The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

I just started McMillion$. It is a true crime story about the fraud that surrounded the McDonalds Monopoly game, an advertising promotion that ran between 1987 and 2000.

I'm starting Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner later this evening.

The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan (Evie Woods)

This charming novel revolves around Irish folklore, superstitions, and fairies. An American woman goes to Ireland on a whim and finds the diary of a 18-year-old girl written a century ago.

4.5 stars

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

My review of The Grim Steeper by Gretchen Rue

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

Wyoming Mountain Investigation

I liked The Blue Hour but don’t expect a fast paced thriller. It’s a character rich slow burn. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

⭐⭐⭐.5 for The Empress of Cooke County by Elizabeth Bass Parman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of Darkness on the Fens by Joy Ellis

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

Just finished - Left for Dead by Eric Jay Dolin about sealers marooned in the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812.

Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword, Vol. 13: The Long March Home

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars #graphicnovel
#redsonja Last book in the series.
Great art. Entertaining stories. Versions of Sonja. Adventure.


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

A Little White Death by John Lawton

Inspector Troy #3/#8. This is the 3rd book Lawton published in the Troy series but is the last in the Troy story. It's 1963 in London and it's the start of the Swingin' 60's. Troy helps an old friend defect to Russia and when he returns to England soon becomes entangled in 2 suicides which might be murder, along with the political and social upheaval of the time. Spies and lies abound as Troy works to sort out the truth and punish the wicked as he tries to not get beat up or shot again. Sorry to say this is the end of the Troy series although Lawton is still alive so there's hope. This is authorship at a high level -- 4 stars.

The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline

TJ Devlin comes from a family of lawyers, but he's a screwup who abused alcohol and went to prison. Now TJ is a recovering alcoholic, with a second chance as an investigator for his family's law firm. In this story, TJ looks into two cases.

Good suspense novel. 3.5 stars

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

I had no idea that The Cold Cold Ground was set in the time and place where Adrian McKinty grew up - Belfast during The Troubles. It's the first of his Detective Sean Duffy series. I read book 6 and wanted to see where Duffy started. Glad I did.
My Review of The Cold Cold Ground

I'm ending the week with The Late Show by Michael Connelly https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kill For Me, Kill For You

I just finished home is where the are and a few days prior I just finished reading fury both were quite enjoyable to read. Happy reading to all!

I read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman It is set in the present day, with flashbacks explaining events in Ove's life. I recommend this book. My 5 star review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4/5 stars
Coming out: September 10, 2024

Please read my review linked below:

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

I started reading the dark suspense novel


A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine

which is the September Group Read in the Pulp Fiction group here at GoodReads. This is only the second of Rendell's books I have read. I like it a lot so far...

I finished my 83rd book

My review of Passions in Death by J.D. Robb

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

Countdown

4.5 stars for me.
Read as a free review copy. NetGalley.
Fast paced thriller. Conspiracy theory.

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

My review of Murder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield

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

Finished Patricia Cornwell's 28th Scarpetta book, Identity Unknown
(okay, yes, I skipped 25-27; I needed a break!) This was an ARC. Comes out in October.

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

A great start to a new Scottish cosy-mystery series Murder in the Scottish Highlands by Dee MacDonald ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Red Moon: Short Story Collection

3.5 stars
short story anthology, Bunch of horrifying shorts.

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

Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie is a good addition to her DS Kate Miles series, with Kate's brother suspected of murder.

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

I love this fun cosy series featuring an ex-bikie in witness protection
Cozy Up to Trouble by Colin Conway

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

Ernest Cunningham has a holiday special! Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret was a four star read. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I started reading the dark suspense novel


A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine

which is the ..."

Absolutely one of my favorite Rendell novels.

A Divine Fury by D.V. Bishop is an excellent addition to this historical mystery series set in Renaissance Italy.

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

Her Last Walk Home by Patricia Gibney is #14 in her DI Lottie Parker series and a strong, if complicated, addition to the series.

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

Just finished McMillion$. It is the story about the fraud associated with the wildly popular McDonalds Monopoly game.

Reading "I am Pilgrim" by Terry Hayes.

This was recommend by so many people but 90% through find it very underwhelming.

The writing feels too rambling and unnecessarily lazy.

The Hunger Games

3.5 ⭐️
Dystopian, Adventure, Relationship, Mentoring, Rebel.
And a blockbuster movie.
3rd reading.

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

4/5 stars
The group from Hell.

Please read my review linked below:

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

Ah, Treachery by Ross Thomas

Absolutely wonderful tale of political intrigue mixed with murder and dark humor in a plot I couldn't begin to explain. I believe this is Thomas' last book. Too bad. Completely entertaining. 5 stars.

Nancy wrote: "RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I started reading the dark suspense novel


A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell ...

Absolutely one of my favorite Rendell novels."

I'm really enjoying it so far. She's such a good writer. Drop by the Pulp Fiction group and discuss it with us if you get a chance, Nancy.

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

In this 'Lincoln Lawyer' thriller, criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller has to defend himself on a first degree murder charge.

Good book in the Harry Bosch/Mickey Haller Universe. 3.5 stars

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

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Nancy wrote: "RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I started reading the dark suspense novel


A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell ...

Abso..."

My time is not my own for like two weeks -- heading to Atlantic City for a very long wedding weekend) then back home a couple of days before we go off to the forest for a sorely-needed quiet time cabin stay. I'll check it out when I get back.

Best wishes for your wedding weekend and cabin vacation Nancy. 🌸🌾🌸

I'm kicking off the week with Until Depths Do Us Part by K. B. Jackson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A good, old-fashioned English 'whodunit'. Death at the Dolphin by Gretta Mulrooney⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Malta Exchange

⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars
Adventure story with dollops of Christian history and conspiracy theories that compare well to the da vinci code, a story which every new book in this vertical is compared with.

Fantastic Thriller. Historical Fiction. Mystery.
All rolled in one.

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

My review of Murder on a Country Walk by Katie Gayle

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

Hi All,
I've just finished reading an advanced review copy of Happy Bloody Christmas
The book is due to be published on 26th September and I highly recommend giving it a read. Its a solveable whodunnit that I found laugh out loud funny, in a good way.

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

I finished Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger

This is the 5th book in the Cork O'Connor series, published in 2005. I'm not going to review these early books but I'll give a capsule summary.

After a scandal surrounding the previous Sheriff's Department, Cork is sheriff of Aurora, Minnestota again. Somebody might be unhappy about this, because a sniper tries to kill Cork.

Meanwhile, there's a homicide in Aurora: a Chicago promoter who's trying to make a business deal with the Ojibwe Indian Casino is stabbed to death.

These two inquiries come together as the story unfolds.

Plenty of action and adventure in the book, as usual with this series. 4 stars

I read Silent Are the Dead by D.M. Rowell It is a mystery set on the Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Barbara wrote: "I finished Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger

This is the 5th book in the Cork O'Connor series, published in 2005. I'm not going to rev..."

This is a great series. I am up to Northwest Angle.

Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade would have warranted a full five stars if not for the dreaded second timeline. Still, a solid four star read. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...