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Najaf Naqvi (najafnaqvi) | 1 comments reading a lot of caimh mcdonnell these days. he is hilarious.


message 452: by Liz (new)

Liz | 1246 comments I just finished listening to The Stolen Boys The Stolen Boys (DI Jackman & DS Evans, #5) by Joy Ellis

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


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) Nancy wrote: "I really, really enjoy reading Cornell Woolrich's books. They're not all great, but I still have a fondness for his work."

Sorry to just be seeing this. New job has me checking in with GR groups only on weekends for the most part. Daughter's basketball season has come to an end though so that opens up a little more time, but that will probably be taken up by sleep.

I have only read Woolrich's Night Has a Thousand Eyes which didn't do much for me, but I already like this one a lot better.


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) Randy wrote: "Took me a while, but finally finished The Postman Always Rings Twice. I'm reminded of why it may be the seminal text of noir; Existentialism as it's lived rather than as it's theorized."

Well said. Also a favorite of mine.


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Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1761 comments A Strangers Game


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Patty | 4660 comments The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
4/5 stars
What do you get when you cross elements of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with the Vermont Eugenics Movement of the 1930s?

The link to my review is below.

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


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Barbara (cinnabarb) | 10064 comments Something to Hide Something to Hide (Inspector Lynley #21) by Elizabeth George by Elizabeth George

Scotland Yard Detective Thomas Lynley and his team investigate the death of a policewoman who was trying to stop the practice of female genital mutilation in London.

Good book. 4 stars

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


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message 461: by Patty (new)

Patty | 4660 comments Faith, I’m reading that one right now!


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Tone  | 1998 comments Barbara wrote: "Something to Hide Something to Hide (Inspector Lynley #21) by Elizabeth George by Elizabeth George

Scotland Yard Detective Thomas Lynley and his team investigate the death of a policewo..."


I liked it too.


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PattyMacDotComma | 943 comments Aussie author Candice Fox has really established herself as a thriller writer, with the new TV series Troppo, set in the North Queensland tropics, based on her first book, Crimson Lake. Her latest, The Chase, finds 600+ prisoners turned loose in the Nevada desert, including those on Death Row. Why? You may well ask. I can see another film prospect here!
The Chase by Candice Fox 4★ My review of The Chase


A Little Mystery Book ᰔ | 30 comments I finished Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus. Now I’m reading The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. This is the second book in the series of Cormoran Strike.


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Bruce | 3121 comments Finished reading Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham by William Lindsay Gresham


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Bruce | 3121 comments Finished reading Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers by Earl Derr Biggers


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PattyMacDotComma | 943 comments Canadian author Alice Munro is one of the world's best-loved storytellers. In 2013, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work as "master of the contemporary short story". I've enjoyed several, and I just read her 1968 debut, Dance of the Happy Shades. So good.
Dance of the Happy Shades And Other Stories by Alice Munro 4.5★ My review of Dance of the Happy Shades with a link to some stories you can read online


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Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10132 comments Mod
Reading The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, and about to finish Black Beadle by EC Lorac (1939). On the non-crime front, I started Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, first of the Booker International longlisted books I'm reading.


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Barbara (cinnabarb) | 10064 comments An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten by Helene Tursten

Octogenarian Maud values her privacy, likes to travel, and knows how to look out for herself. Maud also has a penchant for murder, so don't get on her wrong side.

As long as you remember it's fiction, it's a fun book. 4 stars

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


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Araych | 692 comments Murder Under Her Skin Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2) by Stephen Spotswood by Stephen Spotswood

Pentecost and Parker #2, should probably be read in order. Someone has killed an old friend of Will's so she and Lillian head south to the circus to unmask the killer. It's OK. 2 stars.


message 473: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 2265 comments I finished my 21st book


message 474: by Linda (new)

Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1761 comments The Crocodiles on The Sands


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Kirsten  (kmcripn) I've been reading The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson and have just started listening to Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune


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Eva (bookworm_eve) Shopaholic to the Rescue (Shopaholic, #8) by Sophie Kinsella
★★★


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Woman Reading  (is away exploring) | 286 comments The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli - a must read for those interested in politics or in Renaissance Italy

My review- www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4481961636


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Araych | 692 comments A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King

Russell and Holmes #3. A friend of Russell's is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident but there's much more afoot. This particular effort by King is far from her best. I figured out the killer ( you knew that was no accident ) half way through the book and the ending got fastened to the story with Scotch tape and glue. But you gotta love Sherlock Holmes. 3 stars.


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Patty | 4660 comments The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A modern retelling of The Island of Dr. Monreau. 4/5 stars

see the link below for my review


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


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Val Wheeler (wheelerdealer) | 42 comments Just completed This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard This is the night they come for you by Robert GoddardRobert Goddard
A fascinating and highly entertaining book

Here's my 5* review

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


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Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1761 comments The Jailhouse Lawyer


message 486: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 2265 comments I finished my 22nd book


message 488: by Thomas (new)

Thomas (tom471) | 2037 comments I read Girl on the Run by Carolyn Arnold
I rated this police procedural 4 stars. My review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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message 492: by PattyMacDotComma (new)

PattyMacDotComma | 943 comments I just finished the first of Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series, My Sister's Grave. Twenty years after her sister disappeared, detective Tracy Crosswhite is told they've found her bones. Mixed feelings about this one.
My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1) by Robert Dugoni 3.5★ My review of My Sister's Grave


message 493: by PattyMacDotComma (new)

PattyMacDotComma | 943 comments I finally started the Brother Cadfael historical mystery series by Ellis Peters ( aka Edith Pargeter ), and I grew quite fond of this canny, medieval monk in Book 1, A Morbid Taste for Bones. I will be reading more!
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) by Ellis Peters 3.5★ My review of Morbid Taste for Bones


message 494: by Linda (new)

Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1761 comments Perfume


message 495: by Nancy, Co-Moderator (new)

Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10132 comments Mod
Just at the halfway point of Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung. Don't let the cute bunny on the cover fool you -- this book is beyond wicked.


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the classic domestic suspense novel

I Married a Dead Man by William Irish
I Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the first Amelia Peabody mystery

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) by Elizabeth Peters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters


message 497: by Liz (new)

Liz | 1246 comments I just finished Finding Mrs. Ford Finding Mrs. Ford by Deborah Goodrich Royce

A decent, but somewhat implausible mystery. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 498: by Barbara (new)

Barbara (cinnabarb) | 10064 comments The Dark Hours The Dark Hours (Renée Ballard, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #35) by Michael Connelly by Michael Connelly

Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to solve two related homicides and Renee tries to track down a tag team of rapists.

Good thriller mystery. 3.5 stars

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


message 499: by Nancy, Co-Moderator (new)

Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10132 comments Mod
RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the classic domestic suspense novel

I Married a Dead Man by William Irish
I Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich writing as [author:William Irish|247321..."


re Crocodile on the Sandbank: read that one eons ago & then went on to do more of the books, although I didn't finish the series.


message 500: by Nancy, Co-Moderator (new)

Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10132 comments Mod
I finished Cursed Bunny yesterday ... really not for the faint of heart or the squeamish but if you can get past that initially, it's really, really good.

I'm thinking I might read Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, but this is a really busy week here so we'll see.


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