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Karen is that the way the book ended? (view spoiler)[with the Count in a shack with Anna? I don't remember that part. I remember him leaving the hotel, but thought it was left there for the reader to determine the outcome (hide spoiler)]

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

Format
340 pages, Hardcover
Published
January 7, 2021 by HQ
ISBN
9780008238247


IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27950663...


This is the first book in a trilogy - but assuming that PBS - Masterpiece - will start out with book one. The premiere on Sunday, October 27, 2024. I have found conflicting information. Some places say 3 episodes at 50 minutes each, other places say 4 episodes. I think it may be the difference between the US and British versions.

News Flash ~~
This just in: The Marlow Murder Club has already been renewed for a second season! In production right now.

The three books of the trilogy are ~~

Book #1 , book #2 , book #3 all written by Robert Thorogood

Just yesterday I erased about 6 or 8 episodes of Tracker. For me it just got boring. I just was not interested in it, so quit recording it and erased everything I had already recorded.

Anyone else watching it?

I so wanted to watch this series. However my in person book club read one of his books - one that was supposed to be a stand alone and I hated it! I did not like his writing style. I did not like the political espionage plot. I did not like his confusing story line. I had to check to make sure that it was not a book from the middle of a series - it read like it was. But no, it wasn't. So why did he write like I knew what the hell he was talking about? This is so NOT an author for me.

Completed this series a couple days ago. Hated to see it end. But so good. Loved it.

One of my groups has voted to read this book In June - so will read this one before I watch it.

I completed episodes 3 and 4 tonight. Soooo good.

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Format
371 pages, Hardcover
Published
April 7, 2015 by Grove Press
ISBN
9780802123459 (ISBN10: 0802123457)

Seven episodes - The Sympathizer” premieres Sunday, April 12 at 9-10 p.m. ET/PT on HBO/MAX. New episodes will debut Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Trivia ~~
Robert Downey Jr. said filming this series was a welcome contrast to his role in Oppenheimer (2023): "I knew that playing Strauss, in 'Oppenheimer,' was going to be like picking fly shit out of pepper - that it was going to be extremely exacting, that it was going to be... not confining, but liberating by its varied implicit limitations of what my usual toolbox is. So I had a feeling that, like a coiled spring, 'Sympathizer' would be my unwind."

Episode 4’s Big Change From the Book - HAS SPOILERS
https://www.thewrap.com/the-sympathiz...

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14404618...

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Format
288 pages, Hardcover
Published
January 11, 2018 by Zaffre
ISBN
9781785763649 (ISBN10: 1785763644)

Six episodes on Peacock. Started May 2, 2024 This is based on book one of a series of books - The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9022422/...

Thanks for the heads up Karen

Thanks Karen I will get that one added to our list.

However if you look thru the up coming series - there are a lot of good ones coming on Apple+. Maybe you would want to subscribe for 3 months or so, Karen.

Karen I will try to remember to let you know if it is one you can binge from the beginning or if not then when it is over and you can do the 7 day free trial.

I binged the first 4 episodes of season 3 and enjoyed it. It is just as entertaining this time around as it was in the beginning. now I wait for June 13th for the next 4 episodes...sigh!

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Format
368 pages, Hardcover
Published
June 4, 2013 by Mulholland Books
ISBN
9780316216852 (ISBN10: 0316216852)

An Apple+ streaming 8 episode series. An older series that started April 29, 2022, so it should be available to binge watch.

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2953250/...

Finally on IMDb. The cast is there, but not much else.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23055660...

The expected release date is still October 25, 2024

Will update as more info becomes availbale

Altho there is still some discussion it appears that August 9, 2024 is the release date in the US for this movie.

Will go to theaters, but still unknown if it will appear on any streaming stations.

I will update as I find more information.

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

Format
340 pages, Hardcover - (many formats available)
Published
July 23, 2019 by William Morrow
ISBN
9780062390011 (ISBN10: 0062390015)

an Apple+ series starting July 19, 2024

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14217654...

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

Format
421 pages, Mass Market Paperback - many editions in various formats
Published
January 1, 1988 by Grand Central Pub
ISBN
9780446350983 (ISBN10: 0446350982)


An 8 episode Apple + series starting June 12, 2024

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17677860...

Once a 1990 movie starting Harrison Ford
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi12626565...

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Format
330 pages, Hardcover
Published
March 19, 2019 by Orion Publishing

June 7, 2024 stars on Hulu.

IMDb = I video and 4 photos - so far, but I am sure more to come
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27775188...

Even less on Hulu right now
https://www.hulu.com/series/queenie-b...

Hulu video courtesy of YouTube - less than 2 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yUW-...

When looking up the series on IMDb I noticed that the first season was last year - starting in April 2023 and is 8 episodes on Apple +. However there was an addition - a season 2 will show in 2025. Having not yet seen the series from 2023 I can't attest to it following and completing the story from the book, but I would assume that it did.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13745850...

No idea where season 2 is coming from. Anyone know if Laura Dave the book author has written a sequel? Or maybe the production company is just going off on it's own to continue the story?