Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers discussion
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Elizabeth wrote: "Hi,I am Elizabeth who has been in Goodreads for a long time now. I love many genres but have a special love for Scandinavian mysteries.
I just finished reading "Until Tuesday" about the Wounded Wa..."
Welcome Elizabeth! Lucky you for living in the beautiful, lush, green Northwest. I my family lives up there and it is gorgeous.
Hi, I have a funny feeling I wrote on this ages ago, but seeing as it has been a long time since I have used goodreads (my degree ate my time) I thought I'd best do another one.I'm Nicholas, 24, who lives in Scotland, in a town somewhere west of Glasgow. I tend to mostly read crime and fantasy fiction, with a particular preference for anything written by Ian Rankin. I hope to discover more crime novels here, and to just generally get to know some fellow book lovers.
Nicholas wrote: "Hi, I have a funny feeling I wrote on this ages ago, but seeing as it has been a long time since I have used goodreads (my degree ate my time) I thought I'd best do another one.I'm Nicholas, 24, w..."
Welcome Nicholas! Lovely to have a Scot join the group. Congratulations on finishing university.
Leigh wrote: "Nicholas wrote: "Hi, I have a funny feeling I wrote on this ages ago, but seeing as it has been a long time since I have used goodreads (my degree ate my time) I thought I'd best do another one.I'..."
Thank you Leigh and Malina. Hopefully people like you will introduce me to more and wonderful crime fiction in the weeks to come!
Hi all! I am and have been an avid reader all my life. My tastes run the gamut except for Romance novels. My favorite genres are Mystery, Suspense, and Thrillers. I am hoping to find new authors to enjoy and catch up on old ones.
Bernie wrote: "Hi all! I am and have been an avid reader all my life. My tastes run the gamut except for Romance novels. My favorite genres are Mystery, Suspense, and Thrillers. I am hoping to find new authors to..."Welcome Bernie! I'm sure you will find new books to enjoy in this group.
Hi group, I'm Jennifer. I'm 36 and married and I live in Ohio, USA. I have a BA in English and I'm a book nerd for life. I'll read almost anything but mystery is my favorite genre, and cosies (cozies) are my favorite sub-genre. I'm currently reading several series by authors John Sandford, Alan Bradley, Louise Penny, and Susan Wittig Albert. If I had to pick my favorite authors I would have to say Agatha Christie and John D. MacDonald.
Hi, Jennifer! Welcome to the group! How are you enjoying Louise Penny? I'm one of the resident Inspector Gamache addicts in the group!
Heather wrote: "Hi, Jennifer! Welcome to the group! How are you enjoying Louise Penny? I'm one of the resident Inspector Gamache addicts in the group!"I finished the first book a couple days ago and ADORED it! Inspector Gamache is such a great character, the writing was good, and the mystery plot made sense. I think Penny managed to balance all the elements nicely.
I'm looking forward to reading more in the series once my library requests come in.
Hi, I'm Lisa Black, I'm a CSI and author of published novels of forensic suspense. I don't seem to have enough time to read as much as I like but I've been doing better lately. I also like to listen to audiobooks (usually nonfiction) when I'm stuck doing fingerprints for hours at work. (I can download them from the library to my phone--LOVE IT!)Oh, and I'm sort of having a midlife crisis. Okay, not really any 'sorta' about it, I am. Right now reading a Randy Wayne White.
Janet wrote: "Wow, what an interesting job, Lisa. I am looking forward to hearing all about your work, and life.Leigh, we should start a thread about SCI & Forensics in Fiction, both in fiction and real life...."
Agreed.
Here's a link to the one you started here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm fine thanks. How are you? How's college going?
Alisha wrote: "Its good. im stuck in the hospital atm"!!!!!
Are you okay?
I'm a longtime Goodreads member from near Chicago. My interests are all over the board, as you can see from my booklist. I've also just published my first novel, a thriller about an illegal, underground market where participants wager on whether and when individuals will die. It's called The Death Market and available on Amazon.com now. http://www.amazon.com/Death-Market-Br...
You can also visit my blog for some of my other writing: http://brettbakerwrites.blogspot.com
Look forward to sharing favorites and opinions!
Brett wrote: "I'm a longtime Goodreads member from near Chicago. My interests are all over the board, as you can see from my booklist. I've also just published my first novel, a thriller about an illegal, unde..."
Welcome Brett! Goodluck with your book.
Alisha wrote: "Leigh wrote: "Alisha wrote: "Its good. im stuck in the hospital atm"!!!!!
Are you okay?"
Get better soon. Sorry about the pain. I am going to guess that you were joking about being locked in the back of a meat truck, or that your pain meds were just kicking in.
I am ok now I guess. In a lot of pain"
I'm an avid reader of crime fiction but cut my teeth on Stephen King as a teenager and still read everything he writes. Sandford, Connelly, Connolly, Vachss, Parker, LeHane are just a few of the authors I have followed religiously. Since I found GoodReads, it directed me to Gillian Flynn, Brett Battles, Chelsea Cain and other authors. Have read all the Lee Child "Reacher" books and also many of the Stephen Hunter Bob Lee Swagger books. Can't get enough of vigilante justice dispensed so swiftly! :-)
Hi, everyone! I'm a 66-year old grandma to 3 grown grandkids, married for 48 years, and slave to 4 cats.We live in East Central IL, USA. I do a lot of needlework, and I used to read a lot before teaching myself needle arts. Maybe no one hears this much on Goodreads, but I'm actually joining a few groups to get inspired to read again. I tend to take a book to bed and read several pages before realizing I didn't absorb it because I'm half asleep! I tend to lean toward the genre of this group, but I have enjoyed many others through the years. My life has been fraught with unbelievable tragedy, but my outrageous sense of humor has seen me through it all. Janet Evanovich is my kind of writer when the mood hits, and I discovered I like some fantasy, historical fiction, and even some romance if it's not sappy and full of savages ravishing helpless, hopeless women turned on by half-naked musclemen. Gag! The first Fern Michael romance I read was really crappy, but I was hooked on her sisterhood series. That bunch of gals, with their enabling mentors, were right up this old girl's alley, and I'd love to have done some of those things myself!I look forward to some group reads and inspiration to sample many new-to-me authors, and of course, interacting with you members. It appears to be a good group!
Hi everyone, nice to be here. I have so many favorite crime/thriller authors, too many to mention really. I do love all J D Robb's books and tend to pounce on them on release day if not before. :-)
Janet wrote: "Ni Nancy. Lovely to have one more of our kind of gals. A lot of us are cat slaves; in my case I live with 2 imaginary kittens. Love Janet Evanovich, specially with her new partnership with Lee..."
Thanks for the hearty welcome, and I will see you in the other forums! Very nice to be here!
Hi to everyone, this is my first time in such a group. I am an artist/writer currently based in Oxfordshire, who after a couple of intense years has just finished my first book. I am a lover of Nordic Noir which first got me into this mess (joke!), with a need to be creative which constantly drives me. Always interested in other peoples views on life, the universe and everything, though I’m surprised I found the time to write this introduction, as my work seems to eat up all my time. Anyway, good to be here!
Hi Everyone, I'm Sue from Pennsylvania. Looking forward to getting to know all of you.
Hi all. Thanks for creating this group and allowing me to join. I look forward to meeting new readers and discussing my books and others.I'm a former motion picture/television executive who became an author. I am the author of the Rail Black novels, the latest of which is BEVERLY HILLS IS BURNING.
If you would like more info you can go to www.neil-russell.com. I'm also on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NeilRussellO...) and Twitter (@neilrussellauth). - NR
Welcome E.D., Sue, and Neil. I hope you all had a great weekend.
Oh, and good luck with your books Neil.
Janet wrote: "Sue wrote: "Hi Everyone, I'm Sue from Pennsylvania. Looking forward to getting to know all of you."My best friend from Uni. was from Philly, Pennsylvania. We used to wait for her mother's perio..."
Yes scrapple is one of our "delicacies" here in the Philly area. Let's just say its an acquired taste. Not one that I've developed.
Hello, 27 year old who just released my debut novel "A Killer's Memoir". If interested in a good fast paced thriller please check it out. Thank you for your support!
http://www.amazon.com/A-Killers-Memoi...
My name is Ian MacGregger. I was born in Inverness, Scotland during the winter of 1973. My father was a shepherd. My mother worked for the local council. We lived in a small cottage along the A82 on the north bank of Loch Ness. I grew up on the Loch. Got my first boat when I was thirteen. Spent days exploring its coves. And, oh yes, I did see Nessie! But that was much later on after a late evening that involved several pints and more than my share of Scapa Flow whisky. Nice girl. Pretty face. Longish neck. Not much in the leg department.I am Anna’s confidential assistant. And, before you ask, I don’t know her last name. As far as I can determine, she hasn’t got one. She is a paranormal private detective with an amazing range of skills and abilities. A genius to be sure but a great deal more. With Anna's permission, I chronicle some of our more interesting cases. I'm also a voracious reader and love discussing books; particularly good ones. You can visit me at http://www.ianmacgregger.com/
Hello Mark, Ian, and Ann! Welcome to the group!
Heather wrote: "Hello Mark, Ian, and Ann! Welcome to the group!"Hi, Heather--I am new to the group and Goodreads, too.
Brett wrote: "I'm a longtime Goodreads member from near Chicago. My interests are all over the board, as you can see from my booklist. I've also just published my first novel, a thriller about an illegal, unde..."
Hi, Bret--
Good luck with your novel. I will look at it.
I did the same, a thriller, too, that KIRKUS calls “An ambitious thriller, successful in nearly every respect.” Unsettle the Score
Be well.
Jeff Hollman
Can't stop!!! I am a huge fiction fan, especially murder (detective), and urban fantasy (no vampires please!). I am currently on book 17, of the Faye Kellerman, Rina Lazarus & Peter Decker Series. I've been reading them straight through for almost two months. I also like Louise Penny, Inspector Gamache Series. I inhale books! It's gotten so bad, that I don't fall asleep until after 4:00 in the morning! But who cares! I'm retired and this is my hobby! Always looking for good books to read.
Hi. My name is Carol and I live in San Diego. As a hobby and for relaxation, I read. I particularly like the mystery and thriller genre. When I recently purchased an I-Pad, I found the goodreads app and here I am.
Hi allI'm Steve, fan of all things Crime/Thriller/Action/Adventure/Conspiracy and fairly new to Goodreads as well (what did I ever do without it?). I look forward to participating in the community.
I've also got a conspiracy thriller being published in September with Momentum Books that I'll be sure to share with you all.
Thanks
Steve
Hi everyone! I'm Tim, I am 23 and I LOOOVE to read fiction and books that are adventurous and have mysteries. I'm very friendly so don't be afraid to chat with me! look forward to chat tin with you soon
I'm a newbie to this group. Love crime and mysteries! Currently reading Faye Kellerman's Rina Lazarus & Pete Decker series. Just finished the third to the last book in the series. Also like Louise Penney. Always looking for good detective, crime, mystery books to read!
Hi, great finding this group! I'm the author (Bantam, Avon, Pinnacle and my own Wolfpack Publishing) of 40 mysteries, thrillers, westerns and a few non-fiction works, and a publisher of over a dozen other exceptional authors. You can find me at www.ljmartin.com and our company at www.wolfpackpublishing.com. However, my main claim to fame is being married to NYT bestselling romantic suspense author Kat Martin, whose AGAINST THE WILD is No. 10 on the NYT this week. My last is G5 GEE WHIZ, only $.99 Kindle Countdown NOW! L. J. Martin
Parker (Spenser) wrote the best dialogue in the biz, but don't miss Lee Child (Reacher) or David Morrell (Rambo, etc.), or for great reading buys from some of the American icons of mysteries and westerns: Frank Roderus, Robert Vaughan, Chet Cunningham, Gary McCarthy, Douglas Hirt and others being republished by Wolfpack Publishing (www.wolfpackpublishing.com).
Hi & welcome to Jeff, Kathy, Carol, Tim & L.J.! L.J. & any other new authors joining the group, if you have publisher promos or author promos/giveaways, we have designated sections in the discussion feed for exactly those things: "Publishers' Corner" & "Authors' Corner & Giveaways." Please post any promotional comments, etc in those locations - It makes it easier for our members to find them and keeps the site organized and manageable! Thanks & welcome!
Hi all, I'm the author of The Three Others. I like writing mystery and crime. I am from India. I on twitter @MohammadAuthor too. New to goodreads.
Alisha wrote: "Mohammad wrote: "Hi all, I'm the author of The Three Others. I like writing mystery and crime. I am from India. I on twitter @MohammadAuthor too. New to goodreads."OMG!!! I love that book!! Such ..."
Where are you from Alisha?
Alisha wrote: "The Usa but i have a friend from india and she letted me borrow it"Awesome!
Alisha wrote: "Id love to read more of your books if i could"I have began to write my next. when i am done, you will be the first one to know. Adding you as friend.
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