for 2023: Welcome to the group! Introduce yourself!!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Please feel free to introduce yourself here! All are welcome.

[Susanna]

Hello everyone, my pen name is Susanna Lynley .
By profession I am a historian of religion. My field early Christian Origins.
Thus I am an avid reader of ancient history, mythology and literature. But I am also interested in English history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hilary Mantel's trilogy of Thomas Cromwell, and also many of Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory's books and I hope to connect here with like minded readers.

[Susanna]

So sorry Nancy, I mistook you for the moderator of the Historical fiction group. So let me start again. I love historical fiction but I also write crime novels. And I do hope by joining this group and interacting with it I might find some useful tips for my own work as well as enjoying the writing of others.

Thank you.

[Thomas]

Susanna wrote: "Hello everyone, my pen name is Susanna Lynley .
By profession I am ..."
Welcome to our group.

[Leelon]

Hi all. I’m a mystery/thriller fan and author in the genre. I go by my pen name - Leelon Edwards

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Susanna wrote: "So sorry Nancy, I mistook you for the moderator of the Historical fiction group. So let me start again. I love historical fiction but I also write crime novels. And I do hope by joining this group ..."

Susanna wrote: "Hello everyone, my pen name is Susanna Lynley .
By profession I am ..."

No problem. Believe it or not, I also have a degree in Religious Studies, but my focus was on Asia (I hate to use the term Eastern). And I really love well-written historical fiction -- the Mantel books you mentioned were outstanding.

Anyway, welcome to the group. We have nice people here.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Leelon wrote: "Hi all. I’m a mystery/thriller fan and author in the genre. I go by my pen name - Leelon Edwards"

Welcome, Leelon.

[Christine]

Hi, I'm Chrissie, originally from Germany. I live in the US for 21 years now and love this country.

My favorite authors are mostly crime novelists like Douglas Kennedy, Peter Robinson, Mary Higgins Clark, Camilla Laeckberg, Stieg Larsson, Val McDermid, Nelson DeMille, Linwood Barclay etc.

I also enjoy reading (auto)biographies and non-fiction books on WW II.

I'm probably the oldest here in this group with 67 years of age. Today my husband and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. In November we'll be together for 17 years. :)

[Thomas]

Welcome Leelon and Christine. I am in my mid 70s. I read mysteries, historical fiction and biographies. My wife and I celebrated our 52nd anniversary this spring with a family cruise in the Caribbean.

[Christine]

Thomas wrote: "Welcome Leelon and Christine. I am in my mid 70s. I read mysteries, historical fiction and biographies. My wife and I celebrated our 52nd anniversary this spring with a family cruise in the Caribbean."



Hi Thomas, it's nice to know that I'm not the oldest. In some of these Goodreads groups people are 16!

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Hi I'm Brent, born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Recently moved back in with my parents, been getting into religious history aswell but enjoy thrillers. Picked up a copy of my favourite Stephen king story (apt pupil) the other day.

[Thomas]

Christine wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Welcome Leelon and Christine. I am in my mid 70s. I read mysteries, historical fiction and biographies. My wife and I celebrated our 52nd anniversary this spring with a family cruise..."

Hi Christine

[Thomas]

Dear all,

Many thanks for welcoming me to this group! My name is Thomas Griffin, and I am a crime fiction novelist and freelance writer with a background in history. I grew up in the Finger Lakes Region in Upstate New York but spent extensive periods of time in New York City as well as Europe. For my crime fiction, I draw on my experiences living and working in both the US and Europe – in particular on my time in Frankfurt. So far, I published two crime novels: A Cold Case and The Kreuzberg File , and I am currently working on my third novel.

In this group, I very much look forward to connecting with like-minded readers and writers. I hope to exchange ideas and thoughts, learn about other people’s work, and would also greatly appreciate any feedback.

I recently created a new website (www.thomas-griffin-crime.com) and started a newsletter! So, I welcome your subscription.

Best wishes,
Thomas

[R.A.]

I'm both a fan of crime and mystery novels and a newly minted author of a crime novel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

It's a high-tech thriller in the guise of a regional crime novel ala Pelecanos, Lippman and Michael Connelly. I'll let the reviews speak for it, but I'd love your views. It's currently on the kindle giveaways list. Thanks for your consideration.

[Kang]

Yo, I am Kang. Last year I really got into reading more. I enjoy mystery/thriller media in general not only navels. The mystery/thriller books I’ve read so far are the compound, the fallout, and a good amount of Sherlock Holmes novels/short stories. My college semester is over so I should be able to read a lot more.

[Amanda]

Hello, I'm Amanda. I was born, raised, and reside in South Carolina. I have an emotional support dog named Charlie that I have had over a decade. He is fourteen now, and he has been my constant companion. I also have a wonderful fiancé who is my whole world.

Mysteries are a fairly new passion of mine, as I enjoy reading a variety of books, and mystery fell through the cracks for me for a while. I'm looking to expand my repertoire of books and read more of them. The best way to do that, I feel, is to immerse myself with lovers of the genre!

[Emily]

Hi, everyone. I'm a mystery writer, and I've decided to write my own mystery trilogy series. I've finished writing the 1st book, which I'm planning to self-publish in November. Aside from that, my favorite genres are fantasy, realistic fiction, suspense and thrillers. But I've decided to write a mystery series because I love mysteries and I'm not too great at world building so writing a fantasy is too difficult for me lol.

[Christine]

Amanda wrote: "Hello, I'm Amanda. I was born, raised, and reside in South Carolina. I have an emotional support dog named Charlie that I have had over a decade. He is fourteen now, and he has been my constant com..."


Hi Amanda, I can highly recommend a lovely mystery set in England by Peter Watson, "Landscape of Lies". It's out of print, but you can get it used at amazon.

Mary Higgins Clark wrote some great mysteries. My favorite is "Stillwatch", another good one is "Where are the Children?" and "Remember Me".

And then there is Isabelle Holland, Carlene Thompson (her oldest crime novels are great) and Susan Howatch who wrote a few modern gothics in the beginning, before she turned to the Church of England and wrote rather boring books.

[Jan C]

Amanda wrote: "Hello, I'm Amanda. I was born, raised, and reside in South Carolina. I have an emotional support dog named Charlie that I have had over a decade. He is fourteen now, and he has been my constant com..."

Hi Amanda. I'm over the border in North Carolina.

[Will]

Hi everyone. I'm a new crime comedy author. I'm just about to release my first novel - A crime comedy thriller set in the blood-stained rural lay-bys of England.

[Jan C]

Welcome Wehlia. I grew up down the street from a library. I didn't know how lucky I had it. I'm in western North Carolina.

[David]

Hi. I'm Dave, a 72 year old, husband, father, and retired pharmacist from northeast Pennsylvania.
After 25 years of writing, I published my first book - Illegal Maneuvers, a mystery - in 2021 and my second book - Payback, a suspense/thriller - in 2022.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Jan C wrote: "...I'm in western North Carolina."

Off topic a little, my daughter will be playing basketball for Gardner Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC for the next two years. She just left for summer workouts yesterday morning at the crack of early.

[Jan C]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Jan C wrote: "...I'm in western North Carolina."

Off topic a little, my daughter will be playing basketball for Gardner Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC for the next two years. She just left..."

I wish her luck. That's about 70 miles east of me.

[Thomas]

Welcome to all new members. I am not an author. I do post reviews and visit N. Carolina regularly to visit family.

[Patrick]

Pocket bio: Retired humanities teacher, residing in Tlaxcala, Mexico, with two dogs and six indoor cats. Passionate about literature, history, philosophy, classical music and opera, cinema, and similar subjects. Nostalgic guy. Politically centrist. BA in American Studies from Yale; MAs in English and Education from Boston University. Born in northern New Jersey. Have lived and worked in San Francisco, Chicago, northern Nevada, northeast Wisconsin, South Korea. More detail at Goodreads profile.

[Patty]

Hello to all our new members!

[Morgan]

Hi everyone! This feels like posting on a school discussion board lol. My name's Morgan and I'm super happy to announce I've been falling back in love with reading this summer. At the moment I'm obsessed with mystery/thrillers and am currently reading Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica. I would love to meet people with similar interests and of course, get some new book recs!

[Steve]

Hello, I'm a retired journalist and a Mississippi author. Several of my books are crime novels and mysteries. This is your special invitation to check them out.

[Melissa]

Hey hey! I’m Melissa from AZ USA! This year I finally got back into reading and have loved mystery and trillers! I love keeping up with what everyone reads and book recommendations! I love thé outdoors and hanging with my family. I have kids, work full time and am getting my degree so finding time to read is challenging! If you wanna add me feel free I love new friends!

[Mark]

Hi!

My name is Mark and I'm a readaholic.

Seriously, I'm an accountant by day, but I read as much as I can. I tend toward the cozy side of the mystery spectrum, but I do read other types of mysteries as well.

[Jan C]

Sounds good, Mark.

[Thomas]

Welcome to new members. I read mysteries and historical fiction. I post review links.

[Jack]

Hi Everyone, I'm Jack an author, check out my thriller, crime, mystery, espionage book titled Seconds after impact at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2ZN8HXV

A high octane, action packed story of daring criminals, a chilling story of diabolical terrorist, explore the interesting world of the creative insanity of criminal mastermind , a narration of the excellence of the army, Intelligence agencies and professional criminals alike. A story that keeps you turning pages, a plot filled with enticing mystery entertaining suspense right up to the last word, if Mystery and suspense and military crime don't excite you as a thriller fan, I don't know what will.

[Natalie]

Hello! My name is Natalie and I’m from Florida! I’ve been trying to branch out to other genres, but I just can’t seem to escape thrillers/murder mysteries! I teach during the day and love to read while cuddling with my cat Tilly at night! I would love to make some friends here!

[ying]

hello! my name is ying, I’m 20 and I’m studying in italy for the time being. i mostly read thrillers and true crime, sometimes the occasional romance, and i’ve been getting into the horror genre as well :) my current read is finders keepers by stephen king and i’m enjoying it so far.

[Alan]

Hi, I'm Alan. I write murder/mysteries. I'm from St. Louis, MO.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Za...

[Fiona (Titch)]

Hi, I'm Fiona aka Titch (My dad used to call me it as I am the shortest of my siblings lol). I live in Cambridgeshire, UK with my husband and daughter (she's 25 and has special needs) and I am mum to 2 sons who live away.

I like reading anything as long as it holds my interest and gets my juices going in the reading department.

I found you by just looking at the popular groups on here and thought I'd jump on.

Any other questions you would like to know about me, just shout me xx

[D. H. McKee]

Hi I'm Dave. I'm a writer and artist from Canada (near Toronto). I read just about everything, but am a big fan of crime/noir. From Joe R. Lansdale to Henning Mankell.

[Jaime]

Hi guys,
I am an MA publishing student. If anyone has two minutes of their time I would be so grateful if you could complete a really short survey about mystery novel preferences. I've put the link below

https://570p6ykwgrd.typeform.com/to/u...

[John]

Hi everyone -- My name is John Yunker and I'm co-author (with Midge Raymond) of a murder mystery set in Tasmania coming out in September of this year, published by Oceanview Publishing. You can learn more here -- thanks!
https://www.oceanviewpub.com/books/de...

[Jodi]

Hello everyone! I am Jodi and I currently reside in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee. I am lucky enough to literally have a library right across the street from me, so this is just about the greatest retirement location I can think of.

Mysteries and thrillers are what I pick up most often, but my degree is in History so I usually bounce back and forth between the Fiction world and the Non Fiction world depending on the mood.

[Jan C]

Jodi wrote: "Hello everyone! I am Jodi and I currently reside in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee. I am lucky enough to literally have a library right across the street from me, so this is just about t..."

Welcome. I'm across the mountains in western North Carolina. I went to college on your side years ago, in Maryville.

[Angkhan]

Hello All,
I'm from Thailand. My grandfather was British. My parents are both Thai. I'm in the UK just now studying history at university. My passion is to travel, but at present I'm basically penniless and for now will read my way around the world.

[Mandy]

Hello all,

I'm a student from Britain. I've never been overseas and I'm wanting to read about life at all points of the compass.

[Mark]

Hi to everyone.

I'm a surveyor, I own a sea kayak, live within a stone's throw of the briny and luckily work in coastal surveying.

I yearn for fiction that asks me think: join-the-dots, figure what is happening, where the plot is taking me.

[MaryEllen]

Hello All,
I've just joined from upstate New York. Always looking for suggestions for new reads. I'm drawn to mysteries and spy thrillers. Making quick work of Slough House series, so looking for suggestions of where to go next!

[Patrick]

Hi all,

I'm Patrick, a thriller writer, English teacher and mass consumer of Michael Connelly, Robert Harris, and all good thriller writers!

I recently devoured RJ Ross' Alexander Gregory series... who else loved those?! Just amazing.

Look forward to meeting some like minded peeps here!

Pat

[Dottie (I'm not dotty)]

I'm Dottie (not in my head).
I’m trying every day to be kind to the world we live in and wish to read about those things that touch the world we live in. I don’t do paranormal, sci-fi, romance, fantasy, role-play, etc: you get the picture.
I'm not an eco-zealot. I'm not at all interested in screaming and shouting about what's wrong, whilst throwing litter all over the place and running off. A few years back, I spent the day listening to Greta Thunberg, when she left so did the crowd: a sea of litter was left behind. From that day on, I've lived a simple life: reuse, repair, recycle. I grow my own. I use solar power whenever possible. I don't buy new clothes. I don't use make-up. I cycle everywhere. I'm self-employed and work making and repairing clothes: mostly for the little ones. Take an old coat, clean it and sew a few flowers on: like magic, it's new and can be sold at the farmer's market. I don't buy new books. I use the library or buy second-hand from the market. My table is next to the bookman's and we get on like a house on fire. And just like my grandparents did, who both kept their wits and lived to a fine old-age, I don't do heating. I do an extra jumper.

[Jan C]

That's sad about the trash after Greta.

Welcome from North Carolina.