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Started Breaking & Mending: A Doctor’s Story of Burnout and Recovery after I Finished an interesting addition to the Ishmael Jones series by Simon R. Green The House on Widows Hill
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[Angie]

Finished
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[Jan C]

Just finished The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett. Enjoyable.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I knew I'd enjoy a visit to C.J. Sansom's 16th century London, but by golly it was terrifying in Revelation!
4.5★ Link to my Revelation review

[Barbara]

The Whistler by John Grisham

The Florida Board on Judicial Conduct tries to take down a corrupt judge who's in cahoots with the Florida Mafia.

Lots of legal shenanigans and danger. 3 stars

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

[Sagarika]

The silent patient = currently reading

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


Origin by Dan Brown
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I was pleasantly surprised by this entry in the Robert Langdon series.

and I started reading:


The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "RJ from the LBC wrote: "I sure wish McCarthy would write more. It's been 14 years since The Road."


Well, he's 87 so who knows? I remember reading at some point that he'd written another novel, the name escaping me for the moment."

I think it was The Passenger but the release was canceled so I don't know if it was ever finished or not. I have the feeling that when CM eventually passes away he will leave a whole bunch of unpublished stuff behind that will be drip-fed to the fans for years to come.

[Lori]

I’m reading The Mother in Law by Sally Hepworth. So far it’s pretty good. Halfway through

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

DEAD WICKED a totally addictive crime thriller with a huge twist by Helen H. Durrant

Compelling, emotional, true - Breaking & Mending: A Doctor’s Story of Burnout and Recovery by Joanna Cannon
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[Christine]

I finished my 66th book

[Faith]

My review of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

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[Dem]

FinishedThe Swap byRobyn Harding

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3409911213

[Gretchen]

Reading Walk the Wire - Baldacci; off genre - Team of Rivals (916 pages - eek).

[Christine]

[Barbara]

Murder, Stage Left by Robert Goldsborough

Eccentric private detective Nero Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin investigate a Broadway murder.

Favorite characters in this average mystery. 3 stars

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Started One In Three by Tess Stimson

Finished #10 in the Calladine & Bayliss series DEAD WICKED a totally addictive crime thriller with a huge twist by Helen H. Durrant. https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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[Gretchen]

Finished Walk the Wire (Baldacci), Reading Dead Wrong. New series for me.

[Linda]

Thirteen by Steve Cavanough

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I've finished a couple of books -- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (which, if you discount Dreiser's writing style is pretty good), and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, which, going against the current tide of gushing reviews, I didn't particularly care for. For one thing, you can figure out what's going to happen early on, and for another, it was more straight-up horrorish than I like.

Rereading Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders after reading O'Neill's Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, and I'm about to start The Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers (1945).

[Dem]

Finished The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row Anthony Ray Hinton

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3426519321

[Barbara]

A Fatal Twist by Tracy Weber

Amateur sleuth Kate Davidson is a yoga teacher, doula, and 'mom' to a digestively challenged German Shepherd named Bella. Kate also has a penchant for stumbling across dead bodies.

Amusing cozy. 3 stars

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

[Christine]

I finished my 67th book

[Barbara]

No Woods So Dark as These by Randall Silvis

In this 4th book in the 'Ryan DeMarco Mystery' series, the former Pennsylvania State Trooper assists the police in the investigation of a particularly brutal crime.

Not the best book in the series, but worth reading for fans. 2.5 stars

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

[Araych]

The Black Cat by Martha Grimes

Richard Jury #22, OK to read as stand-alone. Someone is killing young women working as escorts in London and Inspector Jury is on the case. I am a big fan of the Jury series but this entry has several chapters narrated by either a dog or a cat -- absurd! I know it's supposed to be cute but we're trying to figure out murders and we're interrupted by silliness. A generous 2.5 stars.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Araych wrote: "The Black Cat by Martha Grimes

"this entry has several chapters narrated by either a dog or a cat"

Oh! I can't stand when that happens! That or a dead person narrating how they came to be in this state (unless it's a ghost story).

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Nancy wrote: "RJ from the LBC wrote: "I sure wish McCarthy would write more. It's been 14 years since The Road."


Well, he's 87 so who knows? I remember reading at some point that he'd written ano..."

I wouldn't complain. :)

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "I finished:


Origin by Dan Brown
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I was pleasantly surprised by th..."

Re Friends of Eddie Coyle: cool film.

[Faith]

My review of The Candidate by Lis Wiehl

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

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "...Re Friends of Eddie Coyle: cool film."

You are the second person to tell me that. I will keep a lookout for it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished two collections by Charles Beaumont, one of the writers behind the scenes of the original Twilight Zone TV series:


Perchance to Dream by Charles Beaumont
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Howling Man by Charles Beaumont
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I started reading another Beaumont collection (there is a lot of overlap between his collections, so I have already read many of the stories):


The Hunger: And Other Stories by Charles Beaumont

Most of these stories are not crime or mystery stories; they are more likely to fall under the categories of "science fiction," "horror," or the catchall "weird." But those who enjoy the pulp magazine stories of the post-WWII era will feel right at home here.

[Liz]

I just finished The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
My first Vera Stanhope but definitely plan to read them all now.
Here’s my four star review:
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[Jupiter]

Nancy wrote: "I've finished a couple of books -- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (which, if you discount Dreiser's writing style is pretty good), and Mexican Gothic by Silvi..."

Mexican Gothic was a complete miss for me too. it was only a 2/5 for me

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Lu wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I've finished a couple of books -- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (which, if you discount Dreiser's writing style is pretty good), and [book:Mexican Gothic|5315..."

a 3 for me.

[Sandy]

Always a pleasure.
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[Zoe]

Currently reading The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen.... it is spooky but I am annoyed with the main character I am hoping something bad happens but it could be one of those where she gets away lol

[Liz]

I just finished listening to Eight Perfect Murders

Fun entertainment! Here’s my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Araych]

The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey

Michael Kelly #1. Debut P. I. mystery demonstrates an easy breezy style for a hard core murder mystery. I liked it a lot and will read the rest of the Kelly series. 4 stars.

[Christine]

I finished my 68th book

[James]

Now starting THE BIG BOOM by Domenic Stansberry.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 68th book"

You're ahead of me!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Still reading Helter Skelter and probably will be for a while. My husband just returned from being away for four days, so I can start reading it at night again. It's so intense that every little noise the house made was seriously amplified upstairs, and I would find myself sitting up and listening to every sound. Thi's is a reread, so you'd think it wouldn't get to me like this.

[Araych]

Crush, by Phoef Sutton

Caleb Rush, a k a Crush, is the coolest dude in L A. Cool job, cool car, etc etc. The first half of this adventure is kind of dumb but fun. Second half is real dumb.

[Bruce]

Just finished The Liquidator by John Gardner

[Joelle]

Just finished:


Don't Look for Me

by: Wendy Walker

Solid, thriller with some unexpected twists to be released this September 2020. My full review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read an excellent book, Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
I rated 4.5 stars rounded up. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 69th book

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Ten Little Words by Leah Mercer

Two very different five star reads in two days!

The very emotional The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and
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The most exciting and fun read of the year One In Three by Tess Stimson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Faith]

My review of His & Hers by Alice Feeney

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[Barbara]

The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi

This novel harks back to the very early days of detective fiction, when crimes were usually solved by observation and deduction rather than forensics. The premise: a mathematician writes detective stories that illustrate the mathematical permutations of the genre.

Original idea. 3 stars

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