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[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Georgia wrote: "Ron, you should watch the Artful Detective on BBC. It is the wonderful series of William Murdock cases by
Maureen Jennings. I just love it and you would too since you liked [bookcover:Except the ..."

I've seen this series on Netflix and it's call The Murdoch Mysteries. Very well done too.

[Ter'e]

Correction......the name of the Chris Mooney book is Deviant Ways

[Jan C]

Ron wrote: "Just finished Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings. The 1st book of the Murdoch Mysteries. It is set in 1985 Toronto. Murdoch i..."

I enjoyed it, too, and have moved on to Down Among the Dead Men.

[Jan C]

Donna wrote: "Georgia wrote: "Ron, you should watch the Artful Detective on BBC. It is the wonderful series of William Murdock cases by
Maureen Jennings. I just love it and you would too since you liked [bookc..."

Ovation calls it the Artful Detective, too.

[Barbara]

Kerry wrote: "Just finished reading Gone Girl and am in two minds about it... I can't decide if I liked it or not. It was underwhelming taking the hype of it into consideration, though."

I wasn't a big fan of Gone Girl after I read it. Not my kind of story...I hated just about every character :)

[Jannene]

I just started today. It is very intriguing and confusing at the same time. I'm already about 65% through it. I'll be sad when I finish this series. I plan to finish a few of my series this year.

[Barbara]

I finished The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman. A WestAir commuter plane crashes into a building near Los Angeles. Ivan Dresden claims his flight attendant wife Roseanne died in the crash but her parents think Ivan killed her. LAPD detective Peter Decker and his team investigate. Roseanne's body is not located in the wreckage but a different female body - buried for decades - is found in the ruins. Thus there are two potential homicides: Roseanne and the female body. Some pretty huge coincidences crop up in the dual investigations which may be hard to swallow. As usual in this series there are nice family scenes where Decker is at home with his wife Rina, having delicious meals, visiting with their kids, celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, and so on. The story is a bit convoluted and scenes where the suspects are interviewed tend to drag on. The characters are well drawn though and the story comes to a satisfactory conclusion.

[Brandon]

I just finished Doctor Sleep on CD last night, and I'll finish In The Woods sometime this week. I rather like Tana French. A while back I read Faithful Place. French has a great grasp on interpersonal relationships in her writing, a place where King has started to go only recently.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Kait wrote: "Just finished . This book blew me away. How did I miss Connelly for so long? I was glued to my Kindle page, ran it out of battery, plugged it in and kept reading a..."

If you have Amazon Prime, they've just started a Harry Bosch series called "Bosch." So far I've only seen he pilot, but I thought it was very well done.

[Tim The Enchanter]

Three cheers for Tana French!

[Barbara]

Tim "The Enchanter" wrote: "Three cheers for Tana French!"

ditto!

[Paul]

Just started reading . Looks ok. Not a huge fan, but felt like something 'light' after just completing . Reviews for both to follow soon.

[[deleted user]]

I'm currently reading The Racketeer

[Gary]

Reading by Nele Neuhaus

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Ron wrote: "Just finished Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings. The 1st book of the Murdoch Mysteries. It is set in 1985 Toronto. Murdoch i..."

I LOVE the Breslau series. It's probably one of the darkest ever written.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I'm just starting The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel, by Benjamin Black. Can he channel Chandler? Stay tuned.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Zipping through Spider Woman's Daughterby Anne Hillerman. She is doing a good job channeling her father Tony.

[Sean]

About two thirds through Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk.To be honest not one of his best, I have read most of his and usually they are good quality.I am hopingthis is just a blip and soon he wil be back to usual good self

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Sean wrote: "About two thirds through Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk.To be honest not one of his best, I have read most of his and usually they are good quality.I am hopingthis is just a blip and soon he wil be bac..."

Did you read Survivor? I liked that one.

[Sean]

Nancy wrote: "Sean wrote: "About two thirds through Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk.To be honest not one of his best, I have read most of his and usually they are good quality.I am hopingthis is just a blip and soon ..."

Yes I enjoyed it, also enjoyed snuff , haunted, lullaby and invisible monsters.Pygmy was ok, yet to read rant and tell all

[Jan C]

Nancy wrote: "I'm just starting The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel, by Benjamin Black. Can he channel Chandler? Stay tuned."

Have you tried Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration? Some of today's best mystery writers take a hand at Mr. Marlowe. Obviously some are better than others.

Read an excellent essay in Books to Die For by Michael Connelly on how/why Chandler changed his life with The Little Sister. He refers especially to the four pages that make up Chapter 13. It is a book made up of mystery authors telling what book or character they most liked or effected them. So far, not a dud in the book to me.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Jan C wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I'm just starting The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel, by Benjamin Black. Can he channel Chandler? Stay tuned."

Have you tried [book:Raymond Chandler's Phil..."

I'll give it a go -- thanks!

[Sanda]

I just finished Åsa Larsson's ...I can't wait to read the next 3 books in the series, am glad I got all of them right away...I am a big fan of Scandinavian crime novels - am deeply grateful for Stieg Larsson's world wide fame, it ensured that a lot of the other books from the region get translated as well.

[Ter'e]

Do you folks ever sleep?????
LOL
Have had the flu......and haven't even had the energy to read!!!!
My book list is growing and growing, thanks to all of you!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Actually, Benjamin Black has to wait. I just got my copy of The Club at Eddy's Barby Zoltan Boszormenyi and I want to start that first.

[Roberto]

just finished

just started

[Ter'e]

I must read the Stieg series. I have them, just have not read yet.

[Paul]

Ter'e wrote: "Do you folks ever sleep?????
LOL
Have had the flu......and haven't even had the energy to read!!!!
My book list is growing and growing, thanks to all of you!"

Sleep? What's that?!! Only if i don't have a good book to read Ter'e. Hope you are feeling better.

[Diane S ☔]

My next read is Children of the Revolution, love Banks.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Sanda wrote: "I just finished Åsa Larsson's ...I can't wait to read the next 3 books in the series, am glad I got all of them right away...I am a big fan of Scandinavian crime novels ..."

I really enjoyed Sun Storm and the interesting setting near the Arctic Circle.

[Tim The Enchanter]

I just finshed reading Sworn to Silence - based on comments from this thread. Wowza! Its quite the book. One of the best I have read this year. My review sums up my thoughts

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rick]

I just finished:


8/41 -The Abomination Assignment by Lee Holz which was an exploration of government sanctioned assassination which I found very interesting

I also Finished:


9/41 -The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers I read this because I heard that HBO's True Detective used it as a source, which is true, but there was more than this book in the show. The first 5 short stories in The King in Yellow are pretty good and I can see how HP Lovecraft used them as a basis for his works. But the last five short stories are not that great.

I'm currently reading:


10/41 - The best of Joe R Lansdale which was recommended to my in my For The Love of Horror group and started with a Godzilla story that just great and is continuing with Bubba Ho-Tep, which for the un-initiated was made into a movie with the great Bruce Campbell, which I enjoyed. So i'm looking forward to the rest of the book.

Next up:


11/41 - The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft it's been awhile since I've read HP Lovecraft and look forward to getting back into his stories as I start write my own set of horror shorts for my next book. Time to get inspired.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I LOVE HP Lovecraft!!

[Anand]

Finished "Angels and Demons". Now reading "The catcher in the rye"

[Sharon]

Just finished which was interesting, paranormal/police procedural. Particularly liked the 'ghost' character in this one.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Rick wrote: "I just finished:


8/41 -The Abomination Assignment by Lee Holz which was an exploration of government sanctioned assassination which I found very int..."

Rick: I thought since you were interested in True Detective, you might be interested in this link to "The Impact of The King in Yellow on the True Detective Season Finale." I just got this in my email, and thought I might share.

[Rick]

Nancy wrote: "Rick wrote: "I just finished:


8/41 -The Abomination Assignment by Lee Holz which was an exploration of government sanctioned assassination which I f..."

Thnaks for that. I've see a few other "reading" lists that have many of the same books. I could see some of the influence of the King in Yellow, but like that article says it's mostly in the descriptions of "Corcosa", rather than the actual short stories. The series definitely borrows from a whole lot that came before, but then in the end brings it back and made something special that people are going to be talking about for quite a while.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished The Racketeer. Not on par with his earlier books for sure, but still a good read.

[[deleted user]]

Hi Rick! Are you on Facebook?

[Rick]

Yeah Aaron I think the like is https://www.facebook.com/rick.soper.54

[[deleted user]]

Finished Lying With Strangers by James Grippando. Great psychological thriller with a lot of surprises and a cast of undesirable characters.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Rick wrote: "Yeah Aaron I think the like is https://www.facebook.com/rick.soper.54"

Okay, Rick, I sent you a friend request.

[[deleted user]]

Reading Cold City

[Sean]

The Innocent and The Hit with Will Robie are both great.

The Innocent is the first of the Will Robie books, and David Baldacci has created a great strong character.

This is a gripping, tense, fast paced, action packed thriller, keeping you on your toes all the way.

I started to become suspicious of one character, and right to be.

David Baldacci brought a new hero matching Jack Reacher, and Will Robie will return later on the year for The Target.

I also do enjoy the youg fiesty charcater Julie Getty and FRB Agent Vance.

Highly recommended, as is The Hit.

What I find difficult is I read a author, like David Baldacci, love his books then want to read all of them, but then given so many other recommendations, then I love to read all of another author.

Oh why do I have to work for eight hours a day and fit so many other things into my day.

[Mikebeak]

Enjoyed the Will Robie series by Baldacci also!

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Christine this morning and thought it was great. Later I'll be starting W is for Wasted.

[Barbara]

I finished Blind Goddess by Anne Holt. A young Dutchman is accused of killing a drug dealer in Oslo, Norway. Soon afterwards a disreputable lawyer, Hansa Larsen, is shot to death. Police officers Håkon Sand and Hanne Wilhelmsen connect the murders and find clues in the attorney's house that lead them to suspect a huge drug-dealing conspiracy that involves lawyers and maybe even government officials. The police follow complex clues to unearth the culprits but have a hard time trying to bring them to justice. There's a lot of blather about the Norwegian court/justice system which slows down the story and the climax is very drawn out as well. I thought it was just an okay mystery/thriller.

[Paul]

Just finished

Just started
It looks promising. It's a psychological thriller & my first introduction to John Katzenbach.

[Jannene]

I'm still working on The Unlikely Spy and started Trunk Music.

[[deleted user]]

Jannene wrote: "I'm still working on The Unlikely Spy and started Trunk Music."

I really enjoyed Trunk Music.