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[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Judy wrote: "I gave up at page 163...I didn't like all the filler about becoming a writer...I got bored. Story didn't stand out from the descriptions to me.

Oh well plenty more books to read :)"

I'll be reading The Plot over the summer. The descriptions looked good.

[Liz]

I just finished Dog Eat Dog

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

[Jean]

Before She Disappeared Great start to a new series!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bill]

My review of The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald 4 stars

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

[Liz]

I just finished Falling

Very good thriller. Here’s a link to my 4 1/2 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Chris]

Started one of our Jun reads The Shape of Water and have been reading Kathy Reichs' first in her Temperance Brennan series Déjà Dead

[Elizabeth A.G.]

Just finished City of Dark Corners by Jon Talton.
This is a good story reminiscent of the pulp fiction noir novels of Raymond Chandler and Dasheill Hammett.

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

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished two books yesterday, both 3*, although I did enjoy one enough to get two more of the series while they were 99p The Crow Trap and Hell - this was better as a dip in and out book, didn't enjoy the last 26% that I read in a block as much.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished reading the first in the Inspector Montalbano series:


The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

[Sandy]

Nancy wrote: "Sandy wrote: " How to Examine a Wolverine: More Tales from the Accidental Veterinarian

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Right? Not going to lie, Nancy. When I read a title & start laughing, grabbing the book is a no-brainer.

[Sandy]

City of Dark Corners

Crime noir in 1930's Phoenix
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Araych]

Tularosa by Michael McGarrity

1st in a series about ex-cop Kevin Kerney. In this book Kerney is asked by his former partner to locate the partner's missing son. Takes place in rural New Mexico with wonderful evocative descriptions of magical New Mexico . Very well done with a complex plot and the story moves right alone. I liked it a lot and I'll be reading more in the series. 4 stars.

[Thomas]

I read a history book which I won in a GR giveaway, The Victorious Blood
I recommend it only to someone interested in the actual battle of Karbala, 680CE.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Sandy wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Sandy wrote: " [book:How to Examine a Wolverine: More Tales from the Accidental Veterinaria..."

For your reading enjoyment:
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[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Yesterday I finished reading a book called Mr. Digweed and Mr. Lumb by Eden Philpotts (1933), a true puzzler of a mystery. Philpotts is the author of another book I really enjoyed, The Red Redmaynes.

[Randy]

Finished Those Who Wish Me Dead - Brief review

And now, for something completely different, Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore.

[Barbara]

The Therapist by B.A. Paris

A squeamish woman learns of a recent murder in her new house in decides to investigate.

Suspenseful story. 3 stars

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

[Liz]

I just finished Dream Girl

Not my favorite of Lippman’s works. Here’s a link to my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Linda]

Murder In Mokonos

[Joelle]

Just finished



The Doll Factory by:Elizabeth Macneal

Thriller and class commentary set in 1850's London. My full review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Newly(ish) married Hannah Hall is bewildered when her husband disappears after leaving her a mysterious note.

Engaging (but slightly farfetched) thriller. 3 stars

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

[James]

Now starting THE WAYS OF THE WORLD the first book in the James Maxted thriller trilogy by Robert Goddard.

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

Just finished When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham.


Here is my five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Araych]

Midnight Riot by Ben AAronovitch

Peter Grant #1, 1st in a series, APA Rivers of London, which is a better title. Grant is a probationary police constable in London which means, like any newby or trainee, he gets the crap jobs, like guarding a crime scene in the middle of the night. When he finds a witness. Well done, mate, except the witness is a ghost. The book is a paranormal police procedural, full of wit and fun. Think Charles Stross's Laundry series. I loved it and I'll be reading the series. 5 stars.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Araych wrote: "Midnight Riot by Ben AAronovitch

Peter Grant #1, 1st in a series, APA Rivers of London, which is a better title. Grant is a probationary police constable in London..."

I love the Laundry series. So much fun. I can't remember which one it was since it's been so long, but there was one that came right out of James Bond.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Yesterday I started There's Trouble Brewing, by Nicholas Blake (1937). The dead person is killed in a beer vat, which reminded me of how many times that scenario's been used on tv. I think the first time I saw it was on Midsomer Murders; New Tricks had one murder like that and Brokenwood used a variation on the theme. I'm sure there are more.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Randy wrote: "Finished Those Who Wish Me Dead - Brief review

I like Moore's books sometimes, especially his Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal and his Sacré Bleu. He can be so twisted.

[Georgia]

I'm just starting reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincold Child. How come the comment section has changed and the click on book search is not available in this posting so one does not have to write it out!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Georgia wrote: "I'm just starting reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincold Child. How come the comment section has changed and the click on book search is not available in this posting so one does not have to writ..."


Worked for me:
Reliquary

[Bill]

My review of The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith. 4 stars

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

[Bruce]

I finished by

Good, and had a still timely concept, but could have been executed a little better. For its time, it was probably better.

[Patty]

I just finished The Crimson in the Purple by Holly Roth, written in the 1950s. What a wonderful book! I want to read more!


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

[Bill]

Patty wrote: "I just finished The Crimson in the Purple by Holly Roth, written in the 1950s. What a wonderful book! I want to read more!


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9..."

I thought it was fantastic too. I've got another of hers on my bookshelf. The Content Assignment

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I've just finished Moonflower Murders, afraid it is only a 3* read, as I didn't like the 'book within a book' format, especially as the within book was based on characters from the original story, so was a bit confusing. Going to read The Partner next

[Liz]

I just finished listening to Northern Spy

Well done political thriller. Here's a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Chris]

Just finished Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs; the first of her forensics crime series. And before that completed one of our group reads The Shape of Water.

[Liz]

I just finished A Good Day for Chardonnay

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

[Sandy]

JF: Suburban Dicks

Entertaining suspense with a great MC I hope to meet again.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

CR: Dog Eat Dog

[Linda]

Ghost

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I've just finished Moonflower Murders, afraid it is only a 3* read, as I didn't like the 'book within a book' format, especially as the within book was based on characters from the ..."

I'll be reading Magpie Murders shortly. I only bought the one book to decide whether I like it enough to continue.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Still working on There's Trouble Brewing by Nicholas Blake. It's a bit of a slog if I'm honest, and I've got 80-something pages left to go. Hopefully I'll finish today because I need to move on.

Also reading Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith, which ties in nicely with a book I've recently finished called Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era by Tiya Miles.

[Jean]

Finished Angela Marsons Kim Stone #12, Killing Mind .
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

The Maid by Nita Prose

Molly, who's mildly autistic, loves her job as a maid at a posh hotel. Then Molly finds a dead body in the penthouse and her life is thrown into an uproar.

Fun and engaging. 4 stars

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

[Araych]

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

Crime novel/sci-fi thriller taking place in a world where superheroes exist. Walschots has taken a well-known and loved idea and turned it on its head. Completely original. Don't feel bad, I couldn't figure out what "hench" meant either until page 8. Certainly not perfect but something completely different. 5 stars.

[Tony]

Currently reading by Michael Ledwidge

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I've finally finished There's Trouble Brewing. It starts and ends well, but every bit of thought process, every possible time table is outlined here, both on the part of Nigel Strangeways, amateur detecitve and the actual inspector involved in the murder case. I don't know that I'd recommend it, but I did love the book that comes after this one in the series, The Beast Must Die.

[Bill]

Nancy wrote: "I've finally finished There's Trouble Brewing. It starts and ends well, but every bit of thought process, every possible time table is outlined here, both on the part of Nigel Stran..."

I've read one or two of the Strangeways mysteries but it was a long time ago. As I recall they were ok. I do have a couple more to try.

[Liz]

I just finished Such A Quiet Place

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

[Donna]

Just finished The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell - a spooky Gothic mystery. 4****

[Cátia]

Currently reading Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty