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Just finished #6 of 7 in Angela Marsons Kim Stone series
Dead Souls https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just got done reading theseA Wanted Woman
by Eric Jerome Dickey I read this before but couldnt remeber it. I liked it but its not the bestThe Sleeping Beauty Killer
by Mary Higgins Clark It was Okay but IMO its not the best in the series and I was not shock who the real killer wasOdd Child Out
by Gilly Macmillan I loved this book I won on a giveaway its 2nd book in What she knew series. If you like the first book you will like itSister Sister
by Sue Fortin Bought at walmart on the 3rd first book From her i read and I loved it I was sad though too at the endingSince We Fell
by Dennis Lehane It was okay but IMO Shutter Island & Mystic River Is his best book15 Seconds
by Andrew Gross I loved this book but i hate who was to blame for everythingDisney after Dark
by Ridley Pearson I read this before about 5 years ago and I Loved it as a big fan of Mystery books and Walt Disney I loved this book but I hard it was a series of this so i decide to give the first book a reread and I loved it I am going be buying the rest in the series. Yes its a young adult book but its a book for anyone who loved Mystery and Disney. It makes you feel like a kid at heart!Now I am reading
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Just finished
Ann Cleeves4.5 Stars!
You can read my review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
Mary wrote: "Finished 
The Good Daughter by Karin SlaughterThis was a favorite of mine too! I love Karin Slaughter's writing. I notice for some reason the book is listed as first in a series, but it's a standalone book. I'm going to try to clean up the data on that.
Although
The 9:45 to Bletchley by Madalyn Morgan was classified as a historical mystery/ thriller, I didn't find it particularly mysterious or thrilling. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the latest DS Manon Bradshaw :)
Susie SteinerReview can be found here;
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Got done reading both
I never read the book I saw the movie but IMO the book was 100% better
Glad it was a short book since Like his other in the Murder Club it was awdulNow I am Starting to listen to And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie Going to the library sometime this afternoon
I finished Anatomy of a Scandal
by Sarah Vaughan.A British member of parliament is caught up in a sexual scandal, leading to an accusation of rape. This has wide-reaching ramifications for himself, his wife, and the prosecuting attorney. Good suspense novel.....but too much naval-gazing by the characters. 3 stars.
My complete review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tad wrote: "Mary wrote: "Finished The Good Daughter by Karin SlaughterThis was a favorite of mine too! I love Karin Slaughter's writing. I..."
I thought this was a series. When she first wrote it she had it as a stand alone. Then she added another book .05 Last breath after this one and changed it into a series. Charlie is the main character in this series. I just looked and it is not listed as a series. Which makes me upset because I bought Last Breath thinking this is a series. I just wasted money on that. Its a novella which I never buy unless it is a series by Karin Slaughter. That is so wrong for her to act like this is a series when its not.
John wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I finished Magpie Murders 
by Anthony HorowitzThis book is a double whodunit....two mysteries in one. One story i..."
Oh same here! I was so happy to read the first few pages thinking there are nine books in the series!
Mary wrote: "Tad wrote: "Mary wrote: "Finished The Good Daughter by Karin SlaughterThis was a favorite of mine too! I love Karin Slaughter'..."
I don't think she ever represented that this was anything but a standalone. She described it as such in a note on the book page here and it is listed as a standalone on her website. Likewise Last Breath is listed as a short story on her website. I think someone here on GR added the information that inaccurately described it as a series.
I finished In This Grave Hour
by Jacqueline WinspearIn this 13th addition to the Maisie Dobbs series, WWII is just beginning and private detective Maisie investigates the deaths of Belgian refugees who came to England during WWI. Good historical mystery. 3 stars.
My complete review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Over the last few weeks, I finished 5 books by
Brad Smith - 3 books in the Virgil Cain series and 2 in the Carl Burns.I have fallen in love with Brad Smith.
He writes superbly, relieving the tension with occasional humorous asides. His protagonists are quite human - they don't single handedly wipe out all the opposition. His situations are quite everyday - one can visualize getting caught up in them oneself.
Not for Brad Smith the senseless violence and the outlandish plots. I hope he keeps Virgil and Carl alive and active.
I've just finished the latest Flavia de Luce
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd. (A guilty pleasure?)My take:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Barbara wrote: "I finished In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline WinspearIn this 13th addition to the Maisie Dobbs series, WWII is just beginning ..."
I've only read the first so far. I have to delve more into this series.
The Rest Is Silence by Keith McCarthy was a really good read. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Last Drinks by Aussie Andrew McGahan. Alcohol, politics, alcohol, corruption, alcohol, murder. Mystery based on 20-year reign of an infested Queensland State Government. (Did I mention the alcohol?)
4.5★Link to my review
I finished Depraved Heart
by Patricia CornwellIn this 23rd book in the series, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is convinced that both Carrie Grethen (an evil criminal) and the FBI are out to take down herself and her tech genius niece Lucy. The plot is unbelievable to me and it seems like the author has gone off the rails with this book. 2 stars.
My complete review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brian Freeman fans, his newest Stride book is out, and it's a good one! Marathon
could even be read as a standalone, I think.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
Worth Killing For by Ed James, an excellent 22nd installment to the DI Fenchurch series. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Susan Hill is one of my favorite authors and she doesn't disappoint with
A Question of Identityhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
After finishing Alicia Scott/Lisa Gardner's series
and
- a series I loved, I'm now reading
I just finished THE BEST BOOK I have read in 2017 so far!! Click here for my bookreview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdcyM...
I recently started Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry. I think #8 or 9 in her Thomas & Charlotte Pitt series.
I have now finished all Dorothy Sayers books and also Jill Paton walshe's I guess pastiches but not of lord peter Wimsey and feeling like a well beloved old friend has gone... so to keep me in that 20s 30s mood I am going to re read carols dunns daisy daleymple series just because lol
Marian wrote: "I finished The Late Show"I loved it! A new beginning for Connelly, with a vibrant new detective. Connelly really is The Best.
Are you looking forward to his brand new book coming out in October?
Marian wrote: "Are you looking forward to his brand new book coming out in October?"I keep checking NetGalley almost every day for a preview!
Am currently reading now Ngaio Marsh a man lays dead being the first novel in a 3 novel omnibus collection of inspector Alleyn.... so far so good. I am indulging myself in the golden age of crime writing
Zoe wrote: "Am currently reading now Ngaio Marsh a man lays dead being the first novel in a 3 novel omnibus collection of inspector Alleyn.... so far so good. I am indulging myself in the golden age of crime w..."I've read quite a few of the Inspector Alleyn mysteries. I quite like the writing style and the characters.
At first not sure if I would like
but getting into it now. Well thought out plot
I finished The Rook by Daniel O'Malley, loved it.I'm about to start An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James.
Bill wrote: "Zoe wrote: "Am currently reading now Ngaio Marsh a man lays dead being the first novel in a 3 novel omnibus collection of inspector Alleyn.... so far so good. I am indulging myself in the golden ag..."Someone had recommended this author to me, but my library doesn't have a one!! Have been browsing all the used book stores, but may have to break down & actually buy them "new".
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I'm surprised that your library doesn't have even one. She is so very well known around the world! Can they get you one via inter-library loan?
Nancy wrote: I'm surprised that your library doesn't have even one. She is so very well known around the world! Can they get you one via inter-library loan? Perhaps. Haven't tried.
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Just finished 
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...-..."Sandy, the link goes to the book, not your review.
I finished Beautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne. My 5-star review is displayed here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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In this Scandinavian thriller an American serial killer - who uses a torture/murder technique perfected by a perp called the 'Kentucky Killer' - makes his way to Sweden. Stockholm's 'Intercrime Squad' gets the job of tracking him down. Good mystery. 3 stars
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