Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane (Kindle)
Good to see Patrick back from one of my favorite authors.
I don't think this book carried as much "punch" as "Gone, Baby, Gone"

Stupid Christmas by Leland Gregory(Kindle Freebie)
Newspaper articles from around the world of odd, humorous Christmas theme Stories.
Examples: Drunken Santas, fighting Santas, Santas committing burglaries and crazy city laws.
A quick, fun read.

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (Kindle)
A collection of stories by King.
They are:
1922 (greed)
Big Driver (revenge)
Fair Extension ( a contract made for selfish reasons)
A Good Marriage (murder mystery)
A very good read from one of my favorite authors. The best of the month.

The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Kindle)
A retrial in a murder of a child. Bosch and Haller are working together on this case.
A good read.

I just started this morning and only got about 20 pages in. Looking forward to getting into it and finishing this evening!

Good to see that you enjoyed the King stories so much. I have to start them sooner rather than later.

I still haven't decided if I want to buy The Reversal for my Kindle or just get on the waiting list at the library.

Lorraine:
Great minds think alike with our books this month!!
I am loving The Reversal, once again sad to leave the audio in the car tonight.
I am resisting buying Full Dark, No Stars since I already started it and loved the super creepy first story, 1922
Moonlight Mile didn't have quite the same punch as some of the earlier books, but I thought it was just right for this installment, especially considering the time that has elapsed and the changes each character has gone through. When Dennis said that he started hearing from Patrick again after the long hiatus, I imagined something like this could be the focus since he wrote it as if the time between books had all come to pass in their lives too.

Ann, I wonder if Lehane has changed his style of writing now that he's married and has a child. When he began this series, he was a single guy living in an apartment with his girlfriend in California. At least that's what he said at a book signing for his second book.

That makes sense Lorraine! It certainly seemed like the characters of Patrick and Angie had grown as their relationship changed; reasonable to assume to be echoing the author's life changes too.
Brakedrum wrote: "Ann, I wonder if Lehane has changed his style of writing now that he's married and has a child. When he began this series, he was a single guy living in an apartment with his girlfriend in California..."

The attitude change was pretty clear to me. The years have gone by, Patrick and Angie are parents (though Bubba is still Bubba) and they are looking much harder at the future than at the present. I thought Lehane made good use of foreshadowing to let us know which way the story was going to go.