Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Annual motorcycle trip month, 10 days away form everything, shows in my totals.

Never: Ken Follett
Done over 800 pages, Follett shows us how to reach the brink of nuclear war. (A)

The Instruments of Darkness: John Connolly
For an Irish guy, he seems to have mailed his view of a quite dark and spooky Maine. Or maybe it is something about Maine, but Charlie Parker is hired to show that a woman did not murder her child, and finds the answer much deeper and darker than one might expect. (A)

Buster, A Dog: George Pelecanos
A novella, written from the standpoint of the dog. This is no chet and ernie, Pelecanos writes of the street of Washington, and this is where the dog is, for better or for worse, and the dog sees both aspects of the world. (B+)

Measure of Darkness:Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman
A shooting at a party, and the story of the aftermath. Investigation courtesy of coroner Clay Edison, with a cameo by Alex Delaware. (B)

Think Twice: Lisa Scottoline
Fun to read, but probably too many over used devices- being buried alive, evil twin, twin you didn;t know about. Twin stealing identity. (B)

First Lie Wins” Ashley Elston
Funny premise, almost like you canp;t find an honest person anywhere here, and had to watch for who was conspiring against whom. (B)

Evidence: Jonathan Kellerman
Murder, then arson, then more murder. Yet so little is what it seems. (B)

Think Twice: Harlan Coben
If you can accept the premise then you are in for a nice visit with Win and Myron as they hunt for a serial killer. The end of the book is structured to convince you all the twists do indeed make sense. (B)

Sarah Jane: James Sallis
Kind of a story of small town life and policing mixed with character studies. Maybe a little mystery, but you have to read carefully to find it. (B-)

Have a great trip! Great reading month you had in May.

Nice month Barry, hope the trip was fun. I just read a Pelecanos, Owning Up: New Fiction. It was good, he is a favorite and always does a good job of portraying DC and its residents; I guess even the dogs. lol.

I agree that Never was a solid “A”.

I read a few oldies but goodies this month
After Dark by Phillip Margolin
End Game by David Baldacci
Sunset express by Robert Craig’s The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler
Legal Tender by Lisa Scottoline
Aztec Odyssey by Jay C LaBarge
Vermeer to Eternity by Anthony Horowitz
The Winter That Never Came by
S K Sheila
The Last Innocent Man by Phillip
Margolin
The Secret Crown by Chris Kuzneski

nice month, barry.
hope the trip was great.

Nice production even with your trip! I keep meaning to continue with the Kellermans, there are so many.

Nice month Jacquelyn!
Jacquelyn Schingeck wrote: "I read a few oldies but goodies this month
After Dark by Phillip Margolin
End Game by David Baldacci
Sunset express by Robert Craig’s The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Rising Sea by Clive Cus..."