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[K. Nicole]

Hi everyone! I'm new to this group. I just finished reading The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi. I am currently reading The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty for the first time after watching the movie about a million times. feel free to add me!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Kassie.

I remember first reading The Exorcist as a teen when I was doing a weekend-long babysitting job. I didn't sleep that entire night.

[Zoe]

Nice way to introduce yourself kassie... love your read.... also really need to read that.

[Barbara]

Christmas Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke


This 26th book in the Hannan Swensen series is a flashback to the baker's early days as owner of 'The Cookie Jar' bakery in Lake Eden, Minnesota. Hannah and her friends and family try to help a homeless man with amnesia. The book can easily be read as a standalone.

Slight story with plenty of delicious recipes. 3 stars

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

[Christine]

I finished my 89th book

[Christine]

Sandy how’s your book going called The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge?

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Save Her Soul by Lisa Regan

Brooding? No. Atmospheric? No. Suspenseful? Mildly, in parts. Interesting? Yes, like a car wreck you can't look away from. The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "I finished:


Prizzi's Honor by Richard Condon
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I st..."

Have you read Brown's Dirty Work? So good.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I just yesterday got my copy of The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman so I'm going to try to read it in between books.

[Araych]

Death on the Downs by Simon Brett

Fethering #2, OK to read as a stand-alone. Carole finds a set of old human bones and of course the ladies must follow up this mystery. Cute entry in this cozy series, rather a slow beginning but a nice light read. 3 stars.

[Sandy]

A quiet, atmospheric mystery from a favourite author.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Starting:

[Liz]

I just finished A solitude of Wolverines

Perfect for fans of Nevada Barr. Here’s a link to my 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Linda]

Finished American Psycho. I will definitely not be reading more from this author.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch #2 pits Harry against The Black Ice, as treacherous a drug as its namesake on frozen, dark roads. This is LA and Mexico before we had Google in our pockets.
4★ Link to my Black Ice review

[Linda]

Needful Things

[Paul]

I was immersed in this throughout the month of August. It’s a compelling read about how an unemployed history teacher takes on an assignment of historical research…

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

[Aditya]

Finished rereading The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy. Great noir, crime books seldom feel so epic and sprawling but it is dark, as bleak (maybe even more) as anything I have read all my life. Rating - 5/5

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

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "...Have you read Brown's Dirty Work? So good."

I haven't read anything else by Larry Brown. Joe is my first by him. I like it though, so I don't think it will be my last.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Aditya wrote: "
Finished rereading The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy. Great noir, crime books seldom feel so epic and sprawling but it is dark, as b..."

It outdarks dark. After reading Black Dahlia and The Big Nowhere in succession, I had to stop reading Ellroy for a few days before I could go on to LA Confidential. And we're talking about me, queen of reading bleakness.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Nancy wrote: "...Have you read Brown's Dirty Work? So good."

I haven't read anything else by Larry Brown. Joe is my first by him. I like it though, so I don't think it..."

Dirty Work is a not-to-be-missed book.

[Renee]

I am going to startThe Night Manager. It has been a while since I read this author. I am hoping for the twists and turns he usually delivers. I hope many will join me on the ride

[Tone]

Renee wrote: "I am going to startThe Night Manager. It has been a while since I read this author. I am hoping for the twists and turns he usually delivers. I hope many will join me on the ride"

I've seen the TV-series, which was excellent, but never read the book. Can't recall many details, but remember that the plot was as complicated as always with le Carré. Enjoy!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

If there is enough interest, I'd like to organize a buddy read for Alex Pavesi's The Eighth Detective. Maia at Henry Holt emailed me and if we can get a group together to read the book, they are beyond happy to furnish free copies (either e-book or physical) for everyone who is interested. Please let me know asap so I can let her know. Thanks.

[Aditya]

@Nancy It would have been surprising if you had not taken a break. Hell the murder mystery itself is so utterly perverse, you need some time away from Ellroy to make sense of it. And the Quartet gets darker and darker still, the staccato gets more pronounced. By the time White Jazz rolls around the books almost have this claustrophobic intensity.

James Crumley is as hopeless, Joseph Wambaugh is as cynical but both offer a healthy dose of dark humor to make it palpable. Ellroy however is in a class of its own when it comes to bleakness.

[Christine]

I finished my 90th book

[Christine]

Sandy how are both of your books going?

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Aditya wrote: "@Nancy It would have been surprising if you had not taken a break. Hell the murder mystery itself is so utterly perverse, you need some time away from Ellroy to make sense of it. And the Quartet ge..."

I agree with you completely on all counts.

I don't think I could have gone on with LA Confidential and White Jazz had I not stopped for a bit after Big Nowhere. White Jazz is nearly as bad as Big Nowhere in the OMG department. At the same time, if you count it as one work (the LA Quartet), it's just genius. And it just goes to prove that anyone who doesn't think crime fiction can be literature is wrong.

[Aditya]

Nancy wrote: "I agree with you completely on all counts...And it just goes to prove that anyone who doesn't think crime fiction can be literature is wrong."


For me James Lee Burke, James Ellroy and Raymond Chandler are not just crime writers. They are great writers, end of story. There are other writers who occasionally write literature under the guise of genre fiction (Mystic River, a few Tana French books) but those three consistently transcend the genre.

I think I did read all four back to back 5-6 years ago but I have learnt since then to alternate authors. It adds a lot to the reading experience specially when I stick to genre fiction 90% of the time.

[Aditya]

Finished A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. Decided to reread Holmes after maybe 16-18 years, is a lot worse than my nostalgia made it appear. Anyone who thinks Holmes is good detective fiction needs to read a lot more of the genre. Rating - 3/5

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

[Araych]

Murder Makes the Wheels Go Round by Emma Lathen

John Putnam Thatcher #4, OK to read as a stand-alone. Thatcher gets caught up in a murder at an auto manufacturer in Detroit. Copyrighted in 1966, this book reads like 1936. A slow American Cozy. Just OK.

[Barbara]

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

Podcaster Rachel Krall covers the rape trial when a golden boy college swimmer is accused of assaulting a high school girl.

Good story. 3.5 stars

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Currently reading the atmospheric and slightly creepy The Last to Know by Jo Furniss

Not sure if I am going to continue with this series after finishing Save Her Soul by Lisa Regan.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjP_YWgz...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Patty]

I’m currently reading—and enjoying—The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr, written in 1937. Known for his locked-room mysteries, this one is part horror and mystery. Considered on of Carr’s best non-series novels.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Patty wrote: "I’m currently reading—and enjoying—The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr, written in 1937. Known for his locked-room mysteries, this one is part horror and mystery. Considered on of Carr’s best no..."

That's a good one. I think I own all of his books (numerous pseudonyms included). Started reading and collecting them eons ago. Penzler Publishers has been reissuing them a bit at a time, as has British Library Crime Classics.

[Bill]

Patty wrote: "I’m currently reading—and enjoying—The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr, written in 1937. Known for his locked-room mysteries, this one is part horror and mystery. Considered on of Carr’s best no..."

I've only read the first book in Carr's Gideon series and enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more. Excellent review.

[Renee]

Tone wrote: "Renee wrote: "I am going to startThe Night Manager. It has been a while since I read this author. I am hoping for the twists and turns he usually delivers. I hope many will join me o..."

I havnt seen the TV series. I think i will watch it afte i read the book//

[Renee]

Nancy wrote: "If there is enough interest, I'd like to organize a buddy read for Alex Pavesi's The Eighth Detective. Maia at Henry Holt emailed me and if we can get a group together to read the b..."


Nancy this sound interesting. I am crazy busy next month with group reads. If its a bit out time wise I would love to join in

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Starting Seven Days in Summer by Marcia Willett

I couldn't put this down! The Last to Know by Jo Furniss by Jo Furniss

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[Linda]

listening to needful things

[Christine]

Sandy how are four of your books going?

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Renee wrote: "Nancy wrote: "If there is enough interest, I'd like to organize a buddy read for Alex Pavesi's The Eighth Detective. Maia at Henry Holt emailed me and if we can get a group together..."

I'll be talking to Maia on Monday so I'll let you know.

Any other takers?

[Michael]

JF Final Girls by Riley Sager.

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

[Jean]

Just finished Stacy Green's The Girls in the Snow coming out in mid-October.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Am mid-way through Lisa Gardner's The Third Victim

[Liz]

Five stars for The Law of Innocence

Here’s a link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

My review of Trail of the Chupacabra: An Avery Bartholomew Pendleton Misadventure
Three stars for a mildly humorous story.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dem]

Finished and enjoyed Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Candice Millard

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3512803101

[Jean]

2nd unputdownable book in a row! Had some similarities to the last one (The Girls in the Snow)...Loved this book! Look forward to reading more in the series: The Third Victim .
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ctgt]

Nancy wrote: "I'll be talking to Maia on Monday so I'll let you know.

Any other takers?"

I would be interested.

[Christine]

I finished my 91st book

[James]

Just finished RAIN DOGS by Adrian McKinty, the fifth book in his detective Sean Duffy mystery series set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles.

Now starting the sixth book: POLICE AT THE STATION AND THEY DON'T LOOK FRIENDLY