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[Faith]

My review of One Simple Thing by Warren Read

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

[Christine]

I finished my 25th book

[Liz]

This wasn’t a mystery (not sure what it was meant to be). But I just finished Normal People

I really disliked this popular and highly awarded book and would love to hear other people’s thoughts. Here’s a link to my two star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dem]

Finished A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3852965245

[Jim]

Finished reading A Drink Before the War

by Dennis Lehane

My Review

[Barbara]

Pup Fiction by Laurien Berenson

Melanie Travis is a wife, mother, teacher and amateur sleuth whose nosing around has occasionally helped the police solve crimes. In this book, Melanie helps a friend suspected of murder. And there are dog shows like always in this series! 😊

Good cozy. 3.5 stars

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

[Aditya]

Finished On Anger by Agnes Callard. Different from what I usually read. A series of essays reprinted from the Boston Review Forum where a bunch of academics debate on interesting topics. Here a philosophy professor argues why anger is rational and necessary. Interesting and illuminating. Rating - 4/5

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

[Thomas]

I read this book almost 10 years ago, but decided to update my review with a personal experience.
The Ballad of Tom Dooley
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Linda]

Knit One Murder Two

[Araych]

Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum 8.5, OK to read as a stand-alone. It's Christmas, Stephanie isn't ready and she's got a guy to grab. Plus, supernatural Diesel pops up to complicate everything. The weakest of the Plums I've read. Short -- only 185 pages, the Diesel character makes no sense and the book feels like it was written over the weekend. I like the series but this one gets 2 stars.

[Faith]

My review of Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

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

[Liz]

I just finished listening to The Power Couple

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

[Bill]

I'm starting The Suicide Murders by Howard Engel

[Barbara]

A Talent to Deceive by William Norris

In this book, author William Norris makes the case that the wrong man was convicted for the infamous kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby.

Fascinating story. 4 stars

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

[Thomas]

I read The Devil's Pawn It is historical fiction, based on the lesser known play Faustus II by Goethe. My review, 3.5 stars rounded down. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[CBRetriever]

Thomas wrote: "I read The Devil's Pawn It is historical fiction, based on the lesser known play Faustus II by Goethe. My review, 3.5 stars rounded down. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Looking forward to reading that one - it's in my TBR pile.

I've finished;

Trader by Charles de Lint
Song in the Silence by Elizabeth Kerner
Rats, Bats & Vats by Dave Freer
A Long December by Richard Chizmar
Red Planet by Robert Heinlein
Magician by Raymond Feist
Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

those are all SF&F as the other book I've been working on is The Guns of August and it's a slow read. I'm also getting ready for the discussion of Entry Island for next month

[Joelle]

Just finished:


Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by: Elle Cosimano

Really funny caper- see my full review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Val]

Just finished 29 Seconds by T.M. LoganTM Logan

Here's my 5* review

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

[Liz]

I just finished Six Weeks to Live

Not your typical mystery. Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dem]

Finished The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner.

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3900477680

[Dem]

Finished The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner.

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3900477680

[Bill]

My March Focus author was Agatha Christie. My fifth book of hers was a standalone story, Endless Night. Not my favorite of the 5, but still excellent. 3.5 stars. My review is below

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

In April, my Focus author will be George Simenon. I plan to alternate between Inspector Maigret and his standalones. First will be The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, Maigret #4

[Patty]

My review of Madam by Phoebe Wynne. 5/5



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

[Jim]

Finished reading Snow Creek

by Gregg Olsen

My Review

[Bill]

I'm just starting the 2nd Martin Beck mystery, The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj Sjöwall. It's been 5 or 6 years since I read Roseanna so it'll be interesting to get back into this series.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth, a terrific Cold War-era thriller that will resonate even more for those of us who remember the Soviet grain deals and OPEC oil drama of the 1970s.
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow, which is a prequel to Savages

I also started reading the roman noir classic:


Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham which certainly deserves its stellar reputation.

[James]

Now sampling BANGKOK 8 by John Burdett, the first novel in his Sonchai Jitplecheep mystery/thriller series.

[Liz]

I just finished Smoke and Mirrors

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

[Bill]

James wrote: "Now sampling BANGKOK 8 by John Burdett, the first novel in his Sonchai Jitplecheep mystery/thriller series."

I like this series. I will be interested in what you think

[Thomas]

I read Levi's War I enjoyed it and recommended it to my wife. It is historical WWII fiction My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

currently checking out The Lost Village by Camilla Sten. Hmmm. Not sure how I feel about it so far, but after all that's been happening here, I just needed a mindless read.

[Barbara]

The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter

A man is stabbed at the dinner table, and a young woman takes responsibility for the crime.....even though she didn't do it.

Good suspenseful story but it has flaws (to me). 3 stars

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

[Bruce]

I finished reading by

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

major insomnia last night, so I got to page 201/337 of The Lost Village. With just over 130 pages to go, something out of the ordinary needs to happen here to perk this one up.

[Christine]

I finished my 26th book

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 26th book"

that's lovely, Christine. I've had so much insomnia over the last three weeks that I'm for once ahead of you in books read. I'd much rather have had the sleep than the high count.

[Randy]

After Sins of the Fathers, Wolf to the Slaughter and The New Girlfriend: And Other Stories, all by Ruth Rendell, I'm now reading the stories in In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

[Christine]

Thanks Nancy and I hope that’s a thing Nancy and oh that stinks Nancy

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Christine wrote: "Thanks Nancy and I hope that’s a thing Nancy and oh that stinks Nancy"

❤❤

LOL Christine -- you're so very sweet! It will pass.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Randy wrote: "After Sins of the Fathers, Wolf to the Slaughter and The New Girlfriend: And Other Stories, all by Ruth Rendell, I'm now reading the stories in [book:In a ..."

Are you more of a Wexford fan or do you prefer her standalones? I'm in the second camp, although there are some pretty good Wexfords.

[Christine]

Lol Nancy and I’m always sweet Nancy and alright Nancy

[Randy]

Nancy wrote: "Randy wrote: "After Sins of the Fathers, Wolf to the Slaughter and The New Girlfriend: And Other Stories, all by Ruth Rendell, I'm now reading the stories ..."

I'm new to Rendell. I hadn't read more than a short story or two by her until recently. (Ditto P. D. James, for that matter.) I had mentioned her as someone a friend might enjoy from what I'd read about her and he dove into the Wexford books and passed almost the entire run to me. Probably before the year's over I'll read a couple more. I've owned The Tree of Hands, A Demon in My View and probably 2-3 others for years and never pulled the trigger on them, so if I can carve out time, I may get to one or two of them as well.

(This between a couple of other writers I've become more aware of and intrigued by lately, Lisa Tuttle and Paul Tremblay.)

[Linda]

The Black Box

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

finished The Lost Village. Once again it's the case of liking only half a book, and some of the scenarios here are so unrealistic that it's actually painful in the reading. Not just that, but I figured out the "who" before the end.

[Patty]

Nancy, I didn’t find reading The Lost Village painful at all. It’s funny how people can read the same book but actually still be reading a different book.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

That's very true. It just wasn't for me, even though it gets really high ratings (which is why I picked it up in the first place). Same with The Lost Apothecary, which is the other book I didn't care for but which got excellent reviews. Arrgh.

Until the end of April I'm auditioning books for my real-world book group (along with my regular reading), and I'm looking for something that completely wows me.

[Patty]

I like that, “auditioning books”. I wind up doing a lot of research for when it’s my turn to choose a book. I wanted to do a non-fiction book, but nothing appealed to me. I finally chose The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories. I bought one for each member (5 of us) through Abebooks, since I’m sure it’s not that accessible. The others pick recently published books, so I tend to go the other direction.

[Bill]

Finished an excellent Inspector Alleyn mystery, maybe my favorite so far; Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh. 4.5 stars. My review is below

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

Another Alleyn is next, Last Ditch

[Eva]

Finished a Dutch thriller, Zwanenzang.
Not a fan. Gave it 2 stars.
It follows a couple of women who, in high school, formed a group called "The Swans" and bullied (to extremes) another classmate. Years later, one by one, they get murdered and it smells of revenge...

Had high hopes, because I enjoyed the first book I read by the author, but unfortunately this was a disappointment.

Now, I am reading And the Mountains Echoed. Not a thriller/detective, but so so so amazingly written!

[Barbara]

The Mirror Man by Jane Gilmartin

Jeremiah Adams is a marketing executive for ViMed Pharmaeceuticals, which has created a controversial drug that transfers everything in the brain (thoughts, memories, etc.) For an experiment, the drug is used to make a clone of Jeremiah, which proceeds to live Jeremiah's life.

Good Sci-fi thriller. 3.5 stars

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