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[Jim]

Finished reading The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

by John R. Bolton

My Review

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I finished reading Peter Swanson's Rules for Perfect Murders aka Eight Perfect Murders. This book needs to come with a warning label at the very beginnng.

If you're planning to read any of the following books, don't read Swanson's -- he totally gives the plot (including the reveal) away on each one:

The Red House Mystery, by AA Milne
Malice Aforethought, by Anthony Berkeley Cox
The ABC Murders, by Agatha Christie
Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain
Strangers on a Train, by Patricia Highsmith
The Drowner, by John D. MacDonald
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

More unforgivable, he also gives away the show, ending and all, of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Renee wrote: "I am torturing myself with a book called The Firelight Girls. I am hating every minute of this book. It was for my RL book group. I told the woman who selected it I could not get th..."

Oh, Renee, I can so relate. Our book group read The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley in December, and I was ready to chuck it by page 30. I truly wanted to scream before it was all over.

[Araych]

Spook Street by Mick Herron

Slow horses #4, recommend you read the series in order. If you're not familiar with the Slough House/slow horses series there are lots of reviews to explain. This might be the best of the series which means very good indeed. There's a chase scene in the middle of the story, told from 4 different perspectives, which goes on for 30 or 40 pages that is just amazing. 5 stars, highest recommendation.

[Jim]

Finished reading Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home

by Harry Kemelman

My Review

[Chris]

Jim wrote: "Finished reading Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home

by Harry Kemelman

My Review"
Jim, I so enjoyed the Rabbi Small mysteries. Hope you do as well.

[Barbara]

The Order by Daniel Silva

In this 20th book in the 'Gabriel Allon' series, the Israeli intelligence chief investigates the death of a pope. The book can be read as a standalone.

Good thriller. 3.5 stars

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Currently reading: Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden

The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons

Three Netgalley titles off my pile this week:
The Dry by Jane Harper
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The Orchid Girls by Lesley Sanderson
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A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Plus one children's book Stuck in the Muck by Brett Avison https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
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And an audiobook The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Jim]

Finished reading True Fiction

by Lee Goldberg

My Review

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I've just finished reading Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story by Anne Meredith, from 1933. Regular readers of older crime/mystery fiction might recognize another of her pen names (in real life she's Lucy Beatrice Malleson) -- Anthony Gilbert.

[Jim]

Finished reading Killer Thriller

by Lee Goldberg

My Review

[Jim]

Finished reading Fake Truth

by Lee Goldberg

My Review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Araych wrote: "Spook Street by Mick Herron

Slow horses #4, recommend you read the series in order. If you're not familiar with the Slough House/slow horses series there are lots ..."

I just love that Mick Herron series!

[Christine]

I finished my 124th book

[PattyMacDotComma]

Jennifer just wanted to kill someone, make the world a better place, but Judy Fitzwater's aspiring murder mystery writer, who was Dying to Get Published, had a lot of (amusing) trouble getting her act together in real life.
3.5★ Link to my Dying to Get Published review

[Jim]

Finished reading Too Many Women

by Rex Stout

My Review

[Barbara]

The Dirty South by John Connolly

This is the 18th book in the Charlie Parker series, but it's actually a prequel that introduces us to the former cop turned independent investigator. The book works fine as a standalone.

Entertaining thriller. 3.5 stars

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

[Liz]

I just finished listening to The Dogs of Winter

Here’s a link to my four star review:
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[Jim]

Finished reading Lost Hills

by Lee Goldberg

My Review

[Faith]

My review of A Stranger In My Grave by Margaret Millar

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[Linda]

Listening to Nightmares And dreamscapes volume ll

[Araych]

Black Swan by Chris Knopf

Sam Acquillo #5, OK to read as a stand-alone. In a sailboat, seeking shelter from an approaching storm, Sam, Amanda and Eddie the dog seek shelter in a small closed inn on an island off Long Island. In doing so they land smack dab in the middle of a huge financial crime. Well done mystery/adventure story part of a very likeable series.

[Jim]

Finished reading The Golden Spiders

by Rex Stout

My Review

[Shannon]

Just got done reading these over the holidays and since we didnt do nothing i need to finsh getting my read goal this year

Lies, Lies, Lies by Adele Parks New Author and I really loved this one I couldnt put it down

Criss Cross by James Patterson As a big fan of his Alex Cross series I was really loving this one alot! Cant wait to read his Deady Cross next

Set You Free by Jeff Ross Another book i read on the Libby App and I couldnt put it down I was very shock how it turn out

The Summer House by James Patterson Another great JP book.

The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan Another great HPR book i havent find one that I don't like!

The Third to Die by Allison Brennan Another great start to a new series i really loved it

Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin A Great Book!

[Patty]

Faith, I have the complete works of Margaret Millar, and you have reminded me that I need to revisit her. I haven’t read this one. Thanks!

[Patty]

I’m currently reading The Changeling by Victor Lavalle.

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[Liz]

I just finished The Burning Girls

One of the rare mysteries I award five stars. Here’s a link to my review:
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[Don]

Finished reading Friend Request
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[Bill]

My review of The Irishman (Movie Tie-In): Frank Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt.

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[Jim]

Finished reading The Father Hunt

by Rex Stout

My Review

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I've just finished City of Vengeance by D.V. Bishop


Here is my review:
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[Don]

Finished reading Coffin Road, by Peter May
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[Barbara]

Murder with Oolong Tea by Karen Rose Smith


In this sixth book in the 'Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery' series, tearoom owner/amateur sleuth Daisy Swanson investigates the murder of a schoolteacher. The book works fine as a standalone.
Includes recipes

Good cozy. 3 stars

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

[Jean]

Kath Middleton's short story, Stir-up Sunday was a fun way to end my 2020 reading year. It's a short ghost story set around Christmas time in the present and flips back two centuries....
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[Angie]

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