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Took the Frank Tallis book 'A Death in Vienna' on a recent trip to that city. Vienna is more than a convenient backdrop for the novel (I suspect the story could only work in that particular location, in that particular era), the book enhanced my appreciation of the city and vice versa.
A locked room murder mystery, a host of suspects probed by the pschyoanalysis of the young Freud-influenced Liebermann - all you need is a ready supply of Topfenstrudel and Wiener Melange.
I've just started
by Robert Gregory Browne.
I'm currently enjoying Clouds of Witness , the 2nd Peter Wimsey mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers, The Bookwoman's Last Fling , the last Cliff Janeway mystery, by John Dunning and Murder on Gramercy Park, the 3rd Gaslight mystery by Victoria Thompson,
Jeff wrote: "Bill wrote: "I'm currently enjoying Clouds of Witness , the 2nd Peter Wimsey mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers, The Bookwoman's Last Fling , the last Cliff Jane..."It's an excellent series, Jeff.
Since I was last here I have read:Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll
The Watchtower - Lee Carroll
The Shape Stealer - Lee Carroll
Angel's Hero - Liz Borino
Angel's Truth - Liz Borino
The Gondola Maker - Laura Morelli
Chelsea Wives and Their Mistresses - Sarah Bramley
Private India - James Patterson
The Fetish Queen, Part One: Reborn - Nicole Camden
The 100 Society - Carla Spradbery
HOUSE OF STONE - Rene D. Schultz
The Fetish Queen, Part Two: Infamous - Nicole Camden
The Fetish Queen, Part Three: Cursed - Nicole Camden
Yes but she did not say how long it has been since she was on this site ;.)A month? A year?
4th July was when I last posted Paige xx
Jonathan wrote: "Way to make me look bad Fiona ;)I've been writing :P
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have just finished The Dark Herorine series by Abigail Gibbs. and I am now currently reading an old favourite which is The Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness because for my birthday I bought the final part of the trilogy so this is my excuse for rereading a series (even though I do this continuously) lol
Creep, yes five stars !!Let's get one thing out of the way, this is the best psychological thrillers I have read in a long time, a brilliant debut author performance.
Creep grabs you from the start, keeps you on the edge of the seat with a fast paced, smartly written suspense thriller with shocks, twists and turns.
Darkly delicious page turner with strong and powerful and memorable characters, Creep will entertain and enthrall from beginning to end.
Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology, an expert in human behaviour with her own hidden past. But she's not the only one keeping secrets . . .
When Sheila began an affair with her sexy graduate assistant Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, she was riddled with guilt when they were apart. Now she's finally engaged to a good man, and it's time to end the dangerous liaison. But Ethan has something different in mind. He intends to make Sheila pay for rejecting him.
As Sheila attempts to counter Ethan's increasingly threatening moves, he schemes to reveal her darkest, most intimate secrets by destroying her prestigious career . . . and then her. Caught in a terrifying cat-and-mouse game, Sheila must fight for her life and free herself from the ex-lover whom she couldn't resist - who is now the manipulative monster who won't let her go.
Pulsing with the dark obsession of Radiohead's song "Creep," this "truly frightening" debut thriller rockets to a heart-pounding climax.
In my head I had picked "cast" members for the film.
Lucy Lui ... Sheila
Jerry ... Samuel L Jackson
Morris... James Gandolfini (sadly not possible)
(let me know what you think of my cast !)
Ethan... difficult to pick..
Currently I'm reading Colony by Ben Bova. It's sci-fi, but the plot has a lot of thrillerish aspects. I've been enjoying it.
Gerard wrote: "Took the Frank Tallis book 'A Death in Vienna' on a recent trip to that city. Vienna is more than a convenient backdrop for the novel (I suspect the story coul..."
Donna wrote: "Currently reading Sun on Fire and A Good Man Gone"
Love Frank Tallis' books
Enjoying The Shanghai Factor by one of my favorite mystery/espionage writers, Charles McCarry. A young American wanderer becomes a double agent in modern China. Works for me. 
Rest Area is the book I am currently reading. It is one of the books my dad has written. I am a little ashamed being his daughter and rarely reading his books, but this is one of the first times I am not in school. I am halfway through and I don't want to put it down. I love books that grab your attention and make you want to read until the very end. I am so excited to get back into reading now that school is over!
I am so sad! I've just finished The Long Way Home the latest by Louise Penny and I was so disappointed. I have read every one of these books about the wonderful residents of the village of Three Pines and loved them all until this one. It bogged down in the middle and seemed to go nowhere and I thought if they stood and stared at those paintings one more time I'd tear out my hair! And the ending......awful. I will really miss this series but I guess it's over between us.
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I love Charles McCarry!
Nancy wrote: "Steve wrote: "Enjoying The Shanghai Factor by one of my favorite mystery/espionage writers, Charles McCarry. A young American wanderer becomes a double agent in modern China. Works ..."Great to hear it, Nancy. This one has a different feel than the Paul Christopher novels, with a lighter tone, but I like it just as well.
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Someday, when I have time, I'll be reading McCarry again - just not right now. He's a fine writer.
Books that I have read from Jan. 2013 thru march 2013Where'd You Go, Bernadette The Accident Tallgrass The Vig The Bottoms the demonologist/AndrewPiper Candlemoth Telling the Bees Jacqueline Windspear's Incomplete Revenge, julienne Barnes' The Sense of an Ending,
Lisa Ballantine's The Guilty One, Robert Wagner's Pieces of my Heart, Philip Margolin's Proof Positive, Cheryl strayed's Wild, Vince flynn's The last man, Daniel Silva's Prince of Fire, Alice La Plante's Turn of Mind, Jo Nesbo' s Phantom. And finally Alan Brady's I am Half Sick of shadows. Get back to you tommorrow for spring!
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette The Accident Tallgrass The Vig The Bottoms..."
I LOVED and still love The Sense of an Ending.
Okay, now for spring '13: Indiscretion
Invisible Prey
The Venice Conspiracy/Sam Christer
Chuck Klosterman/IV
Jacqueline Winspear/among the Mad
Haunted Ground
The Cut
The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
The Case of the Missing Servant
The Queen's Fool
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Stalking Susan
The Pericles Commission
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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Nancy wrote: "I've just finished The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters. If you're looking for a literary heart-pounding novel, you will want to read this one. I was in mental knots most of the day w..."It was released in August in some places. I'm not too far into it. I wanted something spooky though and started reading her other one--The Little Stranger. I really like this author so far.
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The Little Stranger is so incredibly good. If you ever want to talk about it, let me know. I loved that book.
I finished Birdman. The first few chapters were torturous. I despised his girlfriend. The book did get better as it went on. It was an okay book nothing great.
Jannene wrote: "I finished Birdman. The first few chapters were torturous. I despised his girlfriend. The book did get better as it went on. It was an okay book nothing great."I thought the book was "icky" but well written. I have to get around to the second in the series
Nancy wrote: "Chuck wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I've just finished The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters. If you're looking for a literary heart-pounding novel, you will want to read this one. I was in me..."Thanks--will do!
Tim "The Enchanter" wrote: "Jannene wrote: "I finished Birdman. The first few chapters were torturous. I despised his girlfriend. The book did get better as it went on. It was an okay book nothing great."I tho..."
It definitely was "icky". I felt some of the plot was overdone. The thing with his brother not needed in the story. The characters were well developed and the writing was good.
Just finished AFTER HE'S GONE by Laura Lippman. I'm in between books right now. Think of listening something a bit lighter or maybe ton one of my romance books. Haven't made up my mind yet.
Jannene wrote: "I finished Birdman. The first few chapters were torturous. I despised his girlfriend. The book did get better as it went on. It was an okay book nothing great."I am happy to have seen this post. I am currently reading this and the first part of the book is not impressing me. It is starting to pick up some so I'm glad to hear that it gets better.
Sean wrote: "Creep, yes five stars !!Let's get one thing out of the way, this is the best psychological thrillers I have read in a long time, a brilliant debut author performance...."
Yay! I have this in my library waiting to read and I can't wait. Glad to hear you liked it so much!
I'm just finishing Murder on Gramercy Park by Victoria Thompson, started the first Agatha Raisin mystery, Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton and am about to start Original Sin by P.D. James. As a light entertaining read, I'm about half way through a gothic western (as it's described) The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan and enjoying very much.
I finished Sorrow Bound by David Mark. Several gruesome murders in Hull are linked to serial rapist Sebastien Hoyer-Wood - who has been disabled and institutionalized for many years. Detective Aector McAvoy, a large, capable, well-respected detective, takes the case. During his investigation McAvoy uncovers what may have been scandalous medical and legal malpractice as well as an incident long ago when several people - not knowing who he was - helped save the rapist's life. It seems all this has somehow driven someone to murder.Meanwhile, McAvoy's colleague Helen Tremberg and his wife Roisin become involved with a drug gang, which provides another strand to this mystery book.
Both story lines are skillfully written and compelling. David Mark also does an excellent job with character development and he masterfully describes the almost unbearable hot, muggy weather during the police investigations; the reader can almost feel the fog and heat coming off the page.
All in all this is an excellent mystery book, very highly recommended.
Currently listening to THE PERFECT MISTRESS by Victoria Alexander. The book is okay, but not crazy about narrator.
I've finished Bound and Unbroken - Skye Callahan. Now I am reading Welcome to the Dark House - Laurie Faria Stolarz.
I finished Killer by Jonathan Kellerman. Psychologist Alex Delaware gets in trouble when he consults on a custody case. Constance Sykes claims her sister Cherie is an unfit parent and tries to get custody of her toddler. When Alex comes down on Cherie's side Constance becomes enraged and hires a hit man. This precedes the murder of Constance and several other people in Cherie's orbit. Is Cherie the killer? Or is it the baby's unknown dad? Alex is on the case with his detective friend Lt. Milo Sturgis. This turns out to be a rather thin story without much going on. A disappointing addition to the series.
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My husband used to be a huge Kellerman fan but quit after a while. He thought they were getting to be too formulaic and predictable.
Nancy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I finished Killer by Jonathan Kellerman. Psychologist Alex Delaware gets in trouble when he consults on a custody case. Constance Sykes claims her sis..."I agree with your husband Nancy. Kellerman's books have become much less enjoyable.
Greetings from the bibliotheek in Delfzijl, NL. (And bedankt for the nice librarians who've hooked me up for a half hour. I traveled tech-free this time.)I took Heartsick and A Bitter Feast with me. And then a few other books found me. (Funny how that works on the road, huh?) So, now--so far--I can recommend to everyone else The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd. And thanks to whatever mystery guest left it at the first night's hotel. That book was probably the best thing about that place. I'm taking the cue and hope whoever picks it up at the Penzion Delfzijl will also enjoy it. FYI... I also recommend the Penzion Delfzijl.
The road beckons again... south to Dordrecht. I think. I am clearly not the cruise director.
I finished Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews. Something is amiss at computer game company, Mutant Wizards, in Caerphilly, Virginia. So Meg Lanslow - blacksmith and amateur sleuth - signs on as temporary receptionist to check it out. Sure enough Ted - the office practical joker - is soon murdered. Meg investigates, the suspects including the oddball employees of Mutant Wizards and a group of psychotherapists who share their premises.Meg also discovers several possible motives: did someone want Ted's living quarters? was Ted a blackmailer? was Ted involved in a lawsuit? Meg has to find out.
This is an entertaining light mystery with fun characters, my favorite being George the one-winged buzzard and Spike the bad tempered dog.
Both are awesome books there Jeff:)Geezzz,the last Charles Dickens book I read was..Nicholas Nickelby.
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Have you read the two previous? They give you really good insight into t..."
I didn't read them. I won Sorrow Bound in a book giveaway on Goodreads so I started to read it; I can see though that the previous books in the series would have important character development.