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I would like to nominate Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith.It is one of the best psychological dramas ever written. Although, Hitchcock made a really good movie with this story, the book is hundred times better and completely different.
Love Patricia Highsmith, although I don't think I've read Strangers on a Train. I'd like to nominate The Secret Place by Tana French. Lots of twists and turns.
The Secret Place great read with lots of twists and turns. I've read all five in the current series.
The_Paperback_Peruser wrote: "I would like to nominate Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith.It is one of the best psychological dramas ever written. Although, Hitchcock made a really good movi..."
We have read a Patricia Highsmith as one of our group reads this year and as I look through our Buddy reads, Nancy chose it as one of the Noir selections there. Can you think of another book to nominate?
Bill wrote: "The_Paperback_Peruser wrote: "I would like to nominate Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith.It is one of the best psychological dramas ever written. Although, Hit..."
Aww damn, I didn't know! Okay, I'll look for another.
From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell. She's such a terrific writer but since I've never read any of her Wexford books, I'd really enjoy reading this as a group. It's a nice short read :-)
. From Doon With Death
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Lovely book. Mrs. Danvers gives me the willies.
Gisela wrote: "Can I nominate Die Therapie"I don't see why not, Gisela.. English version also available.. Therapy
Bill wrote: "Gisela wrote: "Can I nominate Die Therapie"I don't see why not, Gisela.. English version also available.. Therapy"
Sorry meant to add the english version. Don't know why but this adding function brings the IT-idiot out in me. Sigh.
Gisela wrote: "Bill wrote: "Gisela wrote: "Can I nominate Die Therapie"I don't see why not, Gisela.. English version also available.. Therapy"
Sorry meant to add the english versio..."
That's why I'm here, Gisela.. :)
Madeline wrote: "The Secret Place great read with lots of twists and turns. I've read all five in the current series."Madeline - sorry for not noticing this sooner, but we read The Secret Place as a group read late last year. Do you have another nomination?
Kay Pamela wrote: "I nominate Pretty Girls 
by Karin Slaughter""It was already nominated, Kay so will be in the poll when I set it up. If you wish to nominate another, feel free to do so or you can just vote on this. :0)
Janeandjerry wrote: "D
"I'll put it on the list if you like, Janeandjerry, but it's only being released end Sep as far as I can see and may be unavailable for many of our readers.
Can't link to it from my phone, but I will once again nominate Night Film by Marisha Pessl.
The nominations up to today In case you're still thinking about it, these are the nominations for now. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter - Crystal
Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton - Tom
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry - Mary
Montana by Gwen Florio - Patricia
Deadly Messengers by Susan May - janeandjerry
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Paperback_Peruser
From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell - Icewineanne
Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek - Gisela
Night Film by Marisha Pessl - Justin
The Breaker Minette Walters - Bill
(I hope I didn't miss any. Two more days before the poll is set up.)
The poll is set up and should start be open for voting on the 9th. https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...A smaller list than previous polls but still a nice selection.
The poll is now closed and we have the two books chosen for the Oct / Nov Reading Group poll. Thanks to everyone who voted. We had 184 votes all told. The books selected were - *drum roll please*Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter nominated by Crystal and
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier nominated by The_Paperback_Peruser
I'll set the threads up today or tomorrow. Enjoy the books. A nice mix for you.
Happy to see that Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter made it to the top. Looking forward to that one. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is an oldy but a goody and may open doors to the next generation of readers.
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I just finished Rebecca after many years of avoiding it (consciously or unconsciously). I was amazed. Excellent book.
Bill wrote: "I just finished Rebecca after many years of avoiding it (consciously or unconsciously). I was amazed. Excellent book."I was the same. I put off reading it for years and ended up giving it an enthusiastic five-star rating.
Great minds, eh?.. :). A nice mix of the classic and new for the Oct/ Nov group reads. I hope everyone enjoys.
I could not be more excited about the choices! I may or may not have started Pretty Girls a few days ago in hopes of it making the cut this month!
Smart move or not.. ;)... I hope you enjoy them both.
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