I've enjoyed all of the Jack Daniels series and reviewed most of them. I'm reading Fractured by Karin Slaughter now and haven't decided what's up next.

If you like Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series, you should try Hank Phillippi Ryan's Charlotte McNally books. This "Hank" is female, by the way, and is an investigative reporter for tv--so is her fictional reflection,Charlotte! Charlotte is witty, snappy, clever like Kinsey Millhone. Sue Grafton has praised these books. In sequence there is PRIME TIME, FACE TIME, and AIR TIME. Hank's next one comes out in February. Very entertaining and interesting plots, characters,and mixture of suspense and humor! characters

Michelle wrote: "I'm on a J A Konrath kick and am tearing through his Jack Daniels series. Loved every one of them so far. A little dark and gruesome at times, but also very funny, great plots, and well written."

He's got some free Ebooks on his site that are also pretty good. They led me to his JD series.

I think I have heard that there's a fifth Shardlake coming out next year.

I'm about halfway through Karen E. Olson's first Tattoo Shop mystery, The Missing Ink. I like it, but I have to admit I like her other series featuring newspaper reporter Annie Seymour, better. At least so far. This series seems to be less edgy, more cookie-cutter cozy, despite the interesting setting and premise. Maybe it's just early days yet and I haven't really got a good grasp on the main character yet.

I read and enjoyed The Missing Ink but I hated to see the end of the Annie Seymour series. That was the best.

I am reading the new Nevada Barr, 13 and 1/2. Pretty creepy and not at all like her other books. I wold definitely recommend this book.

A debut novel: The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville. I have read great reviews, and now I am reading the book!! Will let you know what I think.

Reading Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs. Tempe Brennan is down in Guatemala, helping identify the bodies of "the Disappeared." Good so far.

reading THE VENONA CABLE by Ghelfi
love the writing style/story already

Irene wrote: "A debut novel: The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville. I have read great reviews, and now I am reading the book!! Will let you know what I think."

I have this one on the WWBL. I can't wait to read it when it comes out in the more affordable (and more portable) MPB or TPB format.

Currently:
BOCD in the car: CUT & RUN - Jeff Abbott, book 3 in Judge Whit Mosley series, suspense
Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, book 1 Dead Detective series, paranormal mystery
Bike book: HOLIDAY GRIND - Cleo Coyle, book 8 Coffeehouse Mystery, cozy mystery
Bedside book: VICIOUS CIRCLE - Mike Carey, book 2 Felix Castor series, Urban Fantasy mystery

Currently The Girl Who Played with Fire. Very good.

I just finished White Riot by Martyn Waites. This is a very compelling story. The author is British, and I usually don't care for English authors, but this book is outstanding. There are several story lines, and a shocking ending. I highly recommend this book.

Just finished up the latest Deborah Crombie (Necessary as Blood), which was great as usual, and am now starting The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny and Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri.

I just started reading Quiet As a Nun. I picked it up for 50 cents from the library sale cart. I've never read this series, but I'm liking the author's style and characterization so far.

Spuddie wrote: "Just finished up the latest Deborah Crombie (Necessary as Blood), which was great as usual, and am now starting The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny and Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri."

I also enjoy Crombie's books. I love being in England or Scotland with her characters. I haven't read this one yet, but I will soon!

I'm currently reading The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri (#9 Instpector Montalbano series set in Sicily) and The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (#3 Armand Gamache series in Three Pines, Quebec) and in audio, am about to start listening to Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris (#4 Harper Connelly paranormal mystery.)

Dog Day by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett, the first in her trilogy featuring female Barcelona police inspector Petra Delicado - wasn't sure if I'd like it, but by the second chapter I was hooked.

"The September Society" by Charles Finch. Loved it. Couldn't get enough of the wonderful endearing characters in this book.

I just started reading the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. I have long loved Peters' Amelia Peabody books and since I had exhausted that series until the next book comes out, I decided to try Bliss.

Having just finished the first book, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The characters just didn't grab me like the ones in the Amelia books; however, I pushed on to the second in the series, "Street of the Five Moons," and it seems to hold more promise.

I am a series addict. I love to read continuing stories where the characters grow and develop, so I'm hoping for the best with this one.

Dorothy wrote: "I just started reading the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. I have long loved Peters' Amelia Peabody books and since I had exhausted that series until the next book comes out, I decided to ..."

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I enjoy the Vicky Bliss series way more than Amelia Peabody series. The last one, though, was a disappointment.

Reading "Midnight Fugue" by Reginald Hill-very intriguing: the entire book may take place in one day. Half way through and it's covered less that 6 hours...back and forth of character dialogue and actions is good.

Vickie wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "I just started reading the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. I have long loved Peters' Amelia Peabody books and since I had exhausted that series until the next book comes ou..."

The farther I get into this second book, the more I'm captivated by the character of Vicky. She has definite possibilities!

I am reading Killer Blonde: A Jaine Austen Mystery by Laura Levine. This is the third book in her series and these are quick read books and quite funny. Jaine Austen is a freelance writer and when a murder occurs she becomes a private detective investigating the murder.

I am reading The God Machine by J.G. Sandom. So far finding it very interesting, historical, and a good mystery puzzle searching for hidden clues.

If you haven't read Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith, you should check it out. Fantastic mystery (and thriller). Highly recommend.

I just finished reading the second in the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters, "Street of the Five Moons," and I found it a really fun read, much livelier and more interesting than the first book in the series. Now I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

But now, for a change of pace, I'm reading Graham Hurley's third book in the DI Joe Faraday series, "Angels Passing." Police procedurals are usually not my cup of tea, but I'm hooked on this one. I'm less than a hundred pages into it, but I find it hard to put down.

Just finished second of Stieg Larsson's trilogy, "The Girl Who Played with Fire". I think it was better than the first. Unfortunately we have to wait until next year until the last one comes out and MOST unfortunately, he died a few years ago.

It was a riveting book with many plots and good character development, all wrapped up nearly on the last page.

I couldnt stand Child 44. It just was too stark for me. Could have been the time I read it. I usually love that type of book

I finally finished Rex Stout's Some Buried Caesar. It was the book Bouchercon chose this year for the One Conference, One Book title. It was my first Rex Stout title. I can't say I'm eager to run out and read another. On the other hand, I also finished Michael Connelly's The Poet, and loved it!

Annthelibrarian wrote: "I finally finished Rex Stout's Some Buried Caesar. It was the book Bouchercon chose this year for the One Conference, One Book title. It was my first Rex Stout title. I can't say I'm eager to run o..."

I have very fond memories of those Rex Stout books. I devoured them like brain popcorn when I was a teenager back in the '60s. They are really, along with Sherlock Holmes and Perry Mason, where I learned my first love of mysteries. No, they were not great mysteries by today's standards, but they were certainly fun reads in that simpler time and helped keep one teenager out of trouble.

Hi, I'm new to the group. Love all of the suggestions. I guess I better get reading. A friend lent me some new offers. I just finished reading Final Screamby Lisa Jackson and it was ok. The end certainly had me riveted and yet the characters seemed a little cookie cutter. I have another one and it already looks better than the last one.

I also just finished Kindred in Death
by J.D. Robb. I read all her books. This one was not as good as her previous one, Promises in Deathand yet I enjoyed it as I do all of the books in the series. My disappointment with this one is there was not as much humor or use of the other characters I've come to love.

I'm reading "Deep Creek" (via NetGalleys; out in Feb 2010). It's a based-on-real-events mystery, recreating/imagining the dangerous 1887 hunt for the killers of 31 Chinese gold miners on Idaho's Snake River. Completely believable characters, genuinely scary villain, a mystery with profound consequences, and the Pacific Northwest setting all make this anything but your standard Western/historical. So far so good--

I'm reading my very first VI Warshawski/Scarpetta book. I hope I like it -- I'm ready for a new series of books to pursue. It's the newest book in the series -- but hey, I've heard Warshawski's character "developed" -- so why not just start with the best!

"VI Warshawski/Scarpetta book"

They are two different series, by different authors, why are you calling them the same thing?

Warshawski was okay until the last couple of books, when the series was just non-stop grimness.

Scarpetta was great at first, but by the 10th book, with the introduction of the werewolf, it was time to call it quits.

I am reading Blood Game by Iris Johansen. It is a book in the Eve Duncan series. When I finished Quicksand I thought Wait! You can't just stop right there!! But this one picks up where it left off. So far I am really liking it.

I just finished "Angels Passing" by Graham Hurley, the third in his Detective Inspector Joe Faraday series. As you might expect, this is a British police procedural, and although police procedurals are not necessarily my favorite, I will always make an exception for P.D. James and now for Graham Hurley. His books are really good and this third one is the best so far. I would highly recommend it to anyone fond of this genre. I look forward to reading his next one.

I'm working on 2 mysteries--SAND SHARKS by Margaret Maron (which I'm listening to) and STEEL GUITAR by Linda Barnes in print. I'm enjoying the Carlotta Carlyle series, was surprised it had stayed below my radar for so long.

I'm now reading Kill For Meby Karen Rose. I just actually started. I never read any by her before; my mother lent me some of her books.

Michelle wrote: "Sakura wrote: "Hello All, I am looking for a good Lee Child novel??? Can anyone recommend something????"

My favorite so far is "Bad Luck and Trouble.""

Michelle, did u read The Enemy??? I am going to start this one..

Spuddie wrote: "I'm working on 2 mysteries--SAND SHARKS by Margaret Maron (which I'm listening to) and STEEL GUITAR by Linda Barnes in print. I'm enjoying the Carlotta Carlyle series, was surprised it had stayed b..."
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There aren't many of the Carlotta Carlyle books and I wish it weren't so. It is one of my favorite series.

I finished BOCD of CUT&RUN - Jeff Abbott, 6th in the Whit Mosley series; finished HOLIDAY GRIND - Cleo Coyle, 8th in Coffeehouse cozy mystery series; VICIOUS CIRCLE - Mike Carey, 2nd in Felix Castor Urban Fantasy series. All highly excellent.

Currently:
BOT in the car: SKIN DEEP - Christopher Golden, 6th in Bodybags series, tape 5 of 5
Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, 40 pages from end
Bedside book: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley, paranormal romance-ish with lots of humor, chap 7

I did read The Enemy, way back when. I remember really liking it. Enjoy!


Sakura wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Sakura wrote: "Hello All, I am looking for a good Lee Child novel??? Can anyone recommend something????"

My favorite so far is "Bad Luck and Trouble.""

Michelle, did u read T..."

Vicki wrote: There aren't many of the Carlotta Carlyle books and I wish it weren't so. It is one of my favorite series.

Well, there's a dozen of them--that's a fairly decent run for a series. Hopefully there'll be more? The last was published in 2008 so far.

Current reads for me: GROUNDS FOR MURDER by Sandra Balzo, THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN by Fred Vargas.

Cheryl

I finished the so-so SKIN DEEP - Christopher Golden yesterday afternoon. Bleh....the first book in this series and (I think) the 4th or 5th were superb, then this one was a let down. It felt like he was trying to make everything fit to move the story along and the segues felt weak. I am done with the series even after only three listened to, but not done with the author as I know he has talent. And he writes paranormal mysteries that are highly thought of.

Currently:
BOCD in the car: DEATH'S HALF ACRE - Margaret Maron, Judge Deborah Knott series, one of my favorite series to read and/or listen to
Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, so very close to finishing this one. It's a good book that keeps me on the recumbent bike longer
Bedside book: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley, paranormal romance with some mystery, over halfway through

Spuddie wrote: "Vicki wrote: There aren't many of the Carlotta Carlyle books and I wish it weren't so. It is one of my favorite series.

Well, there's a dozen of them--that's a fairly decent run for a series. Ho..."
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Maybe it just feels like there are so few of them. That is a pretty decent run for a series.

I like Carlotta, but don't care for her "little sister" Paolina much, being thankful she didn't appear often in the latest Lie Down with the Devil.

I plan on listening to Maron's Sand Sharks from Net Library next year at some point - glad to read Deborah'll be out of town for this one; I disliked the abrupt married-with-instant-family, as well as the change from first person Deborah to rotating third person. Moreover, I wasn't too happy that Linda Barnes alternated Carlotta and Mooney last time either.

I just finished "Deadlight" by Graham Hurley and would definitely recommend it to fans of British police procedurals. Hurley is a very good writer and this is an interesting series. I rated this book just a bit lower than the previous one in the series, but, still, I liked it very much and it definitely maintained my interest all the way to the end.

I just finished Blue Heaven by C J Box. It's a page turner at times and has several layers to hold your interest. The ending was a bit predictable, but is was good. I would recommend for mystery/thriller lovers.