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[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Finished Monsieur Lecoq: The Widow Lerouge, by Emile Gaboriau from the 1860s; all you need to do is take one look at the first few pages and it becomes pretty obvious that Gaboriau was a huge influence on Conan Doyle's Sherlock. I'll be starting Force and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush by Ellen Davitt, the first Australian crime novel written by a woman, also from the 1860s.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Finished Monsieur Lecoq: The Widow Lerouge, by Emile Gaboriau from the 1860s; all you need to do is take one look at the first few pages and it becomes pretty obvious that Gaboriau w..."

The title Force and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush confused me. At first glance I took it for a presidential biography.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished Monsieur Lecoq: The Widow Lerouge, by Emile Gaboriau from the 1860s; all you need to do is take one look at the first few pages and it becomes pretty obvious t..."

:)

[Faith]

I finished The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter. My review:

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

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

Just finished Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza.Enjoyed it but didn't think it was the best book in the series. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mary Beth]

Finished The Girl Who Was Taken

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

[Joni]

Mary wrote: "Finished The Girl Who Was Taken

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

Great Review Mary, you made me want to read this but I'm sooooo busy! besides when my NetGalley % falls below 80 - i get nervous! lol

[Barbara]

I finished Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

The story is about two sisters, Cass and Emma, who disappear one night. Cass shows up again three years later and tells a harrowing story about their imprisonment on an island. The fact that the girls' mother has narcissistic personality disorder is central to the story. Okay psychological thriller. 3 stars

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

[Tim]

I finished reading Ten Little Indians, also known as And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. You can read my review at http://world-of-sleuths.blogspot.com/....

I am starting Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Enjoy a free, quick thriller: The Most Dangerous Game. A classic short story by Richard Connell, first published in 1924.

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

[William]

I read all of the Robert B. Parker Spenser books (not Ace Atkins), and just finished reading
Night Passage (my review)

Okay but not great.

[Craig]

I finished Everyone Brave is Forgiven
It worked for me: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Shannon]

Just got done reading these
My Sister's Bones by Nuala Ellwood It was an okay of a book not one i could reread again

The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea New Author for me and I loved the book I couldnt put it down. I bet this will end up as a series

The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger This IMO was not one of her best book

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough I really didnt like this as much as I though I would

Now I am reading The French Girl by Lexie Elliott I won it as a giveaway on goodreads

Also gonna be going to the library too

[Icewineanne]

Just finished Louise Penny

I've had this book on my shelves for ages. When I found out that Louise Penny will be the Canadian guest of honour at Bouchercon this year (in Toronto yeay!), i knew that i finally had to buckle down and read it before meeting her. A fun & puzzling mystery.

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

[Zoe]

I am reading the silent world of Nicholas Quinn by the late and sadly missed Colin Dexter

[Bill]

Icewineanne wrote: "Just finished Louise Penny

I've had this book on my shelves for ages. When I found out that Louise Penny will be the Canadian guest of honour at Bouc..."

Icewineanne wrote: "Just finished Louise Penny

I've had this book on my shelves for ages. When I found out that Louise Penny will be the Canadian guest of honour at Bouc..."

Icewineanne wrote: "Just finished Louise Penny

I've had this book on my shelves for ages. When I found out that Louise Penny will be the Canadian guest of honour at Bouc..."

I've just started the third book in the series. I'm enjoying so far.

[Iza]

I DNFd (sorry Nancy !). I really couldn't get into it but that was probably due to me and my current mood, so I'll get back to it later.
I am reading now , a romantic suspense - easier to read...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Iza wrote: "I DNFd (sorry Nancy !). I really couldn't get into it but that was probably due to me and my current mood, so I'll get back to it later.
I am reading now [bo..."

Yeah, it's not for everyone. Plus, it's not really a crime novel per se, but rather a look at why he did what he did here. It's also a look at sanity vs. insanity in the scope of criminal justice -- lots going on in this novel.

[Icewineanne]

So glad the series continues to entertain Bill :)

[Tom]

I'm getting a jump on the Halloween season by reading Cold Moon Over Babylon by the late southern master of the golden age of horror, Michael McDowell. I'm almost half way through and still don't know what it will turn out to be about. So far it's a very atmospheric tale of a small Florida town dealing with a vicious murder. It has a great southern gothic vibe to it.

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

About to start reading The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti.

After finishing a cracking good mystery- suspense from author E.C. Diskin, Depth of Lies https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

I finished About Face by Donna Leon

Commissario Guido Brunetti tackles organized crime when a truck company owner is murdered near Venice. As usual, Guido's personal life takes up a lot of the story. Average mystery. 3 stars

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

[Faith]

I finished Hide and Seek by M.J. Arlidge. My review:

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

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

A DNF for me. Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[James]

Hi,
I'm fairly new but I've been reading books like the Dan Brown Books lately. But I have a question on another subject as well, and didn't know where to put it. I would like to know if there are books that anyone knows of that are similar to "Kingsman" except in traditional novel form. I don't necessarily mean the "kids saves the world" type, but rather untapped potential that just needs the right chance, if you will. Any advice is greatly appreciated :)
J

[Tim]

I just finished reading Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie. You can read my review at http://world-of-sleuths.blogspot.com/....

I am starting to read Killing Floor by Lee Child.

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I just finished Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables - I wasn't expecting so much of a mystery, but it really was spooky sometimes, and the plot escalated expertly to lead to the surprising/not-so-surprising conclusion. A lot of very odd characters too, just helped to develop the eerie feeling. A good read.

[Faith]

I finished The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh. My review:

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

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Lisa Gardner

My Review

[Jim]

I am going to start by Nelson DeMille.

I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway

[Bill]

I'm reading a bit of pulp fiction these days. Just finished The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer, the 2nd book in that series. Now reading the 4th book in the Modesty Blaise adventure series, A Taste for Death by Peter O'Donnell.

[Kam-Hung]

Just finished The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura about a young man who becomes obsessed with a gun that he has found. A good exercise in suspense as we wonder whether he will go ahead with his plan to kill someone.

[Barbara]

I finished Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

I always like Hiaasen's comic novels, which usually have a message about humans damaging our environment.

In this book, biologist Chaz Perrone throw his wife (Joey) off a cruise ship because he thinks she found out about his pollution scam. Joey survives....and plots a diabolical revenge. Fun story. 3.5 stars

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

[Barbara]

Murder as a Second Language by Joan Hess

In this addition to the series, Claire Molly investigates the death of a student in an 'English as a Second Language' class. Claire seems to be just filling time since she rcently married, her daughter is a teen getting ready for college, and she hired a manager for her bookstore. Not a great book. 2 stars

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

[Linda]

I'm finishing up Every Dead Thing by John Connolly and will be starting The Late Show by Michael Connelly. Both for group reads.

[Craig]

There was lot that counts as criminal in Little Bee , but not nearly as much fun as Barbara's Skinny Dip and considerably more redeeming social value than her Murder as a Second Language.

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

[PattyMacDotComma]

Great to find a new crime series! Resurrection Bay by Aussie author Emma Viskic is #1, and #2 is waiting on my shelf!

My review: 4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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

I have just finished a read that was meant to be suspenseful and wasn't. The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mary Beth]

Finished Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

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

[Sabrina]

Just finished Duplicity and I can't wait for the next book in the series.

[Sabrina]

Finished When the Grits Hit the Fan A good quick read where the heroine isn't some flighty, whiny, bitchy airhead for once. A decent mystery and plot. Had a few typos and needed a little editing as the sentence structure didn't flow very well in places for awkward reading. And am I the only one that finds it disturbing that in all these cozy mysteries where the MC is a chef/baker/any kind of food prep person that they allow or bring their animals into the kitchen? Gross.

[Icewineanne]

Sabrina wrote: "Finished When the Grits Hit the Fan A good quick read where the heroine isn't some flighty, whiny, bitchy airhead for once. A decent m..."

Completely agree Sabrina :)

[Shane]

About half way through byCarolyn Arnold

[Linda]

Finished Every Dead Thing and started The Late Show by Michael Connelly.

[Thomas]

I finished If The Creek Don't Rise a month ago, but added a link today to a raffle that the publisher is holding.
My review 4/5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jean]

I've long been a fan of John Sandford's Prey series. His newest one was a bit disappointing. Golden Prey https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

Not a detective story but if you're interested in the 'mysteries' of the universe:

I finished Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The well-known astrophysicist presents an infomative (and fun) overview of cosmology. He talks about the big bang, dark matter, dark energy, galaxies, planets ..... hot cocoa and Chuck Berry (among other things). 3.5 stars

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

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

I liked this one more than I didn't, but only just. ... Her Last Goodbye by Melinda Leigh. My review- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mary Beth]

Finished The Late Show

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

[Tim]

I just finished reading Killing Floor by Lee Child. You can read my review at http://world-of-sleuths.blogspot.com/....

I am starting The Simple Truth by David Baldacci.