Poll Open - Feb/March 2013 Group Read

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Poll is Open for the February/March Group Read

Poll will be open 6th-11th.

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/19...

General rules for Group Reads

1) If your nomination wins - you will be the discussion moderator.

2) One (1) nomination only per person. Neither self-nominations by authors nor nominations by their respective publishers or publicist will be accepted.

3) Do not cheat or manipulate results. It is not acceptable to create fake accounts to nominate books or vote in polls and it is not acceptable to invite people to the site for the sole purpose of nominating a book or voting for a book in a poll. It is not acceptable to ask for votes or influence the poll in any way. If the moderators feel that a group read poll has been manipulated, the book in question will be disqualified. If the moderators feel that the user(s) are fake accounts, these will be reported to Goodreads for further review.

4) Please do not repeat an author we have read in the last year. Check the bookshelves to see the authors we've read in the past year. http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...

5) For your nomination please include Title, Author and Link (Use the "add book/author" link at the top of the comment box).

Since we are an international group, please check to make sure the book is readily available in more than one format. the last thing we want is to nominate a book that no one can get.

Finally, a word about series - the joy or bane of a mystery reader's life! Please consider whether the book you are nominating would be best read by someone who has read all the previous books in the series or can be enjoyed by someone new to the series too.

[Bill]

Wow, is it that time already? Amazing. I'll get it started by nominating by John Burdett. This is the first Sonchai Jitpleecheep mystery. This is the summary to help you make your mind up. "Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.—is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchai’s quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have ever imagined."

[Christiana]

Bill wrote: "Wow, is it that time already? Amazing. I'll get it started by nominating by John Burdett. This is the first Sonchai Jitpleecheep mystery. This is the summary to help yo..."

Excellent nomination! I'd definitely read this book, Bangkok is my favorite city in the world.
Adding it to my to-read list.

[Cathy]

Had nice fellow in used book store recommend Bangkok 8 just yesterday. Has my vote.

[Brandon]

Great choice. If anyone has not read Big Maria by Johnny Shaw or Frank Sinatra in a Blender by Matthew McBride, read them now. Definitely in my top 5 of last year. the Ninth Step by Grant Jerkins was Amazing, and Cold Hands by John Niven scared the Hell out of me!!!

[Paul]

Hello everybody!

I'll nominate The House of Silk, the recent addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon by Anthony Horowitz.

[Nadia]

I'm nominating DDM713R by Stephen king brilliant book. One I definitely want to read again.

[Nadia]

Rose Madder by Stephen king. Sorry link didn't work.

[Nadia]

I think you'll like this book! Rose Madder http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10619

[Michelle]

Love Rose Madder. Haven't read it in years!

[Patrick]

His Father's Sins by Kellye Bel Davis Alston. You will not put it down.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Kellye wrote: "I nominate The Right to Judge by Kellye Bel Davis Alston

Hi Kellye, I'm very sorry but you cannot nominate your own book. Please see rule 2 and 3 in the first post in this thread.

Best of luck with your book.

Donna

[Author Kellye]

Donna wrote: "Kellye wrote: "I nominate The Right to Judge by Kellye Bel Davis Alston

Hi Kellye, I'm very sorry but you cannot nominate your own book. Please see rule 2 and 3 in the first post in this thread.

..."
Sorry just saw that. Thank you very much

[Diane]

Bill wrote: "Wow, is it that time already? Amazing. I'll get it started by nominating by John Burdett. This is the first Sonchai Jitpleecheep mystery.

Sonchai Jitpleecheep is an awesome character. Yes, I've already read Bangkok 8 and all the rest in the series. Sonchai is a character I couldn't get enough of. I want more; I can only hope.

[Jessica]

Birdman

I would like to nominate Birdman by Mo Hayder

Greenwich, south-east London. The Met's crack murder squad, AMIP, is called out by nervous CID detectives to a grim discovery. Five bodies, all young women, all ritualistically murdered and dumped on wasteland near the Dome. As each post-mortem reveals a singular, horrific signature linking the victims, officers realize that they are on the trail of that most dangerous offender: a sexual serial killer.

Detective Inspector Jack Caffery - young, driven, unshockable - finds himself facing both hostility within the force and echoes of his past in this, his first case with AMIP. Haunted by the memory of a death long ago, he employs every weapon forensic science can offer for he knows it is only a matter of time before this chaotic, sadistic killer strikes again

[Benjamin]

Paul 'Pezski' wrote: "Hello everybody!

I'll nominate The House of Silk, the recent addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon by Anthony Horowitz."

I just finished it yesterday...great addition to the Sherlockian universe!

[Jan C]

Paul 'Pezski' wrote: "Hello everybody!

I'll nominate The House of Silk, the recent addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon by Anthony Horowitz."

I think The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel was a group read last year, wasn't it? Although I didn't get to it until this past Christmas when I listened to it on my way to North Carolina.

[Brian]

I nominate Brass Knuckles by Larry Matthews...

[Tracy]

A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller.

[Mathew]

Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan.

[Dipanjan]

Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben. Very tongue in cheek. Very unputdownable.

[Max F]

Without Fail by Lee Child. Jack Reacher's always a fun guy to follow.

[Glenda]

Bill wrote: "Wow, is it that time already? Amazing. I'll get it started by nominating by John Burdett. This is the first Sonchai Jitpleecheep mystery. This is the summary to help yo..."

This sounds great.

[Kathryn]

I will nominate The One I Left Behind
The author lives in my town! (Montpelier, VT)

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Dipanjan wrote: "Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben. Very tongue in cheek. Very unputdownable."

Hi Dipanjan. We read another book by Harlan Coben last April and we do not repeat authors for a year. Would you like to nominate a book by a different author?

[Ava]

I would like to nominate Eden by David Holley

It's mystery thriller dystopia type novel.

[Gary]

by robin cook

[Martin]

Predator Strike! by Liam Saville. Just see my review at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

[Pete]

Crashed by Timothy Hallinan.

The most hilarious noir I've ever read. Brilliant.

[Pam]

I nominate Nano By Robin Cook as well.
Nano

[Linda]

I'll go with Nano also.

[Teri]

I would like to nominate Birdman

Thanks

[Frances]

I would like to nominate Raw Material I haven't yet read this one, but I read the author's debut (Behind Closed Doors by JJ Marsh) and loved it.

[Akshay]

The Blood Gospel by James Rollins

[Katie]

I'll second Eden by David Holley