Introductions

[Christopher]

Hi, I'm Chris (Christopher Beauregard Emery) and I just published my second book: "White House Usher: “Who Killed the President?”" It's
a mystery novel, takes place in one of the more unique settings in existence: the White House executive residence, home of the first family. Murder, romance, deceit, and a suspenseful struggle all ensue as the main character struggles to solve the case. I used my in-depth knowledge of White House history and the inner workings of the private residence to create a thrilling murder mystery from an insider’s perspective. Learn more: https://whitehouseusher.com/
Thanks!

Chris
White House Usher: "Who Killed the President?"
WHITE HOUSE USHER: Stories from the Inside

[Becca]

Hi, I'm Becca. I've been a goodreads member for a long time now, but the pandemic has motivated me to start getting more active on here and even start a book blog!
Primarily, I stick to mysteries/thrillers but I also like to read other genres (pretty much anything except horror!)
I'm still trying to get my blog all put together, but if you're interested in seeing what I've read so far, please feel free to check it out at https://beccasbookshelves.com/

I'm looking forward to adding to my never-ending TBR pile :)

[Eleanor]

Hi I’m Eleanor from England. I like a classic novel and my favourite modern genres are crime, thrillers and sagas, my favourite writers are Charlotte Bronte, Michael Connelly and Elena Ferrante. I’m new to Good Reads but am looking forward to joining in on some group reads and I hope people find my posts interesting!

[Tammy]

Sam wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm Sam and I live on the border between the West Midlands and Staffordshire, UK. Or, as I prefer to think of it, the boundary between Angela Marsons and Noelle Holten's writing territ..."

Hi Sam, I have a brother named Sam. Look forward to seeing your posts.

[Chad]

Hey all, just recently getting into reading some mysteries. I’m currently reading Murder on Black Swan Lane and really enjoying it.

[Judith]

Hello, I’m new to this group. I’m a life long reader (a long life). I am retired now, but I have been a teacher, university professor, an attorney, a judge and a mediator. I read 4-7 books a week. Being something of an eclectic reader mysteries are not my only reads.
I enjoy David Bishop, Nick Pirog, and, of course, Agatha Christie.
My wish is that someday both reading and chocolate will help one lose weight.
JRE

[Matt]

Hi All! I'm Matt (pronouns they/them). I live near Boston, Massachusetts and have a background in chemistry. I prefer books that are NOT chemistry.

I mostly read fiction (mystery, fantasy, thrillers, young adult, some horror, manga), and I've recently gone through my first memoir kick.

My favorite book is It by Stephen King.

My favorite series is obviously Harry Potter Collection. PS - I'm a Ravenclaw.

Nice to meet you all! Hope you all have a wonderful day :)

[Jeff]

Hello all, new to goodreads and have joined this group along with a couple others that reflect my genre interests and bookshelves. Looking forward to exploring chats and discussions. Currently rereading and looking forward to reading the others in the series.

[Rachel]

Hi, I'm Rachel Lynne and I write cozy Southern mysteries, (I feel like I've just virtually stood and made a confession in support therapy).

I live just outside of Savannah, Georgia and love to read mysteries, be they cozy, detective, or true crime. I am also slightly addicted to British TV mysteries ...

[Camisa]

Hello All! My name is Denise and I live in North Carolina. I love reading good mysteries and presently have four started. I enjoy the stories that keep me guessing until the very end and get disappointed if the author reveals too much too early.
Hope everyone has a great day. Stay safe out there!

[Marie]

Hi all! I am Marie and I am from Florida. I have been around on Goodreads since 2011 and didn't realize this group was here. I like all different kind of genres - horror mainly but I love crime thrillers, mysteries, true crime, etc. just as much. I am happy to be here and looking forward to exploring the threads within this group. :)

[Lisa Bianca]

Hi, my name is Lisa, I'm from Australia. I've been on Goodreads for quite a few years but have not got into groups before. I joined a couple and have been enjoying having a bit of a guided reading list. And reading books I would not have known about if not for the group reads. This group is one of my favourites and I really enjoy reading what other people think of the books. It seems a bit more relaxed this way than doing actual reviews of a book.

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Rachel wrote: "Hi, I'm Rachel Lynne and I write cozy Southern mysteries, (I feel like I've just virtually stood and made a confession in support therapy).

I live just outside of Savannah, Georgia and love to re..."

My daughter lives in GA and Savannah is one of our favorite places to visit. Welcome to the group.

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Camisa wrote: "Hello All! My name is Denise and I live in North Carolina. I love reading good mysteries and presently have four started. I enjoy the stories that keep me guessing until the very end and get disapp..."

I live in NC too. Don't you just love the different seasons.

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Welcome everyone and Judith I'm with you on the books and chocolate. There's got to be a way to make that work.

[[deleted user]]

Hi,

Just recently joined and cheekily pushed my new Noir series as well. Hope you are all doing well this fine but wet day.

Regards

[Andrea Thomas]

Hi all,

I'm Andrea, mother, wife, and dog mom. Got to quit working for Walmart in May of this year and got to work with my husband full time mowing grass. That has left me with LOADS more time for reading which I love! I'll be off this winter which leaves me more time to read as well. I'm finding myself lost in books again which is amazing.

Crime/Mystery and the like are some of my favorite genres and I find myself switching between actual books, kindle and audible. Happy to be here and excited to find my way into more crime and thrillers!

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Andrea Thomas wrote: "Hi all,

I'm Andrea, mother, wife, and dog mom. Got to quit working for Walmart in May of this year and got to work with my husband full time mowing grass. That has left me with LOADS more time fo..."

Glad you joined us.

[Emily]

hi I'm Emily you can call me em, I am from England and my favourite author is Stephen king.

[Lisa]

Hi I’m Lisa from Winnipeg Canada. I got back into reading (lots of audiobooks) this year after years of neglecting it. My favourite are mystery and character driven fiction. I aim to expand my choice of genres trying historical and science fiction and others. I’m getting a lot out of Goodreads groups and recommendations and love reading the book reviews.

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Hello Emily, Lisa, and Lisa again. Glad you've joined our group. Hope you find something great for your next read.

[Christine]

WELCOME EVERYONE!

[Gem , Moderator & Admin]

Emily wrote: "hi I'm Emily you can call me em, I am from England and my favourite author is Stephen king."

Welcome Emily! I haven't read much Stephen King. I have read Misery and The Dead Zone. Which is your favorite King book?

[Gem , Moderator & Admin]

Lisa (LiteraryLatinax) wrote: "Hi everyone, Lisa here and I'm in the Maryland area. I've always been an avid reader, my go to genre being Literary Fiction. Lately I've been wanting to try something different and someone recommen..."

Welcome Lisa! While there are many incredible mystery/thriller authors, in my opinion, you can't go wrong with the classic authors. Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple), Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey). I read my first Wimsey book recently and really enjoyed it.

[Gem , Moderator & Admin]

Jim wrote: "Hi all. Now retired. All our four children have grown and have their own families which includes 11 grand children who keep us busy.
I find I now have the time to do the things that I want to do. N..."
Welcome Jim, gotta love retirement! We have four adult children and five grandbabies, unfortunately, they are scattered all over the country. Since I consider myself retired I've learned to bake bread and have read some long novels that I didn't feel I had time for in the past. I think Les Mis has been my favorite so far.

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Jim wrote: "Hi all. Now retired. All our four children have grown and have their own families which includes 11 grand children who keep us busy.
I find I now have the time to do the things that I want to do. N..."

Simple pleasures are the best. Glad you've joined our group.

[gabrielle ;)]

My name is Gabby and I just started reading again these past few months. I really enjoyed One of Us is Lying and the Inheritance Games. I just started posting on GoodReads and am looking for people who love reading like me. I am currently reading Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, but this is for a school assignment. I really like it though.

[Jamie]

Hi. I'm Jamie, and I read a LOT of crime/mystery genre books. I usually get into a particular author and read a lot of their books back to back, especially if they wrote series, and if possible I try to read series in order. This year I've been reading Georges Simenon, Donna Leon, Henning Mankell, and PD James. I also really enjoy Jussi Adler Olsen, Rennie Airth, Ngaoi Marsh, Dorothy Sayers, Susan Wittig Albert, Arthur W. Upfield, and Simon Brett. I adopt a lot of free books from our library's free-books shelf, especially random mystery/crime books, so I can try new authors once I finish the ones I've been enjoying. I have no idea which authors I'll latch onto next, but I always find new ones eventually.

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Gabrielle wrote: "My name is Gabby and I just started reading again these past few months. I really enjoyed One of Us is Lying and the Inheritance Games. I just started posting on GoodReads and am looking for people..."

You've come to the right place to find people who like to read. What are you studying in school?

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

Jamie wrote: "Hi. I'm Jamie, and I read a LOT of crime/mystery genre books. I usually get into a particular author and read a lot of their books back to back, especially if they wrote series, and if possible I t..."

Hi Jamie. I do the same. I'll find an author I enjoy and will read their books until I get a little tired of them and then find another author and do the same. Hopefully you'll find something you like here and join a discussion.

[Kristi]

Hello there. I'm Kristi, and I read a lot of different genres. I work full time so I don't have as much time to read as I would like. I've been married for 15 years and have 2 beautiful orange tabby cats. I am currently reading Phantom Evil by Heather Graham. I'm planning a new challenge for 2022, with a goal of reading a mystery set in every state in the United States.

[Jennifer]

I like that goal, Kristi!

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Kristi wrote: "Hello there. I'm Kristi, and I read a lot of different genres. I work full time so I don't have as much time to read as I would like. I've been married for 15 years and have 2 beautiful orange tabb..."

That's a great idea. Keep us posted about the book titles and maybe some of us will join in.

[James]

Hello, everyone. I'm James, a husband and father of three wonderful kids. Though I have a day job, my career is writing cri me fiction. Currently, I have one book published and another in pre-launch stage.

[Aleksandra]

Hi everybody, my name is Aleksandra, I live in Scotland. I am a data engineer and love to read and listen to anything crime related.
Looking forward to being part of this group.

[Katlyn]

I'm katlyn and i am from logan, utah. I am a very avid reader. I will read anything I can get my hands on. I am currently reading a book called Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane. It is considered a thriller of all sorts. My favorite mystery/thriller writer would have to be Mary Higgins Clark. The book that got me into the mystery genre is moonlight becomes you by mary higgins clark.

[Adrienne]

Hello, I am Adie from the East Midlands of the UK. I have rediscovered my love for reading during the lockdown and am always seeking new things to read. My favourite series of psychological thrillers at the moment would have to be Thomas Harris’ Hannibal series. :)

[Steve]

Hi all! My name is Steve Gans and I write suspense thrillers. My first novel, "Israfel Rising" was published in 2020 and is about a serial killer in Chicagoland who's recreating murders from Edgar Allan Poe stories. My second book, "Israfel Fallen", was published in 2021 and concludes the story begun in the first book. My forthcoming novel, "The Eight Legs Of The Devil", will be published in early 2022. All three feature my main character, Detective Emmaline Sullivan, a potty-mouthed Welsh redhead who sees every case through to the end. My books are meant for adult readers only and contain strong language, inappropriate cop humor, sex, and violence. 2022 will be my 29th year working in Corrections, but along the way I've also edited and published a magazine, been an FM radio DJ, moonlighted as a professional wrestler, and been an investigator for "World Of Enigmas", an original YouTube show that explores the unexplained - everything from ghosts to Bigfoot to true crime cold cases. It's been interesting, and it's getting more interesting. Thanks for having me in the group!

[Chelsea]

Hello everyone,

I’m a wife and mother of two small children (1yo and 2yo) and I live in the Midwest. When I get the time to read I love MYSTERIES especially Agatha Christie. I got into mysteries when a friend told me to read And Then There We’re None and have been reading mysteries ever since. I joined this group to find more mystery books to read! Nice to meet you all.

[Megan]

Hi everyone! I'm Megan from the UK.
I've recently got back into reading since the numerous lockdowns & loved the goodreads app to keep track of how many books I'm reading & adding books to my TBR list.
I love thriller books, my favourite author at the moment for thriller is T.M Logan. I've just started a new book last night called After Anna by Alex Lake, I've read some good reviews for it to intrigued to see what will happen.
Any good book recommendations send them my way! :)

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

Hello and welcome to everyone. I hope you'll join some of our reading discussions. I always think about when I read Oral History by Lee Smith and I had to make myself read it and dreaded picking it back up. I then went to a discussion about it and thought I had read a different book. Made me want to go back and re-read it.

So join a discussion; it adds so much to the reading of a book.

[Jeanne]

Hello everyone. I'm Jeanne from Indonesia and I love reading mysteries. I like Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes series a lot (very cliche no?) I've always loved reading but haven't read as much as I'd liked to in the last few years. For this spring break I'm trying to read as much as I can but I don't know where to start.

Nice to meet you all!

[Sue]

Hi all, I am another mystery lover and watch a lot of British tv. I love Midsummer Murders and keep an eye on Britbox and Acorn for shows all the time. My current best book is Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I also got hooked on Louise Candlish, Alan Bradley and Alex Michaelides. I'm always on the lookout for books to read and keep a list ongoing.

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Sue wrote: "Hi all, I am another mystery lover and watch a lot of British tv. I love Midsummer Murders and keep an eye on Britbox and Acorn for shows all the time. My current best book is Thursday Murder Club ..."

I JUST finished Thursday Murder Club and am a few pages into the 2nd book The Man Who Died Twice and am already loving it. I watch Midsomer Murders ALL the time - it's so good. I don't have Britbox but have thought about getting it because I watched several seasons of Vera on Acorn and then the rest of the show is on Britbox. Not fair.

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

Jeanne wrote: "Hello everyone. I'm Jeanne from Indonesia and I love reading mysteries. I like Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes series a lot (very cliche no?) I've always loved reading but haven't read as much ..."

I've always been a lover of Agatha Christie but not so much Sherlock Holmes. Have you read the Louise Penny series? I love Chief Inspector Gamache :)

[[deleted user]]

Hey guys. My name is Jasmin and I am thirty-three years old male. And I've to say that I love thrillers, especially, the psychological ones, the kind that mess with your head, and are just too good to put down. But if I had to pick,

I'd pick those that have very beautiful and mysterious covers cause I am literally obsessed with books that have beautiful and mysterious covers, simply because of their beauty and because of their mystery.

Anyway, I joined this group, and I am here, because I am searching for book recommendations and for the people who have similar taste to mine, who love beautiful and mysterious covers as much as I do, and are willing to strike up a chat every once in a while, you know, talk about books and all kinds of recommendations.

If you're curious and interested, you know where to find me =) Blessings

[Aoife]

Hey everyone! Been lurking for a little while and thought I'd jump in. I'm Aoife, I'm from Ireland and I love reading a load of different genres but mysteries and crime are always my fall back choices when I get into a slump.

I love audiobooks as well so if anyone has recommendations for a well read crime audiobook I'll be very happy! I love hearing people's opinions and finding new books I never would have before :D

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

Aoife wrote: "Hey everyone! Been lurking for a little while and thought I'd jump in. I'm Aoife, I'm from Ireland and I love reading a load of different genres but mysteries and crime are always my fall back choi..."

Have you read Louise Penny series? I listened to a few of them and enjoyed them. Enjoyed the ones I read too.

[TLDR]

Hi I’m Jacinta . I’m from Melbourne Australia . I watch a lot of crime dramas on Netflix and have recently got back into reading thriller type novels . I most recently read “ the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires” and I joined this group because i wanted a list of crime books to read each month ….I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!

[Gem , Moderator & Admin]

Welcome to all the new members. Good to have you. If you have any questions or need help with anything please feel free to reach out to any of the moderators.