The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

I read The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall It is a very good historical fiction book based upon an actual person. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lost Man’s Lane ended up being more horror than mystery. My 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished reading Slow Horses and enjoyed it so much I just bought the next three books. Haven't seen the series yet (wanted to read the novel first), but I see it happening in my near future.

Nancy wrote: "Finished reading Slow Horses and enjoyed it so much I just bought the next three books. Haven't seen the series yet (wanted to read the novel first), but I see it happening in my ne..."

Oh how I envy you reading the series for the first time! It's such a favourite of mine, Nancy, that I may have to read it again and skip some of the new books.

For any fans of American professional football, especially those with young kids they hope will become fans, I'm happy to recommend the brand new Patrick Mahomes children's biography by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. His Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl again in a few weeks!
My review of Patrick Mahomes with several illustrations
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hey guys I am quite new to Goodreads and would love to make some new book friends! Feel free to add so I can be nosey at what your all reading.
Love thriller book and from uk

I finished my 8th book

Jurassic Jemma and the Mysteries of Time

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Total blast and a perfect mix of adventure, mystery, and more than a healthy dose of dinosaurs
Cozy story.

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

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished reading Slow Horses and enjoyed it so much I just bought the next three books. Haven't seen the series yet (wanted to read the novel first), but I see it happ..."

I plan on reading the entire series. I don't know why it took this long and I'm kicking myself now.

Ivy wrote: "Hey guys I am quite new to Goodreads and would love to make some new book friends! Feel free to add so I can be nosey at what your all reading.
Love thriller book and from uk"

Welcome to the group, Ivy!

Now starting THEN WE TAKE BERLIN by John Lawton, the first book in his newest thriller series featuring cat burglar and shady operator Joe Holderness (aka Wilderness) who does the occasional off-the-books job for MI-6 in London.

I just finished Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag. Haven't read anything recently from her but it brought back all the memories from previous novels. Phenomenal!!!!

I read Tooth and Claw by Craig Johnson It is a prequel book in the Longmire series, set in 1970 Alaska. I recommend it to fans of the series. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 9th book

Saltwater starts slow, builds up a good head of steam only to come crashing down with two unbelievable plot twists at the end. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother by B. Morrison

Barbara Morrison grew up in an upper class home and was a college graduate, but at age 24 Barbara had to go on welfare. She tells her story in this memoir/autobiography.

Very eye-opening. 4 stars

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

Clear (Comixology Originals) #4

4 star short.
Graphic novel series. Book 4.
Sci-fi, emotional and visual extravaganza.

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

My review of Lost Girls by Angela Marsons

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

The God in the Woods

I finished Stone Certainty by Simon R. Green


Very atmospheric with a lot of snappy dialogues: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes

Richard Jury #19. Another in a very well done series of English mysteries. Jury and Plant are trying to solve a very complicated plot line of murder and a child who has disappeared. A large part of the plot does involve pedophilia. I liked it but the too-complicated plot and the stuff involving the kids leaves me at 3 stars.

My review of Her Mother's Grave by Lisa Regan

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

I'm starting off the week with Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 10th book

My 5 star review of The Keeper --> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of Murder at the Opera House by Dawn Brookes

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

I needed to recover from the appalled fury I'm marinating in by climbing onto a raft of cozyness. Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson did the trick:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny It is book 19 in the series. My 3.5 star review, rounded down. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Murder at Gulls Nest is a well done cozy mystery, thanks to Jess Kidd’s way with words. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Dog Tags by David Rosenfelt

Another humorous Andy Carpenter mystery; the attorney gets on the wrong side of a criminal syndicate while defending a murder suspect.

Andy's sarcasm and humorous quips - along with the recurring characters - make these books fun. 3.5 stars

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

The Block Party

Christine wrote: "I finished my 10th book"

Nice going Christine, as usual. 😊

Araych wrote: "The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes

Richard Jury #19. Another in a very well done series of English mysteries. Jury and Plant are trying to solve a very comp..."

Good series. 😊

Just finished a really fantastic book at least for me. The time of the flies by Claudia Pinero.

My second book for the week is Stuff to Spy For by Don Bruns https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I recently read Verity which was a tough read- I was on edge the entire time. As a palate cleanser, I am now reading The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods.

Finished the 1990 legal suspense novel To Speak for the Dead by Paul Levine. The first in the Jake Lassiter series. A tangled web of greed, sex and deceit with a dash of humor. 4stars.

Last Night was my first book by Luanne Rice and will probably be my last. Great premise but didn’t follow through. Just blah. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 11th book

Just finished Rebecca By Daphne Du Maurier, been on my TBR for last 2 years. So far read 8 books this month.

Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten and translated by Marlaine Delargy kept me reading and convinced me to buy book 2:

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

Gregg Hurwitz left this diehard Orphan X fangirl in tears with his latest 5star installment for the series.

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

James Bryne is back with another Dez Limerick installment. Dez is a more laid-back, easier going, and flirty than Orphan X, but just as much of a bad@$$!!!

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

The Waiting by Michael Connelly

In this addition to the 'The Bosch Universe' series, Detective Renée Ballard and the cold case division looks into two BIG cases: a serial rapist and the (real life) Elizabeth Short murder. Harry Bosch lends Renée a hand.

Good thriller. 4 stars

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

My review of Pro Bono by Thomas Perry

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

My review of Port Vila Blues by Garry Disher

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

Now starting THE BIG EMPTY by Robert Crais, the newest release in his ongoing mystery series featuring wise-cracking detective Elvis Cole and his dangerous partner Joe Pike.

This is one of my favorite mystery series that I have been reading and enjoying since the mid 90s.

The Breaking Point by Jefferson Bass

In this 'Body Farm' book, forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton is asked to identify the pilot of a small plane that crashed. Things get complicated fast.

Interesting mystery. 3 stars

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

James wrote: "Now starting THE BIG EMPTY by Robert Crais, the newest release in his ongoing mystery series featuring wise-cracking detective Elvis Cole and his dangerous partner Joe Pike.

This is one of my favo..."

Good series. 😊

My review of Next Girl Missing by L.A. Larkin

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

Now starting KINGDOM OF SHADOWS (2000) by Alan Furst, the sixth novel in his acclaimed Night Soldiers espionage series set between the early 1930's and the end of WWII as the Iron Curtain was starting to descent on eastern Europe.

The book won the now defunct Hammett Prize as the Best Crime Fiction Novel of the Year. If it ends well I have the next two books in the series waiting in the wings.