The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

And here I go, shamelessly cribbing off Nancy: Please nominate any mystery/crime/thriller/true crime etc. written by an author whose last name begins with B.

A) You may NOT nominate your own book
B) Please make sure we haven't read your nomination in the last two years by checking the group bookshelf (https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...)
C) If your book wins the poll, you are the discussion leader.

(I even cribbed her August message!)

Karin Slaughter — We Are All Guilty Here

Anna Bailey - Where The Truth Lies

Julia Bartz - The Writing Retreat

Jennifer Lynn Barnes- The Naturals

I nominate Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec.

introduces readers to the enigmatic Commissaire Dupin, an idiosyncratic penguin lover and Parisian-born caffeine junkie whose unique methods of detection raise more than a few eyebrows. It is a book so atmospheric readers will immediately want to wander through the village’s narrow alleyways, breathe in the Atlantic air and savour Brittany’s seaside specialty dishes.

Find Me by Alafair Burke

Dark Currents by Doug Burgess. Not a super thriller paced read but there is definitely mystery and crime.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni

neither Karin Slaughter nor Robert Dugoni fit the criteria: written by an author whose last name begins with B

The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard

This doesn’t come out till the 9th Sept., but here's hoping :)
The Secret of Secrets, Dan Brown.

Read the assignment, friends. ☺️

Pallbearers and pepperoni by Patti Benning

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

I'll nominate Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke. Takes place in Civil War Louisiana and not part of any series.

And then there were none- Agatha Christie

@ilina I apologize it the author of the book you nominate last name has to start with the letter “B”.. such as David Baldacci.

The Perfect Child- Lucinda Berry

ilina✨ wrote: "And then there were none- Agatha Christie"

maybe next month the letter will be C

The Vanishing Half-Britt Bennett

Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck

The link at a)B goes to a dead end.

Randy wrote: "And here I go, shamelessly cribbing off Nancy: Please nominate any mystery/crime/thriller/true crime etc. written by an author whose last name begins with B.

A) You may NOT nominate your own book
..."



Randy wrote: "And here I go, shamelessly cribbing off Nancy: Please nominate any mystery/crime/thriller/true crime etc. written by an author whose last name begins with B.

A) You may NOT nominate your own book
..."

I recommend The White Garden by Stephanie Barron.

Here's a nomination for Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre :

The story introduces Brookmyre's signature protagonist, the hard-partying, wisecracking investigative journalist Jack Parlabane, who is not afraid to bend the laws of the land (or even the laws of gravity) to get to the truth. Parlabane is nursing a horrific hangover when he stumbles across the corpse of the scion of a wealthy Edinburgh medical family. Determined to get to the bottom of the murder himself, he quickly becomes enmeshed in a wild adventure that will take him through all the strata of Edinburgh society and into some dangerous (and hysterical) situations.
Laced with acerbic wit and crackling dialogue, Quite Ugly One Morning is a wickedly entertaining and vivacious thriller.

Thanks to the folks who made nominations, and to the folks who reminded everyone of the criteria.

Nominations are over and I hope to have a poll up by end of day.

By the way, Julie, I'm not inclined to add a book that doesn't come out until after we're already scheduled to be reading. I'm sure there are a lot of readers here chomping at the bit to read it, but not all of them would want to buy it in hardcover, and there would be added difficulty getting a loan from a library because I expect any Dan Brown book has a boat-load of holds on it before it shows up at the library.

Sorry.

Debbie wrote: "The link at a)B goes to a dead end."

Well, darn. I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner, Debbie. If you're looking at the webpage for the group, though, you can get to that page using the "Bookshelf" link at the top of the page.

Randy wrote: "By the way, Julie, I'm not inclined to add a book that doesn't come out until after we're already scheduled to be reading. I'm sure there are a lot of readers here chomping at the bit to read it, b..."

and a lot of us prefer to wait until the paperback comes out which means that the digital price will go down as well.

This will be my first group read in the group. How does it work? Do members read at their own pace? Do you have a spoiler thread and a non-spoiler thread?

AND, do people talk in this thread about the polls and votes and such?

Hi, Elizabeth, and welcome.

Once the poll determines winners -- we have discussion threads for the two books with the most votes -- near the beginning of the month we set up both a non-spoiler and spoiler thread for each. The nominator of the book runs the discussion and, yes, everyone goes at their own pace. Having the two threads helps with that, I think. (Though, I suppose a discussion leader could suggest reading along at a certain pace, like a chapter a day, and see how that goes.)

If you want to see how past discussions have worked out, check here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Thanks, Randy. And good to know there are two group reads each month.