The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

I am not alone in saying that C.S. Harris never disappoints and never misses a beat in the action, history, and human stories of England in the early 1800s. Who Slays the Wicked is terrific.
My review of Who Slays The Wicked

An absorbing read Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Willful Behavior by Donna Leon

Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates the murder of a young woman in Venice.

This book harks back to the terrible times of WWII. 3.5 stars

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

I finished my 82nd book

My review of Deadly Past by Phillipa Nefri Clark

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

Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb is a small town mystery where the bones of a woman who disappeared 22 years ago are found in a cave. Her daughter and step daughters must uncover family and town secrets to discover who led to her death.

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

The Teacher and The It Girl

If you have any impatient little 'saplings' in your life, In Time by author/artist Marina Ruiz is a lovely children's book about the value of WAITING. Very cute.
My review of In Time withe several illustrations

I've recently finished A Divine Fury by D.V. Bishop


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

I also finished The Dog Park Detectives by Blake Mare


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

Death at the Sanatorium is an homage to the golden age of detecting. My three star review:
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One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

When a 'romance reality show' is filmed on an isolated island, things go very badly wrong.

Plenty of murder and mayhem in this book. 3 stars

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

I read The Gardener's Plot by Deborah J. Benoit The blurb states that it won an award for a debut novel. It is the perfect cozy mystery for gardener's. My 3.5 star review, rounded up https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Beyond Reasonable Doubt is a great legal procedural. My 4.5 star review:
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My review of Crosskill by Garry Disher

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I'm finishing out August with French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica It is book 10 in the Sunny Randall series, started by the late Parker, and now written by Lupica. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

Stephanie Kiser had to give up her ambition to be a television/movie writer to be a nanny, because she had student loans and bills to pay.

Very interesting memoir about nannying for the ultra rich 1 %.
4 stars

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

I just love Ann Cleeve's Vera series, and here is #11. The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Mechanics of Memory

4 stars
Debut novel. Female author. NetGalley Review copy.
First published August 27, 2024
Science Fiction. Mystery. Thriller

Memory is Copeland-Stark’s business and they have a much larger secret they are determined to protect by any means.
Everyone has secrets

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

A delightful Golden Age murder-mystery The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I enjoyed Percival Everett's reimagining of the slave Jim as James, fleeing to freedom on the mighty Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn. I think Mark Twain might have enjoyed it, too.
My review of James

My review of A Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman

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Finished Lost Man's Lane
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Strip for Murder by Max Allan Collins

Maggie and Jack Starr #2. Fictionalized account (with murder thrown in) of the feud in the early 1950's between cartoonists Al Capp and Ham Fisher. Capp becomes Rapp, Fisher becomes Fizer. Look for Li'l Abner, Ernie Kovacs, Edie Adams and others to appear under assumed names. Light reading but very entertaining. I really liked it -- this might be the best of the Starr trilogy. 4 stars.

Hi All
I've just finished Broken. The 4th book in the Will Trent series.
I love Karin Slaughter and i believe to really appreciate this story and its characters to the fullest, you need to have read the 6 Grant County books (which are amazing).

Here is a link to my full Five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read 4 books at a time. I have just started Left for Dead by Eric Jay Dolin. The fiction book I am currently reading is You Like it Darker by Stephen King. The novella included in this short story collection makes the purchase of the book worthwhile.

Real Americans is an interesting family drama with a bit of a sci-fi aspect. My 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Rhino Keeper is a historical fiction but had me on the edge of my seat. My five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read Independence Square by Martin Cruz Smith Smith is an American, but the series is set in Russia. This is book 10 in the series and could be the last, since the author has disclosed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. My 4 star review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of Murder in Bridal Lane by Helen Goltz

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Dominoes, Danzón, and Death by Raquel V. Reyes

In this addition to the 'Caribbean Kitchen Mysteries', Miriam Quiñones-Smith (a Cuban-American food anthropologist and amateur sleuth) gets involved with bones found on a Miami construction site.

Fun culinary mystery filled with cultural references. 3.5 stars

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

The More the Terrier is a fun addition to the series. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

During the Prohibition Era, the lead family in Caywood, Virginia faces trouble when their enterprises - which revolve around booze - supposedly have to mend their ways.

Good adventurous historical fiction. 4 stars

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

My review of Murder in the Scottish Highlands by Dee MacDonald

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⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for the first book in a new series by Lucy Connelly An Irish Bookshop Murder https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Murderer Among Us

currently reading The Teacher by Freida Mcfadden

I couldn't live on the islands of Scotland's Outer Hebrides, but they are fascinating. Award-winning author Peter May's trilogy about The Lewis Man is being expanded. This is the second, and I'm trying to catch up before #4 comes out!
My review of The Lewis Man

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Powerful and entertaining, every non-conformist's favorite book.

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

Run by Blake Crouch has to be one of the worst books I’ve read in a long time. My 1 star review:
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My review of Murder in the Countryside by Helena Dixon

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5/5 stars
It was a dark, and stormy night when...

Please read my review linked below:

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I read Robert B. Parker's Fallout by Mike Lupica It is book 21 in the Jesse Stone series, now being written by Lupica, as authorized by the Parker estate.
My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Veil, Vows and Vengeance by Emerald Finn

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

Aditya wrote: "

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Powerful and entertaining, every non-conformist's favorite book.

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One of my very favorite novels, ever.

My first book for September was A Royal Affair by Allison Montclair https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Red River Road by Anna Downes is an atmospheric mystery where a young woman is following the tracks of her missing sister who disappeared while travelling alone in a camper van on Western Australia's scenic but rugged Coral Coast

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

A Death in Cornwall is fun entertainment based on some disturbing truths. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...