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[Boxcar]

Black And White by Lewis Shiner. Great book.

[Stephanie Hutabarat]

i finished read Entanglement by Zygmunt Miłoszewski. This is my 1st time reading book from Polish author. I love him! Gosh! now, i am start reading The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto. She is Finnish. So far, i enjoy it.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

He's a good writer (Miloszewski). I just recently bought his latest, Rage.

[Barbara]

I finished Before the Fall by Noah Hawley.

After the crash of a private plane, the only survivors are a recovering alcoholic artist and a 4-year-old boy. The story revolves around the backstories of the crash victims, the investigation into the incident , and what's going on with characters of interest now. This book got lots of great reviews but it's 3 stars for me.

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

[Shannon]

Just got done reading these
by James Patterson
One of his older books i didnt read yet I really liked it

by Lisa Scottoline
IMO Not one of her best

by Phillip Margolin
A Reread I still love it alot

Now I am going be reading these
by Patricia Cornwell
by Kate White
by Catherine Coulter

[[deleted user]]

I just finished Saving Sophie.



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

[Sean]

Thanks to Net Galley, the publishers and the author Chris Holm for a ARC Copy.

After very much enjoying "The Killing Kind", the Michael Hendricks book 1, and also the quick short story "The Approach", I was very happy to be approved number 2 in the series with our anti hero Michael Hendricks.

An anti-hero with a difference, an assassin who goes after assassins.

When a family stops near the Golden Gate Bridge to record a special anniversary message at the very spot their grandparents once posed for a photo nearly forty years ago, things take a tragic turn as a tugboat carrying explosives slams into the bridge, detonating on impact, causing massive destruction.

Upon seeing the family’s recorded mobile footage of the moments just before the explosion, Thompson makes a startling discovery. Frank Segreti’s face was captured on the video, signaling that he’s apparently alive and well, which is a shock to the FBI, as they previously thought him to be dead. This starts a great chain of plots and twists.

Seven years prior, Frank Segreti came to the FBI offering key evidence about a shady organization comprised of different crime leaders, known only as the "Council". In return for his betrayal, the Council hired someone to take him out. Until now, Segreti was believed to have been killed in an explosion., but now very much alive in this mobile footage.

Thompson hopes that Segreti can once again help lead her to the Council, but keeping him alive–especially once Council members find out he’s still breathing–poses a real problem. Thinking outside of the box, she turns to another man wanted by the FBI, hitman Michael Hendricks, to keep Segreti safe.

Michael Hendricks has spent the last year coming to terms with his friend Lester being murdered by an assassin sent by the council to kill Michael Hendricks, he survived with his life but is determined to seek revenge on the members of "The Council"

This action packed, rollercoaster of a ride thriller keeps your attention with multiple storylines that you know are going to come together nicely.

Some great characters in this entertaining book, and all I can say is read book one quickly and get ready for this book when it comes out in mid September.

A clear four star from me.

[Rhian]

Currently reading When she was bad by Tammy Cohen, I rated Velocity by Dean Koontz 4★ it was a really good story but I can't help thinking another author would have made it terrifying

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Finished with The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer, by Kate Summerscale. I'm thinking it's a 3-star book although I'll keep thinking about it for a while. The murder story is fascinating, but she could have ended this book a lot sooner with much less padding with all sorts of irrelevant details. I mean, it's like research is fun (at least for me) but you have to know when to hold back when it comes to the writing.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Just finished Serpents in Eden: A British Library Crime Classic, a collection of short story mysteries set in the 'golden age' and collated and introduced by Martin Edwards. Loved this collection! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And currently a little over half way through listening to Final Account by Peter Robinson; a third of the way through Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer; and just started Out of the Ice by Ann Turner an Australian author whose previous book The Lost Swimmer was a four star read for me.

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Edward Rutherfurd

My Review

[Katheryn]

Just finished The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore, and cannot recommend it enough. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

I am starting by John Sandford next. This is the 8th book in the Virgil Flowers series.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Started I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia late last night -- a crime novel from Austria.

[Faith]

I just finished Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith. My review is here:

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

[M.L.]

Faith wrote: "I just finished Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith. My review is here:

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

Nice review. I started to read the book but decided oh, I do not want to be in the head of a serial killer. It seems the series is getting progressively darker. HP did as well but on an entirely different level.

[Faith]

I don't mind dark, but serial killers and other forays into the depths of clinical psychology are not my thing. And the author does not understand that less is more. Maybe her next book will be better.

[Tom]

M.L. wrote: "I started to read the book but decided oh, I do not want to be in the head of a serial killer. "

I agree. Authors tend to beat that drum way too much. I used to be fine with it but a few years ago I decided that I have read enough of it.

[Barbara]

I'm put off by serial killer books as well...especially when the POV of the killer is described. I agree it's sordid and nasty.

[Jason]

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child It's pretty good so far.

[Jim]

Just finished reading by John Sandford

My Review

[Bill]

I've just started The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith.

[Jim]

I am starting by Daniel Silva

[Ashley]

I'm reading The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner. I just found a stack of her books in my room, so I'll be on a Lisa Gardner kick for a while.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Less than 100 pages left in Hystopia, and then I'll finish I Was Jack Mortimer.

[Barbara]

I finished The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin.

This is book two of a trilogy that starts with The Three-Body Problem. In this book a fleet of Trisolaran aliens is headed for Earth, and humans are trying to prepare for the battle of their lives. Earth is stymied though, by the very advanced technology of the aliens. Good book with interesting philosophical underpinnings. 4 stars.

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

[Stephanie Hutabarat]

I just finished The hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto. She is Finnish and this is my first time reading Finnish author. The book is really good, i even know about the culture from it. Nice one. Now i am start reading The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel. It is a true story about Indian guy who genius in mathematics. I can't even stop reading it!

[Rhian]

Just finished When she was bad by Tammy Cohen 5★ from me, a real page turner as have many of this year's books been, I've actually completed my goodreads challenge of 40 books, I got to 39 last year so I'm very surprised

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

On to the fourth book in my Booker Longlist lineup: His Bloody Project, by Graeme Macrae Burnet.

[Faith]

I loved Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke. My review is here:

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

[Janeandjerry]

Currently reading both of these great and wonderful books
I know if you haven't read any of Susan May books then you will love her once you start reading and if you contact her I'm sure she would be glad to send you a free book or two in exchange for reviews...I've read every one of her books and love every one of them

[Marwan]

Finished Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sean]

Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an ARC Copy.

This book is a four star book.

A former Middle East foreign correspondent, Matt Rees is an expert on the war on terror. With his new ICE Thriller series, he opens the door to a part of United States Homeland Security that has rarely been explored before.

This fast-paced, action-packed first in a new thriller series from Rees—best known for The Fourth Assassin and three other crime novels featuring Palestinian sleuth Omar Yussef—introduces Dominic Verrazzano, a former Green Beret and current U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agent.

When a doctor specializing in chemical weapons is murdered on the doorstep of the ICE Manhattan offices while trying to reach Verrazzano, the agent becomes entangled in a mystery surrounding a plot to unleash a chemical attack somewhere in New York City.

Verrazzano travels from New York to Syria and back again battling a wide variety of bad guys every step of the way. It seemed like he was near death every few pages in this story, Threats ranged from sarin gas to drowning to every hazard in between.

My thoughts are great action story with a difference, well paced, great characters in his Ice Team.

I will look forward to the next in the series.

[[deleted user]]

I know Tom Bale has a lot of fans, but I couldn't finish his latest book.



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

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Daniel Silva

My Review

[Stephanie Hutabarat]

i just finished Into the Shadows by Shirley Wells, it's okay but not to thrilling for me. Now i started reading Julius, from Daphne du Maurier. So far i enjoy it.

[Jim]

I am starting by John Sandford

[Kortessa]

I'm reading Night Film by Marisha Pessl. It is very long, but it is also a real page turner so I don't get bored.

[Thomas]

I have just finished Last Words by Michael Koryta my review, 4/5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It completes my US 50 state challenge. For the other 49 states, most with reviews, see
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Tom]

Thomas wrote: "It completes my US 50 state challenge. For the other 49 states, most with reviews, see
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ."

Congrats! I only have five to go.

[John]

Since the book was available for free via Amazon Prime, I decided to try The Mystery at Underwood House, second in the Angela Marchmont series set in 1920s England (put off by reviewers of first book saying she barely appears). Not a bad choice, sort of a less flambouyant Mrs. Bradley.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Just started Judith Wants To Be Your Friend by Annie Weir; listening to All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven; and just finished Baby Doll by Hollie Overton https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

I finished Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo.

This comic novel is set in the downtrodden town of North Bath, in upstate New York. Full of fun characters and zany situations. Highly recommended. 4 stars.

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

[Marwan]

Currently reading Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

[Tad]

I started The Trespasser by Tana French. Off to another interesting start. I'm in awe of the way she is able to show you another side of a character from a previous novel by writing the next book in his/her voice. She's amazing.

[Stephanie Hutabarat]

Finished in 2 days Julius by Daphne du Maurier. I am so surprise with the book, first i thought it's a thriller book, which is apparently not. But i really enjoy the story, Daphne really wrote it nicely and many surprise i found on it. So love it! Now, i start reading Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. So far, i can not wait until the end.

[[deleted user]]

I finally read

I realize there's a million reviews for this one already, and I didn't have any unique perspective to offer, but here it is anyway: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tom]

Stephanie wrote: "Finished in 2 days Julius by Daphne du Maurier. I am so surprise with the book, first i thought it's a thriller book, which is apparently not. But i really enjoy th..."

A Daphne du Maurier book I haven't heard of? Excellent!

[Stephanie Hutabarat]

It is,Tom. I bought more Daphne's books after know how brilliant author she is. Can wait to start reading "Rebecca"

[Bill]

I've just started The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper.