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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Finished Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind, as part of my page to screen challenge. Holy crap - what a good but disturbingly dark book. Watching the film later today. How they can turn this one into a decent movie is beyond me.


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Stephanie Hutabarat | 1093 comments I finished with Sunflower Forest by Torey L. Hayden. I wonder why they not make a movie from Torey's book? It's so touching and make me realise how precious the children are..


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Stephanie wrote: "I finished with Sunflower Forest by Torey L. Hayden. I wonder why they not make a movie from Torey's book? It's so touching and make me realise how precious the child..."

Isn't it strange how some really good books become bad movies, and ones with a potential to be a good movie are never adapted.


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Stephanie Hutabarat | 1093 comments Indeed. I prefer to read the book first before it play on movie..


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Stephanie wrote: "Indeed. I prefer to read the book first before it play on movie.."

Same here.


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Shannon (xoxoshannon1979) | 263 comments Here some older book in the last 2 Months. I been busy to post them
Revenge by Lisa Jackson It is one of Lisa older book series its 3 books in one but I really didnt care for this series at all The Chartchers was just awful and the storyline seems to drag on

Someone Is Watching by Joy Fielding I really loved this one alot better then her last book i read

Gray Mountain by John Grisham OMG I Love this book i couldnt put it down i hope he writes more with this town

These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
OMG this book was soooooo good i started it monday morning and by Monday Night I was finish with it. I felt so sorry for Alison.

Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson Beverly Barton Wendy Corsi Staub
Another great book written by bunch of ladies. I was so shock who really the killer was. it was a twist I tell you that.

The Murder House by James Patterson
Another book only took me a day to read since i read it doctor office Very good mystery. But I felt like The Police was run by idiots though

If I Run by Terri Blackstock
First book i ever read from her it was okay of a book not my fav
And She Was by Alison Gaylin
New Author for me and I loved this book I will be reading more from her!

Two Books I read in Highschool that i reread since he made it into a whole book in one
First one is
Until the End Aka Final Friends #1-3 & Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice AkA Final Vampire both by Christopher Pike
And I still loved them as I did when I read them as a teenager. I might be rereading all his books again

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Another reread for a book club read for May on Goodreads. Its still one my all time favorite book. First time i read it was in high school for english class and then we also watch the movie still love both

She's Not There by Joy Fielding
A very shocking story and also very sad too after eveything Caroline went though with her baby girl missing and her husband acting like a jerk to her and her own mother act like her missing grandchild is nothing. The ending really pissed me off more. Family like that we dont need

Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
This book had me guessing to the end and I was very shock. Harlan Coben strike again you think you know who the killer is and at the end you be wrong and in shock

By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman Really didnt like this one from her. I just couldnt get into it

Suffer the Children by John Saul
I am a big fan of John Saul and this book i have had for a long time before i decide to read it. This book creep me out so bad. We got Bad Parents and evil Child. Very Creepy IMO


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Shannon (xoxoshannon1979) | 263 comments I just got done reading these books

Rooms by Lauren Oliver It was a new author for me and it was a very good little mystery to it. I am not to crazy about ghost stories but i like this one alot I going have to check out more from her

Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz This is the 2nd book i ever read from him I thought he was a new author for me till i went though my list and notice i read his book Suriver before. I really like this book and I cant wait to see him write more in this series

Scent of Danger by Andrea Kane This is an older book that i though i read before but I must didnt. I really didnt care for it all


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Tom | 141 comments Started D is for Deadbeat. Finished VOID by David M. Staniforth. Really entertaining and different story there.


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Esther (eshchory) | 218 comments I have just finished Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland which was interesting.
Now I am reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell which is good so far but I still have a long way to go.


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Sean Peters | 155 comments I See You by Clare Mackintosh

Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and to Clare the author for an ARC copy for review.

Firstly, I loved Clare's first book a fantastic first novel, the second keeps to the same standard.

A powerful, chilling, gripping tense thriller that keeps you guessing all the way.

When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation: just a website, a grainy image and a phone number. She takes it home to her family, who are convinced it's just someone who looks like Zoe. But the next day the advert shows a photo of a different woman, and another the day after that.

Is it a mistake? A coincidence? Or is someone keeping track of every move they make . . .

I See You is an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning psychological thriller from one of the most exciting and successful British debut talents of 2015!

Frightening that this could be so easily be true!

Very powerful story, chilling, and gripping, like her debut author a book so powerful it stays in your head, are you being watched?

Clare has done such a good job to keep up her high, no excellent standard of her first book, now cannot wait for her next book. Quickly becoming one of Britain's great authors.

This book grips you to the very last page, great characters enjoyed Zoe character but also Kelly.

Highly recommended and a five star from me.


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Dennis wrote: "I'm finally reading Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. The man can sure write similes ("moist as a toad's belly"). 1940s-era racial slurs may offend some. Still, a joy to read -- ..."

My favorite Chandler.


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Started The Spiral Staircase aka Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lina White last night. I think this may be a darker book than her usual fare, but I'm only on page 28.


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Tom Mathews | 1001 comments With the passing of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, I decided to drop everything and reread his holocaust memoir, Night. I had forgotten what a truly monumental work it is. Here is my review. His is a story that we must never allow to be fogotten.
Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel


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Bill Nancy wrote: "Started The Spiral Staircase aka Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lina White last night. I think this may be a darker book than her usual fare, but I'm only on page 28."

I have been looking for her books. I look forward to your thoughts on this one.


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Jim | 652 comments I have started reading How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9) by Louise Penny by Louise Penny Louise Penny.

I saw a lot of good reviews. First time reading anything by this author.


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Thomas (tom471) | 2022 comments I am reading Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky It is a stand alone and not part of the Warshawski series. I will count it for Kansas in my US state challenge(7 states left).


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Bill wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Started The Spiral Staircase aka Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lina White last night. I think this may be a darker book than her usual fare, but I'm only on page 28."

I h..."


The one I have is from 1946, complete with yellowed pages and illustrated with photos from the movie. She's fun to read.


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Zoe Radley | 558 comments I am starting to read a non fiction book *shock horror* ..... *please don't hurt me* lol it's called Mrs Jordan's profession by Claire Tomalin, one of the most famous comedian actresses of the early nineteenth century and wow so far so good woop woop


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Finished The Spiral Staircase/Some Must Watch. I'll post about it when I've seen the film, but I liked it. The action takes place all in one night and the tension ratchets over the length of the book.


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Jan C (woeisme) | 39313 comments Nancy wrote: "Started The Spiral Staircase aka Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lina White last night. I think this may be a darker book than her usual fare, but I'm only on page 28."

Getting ready to read Some Must Watch.


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Dennis Anthony | 99 comments I'm probably the last person in the group to read The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lay into me, Bostonians.


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Tom Mathews | 1001 comments Dennis wrote: "I'm probably the last person in the group to read The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lay into me, Bostonians."


Sadly, you aren't.


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Jan C (woeisme) | 39313 comments Tom wrote: "Dennis wrote: "I'm probably the last person in the group to read The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lay into me, Bostonians..."


I've never read it.


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Thomas (tom471) | 2022 comments Dennis wrote: "I'm probably the last person in the group to read The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lay into me, Bostonians."

I am not from Boston. I started it but could not finish it. The Boston dialect was too much work.


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Carol (carolfromnc) | 15228 comments Dennis wrote: "I'm probably the last person in the group to read The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lay into me, Bostonians."


Nah, you are not.


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Dennis Anthony | 99 comments The dialect was kind of ... relentless. But I love Dennis Lehane's stuff.


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Tom Mathews | 1001 comments Dennis wrote: "The dialect was kind of ... relentless. But I love Dennis Lehane's stuff."

That clinched it. TBR time.


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Thomas wrote: "Dennis wrote: "I'm probably the last person in the group to read The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lay into me, Bostonians..."



I share Thomas's view. http://www.jamedibiasio.com/2015/10/0...


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
About to finish The Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera (Mexico); finished with Murder Underground, by Mavis Doriel Hay, from British Library Crime Classics -- 1930s British murder mystery -- good, not great, but definitely worth the read.


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Maureen DeLuca | 16 comments I just started Intensity Intensity by Dean Koontz by Dean Koontz Dean Koontz . I am finding it interesting, only on page 50. I THINK I know what is going on and or what is happening... but then I say- am I really THAT SMART? Somehow , I doubt it.... we shall see!


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Tad (tottman) | 139 comments I started Collecting the Dead Collecting the Dead (Special Tracking Unit #1) by Spencer Kope by Spencer Kope and I'm really enjoying it so far. Very fluid writing style and a little bit of a sarcastic main character.


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Barbara (cinnabarb) | 10022 comments I finished Dog on It Dog on It (A Chet and Bernie Mystery #1) by Spencer Quinn by Spencer Quinn

Bernie Little runs the "Little Detective Agency" with the help of his dog Chet. The book, narrated by Chat from his doggy point of view, tells the story of the search for a missing teenage girl. A fun mystery. 3.5 stars.

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


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Rhian (rhianlovesbooksx1f4d6) | 352 comments I'm enjoying The sudden departure of the Frasers by Louise Candlish


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Kathy Just started reading RIVERSIDE LANE, set in an English country village, it's all very cosy so far, but there's a mysterious American who's just arrived and he's obviously got a BIG SECRET. Lots of engaging characters and well written. So far, so good!


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Tom | 141 comments Reading my second Harry Bosch The Black Ice. Loving it.


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M.L. | 365 comments Congrats Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group! 14,000 members as of now!


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Woot!


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Jim | 652 comments Just finished reading How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9) by Louise Penny by Louise Penny Louise Penny

My Review


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Ann Girdharry (anngirdharry) I just finished
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) by Tom Rob Smith

What an amazing book. Tom Rob Smith well deserves all the accolades for this story - it was the sort of book that I didn't want to end...


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Jim | 652 comments I am starting Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben by Harlan Coben Harlan Coben


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10118 comments Mod
Ann wrote: "I just finished
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) by Tom Rob Smith

What an amazing book. Tom Rob Smith well deserves all the accolades for this story - it was the sort of book that I didn't want to end..."


I enjoyed that book so much that I couldn't bring myself to read the other two in that series. Somehow, I just didn't think they could possibly top the first one.


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Barbara (cinnabarb) | 10022 comments I'm listening to NOS4A2 by Joe Hill NOS4A2 by Joe Hill on Hoopla. I'm about half finished and it's pretty good (though very long).

Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King and writes a lot like his dad .....looks like him too :)


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Currently reading The Beauty of the End by Debbie Howells

Just finished The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

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


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Tom Mathews | 1001 comments Ann wrote: "I just finished
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) by Tom Rob Smith

What an amazing book. Tom Rob Smith well deserves all the accolades for this story - it was the sort of book that I didn't want to end..."


And it's even based on a true story, even though the author took some pretty large liberties with it such as moving the events back a few decades.


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Bill M.L. wrote: "Congrats Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group! 14,000 members as of now!"

Woo hoo!!!


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Bill Just starting two mysteries -

- City Of Ice by John Farrow City Of Ice by John Farrow, which I'm enjoying so far, and
- Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett by Georges Simenon Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett by Georges Simenon


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Jan C (woeisme) | 39313 comments Finally got around to reading Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. Just thought it was great. Can't wait to read the rest in the series.


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Laurence Giliotti | 74 comments Bill wrote: "Just starting two mysteries -

- [bookcover:Maigret and the Enigmatic ..."


This is considered the first Maigret. Simenon is still feeling his way along the police procedural path. Very interesting as a snapshot of history. You have inspired me to read it again. Thanks.


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