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[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I just finished The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. Green



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

A funny and still serious book, rich in atmosphere and with great characters.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Nobody Walks by one of my favourite authors, Mick Herron, has nothing to do with driving kids to school these days. : )
Always suspenseful!
4★ Link to my Nobody Walks review

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Thanks for the clarification Bill

[James]

Now going retro (circa 1976) and starting SWAG by Elmore Leonard, the first novel to feature car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley. The sequel novel (STICK) was adapted into a 1985 movie starring Burt Reynolds.

[Christine]

I finished my 3rd book

[CBRetriever]

finished my 5th, 6th and 7th books (it might be interesting to know what books Christine is reading):

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two

and started Long Time Gone by J.A. Jance.

I enjoy Jance's mysteries. They're light reading and usually have a satisfactory ending.

[Bill]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Thanks for the clarification Bill"

:0)

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

James wrote: "Now going retro (circa 1976) and starting SWAG by Elmore Leonard, the first novel to feature car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley. The sequel novel (STICK) was adapted into a 1985 movie starring Burt ..."

I read Swag last year and really enjoyed it.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I'm having some trouble focusing at the moment but I did manage to get a start on The Beast Must Die. So far I'm liking it, although I must say the narrator is probably not someone I would like in real life. Luckily for me, I don't have to like the characters in books I read.

[Dem]

Finished The Thursday Murder Club

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3632014962

[Sandy]

JF:

Catching up with the Skelfs.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

CR: Who Took Eden Mulligan?

[Araych]

Seven Up by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum #7, OK to read as a stand-alone but you'll enjoy it more with some familiarity with the characters. This is a very funny entry in the Stephanie series as she tries to track down an elderly ex-mob guy with standard Plum-style results. With the semi-help of 2 stoners and Grandma. 4 stars.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I finished reading The Beast Must Die this morning. So good!!!

[Liz]

I just finished listening to We Begin at the End

My first five star book of the year. Here’s a link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

Finished reading The Order

by Daniel Silva

My Review

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

I read six books this week but only two were Netgalley reads:
Your Neighbour’s Wife by Tony Parsons
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The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

An author ARC from one of my favourite authors: Family by Owen Mullen https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A group read for the Mystery, Crime and Thriller Group: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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A 'just because I wanted to' read, Force of Nature by Jane Harper https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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And an audiobook, Blue Genes by Val McDermid https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Thomas]

My wife and I both enjoyed The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
It is historical fiction, set in WWII England.
We both rated it 4 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Faith]

My review of When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

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

[CBRetriever]

I'm now reading Lynn S. Hightower's Elaki (or David Silver) series starting with Alien Blues. It's about a policeman with a human and an alien (Elaki) partner and deals with crimes against both species. A touch of humor is in all of them as well. I'm totally enjoying them and they're short unlike Great North Road.

I'm also working on another J.A. Jance book

[Christine]

I finished my 4th book

[CBRetriever]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 4th book"

what was it?
was it any good?

[Bill]

CBRetriever wrote: "I'm now reading Lynn S. Hightower's Elaki (or David Silver) series starting with Alien Blues. It's about a policeman with a human and an alien (Elaki) partner and de..."

Alien Blues sounds interesting. I've enjoyed other mysteries by Hightower.

[Linda]

A Descent Into Hell and I'm listening to The Healous Kind

[Bill]

Finished an excellent post WWII / Cold War thriller, Pray for a Brave Heart by Helen MacInnes. (4 stars) My review is below

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

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I just started The Last Testament

[James]

Now sampling DEAD MEAT, an older novel by the late, great Philip Kerr set in St. Petersburg in the early 90's just after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[Dem]

Finished and enjoyed Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3758915183

[Araych]

A German Requiem by Philip Kerr

Bernie Gunther #3, OK to read as a stand-alone. Berlin, 1947. Gunther, a former cop, has survived the war and is hired to go to Vienna to help out an old frenemy. Part murder mystery, part atmospheric spy thriller, all in all a very fine effort from Mr. Kerr. 4 stars.

[Barbara]

The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett

In this cozy mystery, Queen Elizabeth investigates a murder at Windsor Castle.

Clever premise. 3.5 stars

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

[Christine]

I finished my 5th book

[Bill]

If you like cozy mysteries, you might like to try any of Simon Brett's series. I finished The Torso in the Town, the 3rd Fethering mystery. (3.5 stars). My review below

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

Next is the 1st Mrs. Pargeter mystery, A Nice Class of Corpse.

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Searcher by Tana French is an atmospheric mystery set in the hills and bogs of the West of Ireland where strangers are seldom welcome. We know what that means.
4★ Link to my review of The Searcher

[Barbara]

Bill wrote: "If you like cozy mysteries, you might like to try any of Simon Brett's series. I finished The Torso in the Town, the 3rd Fethering mystery. (3.5 stars). My review belo..."

This link goes to polls, not your review Bill.

[Barbara]

Resistant by Michael Palmer

In this 3rd book in the 'Dr. Lou Welcome' series, Dr. Welcome is in a race against time to find a cure for a horrific man-made microbe. The book can be read as a standalone.

Good story. 3.5 stars

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

[Bill]

Barbara wrote: "Bill wrote: "If you like cozy mysteries, you might like to try any of Simon Brett's series. I finished The Torso in the Town, the 3rd Fethering mystery. (3.5 stars). M..."

Ooops. Thanks, Barbara.. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

Finished reading Back Of Beyond

by C.J. Box

My Review

[Barbara]

A Curious Incident by Vicki Delany

In this 6th 'Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery', amateur sleuth Gemma Doyle investigates the murder of an avid gardener. The book work fines as a standalone.

Enjoyable cozy mystery. 3.5 stars

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

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 edited by Jonathan Lethem and Otto Penzler

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I found an old copy of Christie's Cards on the Table in my closet, so I'm reading that at night that to offset the much harder read, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey. I've actually finished that part of the book, moving ahead to his Suspiria de Profundis, which is outstanding.

I'm a geek. What can I say?

[Jean]

Finished Out of Hounds . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

Not a mystery/thriller, but a biography of 3 Dutch teenagers who joined the resistance in WWII. Three Ordinary Girls by Tim Brady
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Renee]

I loved The Jealous Kind

[Liz]

I just finished Who is Maud Dixon?

It starts slow but the ending makes up for it. Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

Out of Hounds by Rita Mae Brown

In this 13th book in the 'Sister Jane' cozy mystery series, the foxhunter/amateur sleuth investigates art theft and murder. The book can be read as a standalone.

Lots of foxhunting in this book. 3 stars

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

[Woman Reading]

I finished The Humans by Matt Haig. Maybe some would consider this Sci-fi lite, but I really liked it for its alien assassin.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3762318602

[Bill]

I finished the 1st Mrs. Pargeter mystery; A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett, a nice cozy mystery. 3.5 stars. My review is below

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

Next Brett book is the 2nd Charles Paris mystery, So Much Blood

[Marwan]

Started Reading The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

[Annie]

I am reading all the Sister Fidelma series from Peter Tremayne. Currently at the end of "The Chalice of Blood" and enjoying it a lot!

[Linda]

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

[Jim]

Finished reading Daylight

by David Baldacci

My Review