November 2016 Group Read Nominations

[Bill]

I nominate Elizabeth Haynes, Never Alone, as main choice for group read.

[Bill]

I've read this one & it is pretty good - review @ Goodreads. A historical with the main setting in the '50s & backstory during WW2. Backstory had some real improbabilities but main story was excellent & characters well conceived.

[Bill]

I nominate Untouchable, by Sibel Hodge, for value read.

A Conspiracy. A cover-up. And a whistle-blower… You think you know who to trust? You're wrong. Untouchable is a chillingly dark psychological thriller from the No 1 Bestselling Author of Look Behind You.

It’s Maya and Jamie’s anniversary, and she waits with excitement for him to return home for a celebratory dinner. There’s a knock at the door. It’s the police. Jamie has been found hanging in a local wood.

His death is ruled a suicide, but Maya doesn’t believe Jamie would take his own life. Something isn’t right. Someone has broken into her house. Someone is watching her. And someone has gone to great lengths to cover up what Jamie was doing before he died.

Maya’s grief turns to suspicion, and as she begins to investigate the weeks leading up to Jamie’s death, her trail leads her to a place known as “The Big House” and the horrific secrets within. Secrets people will stop at nothing to keep hidden. People linked to the heart of the Establishment who think they’re untouchable.

Now Maya has a dangerous decision to make. How far is she prepared to go to reveal the truth?

[AngryGreyCat]

David wrote: "Ok my nomination for the main group read is


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I loved Elly Griffiths other series so this sounds really good

[AngryGreyCat]

I nominate Crime on the Fens by Joy Ellis


Currently .99 on both Amazon US and UK

[Erin Ren]

I nominate "Some Danger Involved" by Will Thomas


Some Danger Involved

British Mystery involving a establish detective that takes on an assistant who takes the job as a last resort before suicide. Setting is in Victorian London. This book is the first part of the series and is easy to read for anyone!

[Sandy]

David wrote: "Erin wrote: "I nominate "Some Danger Involved" by Will Thomas


Some Danger Involved

British Mystery involving a establish detective that take..."

It makes no sense considering the book is over 10 years old but the kindle version is between $16 - $18 dollars in Canada & the States. It's a great victorian mystery, fast paced & humorous.

[AngryGreyCat]

Yes I just checked $14.99 Kindle Ebook in US or $19.99 paperback

[Bill]

Fanficfan44 wrote: "Yes I just checked $14.99 Kindle Ebook in US or $19.99 paperback"

Seems insanely overpriced, almost as if the publisher doesn't want us to buy it. Still, that's the author's problem.

[Beth]

It is $18 in Canada or $24 in paperback. Can get it used for less than $10.

[Mary]

David wrote: "My value book nomination is


Black Dog by Stephen Booth

This is the very first book in the Cooper & Fry series and is currently only 99 pence.
The blurb...

I'd like to nominate a different Booth book. (It comes in big print is the only reason that I am-- probably not the best reason to switch but it looks goodLost River :-) )
Lost River
by Stephen Booth

A May Bank Holiday in the Peak District is ruined by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl among crowds of visitors in the tourist hotspot of Dovedale. For Detective Constable Ben Cooper, a helpless witness to the tragedy, the incident is not only traumatic, but leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds, the dead girl's family.

As he gets to know them, Cooper begins to suspect that one of them is harbouring a secret -- a secret that the whole family might be willing to cover up.

Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has a journey of her own to make -- a journey back to her roots. As she finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own among the inner city streets of Birmingham, Fry realises there is only one person she can rely on to provide the help she needs.

But that man is Ben Cooper, and he's back in Derbyshire, where his suspicions are leading him towards a shocking discovery on the banks of another Peak District river.

"The long..."

[Mary]

Lost River (Cooper & Fry #10)
by Stephen Booth

Only nominating a different Booth story because it comes in Large Print. Probably not the best reason but it looks good, too.

A May Bank Holiday in the Peak District is ruined by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl among crowds of visitors in the tourist hotspot of Dovedale. For Detective Constable Ben Cooper, a helpless witness to the tragedy, the incident is not only traumatic, but leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds, the dead girl's family.

As he gets to know them, Cooper begins to suspect that one of them is harbouring a secret -- a secret that the whole family might be willing to cover up.

Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has a journey of her own to make -- a journey back to her roots. As she finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own among the inner city streets of Birmingham, Fry realises there is only one person she can rely on to provide the help she needs.

But that man is Ben Cooper, and he's back in Derbyshire, where his suspicions are leading him towards a shocking discovery on the banks of another Peak District river.

[Sandy]

I've had this on my TBR stack for ages. Even better, I can get from the library for free!

[Mary]

David - so that the group gets credit for purchasing these items, could you forward the Amazon link again, please? I need the one for the US Amazon, btw.


Thank you.

[Bill]

David wrote: "Thanks to all who voted. A close vote but the main group read winner is
- Never Alone by Elizabeth Haynes - nominated by Bill

The value read was a little more cle..."

All ready to go with Never Alone.