 stars
Disaster novel. Crichton's unpublished manuscripts completed by James Patterson.
Possibly one of the biggest collaborations of the year.
2024 release

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

I finished my 75th book

Just Finished Reading Lake County
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm continuing an exciting fantasy series with Il Re delle Essenze.

Finished rereading The Other by Thomas Tryon. I first read it about 50 years ago. It holds up well so one can understand how it was instrumental in the horror boom of the 1970s and '80s.

17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare, an excellent cold case investigation set in New Zealand.

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

Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn

In this humorous mystery, the 'detective partners' (Chet the dog and Bernie the man) are hired to look for a missing reindeer.

As always, plenty of fun and action. 4 stars

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

Ashes Never Lie is a fun, fast paced thriller about arson investigators. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 73rd book

`Who says cats and dogs are enemies? In Fred Blunt's picture book, All You Need To Know About Dogs: By A. Cat, the cat is merely disdainful of rambunctious dogs, until...
My review of All You Need To Know About Dogs with several illustrations

I do enjoy Andy Weir and James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal is no exception. This is a collection of three tales written about, and in the style of, the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. A delightful change of pace for the talented Weir!
My review of James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal

Now starting FULL MEASURE by T. Jefferson Parker, a stand-alone thriller novel published back in 2014.

It's been a while since I last sampled the author's work, so I am checking out some of his older stuff before I start reading his newest hardcover release.

I finished No Safe Place by Michael Ledwidge


Sadly, a DNF: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell


A nice summer read: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Pearl Harbor Murders by Max Allan Collins

Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, and his son were (really) in Hawaii in early December 1941. This book is a fictional account of Burroughs helping to solve 2 murders just as Pearl Harbor is attacked. I've read most of Collins' Nathan Heller series and I'm now reading his disaster series. I like most of Collins stuff but this is one of his weakest. It was OK, 2 stars.

Disappointed by Laura Dave’s latest, The Night We Lost Him . My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey Charming and uplifting ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 74th book

I read The President's Lawyer by Lawrence S. Robbins It is a US legal mystery with a surprise ending. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm kicking off August with a look at Public Anchovy #1 by Mindy Quigley. This is the best in the series to date.

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

Sandy how are 5 of your books going?

Thanks girls

About to finish another vintage crime novel, The Voice of the Corpse by Max Murray (1948). Another in my ongoing reads featuring poison pen letters.

Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend wasn’t as funny as I had hoped. My 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Dubrovnik Book Club by Eva Glyn ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl

This book covers Ruth Reichl's stint as food critic for the New York Times from 1993 to 1999. To reman incognito in restaurants, Ruth donned various disguises....and seems to have had lots of fun.

Entertaining book. 4 stars

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

I finished Murder on the Interstellar Express by Gregory D. Little


Fast and funny!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Last night I finished reading

I enjoyed it, it was a four-star point review! Happy reading to all!

The Eye Of Heaven

I’m reading Murder in a Scottish Shire by Traci Hall

I finished the first in the "Mediterranean Noir" Marseilles Trilogy


Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the Cold War classic


The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

and I finished the Horror/Suspense classic


The Other by Thomas Tryon
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 73rd book

It takes only a page or two and I'm completely back in Harry's world. Michael Connelly's Lost Light is as engrossing as the the others in the Bosch series. Love 'em!
My review of Lost Light