Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

I'm just about to start , Karen White's newest release.

Barb wrote: "I'm just about to start , Karen White's newest release."

I'll be interested in what you think of this.

I'll do my best to remember to come back and let you know :)

Life After Death By Damien Echols. I have followed his case since I saw the HBO films about his case.
So far so good!

, 2nd in the YA trilogy, The Selection

I have an ARC of on my Kindle, which I'm trying to finish before my copy expires next week.

And I'm listening to , so I can be caught up in the Robert Langon series before my copy of comes from the library :)

jaxnsmom wrote: "Barb wrote: "I'm just about to start , Karen White's newest release."

I'll be interested in what you think of this."

This started off kind of slow, Jaxnsmom, but once it picked up, I ended up liking the book more than I thought I would :)

I'm in the middle of Mary Burton's "Dying Scream." It's very good!

Marjan Kamli's Together Tea,

I just started listening to STARDUST by Neil Gaiman. The author reads it and has an exquisite voice. Oh, and the story is good too.

To The Edge by Cindy Gerard

I am reading so far it is excellent!

Barb wrote: "This started off kind of slow, Jaxnsmom, but once it picked up, I ended up liking the book more than I thought I would :)"

Thanks Barb - I'll remember that when I get to it.

Donna wrote: "I just started listening to STARDUST by Neil Gaiman. The author reads it and has an exquisite voice. Oh, and the story is good too."

Good to know. I'm going to be listening to it this week.

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Just read . It was really good!

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Fanficfan44 wrote: "Just read . It was really good!"

Definitely not a cozy! But boy, it sucks you in!

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I loved the Girl in the Hyacinth Blue!!

About 1/2 way through . Always enjoy a new one from Uncle Stevie!

I am readingBlack Magic Sanction book 8 in this series

I have several books going/started and a cozy

Fanficfan44 wrote: "I have several books going/started and a cozy"

Are you going to watch the tv series Under the Dome? I wonder how it will compare. I haven't read Dome, but if the show's any good, it might inspire me.

I've just started listening to . So far, I'm liking it more than I expected to!

jaxnsmom wrote: "Fanficfan44 wrote: "I have several books going/started and a cozy"

Are you going..."

That is why I am trying to get it read first:) Although I generally have not liked Stephen King translated to TV series or movies. I haven't read his books in years 1989 to be exact I stopped after The Tommyknockers.

Finished . LOVED it! UNDER THE DOME was one of the few King books I didn't care much for. , OTOH, is one of the best books I've read these past few years!

I just started reading The Waste Land by Steppppphen King. It6's the third in his Dark Tower series. So far it's been good.

Olivia wrote: "I just started reading The Waste Land by Stephen King. It6's the third in his Dark Tower series. So far it's been good."

Olivia wrote: "Olivia wrote: "I just started reading The Waste Land by Stephen King. It's the third in his Dark Tower series. So far it's been good.""

Currently, I'm finishing the last (to date) of Barbara D'Amato's Chicago Police series---which, by the way, seem to have been published out of order. Killer.App's date was listed as the earliest in the series (so I read it first), but Good Cop, Bad Cop's events actually precede those of Killer.App; Authorized Personnel Only's events take place after those of Killer.App. (That's what I'm finishing now.)

Though I like to read series in order, the only problem this caused was my knowing that characters wouldn't die because they were part of later events.

I just started reading after finishing I love Illona Andrews :D

I am reading The Strain by Guillermo del Toro.

I am nearly finished with both and . The first is holding my interest a lot more than the second, perhaps because I've seen the movie for the second and "know" how it's all going to work out?

I'm still working my way through an ARC of , although it's not so 'advance' now, since the book was released last week :) It's an interesting read, it just takes me longer to finish books on my Kindle than it does to read print (dead tree) books.

Karen wrote: "Currently, I'm finishing the last (to date) of Barbara D'Amato's Chicago Police series---which, by the way, seem to have been published out of order. Killer.App's date was listed as the earliest in..."

I haven't read the Chicago Police series, I'll have to add it to my tbr.

Barb wrote: "I am nearly finished with both and . The first is holding my interest a lot more than the second, perhaps because I've..."

Cinnamon and Gunpowder sounds twistedly funny. I have to add it to my tbr.

Just read . It was excellent! Not a cozy by any stretch of the imagination but a great mystery.

I am reading The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly for my mystery book club.

Reading . LOVE the Rat Pack series!

It's good to hear the whole series is good, Melodie :) I read the first one and really liked it, but I haven't gotten around to reading more.

I am reading

Melodie wrote: "Reading It Was A Very Bad Year. LOVE the Rat Pack series!"

I've never heard of this series, but I'm thinking of adding it to my ever-expanding TBR list. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra were great. Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis, Jr. were good, too. Even the extras, Joey Bishop, Angie Dickinson, and Shirley MacLaine, were fun.

Anyone else read this series? I'm looking to find out if it captures the era and the camaraderie and humor of the group while weaving in a good mystery and story.

I've only read the first in the Rat Pack series, Karen, but I really enjoyed it. I think it did a pretty good job of representing the times and the traits of the group, but you'd have to read it yourself, I think, to judge for yourself :) The first one is Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime, and the author is Robert J. Randisi.

IMHO, he nails the era and relationship between the guys. Peter Lawford doesn't figure very heavily in the books, since he was such a fringe member anyway and became persona non grata after the Kennedy trip to Palm Springs. I've read them all prior to this one and am half way through it and have the newest one waiting. I also like how people whose names you know make "cameo" appearances here and there. Eddie G is usually doing a favor for one or another of the guys, that's how it starts off in the first one.

I am currently reading

I am reading

Fanficfan44 wrote: "I am reading "

I love this series - wonder what you think of it?

I have just finished The Coffin Dancer number 2 in the Lincoln Rhyme series - lots of forensics and suspense - good for escapism!!

Penny wrote: "Fanficfan44 wrote: "I am reading "

I love this series - wonder what you think of it?

I have just finished The Coffin Dancer number 2 in the Lincoln Rhy..."

I loved it...up until the chapters after the reveal. I didn't like that although there had been hints to his motivation, we never fully understand why he did what he did. I know that is very "real-lifelike" and I can tell that it was a deliberate decision by the author, but I still found it frustrating.

I just finished Loved it! Excellent mystery/thriller/sci-fi read

I've just started , the newest by one of my favorite "beach reads" authors, Nancy Thayer, and I'm hooked already!

I finished The Silver Linings Playbook today and thought it was great! I avoided all the movie hype and had no clue what it was about, so the story was a wonderful surprise.

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