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[Georgia]

Reacherfan. Like your name! I'm a Reacher fan too

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DA - Mills' Mark Beamon books are very good. You can see some of the Beamon wit slipping into Rapp's dialogue. And he wrote one freestanding caper type novel Smoke Screen, somewhat reminiscent of Ross Thomas' books or John Camp's (John Sanford) Kipp books and a lot of stuff for various extensions of the Bourne and Janssen characters created by Ludlum. I was really sorry about Flynn's untimely death. He was such a big, strapping, healthy guy. I guess that shows that genetics will have their way.

Reacher has a big fan club, but I think Child's early books, 1-8, are his best, then he gets a bit formula.

[Barbara]

Starting The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

[Tom]

Barbara wrote: "Starting The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff"

I'm looking forward to reading this one, being descended from one of the Salem witches. I also had a chance to meet Ms. Schiff when she was on tour last year.

[Sean]

Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an advanced copy for a honest review.

Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice…She is not the only one.

When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation.

The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound and dumped in water around London.

What dark secrets is the girl in the ice hiding?

As Erika inches closer to uncovering the truth, the killer is closing in on Erika.

The last investigation Erika led went badly wrong… resulting in the death of her husband. With her career hanging by a thread, Erika must now battle her own personal demons as well as a killer more deadly than any she’s faced before. But will she get to him before he strikes again?

Andrea Douglas-Brown is the daughter of a rich and powerful man. Her fiance runs a successful business which showcases his wealth. Who would want Andrea dead?

The book keeps you guessing and on edge, you will think you have it ALL worked out, but the twisty reveal was very impressive, I really enjoyed this book

Erika is a "ballsy" outspoken tough cookie, and I lover her character, as I did with Moss and Peterson, and really enjoyed the "bad cop" in the book, great set of villains, red herrings, and fast paced tension and police procedure.

A great debut author, look forward to more in the series.

Gripping, tense, fast paced, action packed, keeps you guessing.

Only one think I would say, is when did they sleep, seemed to keep working for so many hours.

Joining the ranks of great British authors like Angela Marsons, Sharon Bolton and Mel Sherratt, well maybe shortly!

[Jim]

Just finished reading by James Lee Burke

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

[Yvonne]

Sean wrote: "

Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an advanced copy for a honest review.

Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. H..."

I have this on my TBR shelf so it's good to see some good reviews on it.

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Split Second

[Barbara]

Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Starting The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff"

I'm looking forward to reading this one, being descen..."

@Tom... that's interesting...being descended from a Salem witch.
Was your relative put on trial?

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I'm getting ready to read Five: A Novel - from Austria. I recently finished The Blue Angel, by Heinrich Mann (the book the old movie was based on) and a book of short stories from 1902 by an incredibly obscure writer called Welsh Rarebit Tales.

[Thomas]

I read Five and liked it. I posted a Goodreads review.

[Tom]

Barbara wrote: "@Tom... that's interesting...being descended from a Salem witch. Was your relative put on trial? "

My 9x great grandmother was Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged. I'm also related to Ann Putnam, the afflicted girl whose testimony put the noose around her neck.

[Jan C]

Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "@Tom... that's interesting...being descended from a Salem witch. Was your relative put on trial? "

My 9x great grandmother was Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged. I'm also related to An..."

Oooh, that sounds kind of conflicted. Wonder if many families from there are intertwined like that.

[Tom]

Jan C wrote: "Oooh, that sounds kind of conflicted. Wonder if many families from there are intertwined like that. "

It wasn't until 4 or five generations later that the families intermarried. The Putnam family was rather divisive on its own right. Some of them testified against Rebecca and others signed a clemency petition on her behalf.

[Jim]

Started reading by Agatha Christie. This is a group read for another group.

[Audiothing]

I've just finished The Good Girl, The Good Girl
Has it a while but wasn't that keen on starting it. I haven't reviewed it yet but I thoroughly enjoyed it, good ending!

I've just finished an ARC of The Girl in the Ice
The Girl In The Ice which has had rave reviews, not sure I agree with them!

[Bill]

I just finished Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry and am about to start Last Bus to Woodstock, the first Inspector Morse mystery, by Colin Dexter.

[Thomas]

I just finished The Oath my review 4/5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am now reading Lilac Girls a NetGalley review book.

[Rhian]

just finished the kind worth killing by Peter Swanson 4★

[SherryRose]

I'm out of genre with The Highland Witch. It's very good. It's a historical fiction about the Glencoe massacre. I never heard the story until now. It's a very chilling episode in Scottish history.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

If you want to read an excellent novel about witchcraft, Valancourt has one called The Witch and the Priest, by Hilda Lewis. I think it's the best witchcraft fiction I've ever read.

[SherryRose]

Thank you Nancy! I will add it!

[Jan C]

Sherry wrote: "I'm out of genre with The Highland Witch. It's very good. It's a historical fiction about the Glencoe massacre. I never heard the story until now. It's a very chilling episode in Sc..."

It is pretty well known. The Macdonalds v. The Campbells. "Treachery is thy name!"

[Rhian]

now reading Soil by colin f barnes I was lucky to get a signed copy from the author

[Jim]

Finished reading by Agatha Christie

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

Started reading by Agatha Christie

[Fictionophile]

Finished The Girl in the Red Coat
A 5 star debut novel by Kate Hamer.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AND... I'm hosting a

[Ian]

We were out for dinner on Saturday and I remarked that it was the anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe. Then I remembered our hostess was a Campbell. The awkwardness passed when she took my arm and said, 'But my maiden name was MacDonald!'

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Thomas wrote: "I read Five and liked it. I posted a Goodreads review."

You liked it much more than I did, Thomas!

[Thomas]

Nancy wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I read Five and liked it. I posted a Goodreads review."

You liked it much more than I did, Thomas!"

I look forward to your review.

[Janeandjerry]

Just finished and getting ready to start reading

[SherryRose]

Ian wrote: "We were out for dinner on Saturday and I remarked that it was the anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe. Then I remembered our hostess was a Campbell. The awkwardness passed when she took my arm a..."

LOL! That's very funny!

[Tom]

I just finished The Bottoms and, as always, have to say that Joe R. Lansdale has never let me down. This may be my favorite of his so far.

My review is here.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Going through an insomnia thing again, and I decided to take advantage of the thunderstormy day and curl up with a book. I picked up Mr. Splitfoot thinking that I hadn't read a new American novel for a while. I made it to page 145 and I can't take it any more. No offense meant at all to anyone who read and loved it, but this book just tanked big time for me. By this stage, I should have some general knowledge or at least a feel for where it's going as well as for what the author is saying, but that just isn't happening for me. Plus, I am tired of the countless mentions of pee in this novel. I'm going back to my foreign novels.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Going through an insomnia thing again, and I decided to take advantage of the thunderstormy day and curl up with a book. I picked up Mr. Splitfoot thinking that I hadn't read a new ..."

I just read the beginning of a Guardian review that said "I want a good gothic. A novel that smells of blood and old Bibles and sex, ripe as a walled-up corpse, but stays the right side of self-parody by sheer commitment. Sadly, Mr Splitfoot is not that book. "

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Going through an insomnia thing again, and I decided to take advantage of the thunderstormy day and curl up with a book. I picked up Mr. Splitfoot thinking that I hadn..."

I don't remember the last time I actually said out loud "I've had all I can stand, and I can't stand no more." I also swore.

[Barbara]

Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "@Tom... that's interesting...being descended from a Salem witch. Was your relative put on trial? "

My 9x great grandmother was Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged. I'm also related to An..."

I'm reading about those characters right now.
I have to say I'm amazed that the interrogators/prosecutors could have bought into all the allegations. Most of the 'evidence' is ludicrous.
(Of course that's hindsight. And the book makes clear that belief in witches was essentially worldwide at that time.)

[Barbara]

Jan C wrote: "Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "@Tom... that's interesting...being descended from a Salem witch. Was your relative put on trial? "
My 9x great grandmother was Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged. I'm also r...
Oooh, that sounds kind of conflicted. Wonder if many families from there are intertwined like that.

@ Jan
The book notes that all kinds of (close) relatives accused each other of witchcraft. Husbands accused wives and vice versa. In-laws were convenient targets. But it was just mass accusations. Anyone you had an argument with or didn't like or was richer than you or did their chores poorly or didn't pray enough (and so on)....was a witch!

I imagine some people just out and out lied and some people got caught up in some kind of mass hysteria.

[Tom]

Barbara wrote: "J all kinds of (close) relatives accused each other of witchcraft. Husbands accused wives and vice versa. In-laws were convenient targets. But it was just mass accusations. Anyone you had an argument with or didn't like or was richer than you or did their chores poorly or didn't pray enough (and so on)....was a witch!"

It's ironic that Salem's named after the Hebrew word for peace and that the town's founders chose the name to commemorate the way the different factions within the town worked hard to coexist peacefully. A lot can change in just a few decades.

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Agatha Christie

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

[Mary Beth]

I am reading Shadow Man

[Barbara]

The Patriarch by Martin Walker

[Laura/Mystery in Minutes]

I recently finished reading You by Caroline Kepnes.
Here is my review.

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

[SherryRose]

Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "J all kinds of (close) relatives accused each other of witchcraft. Husbands accused wives and vice versa. In-laws were convenient targets. But it was just mass accusations. Anyone y..."

Religion should be a good thing but so often it's filled with intolerance, hatred, and violence. I'm no atheist but I can't hate anyone for their beliefs or non beliefs for that matter. People will use any excuse to fuel hatred. Religion and politics are great for that.

[[deleted user]]

Finished the ARC of Stiletto and posted my review and now I'm reading Staked and Motion for Madness in ebook

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Orphan X

[Rhian]

Just finishedSoil I absolutely loved it great follow up to Salt

[Barbara]

Sherry wrote: "Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "J all kinds of (close) relatives accused each other of witchcraft. Husbands accused wives and vice versa. In-laws were convenient targets. But it was just mass accusatio...

Religion should be a good thing but so often it's filled with intolerance, hatred, and violence. I'm no atheist but I can't hate anyone for their beliefs or non beliefs for that matter. People will use any excuse to fuel hatred. Religion and politics are great for that. "

I agree Sherry. In the case of the Salem witches the population was terrified by the 'devil' - the entity that supposedly seduced the witches.

[Tom]

Barbara wrote: "Sherry wrote: "Tom wrote: "Barbara wrote: "J all kinds of (close) relatives accused each other of witchcraft. Husbands accused wives and vice versa. In-laws were convenient targets. But it was just..."

The impression I have is that it was more internecine squabbling between factions and good old-fashioned greed and jealousy than religion that brought about the trials.

[J.S.]

I'm reading a clockwork orange can't warm up to it, it's confusing and hard to read. I can't wait to finish it to be honest sorry for anyone who loves this book I can't understand what the big deal is all about.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Joanne wrote: "I'm reading a clockwork orange can't warm up to it, it's confusing and hard to read. I can't wait to finish it to be honest sorry for anyone who loves this book I can't understand what the big deal..."

Don't despair -- it's not for everyone. There's a LOT going on in that novel with a huge amount of symbolism -- one major concept is the consequences of removal of free will, if that helps wrap your head around it even a little bit.