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[Patricia]

Hi,

My name is Patricia Dusenbury, I'm a grandmother and an economist who has loved reading mysteries ever since I cracked my first Nancy Drew back in the day. I've posted a couple times on other discussions and just noticed this introduction thread.

Happy Tuesday,
Patricia

[Caroline]

Hello, I'm Caroline, 19 from Norway.
Today I just had my first day at make-up artist school! Aaand I love black metal. But also Disney princesses and Adventure Time, hahah.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome to all our members new and old. Happy reading;)

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Welcome to all the newbies. You have come to where the action begins and the crime . :)

[Leigh]

Welcome to everyone who joined the group this weekend. I hope everyone had a nice relaxing weekend.

[Alyssa]

Hello! Alyssa here and I am a nurse. I have been interested in reading books since I was 12. Books have always kept my problems away and it also helps with keeping my stress in check. :D

[Caroline]

Jenni wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Hello, I'm Caroline, 19 from Norway.
Today I just had my first day at make-up artist school! Aaand I love black metal. But also Disney princesses and Adventure Time, hahah."

Wow. ..."

Varg Veum by Gunnar Staalesen is set in my city, you could check that out ;D (there are movies as well)

[Leigh]

Alyssa wrote: "Hello! Alyssa here and I am a nurse. I have been interested in reading books since I was 12. Books have always kept my problems away and it also helps with keeping my stress in check. :D"

Welcome Alyssa! Yes, books are wonderful friends.

[Shuhan [On Leave]]

I realised....I still haven't introduced myself... ;-)

¤~¤~¤~¤Presenting to you; Shuhan The Great! A diabolical iniquity!¤~¤~¤~¤
Reader, MUSICIAN!
Short tempered.
Sharp.
Impatient.
Lurrrrves crime, mystery and thrillers!!
Quite young though age shall not be shared ^_^

•~•~•Favourite Books•~•~•
Whole Harry Potter series.
Ruby Red~Kerstin Gier.
Sapphire Blue~Kerstin Gier.
The Da Vinci Code~Dan Brown.
The Interpretation of Murder~Jed Rubenfeld.
Enchanted~Nora Roberts.
City of Bones~Michael Connely.(Not Cassandra Clare)

Sorry for not linking. On my phone.

^_^David Estes sent me a friend request because he liked my introductions. You know, David Estes the famous author. It's true! I just did one of my normal intros and suddenly, he sent me a friend request!!! I know, my intros are so special XD

[Shuhan [On Leave]]

Aw sh--. I accidentally italicized all of it :-(

[Renee]

Hi everyone! My name is Renee and I'm an avid reader. I just found goodreads and love it. Mystery and crime thrillers are my first love but with a local book club I've been venturing out. Looking forward to being a part of this group.

[Gerd]

My Name is Gerd,I live near Munich in Germany. Years ago I used to carry suitcases of books back home with me from my visits to the states or the UK. Thank God this no longer necessary nowadays. I stumbled on Goodreads a few weeks ago because a friend is using it and have since then recorded all my books from the Excel sheet I was using to Goodreads. My favourite authors can be seen in my booklist. I am 55 years old, have 3 Kids and besides reading I love playing Poker and also play sometimes guitar and bass in a band.

[Bibi]

Hi! Don't know how I managed not to join this group earlier. I love mysteries and thrillers. Live in the US, work as a teacher and bookseller. Happy to join you all!

[R.J.]

I've been lurking for a while, and never filled out the newbie thread. My name is Rasheeda, but you can call me RJ, and I enjoy reading and writing thrillers. This seems like a fun and interesting group and I look forward to participating more.

[Kristine]

Hi, my name is Kristine, attorney from Chicago. I recently joined this group and I am still trying to figure out exactly how it works. I really enjoy Goodreads and am so glad I found it. I mostly read Mystery/Suspense, but I do enjoy a really good novel as well.

[Patrick]

Hello RJ Welcome to the group Im sure you will be right at home here

[Sandeep]

Hi, I am Sandeep..28yrs old...working in Germany (..reads mostly science fiction..as well as crime. I am quite new to Goodreads...

[Aditya]

Parinita wrote: "Hi everyone,
I am Parinita and I live in India.
I haven't read a lot of mysteries and thriller books but I really want to try this genre in a big way.
I have read Dan Brown books, most of which ..."

Hi This is Aditya from Kolkata & welcome to the group.I too enjoy Dan Brown but have not read the other books you mentioned.A good place for book suggestions would be the group reads thread.

I would personally suggest Dennis Lehane a great writer in the genre.You can start off with Shutter Island. You might want to check out Michael Connelly's books too, heard a lot of good things about them though I am yet to read them personally.

[Ron]

My name is Ron, as you can already see by my ID.

I'm 73, retired, and live in Oregon. Have lived here, with my wife of 36+ years, since 1971. Before that, we both lived in Iowa, having both been born there. We left Iowa heading west and ended up in Eugene, OR. People often ask me "How did you get to Oregon?" My pat answer has always been, "In a blue 1965 Dodge." We soon fell in love with Oregon, although, it took some time to get used to the rainy winters and spring. More so for her than for me. But, now it is home. Our daughter has never known any home other than the one we've lived in for 28+ years. She, my daughter, now lives in Sherwood with her husband and our 2 lovely granddaughters. To them, I'm known as Papa. And, my wife is Nana. Names we dearly love. As we love our granddaughters.

I do not remember how long I've been addicted to books. I can remember going to the library as a child and bringing home a stack of books. Don't remember Mom having to take me, but do remember going their by myself on my bike. Also, remember Mom suggesting I bring home less books at a time as she was afraid of me falling from my bike due to the load. I do not remember that working.

My daughter, also, remembers being taken to the library at an early age. When she was a pre-teen, one of the librarians called her, "Our best customer." An adulation I'm sure I found more enjoyment in than my daughter did.

I feel as though I've already established a legacy, of a sorts. Through my love of books, as well as my wife's love of books, our daughter has a love of books. And, she has passed on that to her daughters. Both she and us have taken both our granddaughters to the library on several occasions. The youngest granddaughter can sit for hours with a pile of books on the living room floor. Either at her own home, or, at our home. The other loves books, as well, but, she can't sit still as long as her sister.

Discovered this site a couple of years ago. Discovered these discussion threads, just a couple of months ago. As you can see by now, I also have a love of chatting about books, how I like them, how they effect my life and what I like to read. My main interest these days, are suspense thrillers and crime novels.
My favorite authors include , (RIP) and .

[Brian]

Hello and welcome to all our new additions. I know you will enjoy Goodreads...B

[Brian]

Sanford is one of my favorite authors...B

[Michael]

Ron wrote: "My name is Ron, as you can already see by my ID.

I'm 73, retired, and live in Oregon. Have lived here, with my wife of 36+ years, since 1971. Before that, we both lived in Iowa, having both be..."

Parinita wrote: "@Aditya
hi. thanks for the book suggestions. I'll definitely check them out.
I am from Nagpur Maharashtra.
Is shutter island same as the movie?
if you haven't tried it, definitely read Bourne Ide..."

Glad to meet you Ron. Robert B Parker is one of my favorite writers, too. So is Vince Flynn. Seem the good die young.

[Virginia]

always looking for new books and old authors I over looked in my younger days ---- i read just about anything will try it at least once -- sometimes twice

[Brian]

Hello and welcome Virginia...B

[Aditya]

Parinita wrote: "@Aditya
hi. thanks for the book suggestions. I'll definitely check them out.
I am from Nagpur Maharashtra.
Is shutter island same as the movie?
if you haven't tried it, definitely read Bourne Ide...

Yeah same as the movie which I loved.Other books of his has also be turned into films like Gone Baby Gone (which was good) & Mystic River(which I could not get into). Hope you enjoy them, will check out Bourne series when I get the time.I liked the movie trilogy specially the 3rd one Bourne Ultimatum.

[Hatsunekai]

Hello :)
I'm a reader, a newbie at blogging and I read all kinds of genres of books. It doesn't matter how mainstream vampires or fallen angels are, as long as the author's a good writer, I will read every word of every page in it. I don't like to read a book and not finish it. By the way, I'm Asian. Specifically, I'm from Philippines. :D

[[deleted user]]

Jenni wrote: "Having reached 195 members and counting, I thought we should start a thread for members to get to know each other.

Say 'Hi' to everybody here. Introduce yourself and write something about your wo..."

Hi everyone! Good evening from the Philippines. I'm Issa Bacsa, a work at home mom and freelance writer. I joined GoodReads and this group months ago, but haven't participated in any discussion (sorry!). I prefer reading mystery/crime/suspense/thrillers and two months ago I published an e-book, a mystery thriller. I need to catch up on my reading, too! (so many books, so little time).

[S.]

My name is Sarah. I'm into Golden Age mysteries and Laurie King. I tried writing my own but of course they'll never be good enough to be published. I used to work in a library, but basically I got tired of doing full-time work with part-time hours and pretty much no pay.
I like cats, but have only seen one mystery writer who does cats justice: Marian Babson.

[Paige]

Laura wrote: "Jenni wrote: "I love animals too like Laura - cats, dogs, horses ... My chosen charities for donations and, when I have the time, voluntary work are the RSPCA and CATS aminal charities. I have see..."

Jenni -
Hope I am replying to the right. Message. Kinda hard to type on my phone but I just had to jump in here and say I am also a animal lover. One of my favorite Mystery Series is "The Cat Who". I read these "cozy mysteries" after a "thriller". Looking forward to chatting with you all.
Paige

[Hatsunekai]

Issa wrote: "Jenni wrote: "Having reached 195 members and counting, I thought we should start a thread for members to get to know each other.

Say 'Hi' to everybody here. Introduce yourself and write something..."

Dude, taga-Pilipinas rin ako :D

[Michele]

Hi Jenni - Thanks for starting this topic ...

As a child I read through the library's kids section, hovered around the front door for the mobile book van, and nudged my parents to move the family to a new town with a fresh book collection. Oh those torrid days before Amazon and Kindle:)

Now I'm an avid mystery and thriller reader. I generally go for the contemporary but can be lured into historical and an international locale captures my interest easily.

I also write - my debut mystery thriller is Tunnels, Cappuccino, And A Heist set in St. Louis, Paris, and Cairo.

Great to be part of the group!

Cheers, Michele

[Narendra]

I am 42 years from India. I am interested in reading books. Mostly I read Fiction-specifically thrillers, mysteries and detective, suspense.

[Gretchen]

I loved "The Cat Who" books when I was younger! They were arguably my first mystery series. I hadn't thought of them in a while. I think I might hunt one up now!

[Gretchen]

Hello! It's nice to meet you all.

I read more mysteries than thrillers and I read widely across almost all genres. I especially like books that make me laugh and that have light notes in them instead of just dark through and through. (Those are great too but I find I can make myself depressed without any help!)

[Bill]

I am Bill, a retiree in Florida. My reading tends to move through several genres, but I do like mysteries and thrillers a lot. John Le Carre! Charles McCarry, and Alan Furst are particulars favorites. I enjoy Michael Connelly and recently finished my first book by Dennis Lehane. I normally read in ebook and audiobook format. One more favorite is Henning Mankell.

[Ava Catherine]

Welcome to the group, Bill. I have just returned from a long vacation in Florida and loved it. I love Henning Mankell, too. You are sure to find some great book recommendations here.

[Katelyn]

Hello, I am Katelyn and I hail from Virginia. I have always enjoyed reading a good mystery or thriller. It is a genre I hope to explore more into and broaden my horizons within.

Most of my experience with mystery is either with the more classic authors, like Agatha Christie, Edogawa Rampo, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Edgar Allen Poe, for example; or some of the newer writers like Robert Ludlum, John Grisham and Yonezawa Honobu . I have found I especially like the authors who combine history and mystery together, such as Josephine Tey and Simon Schama.

This seemed like a nice group and a good place to find future reading recommendations. It is nice to meet you all. :)

[Mel]

Katelyn wrote: "Hello, I am Katelyn and I hail from Virginia. I have always enjoyed reading a good mystery or thriller. It is a genre I hope to explore more into and broaden my horizons within.

Most of my experi..."

Have you read the Crowner John series by Bernard Knight? He provides the reader with marvellous descriptions of medieval life.

[Leigh]

Wooot!!! We had a busy weekend!! Welcome to all the new members and to old members that have just popped onto the board to introduce themselves.

[Carol]

I've mostly been a lurker up to now but thought I'd

introduce myself. My name is Carol, 67 years and have been reading 62 of them. I am curious about the demographics of the group-how many members, where do they live and their ages. I presently live between Kentucky and Florida but I grew up in Philadelphia Pa and the north east has never left me. I love mysteries of all kinds and I get ideas of what to read next from several different book clubs here on Goodreads. I have large tbr pile and Shutter Island and Rules of Prey are near the top.

[Jane]

Hi, I have recently joined this group although have been with Goodreads for approximately 2 years. I live just outside Edinburgh and I'm a full time Mum. I also spend a lot of time helping out as a librarian at my son's school.

I adore books and will read almost anything although in recent years I have read more crime fiction than any other genre. My favourites include Reginald Hill, Peter Robinson, Peter Lovesey, P.D. James and Jacqueline Winspear. I also love Golden Age crime, John Dickson Carr and R. Austin Freeman.

I am very much looking forward to making some new friends and for my TBR list to grow.

[Salvatoresia]

Hi everyone. I have been busy writing. Smiles.

[Salvatoresia]

I am Daniel from Boston, MA.

[Nancym]

I'm a retired librarian who resides in NJ. I read all types of books and love mysteries but not thrillers.

[Michael]

welcom Katelyn

[Aelita]

Hey...
I love- Mystery, fantasy, adventure, horror, basically, ANY BOOK XD
I hate with all my heart- Stupid, senseless, lifeless, romance, which is so common these days
I weep every time my favourite character falls in love.

[Salvatoresia]

Amazing writers flocking around.

[Leigh]

Welcome to the newbies.

[G]

Hi

I'm Gail and I love reading forensic crime thrillers. Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell especially. I like James Pattersons books as well. I've read a few of the Alex Cross books and I really enjoyed the Women's Murder Club series, although I was puzzled when they didn't mention the WMC after book 2(strange).

I write supernatural thrillers (NOT vampires or zombies) and am currently writing the third in a trilogy. I won't read romance novels because they are so... meh! And my cat has just had 6 cute kittens (aww).

It's good to be here and after reading quite a few threads, I know I'm in good company.

[Joe]

Parinita wrote: "Hi everyone,
I am Parinita and I live in India.
I haven't read a lot of mysteries and thriller books but I really want to try this genre in a big way.
I have read Dan Brown books, most of which ..."
Robert B. Parker is a must. He has three heroes: Spenser, Jesse Stone, and Sunny Randall. Be careful to read the books actually written by him. His widow chose writers to continue the storylines for Spenser and Jesse Stone, but neither is even close to the original.

Craig Johnson is also great. He writes a series with a hero named Walt Longmire, a modern-day Wyoming sheriff.

Enjoy!