Nominations open for February 2023 Group Read: Vintage

[Randy]

Hi, all, and Happy New Year.

For February, lets look at books set in the 20th century. Thriller, mystery, suspense, whatever, as long as it's set between 1900 and 1999, it's fair game, even if it was written in the 21st century. (Or, I suppose, written in the 19th century.)

As always,
1. do NOT nominate your own book
2. if your book wins the poll vote you will be leading the discussion. Obviously you shouldn't a nominate a book if you don't wish to participate.

Also, please check the group's bookshelf to make sure we haven't read your nomination in the last couple of years.

I'll take nominations through January 10th, and then I'll set up the poll for voting.

So, on your marks! ...
Get set! ...
Nominate!

[And if you're interested, look into Nancy's Reading the Movies. They're just starting [book:The Big Sleep|2052] by Raymond Chandler.]

[Christine]

I vote for "Landscape of Lies" by Peter Watson.

[J.A.]

Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin

[Richard]

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

[Pam]

Five Decembers by James Kestrel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Beth]

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson

[Barbara]

I vote for Red Dirt Blues by David K. Wilson

[Pavlos]

I vote for The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

[Sherri]

Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

[REDD]

Murder Borrowed , Murder Blue - Stephanie Blackmore

[❀Heather❀Brown❀]

Only One Lie - Audrey J Cole (Seattle 1942)

[Aditya]

The Chill by Ross Macdonald

[Christine]

Heather wrote: "Only One Lie - Audrey J Cole (Seattle 1942)"

That sounds interesting. I just finished "The Final Hunt" by Audrey J. Cole, it was great!

[Katyayini]

I nominate The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

[Jayne]

I would like to nominate The Ice House by Minette Walters

[Christine]

That's a good one. It was filmed with Daniel Craig.

[Suzy]

I nominate Design for Dying by Renee Patrick. Set in 1930's Hollywood it features Edith Head as an amateur sleuth.

[Angelina]

Richard wrote: "Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith"
Great book

[Angelina]

Jayne wrote: "I would like to nominate The Ice House by Minette Walters" Another great book, I’m going to find it hard to vote for one!

[Pam]

Death at La Fenice / Donna Leon (c1992)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/do...

[Randy]

Hi, all.

I'm about to launch the poll for February. With 11 books to choose from, I'm skipping a few of the above because I'm not sure they were set in the 20th century (Moonflower Murders, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue, The Hunting Party). But keep them in mind for future group reads.

[Ellen]

Aditya wrote: "The Chill by Ross Macdonald"

Good one.

[[deleted user]]

i'd like to nominate design for dying. i read a write up for it and thought it sounded like a great story

[Christine]

My suggestion is "The Blank Wall" by Elisabeth Sanxay-Holding which was filmed with James Mason & Joan Bennett (The Reckless Moment, 1949). Wonderful film noir, great novel.