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Just finished The Woman in Cabin 10, an enjoyable whodunnit that takes place on a luxury cruising yacht in Northern Europe, featuring a heavy-drinking, unreliable narrator (à la Girl on the Train) who thinks she witnesses a murder but has a hard time proving it. It was fine, but only worthy of *** from me.
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Your "(a la Girl on the Train)" just convinced me I don't want to read it. Thanks.
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Nancy wrote: "Linda wrote: "Just finished The Woman in Cabin 10, an enjoyable whodunnit that takes place on a luxury cruising yacht in Northern Europe, featuring a heavy-drinking, unreliable narrator (à la Girl ..."I second Nancy's emotion. I jumped ship before the Girl on the Train reached the station
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It is a really popular book, though. Just not my cuppa.
Linda wrote: "Just finished The Woman in Cabin 10, an enjoyable whodunnit that takes place on a luxury cruising yacht in Northern Europe, featuring a heavy-drinking, unreliable narrator (à la Girl on the Train) ..."I've just read The Woman in Cabin 10 too. I read The Girl on the Train earlier this year, I enjoyed that more, but (view spoiler) In Cabin 10 the MC also has a history of mental health issues, making her doubly unreliable, and I thought that was interesting. I thought the part (view spoiler) implausible but tensely written, and possibly the best part.
I nearly didn't read either book because of the hype around them,( I like to be contrary!) but I'm glad I did, I thought they were both worth the read , and they were also a quick read so not much time wasted on them if they did turn out to be awful !
I could not make it through The Girl on the Train. However, was able to listen to The Woman in Cabin 10. Every time I would be about to quit, something would happen that would keep me going. In the end, I did enjoy it.
Just got Every Dead Thing by John Connolly from the library. My first book by this author. One of our Sep reads.
OMG, I just finished reading this incredible article in The New Yorker, about the crime-noir author Lois Duncan, who lost her own daughter to murder.Truly amazing in every way:
A truly fabulous article about Lois Duncan
Jim wrote: "Finished reading 
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John GrishamMy Review
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by [authorimage:J..."The Grisham sounds a bit like this real-life bibliographical mystery:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
I finished reading The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy last night. You can read my review at http://world-of-sleuths.blogspot.com/....I am currently reading The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack (R): 25 Classic Tales of Detection by Arthur B. Reeve. I am about to start Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King.
am rereading one of my most beloved crime authors P.D. James A Shroud for a Nightingale, though apparently I have not added this to my Good reads list.... well I can enjoy the rest of the series and enjoy adding them too
Again so good to read my favourite type of book, and one of my favourite authors. Although my list of favourite authors is always going up!
David Baldacci has for quite a few years been one of my favourites, especially with his two great characters, Will Robie and also John Puller the star of this great book.
Puller's equally virile and handsome older brother, Robert, an Air Force major, is serving time in the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, following his conviction on charges of treason. As the book opens, he performs a seemingly impossible escape from his cell. John, an investigator with the CID, the Army’s investigative arm, is charged by an odd coalition of three powerful men—a one-star Air Force general, a three-star Army general and a representative of the National Security Council—with the improbable task of finding his brother. Robert, though, isn’t waiting to be caught.
He’s changed his appearance, hacked into a national database, bought a car and headed out to clear himself. Standing in his way is the mysterious fact that an unidentified dead body has been found in his recently vacated cell. While John and his disgraced brother go at the case from different angles, another investigator also comes into play. Capt. Veronica Knox teams up with a reluctant John, looking for his brother and piecing together the method behind his escape, even though it's soon apparent that many others are also on his trail. Not surprisingly, John Puller and Veronique Knox engage in a lot of action and some great comical moments and conversations, as well as some great action. . But though the action is fast and furious, it keeps to a great pace, keeps you guessing, with lots of great characters .
David Baldacci has given us yet another thriller that barely can be laid down for coffee, meals or sleep. With lots of great twists and turns in the novel that explains a great deal about our highly complex intelligence structure and how it deals with an increasingly dangerous world. And, of course, there is a beautiful girl or two, but are they on Pullers side or not?
We have seen the Puller brothers before, along with their father who was a famous fighting general, in previous novels. This book stands by itself as an intriguing tale even as it airs the bad laundry of America’s spies. And there is danger, violence and a few dead bodies.
One really nasty villain in this book?
As always I highly recommend David Baldacci ! Five stars.
Now on John Puller number 4... No Mans Land !
Sean wrote: "Again so good to read my favourite type of book, and one of my favourite authors. Although my list of favourite authors is always going up!
David Baldacci has for ..."
Nice review! Thank you!
I'm currently reading 25th Affair by James Patterson.
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker was a disappointing 2.5☆ read for me. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not what I expected. I thought it would have more horror/gruesome parts, but still very interesting!
4 stars
Just started a new (to me) series
I read most of the night to finish a brilliant debut novel that I simply could not put down -
Friend Request by Laura Marshall. It is published September 5th, so put your name down for it at your local bookstore, or order it online now so you don't miss out! My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Not sure this counts as "thrilling" or very "mysterious," but it contains much that folks would consider criminal or illegal:
In The Name of the FamilyWhat I thought: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nancy wrote: "finished Simenon's The Carter of 'La Providence' and A Nest of Vipers by Andrea Camilleri; starting the 3rd Maigret which is The Late Monsieur Gallet..."Have been reading Simenon for decades. Picking up Maigret mysteries from used bookstores as I found them. Since the new effort by Penguin to publish the series in the order in which they were written I have toyed with the idea of reading/rereading the series to better appreciate Simenon's development of his inspector and narrative style.
Looks like that's what you're up to - Bravo. I'm inspired.
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Actually, my decision to read them in order came from watching the Maigret tv series from Europe (Belgium/Switzerland -- I'm on season 4 now), where he's already the Maigret he'll become in the novels (and each episode is from one of Simenon's books) , so I wanted to get in on Maigret from the beginning.
Hi Nancy..I know that this book has nothing to do with this post but,I understand that you read the book Im reading now..The Lost City of Z..and that you thought very highly of it:)
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I did! The movie, however, sucks.
Are you watching the series starring Bruno Cremer? For me, as I think I once said, Cremer was/is the best Maigret. When my local PBS station gave up broadcasting MHZ, Maigret and several other very fine Euro mystery broadcasts vanished.
Since then I have acquired the Maigret (Cremer) series as well as the French "Spiral" (Engrenages) and the Italian "Fog And Crimes."
I recommend all. Haven't invested in the entertaining "Montalbano" series, but I see you're reading Camilleri so maybe you'll pick it up and lend it to me.
Nancy wrote: "Marian wrote: "Hi Nancy..I know that this book has nothing to do with this post but,I understand that you read the book Im reading now..The Lost City of Z..and that you thought very highly of it:)"..."Yes,we watced the movie as well and doesn't seem to be to close to the book?
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When my local PBS station gave up broadcasting MHZ, Maigret and several other ver..."
Yes, that's the one (with Bruno Cremer). I have the first season of Spiral on DVD but it's also on MHz. I also LOVE the Montalbano TV series.
Re the Camilleri books: I haven't stuck with any series that long, and I really, really enjoy them! As for lending, well... they're like my babies.
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Let's put it this way, Marion. For most of the film, I was like WHAT??? If I hadn't read the book first, I wouldn't read it after seeing the movie.
Nancy wrote: "Marian wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Marian wrote: "Hi Nancy..I know that this book has nothing to do with this post but,I understand that you read the book Im reading now..The Lost City of Z..and that you..."We ended up not liking the movie actually Nancy..and that's what drove me to find the book..which I am enjoying.I thought to myself,the book has to be better than this..
Nancy wrote: "Laurence wrote: "Are you watching the series starring Bruno Cremer? For me, as I think I once said, Cremer was/is the best Maigret. When my local PBS station gave up broadcasting MHZ, Maigret and ..."
I did not mean: borrowing the books. I have those. I was suggesting that you invest in the Montalbano DVD's and lend them to me. It was meant as a joke. "Never a borrower or a lender be."
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When my local PBS station gave up broadcasting MHZ..."
I have lots of Montalbano dvds -- the catch is that unless you have a region-free dvd player, they won't work.
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definitely, Marian!
Craig wrote: "Not sure this counts as "thrilling" or very "mysterious," but it contains much that folks would consider criminal or illegal:[book:In The Name of the F..."Craig, I reckon anything about the Borgias has to be pretty mysterious, and I'll bet it was pretty thrilling for those involved with them! Scary family!
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PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Craig wrote: "Not sure this counts as "thrilling" or very "mysterious," but it contains much that folks would consider criminal or illegal:[book:In The..."Cesare Borgia definitely scary, Ludovico (Alexander VI) pretty much, but Lucrezia, probably not. Allegations of incest and major Vatican hanky-panky probably started by her ex-first husband, after the marriage was annulled, allegedly because of his impotence. "The greatest whore in Rome" remark goes back to a historian-minion of the rulers of Perugia, whom Cesare B. had rendered pretty much powerless at precisely that time. As for nepotism and attempts to grab everything possible for the family, well, we don't have to look far to find equally scary things today.
Nancy wrote: "Finished The Late Monsieur Gallet, and it was a good one, the best of the first three books in the series. Twisty ending and I loved it. These books are habit forming.""Habit forming," to say the least. Will find a different format to say more as some of my comments relate to a personal issue with Maigret.
Congratulations on your website's award as a "Top 50 Crime Novel Blog." Well deserved. And so much more than "crime."
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Thanks! I actually emailed them back and asked them if they were sure they got the right blogger. :)
I'm currently reading Midnight at Bright Ideas Book Store. I'm about half way through it.
I have just finished the black tower by P.D. James (which I have reread countless times) and this is one of those books that holds a special place in my heart it's not because of the author, though she is one of my all time greats, it's also not because of the story, which is also great too, no it's the fact it's all set in Dorset where I lived throughout my somewhat erratic childhood (it's complicated but all I will say is army life). I am currently reading the next book in the series which is Death of an Expert Witness.
Linda wrote: "I'm currently reading Midnight at Bright Ideas Book Store. I'm about half way through it."How is it so far Linda?
Just finished The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower 1), by Stephen King. I admit that this first one in the series sort of underwhelmed me, but continue on I shall, because everyone proclaims that all will be revealed and questions answered in the subsequent volumes. So onward and upward!
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Book Store is quite good. There is a mystery there, actually two mysteries. I'm 85% through it so it's a fast read.
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One of my all-time favorite books, Bill. I hope you enjoy it!
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