The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

What We Can Know is a mix of genres - dystopian, mystery and literary. But it didn’t quite work for me. My three star review:
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Guess Again


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I'm closing out the month with Resort to Murder by Annie McEwen https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I Kill Killers and Alias Grace

I am sorry to say that Abide with Me, an earlier Elizabeth Strout novel didn't appeal to me as much as her others have. Plenty of readers love it, so I think this one's just a me-thing. Check their reviews. 😊
My review of Abide With Me

I'm often wary of Pulitzer Prize winners, but I was absolutely swept along with Larry McMurtry's eccentric characters on their cattle drive from Lonesome Dove, Texas, to Montana. I've loved 'cowboy' stories since I was a little girl, so this was a real treat. The audio was also terrific.
My review of Lonesome Dove

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku starts a Chicagoland series (Savvy Summers #1) that's gonna fatten me up, fast:
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I finished my 55th book

Momma and I are reading "Darkest Desires" by Dean Koontz, and will be posting a review for Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder" later on.

Saltwater by Katy Hays

The wealthy Lingate family always vacations on Capri, even after a tragic death occurs. Is one of the Lingates guilty?

Suspense story in a beautiful setting. 3 stars

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

My review of Fatal Promise by Angela Marsons

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I finished The Family at No 23 by Kathryn Sharman


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

I finished The Tenants by M.A. Hunter


What a creepy main character: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Leave No Trace is a fast paced thriller centered around national parks. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now or Never by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum is juggling the two men in her life while doing her job chasing bail jumpers with her kooky sidekick Lula..

This humorous series is still going strong. 3.5 stars

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

I finished Dead Nasty by Helen H. Durrant


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

The Dark Edge of Night by Mark Pryor

Henri Lefort #2.... Paris, 1940. Paris is occupied by the Germans and French policeman Lefort has no choice but to work for the hated Nazis. The book rather reminded me of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series. I liked this book OK but I don't think it's as good as Kerr's work. 3 stars.

My review of The Final Chapter by January Gilchrist

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Popular Aussie author Michael Robotham doesn't write Aussie mysteries (yet...) and he doesn't write cosies, either. But he does write some great English thrillers about people I've grown fond of. Close Your Eyes is the next-to-the-last in this series, and I'm not at all happy about where he's left Professor Joe O'Loughlin this time.
My review of Close Your Eyes

I can just see the classroom that would have loved helping to put this together. Holes in My Underwear: Over 100 Poems That Will Knock Your Socks Off by their teacher Matthew Eicheldinger is an entertaining collection for kids that I hope might encourage others to dabble at poetry themselves.
My review of Holes in My Underwear...

Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen

Hiaasen's comic novels usually tackle despoilers of the Florida environment, but this time Hiaasen skewers right wing conspiracists.

The story is funny but a bit disturbing. 4 stars

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

Just finished The Wife Upstairs.

Currently reading The Berry Pickers and We Do Not Part.

Just started listening to Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales.

Right now we're listening to "Close to Death". The dead guy so needed to know how to be a decent neighbor.

Now starting THE RUSSIA HOUSE (1989) by John Le Carre', a stand alone spy thriller set just before the Soviet bloc began to crumble.

Way back in 1990 I saw the film adaptation starring Sean Connery, Michelle Pfieffer, Roy Scheider, John Mahoney, and Klaus Maria Brandauer. If I enjoy the novel I may re-watch the movie to see how closely it follows the book.

My review of The Therapist by Nicole Trope

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Degree Of Guilt

The Teacher is my idea of a strong police procedural. My four star review:
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I read The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival by Anne Sebba
It is not an easy book to read, but informative. The author was able to interview some surviving members of the orchestra. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of Hollow Spaces by Victor Suthammanont

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Right now we're reading "The Flower Show Murder", and "A Study in Scarlet".

The Children of Eve by John Connolly

PI Charlie Parker - whose life overlaps the supernatural - is hired to search for a missing man....a man who doesn't want to be found.

Tough as nails Charlie has his work cut out for him. 3.5 stars

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

Serpent Gate by Michael McGarrity

Kevin Kerney #3. Mystery/thriller set in the land of enchantment, New Mexico. Kerney tries his best versus a rich and powerful drug lord. Well written and exciting thriller which I did enjoy. 3.5 stars.

The First Gentleman: A Thriller by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

U.S. President Maddie Wright's husband Cole is embroiled in a decades old scandal that leads to a murder trial.

This is more mystery than thriller, with an engaging premise. 3 stars

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

My first review of the month is Edam and Weep by Linda Reilly https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Rubbernecker is great for those who like a more literary mystery. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4/5 stars
Who is using whom?

Please read my review linked below:

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Next up for me this month was Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Fans of Janice Hallett will definitely enjoy The Killer Question . My four star review:
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My review of Mississippi Blue 42 by Eli Cranor

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Turkish author Elif Shafak has interested me for a while, and I finally read her The Island of Missing Trees. I've heard her interviewed and read glowing reviews of her work, so I expected to love this. Instead, I only liked it - but I liked it enough I may read another.
My review of The Island of Missing Trees

I've got one more book review this week - The Cardinal's Curse by LynDee Walker and Bruce Robert Coffin https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Light On Bone and Salems Lot

I read As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda by Gail Collins
It is not a mystery, but an explanation of how Texas damaged our nation. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of The White Crow by Michael Robotham

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My review of Murder at Last Chance Cove by Kim Griswell

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I finished my 56th book

ScandiCrime meets Midsommar in Fishing for the Little Pike by Juhani Karila and translated by Lola Rogers - translator. I really love Arctic-set stories, even ones about summer there with its bloodsucking insect hordes.
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–and–
Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie, a comedic (in the schadenfreude way) revenge thriller by Charlotte Runcie:
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Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by Dave Barry

Humor columnist and author Dave Barry tells hilarious stories in this memoir about his life and work.

I laughed and laughed. 4.5 stars

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

My review of Aunt Bessie Understands by Diana Xarissa

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