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[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

This was a pretty mediocre read for me . . . The Call by Kerry Wilkinson ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

A Deadly Bone of Pick A Deadly Bone to Pick was a fun cozy mystery. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

The Queen of Poisons is a fun cozy but the weakest of the series. My 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

The Girl in Seat 2A by Diana Wilkinson

My review 2.5⭐

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

[Jean]

Due out May 30: Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons

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

[PamG]

Here is my 3.35 rounded to 3 stars review of The Alliance by Matt Brolly:

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

Psychological Thriller / Police Procedural / Crime Thriller
Dark and Gripping
FBI and local police
Unique plot
Frequent shifts in point of view between 3 characters
Interesting look at psychopathy, society, and manipulation

[Thomas]

I read The Wild Inside by Christine Carbo It is book 1 of the Glacier mystery series, set in Glacier NP, Montana, US. I rated it 3.5 stars rounded up. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[BookishDramas]

The Order


⭐⭐⭐ stars review
Murder and corruption in high places
Series book. Vatican and the Catholic church.

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

[PamG]

Here is my 4.3 rounded to 4 stars review of Murder at the Lake by Carolyn Arnold:

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

Police Procedural / Crime Thriller
Good mix of suspense and investigation
A couple of action-filled scenes
Strong female lead character

[Damo]

I recently finished Into the Night by Sarah Bailey, the 2nd book in the Australian hardboiled police procedural series featuring Detective Gemma Woodstock.

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

[PattyMacDotComma]

I am stretching out my favourite Sebastian St Cyr Historical Mystery Series by C.S. Harris to try to make them last. They are the best. Why Kill the Innocent is #13, and the Frost Fair and wintry weather were as chilling as the murders. Terrific atmosphere.
My review of Why Kill The Innocent with a painting of the 1814 Frost Fair

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Ghost Writer by bestselling author Loreth Anne White is an entertaining short story with a good creepy atmosphere. It's another of Amazon's Original Stories.
My review of The Ghost Writer

[Liz]

Guilty Mothers is the 20th in the Kim Stone series but still feels fresh. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space by David H. DeVorkin It is not a mystery, but a book of photographs taken by the Hubble space telescope. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in astronomy. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

I love Jo Spain and The Trial doesn't disappoint! ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jean]

I'm enjoying this series by Paige Shelton, the Alaska Wild. Just finished Lost Hours , which is #5.

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

[PamG]

Here is my 4.48 rounded to 4 stars review of Extinction by Douglas Preston:

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

Techno-thriller, Police Procedural, Genetic Engineering Science Fiction
Tense, Gripping, and Suspenseful
Fast-paced
Great Characterization and World-Building

[Suz]

by Lee Child

My review 3.5⭐

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

If you like a slightly creepy, suspenseful read then I recommend The Intruders by Louise Jensen ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Carolyn]

A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray (podcaster and former QI elf) is a light and humorous mystery featuring a young man who lives in wealthy people's houses when they're away as a sort of uninvited house sitter.

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

[Liz]

The Body Beneath the Willows is just an ok addition to the Craig Gillard series. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

Here is my 4.04 rounded to 4 stars review of Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure by Lorenzo Carcaterra:

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

Cozy Mystery
moving, charming and enjoyable
great characterization as well as some pivotal stressful and emotional moments

[Damo]

I recently finished Gangland by Chuck Hogan, unsurprisingly a tough and uncompromising gangster novel.

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

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I finished The Family Experiment by John Marrs


Easily the best John Marrs book!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

Here is my 4.48 rounded to 4 stars review of Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong:

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

Historical Mystery with a time travel element
Great Characterization
Great World-Building
Victorian Scotland
Moving, well-written, suspenseful, and entertaining

[PattyMacDotComma]

Kelsey is bubbly when they move into their new (to them) house, but Lauren is freaking out about being watched from The Other Side of the Road. I enjoyed thriller writer Andrea Bartz's suspenseful story and the ending I didn't expect.
My review of The Other Side of the Road

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

An average read for me (⭐⭐.5) but others have loved it . . . The Baby by A.J. McDine https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

Here is my 4.63 rounded to 5 stars review of Double Tap by Cindy Dees:

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

Action Thriller / Espionage Thriller
Strong, Mature Female Main Character
Shocking, Pulse-pounding, Impactful
This series should be read in order.

[Sandra]

I finished The Garden Girls by Jessica R. Patch and enjoyed this complex psychological thriller with a strong message about the healing power of love and faith. 4 Stars My Review.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Probably the weakest book in an otherwise good series - Die Last by Tony Parsons ⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen]

Here is my 4.5 star review of Erik Larson's newest history called, "The Demon of Unrest https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jean]

Wow! Intense! Shutter Island

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

[Liz]

The Various Haunts of Men never really engaged me. My three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

Finished The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann | read by Dion Graham | Review

[PamG]

I recently finished two books by Emily Shiner.

Three Drowned Girls
Rating: 3.88

One Liar Left
Rating: 3.98

Books 1 and 2 in the Detective Freya Sinclair series
Police Procedural
Chilling Prologue, dark and disturbing
Powerful Page-Turner

[PamG]

I originally forgot the review links. (Thanks, Rosh).
I recently finished two books by Emily Shiner.

Three Drowned Girls
Rating: 3.88
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

One Liar Left
Rating: 3.98
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Books 1 and 2 in the Detective Freya Sinclair series
Police Procedural
Chilling Prologue, dark and disturbing
Powerful Page-Turner

[BookishDramas]

Census (Comixology Originals) #1

4 stars
Graphic novel
Short Original story
Mature content
Interesting

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

[PamG]

Here is my 4.27 rounded to 4 stars review of Lost Birds by Anne Hillerman:

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

Mystery / Crime Novel
Good characterization and excellent world-building
Multiple subplots
Rushed ending

[PattyMacDotComma]

Ah - a couple of goodies from the #NeverTell short story collection.

Both are about women in the desert in very different, life-threatening circumstances. Deserts lend themselves to mystery, I think. One woman is a crook, while one is a tattooist.

This one is the crook:
Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall

My review of Scorpions
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This one is the tattooist
Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda

My review of Jackrabbit Skin

[Suz]

Remember My Name by Sam Blake

My review 3⭐

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

[Sean, Moderator]

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

[Damo]

I recently finished Winter Prey by John Sandford. This marked a return to this series for me after a long break (around 23 years) and I'm glad I picked it up again.

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

[Thomas]

I read Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder It is not a mystery but a history of the mass killings under Hitler and Stalin from 1932-19454. My 5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I strongly recommend this book. The author speaks and reads 6 languages, and has consulted sources overlooked by most historians of this period.

[Carolyn]

Angela Marsons can always be relied on to deliver an interesting theme for her Detective Kim Stone crime series.

Guilty Mothers

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

[Suz]

The Accident by Fiona Lowe

My review 2⭐

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

[BookishDramas]

The Wife’s Secret: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist:

3 stars
3.5 stars closer to 4 rather than 3
free Review copy from BookSirens
fantastic premise

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

[Jean]

A fun cozy mystery, book 1 of the Cat Lady series: Escape Claws
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

Here is my 4.02 rounded to 4 stars review of The Last Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal:

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

Historical Mystery / Espionage
WW II
11th and final book in the Maggie Hope series
Well-researched
Good characterization and atmosphere
Strong and Impactful tale

[PamG]

Here is my 3.39 rounded to 3 stars review of Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen:

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

Mystery / Police Procedural
Great Characterization, but unlikeable characters
Switches points of view frequently
Flashbacks without warning
Great atmosphere
Dark and twisty plot

[PamG]

Here is my 4.07 rounded to 4 stars review of Her Second Death by Melinda Leigh:

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

Short Story / Novella
Prequel to the Bree Taggert series
Police Procedural / Mystery
Decent intro to the main character
Entertaining, Fast-paced, and Engaging