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[Steffi]

going to start with The Missing by chris mooney

[Renee]

Went to the library to pick up Freezing by Clea Koff. Her first novel and the first in a projected series. These are based on her work in forensic anthropology to match missing persons and unidentified bodies. Her very first book, The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, was an accessible and compassionate work of non-fiction.

[Corinne]

hey, it was the day for everybody but me to finish a book :)

lot's of titles to explore...

[T]

Renee wrote: "Tim wrote: "Been reading mostly Robert Crais. Just finished Sunset Express which was fine, just fine! I am going to read Connelly's "Echo Park" for a change. I love Crais who was recommended by som..."

Waterman is a little lighter and more fun than the Corso ones, but since GM Ford is a local author, I like to poke at his books, too....

[Shawn]

Renee wrote: "Went to the library to pick up Freezing by Clea Koff. Her first novel and the first in a projected series. These are based on her work in forensic anthropology to match missing pers..."
That sounds EXACTLY like what I'm looking for right now.

[Renee]

T wrote: "Renee wrote: "Tim wrote: "Been reading mostly Robert Crais. Just finished Sunset Express which was fine, just fine! I am going to read Connelly's "Echo Park" for a change. I love Crais who was reco..."

Ah, yes. Ford wrote a lovely description of a chase through the Kingdome while it was mid-destruction. Insert a moment of silence here. And I like that he roams out of the greater Seattle area to our humble counties.

[Leslie]

Tim wrote: "Been reading mostly Robert Crais. Just finished Sunset Express which was fine, just fine! I am going to read Connelly's "Echo Park" for a change. I love Crais who was recommended by someone here. A..."

I love Robert Crais too. His latest, "Taken", is on it's way to my house right now. Also love Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch. If you are looking for great writing and characters of the same caliber as Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, I think you will love James Lee Burke. His long-running series of Dave Robicheaux novels are top-notch in every respect!

[Gatorman]

Stefanie wrote: "going to start with The Missing by chris mooney"

Good choice. Just read the fourth one in that series which was excellent (and continued the story from The Missing).

[Diane S ☔]

Finished Gun Games and liked it okay but it is not one of my favorites. Just started an ARC of Bleed for Me. Like the psychological overtones of his novels.

[T]

Renee wrote: "T wrote: "Renee wrote: "Tim wrote: "Been reading mostly Robert Crais. Just finished Sunset Express which was fine, just fine! I am going to read Connelly's "Echo Park" for a change. I love Crais wh..."

Have you read the older Ridley Pearsons, the Lou Boldt series? Also based in Seattle. One of them, The Art of Deception, features the Seattle underground. He also plays in the Rock Bottom Remainders band with Amy Tan and Dave Barry and Stephen King and others.

[Dorie]

Sharon wrote: "I'm really curious about this one. I loved the first book, the second book was pretty 'ehhh' for me. B..."

Me too, Sharon. Loved The Crossing Places but the follow up was a little disappointing. But I had to find out what happens next between Ruth and Harry.

[Linda]

Anne wrote: "just finished The Confession by John Grisham, what a great page turner, really enjoyed it ."

Anne, I read that one this past summer, it was really good......

[Valerie]

Just finished my re-read of Presumed Innocent. When I read it before, Goodreads didn't exist...so this time I wrote a review. 5 stars of course. :-)

Trying to figure out what to read next. Diary of a Small Fish is on my TBR pile, but I think I might wait and read something else first. Maybe The Instant Enemy by Ross Macdonald.

[Jan C]

Tim wrote: "Been reading mostly Robert Crais. Just finished Sunset Express which was fine, just fine! I am going to read Connelly's "Echo Park" for a change. I love Crais who was recommended by someone here. A..."

I love Robert Crais and Michael Connelly. I've lately been reading Stuart MacBride. I'm only on the second one, but I am really enjoying it. His character is Logan McRae, a detective in Aberdeen, Scotland.

I think someone here tipped me off to him.

[Kim]

I've just started The Floating Admiral, which was first published in 1930 and written by members of the Detection Club, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and GK Chesterton. Each author wrote a chapter based on the preceding chapters. It's an interesting read for fans of British Golden Age crime fiction.

[Jan C]

Kim wrote: "I've just started The Floating Admiral, which was first published in 1930 and written by members of the Detection Club, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and ..."

I read that a number of years ago. That was kind of fun. A "progressive" mystery. I'm trying to read an Irish one right now - Yeats Is Dead!: A Mystery by 15 Irish Writers.

[Teresa]

Tim wrote: "Been reading mostly Robert Crais. Just finished Sunset Express which was fine, just fine! I am going to read Connelly's "Echo Park" for a change. I love Crais who was recommended by someone here. A..."

harlan coben, i discovered connelly, coben and crais around the same time and love them all

[Susan]

I just started Winter House by Carol O'Conner.

[Jan C]

Susan wrote: "I just started Winter House by Carol O'Conner."

I think this is the book I bought three times. I kept coming across it in bookstores and thought, oh that sounds interesting, and little realizing that I already had it on my shelf. I still haven't read it though.

[Tay]

Jennifer wrote: "Tay wrote: "Still on my Lee Child kick so now reading "

Me too, on a Reacher kick! In the last month I've read Running Blind, Echo Burnin..."</i>

Finished that and now starting [book:Nothing to Lose

[Edward]

Hi.
I'm a new here.
The Godless - Mystery of the World This is a new mystery story.

[Rob]

Tay wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Tay wrote: "Still on my Lee Child kick so now reading "

Me too, on a Reacher kick! In the last month I've read Running Blind, ..."

Just started my first Lee Child/Jack Reacher (Killing Floor), on a brief respite from working my way through all the Michael Connelly books and am loving it! So many books, so little time..... ))

[Valerie]

I needed a Lew Archer fix (he is one of my all-time favorite protagonists), so I decided to go with . Ross Macdonald is such a talented writer. I've enjoyed every single book of his that I've read so far.

I am adding all the Lee Child/Reacher books to my TBR pile now.

[Bill]

I'm currently reading Shadow by Swedish writer, Karin Alvtegen and Plan for Chaos by John Wyndham and enjoying both so far.

[Jane]

I have just finished The Red Thumb Mark which I really enjoyed. I have just started A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory but am having difficulty getting in to the story. Has anyone else read this? Thoughts please.

[Ken]

I'm actually making some headway on my new book 'A Dish Served Cold'. Been able to get 800-1000 words a day down and then leave some notes to get me started up again. Feels good to be writing again, especially dialog. I don't know what is going to happen yet so its fun. Here's a taste of the rough draft:

Gardillas knows he’s on screen and playing the part, tilting his head and stretching his neck like a for real gangsta tough guy. Sitting rigid as a West Point cadet and trying not to look scared. It’s not working. Eckles can see the damp handprints he leaves on the stainless steel table top. He sometimes forgets he is shackled and seems surprised when the chain brings him up short. He is everything Eckles has expected. The detective rattles the knob to get Hector’s attention, waits a few seconds and then enters the room.

Hector has started the cholo routine, bobbing his head and neck like a banty rooster, chin stuck out and a scowl on his face. He probably practices in a mirror. Eckles drops the buff manila folder on the table, hangs his jacket on the back of the chair and sets himself quietly in the old office chair. The wheels need oiling.

“Word is you need some help with this assault beef. I’m where the deal starts. What you got for me?”

[Gatorman]

Jane wrote: "I have just finished The Red Thumb Mark which I really enjoyed. I have just started A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory but am having difficulty getting in to the story. Has anyone else read th..."

I read it last year. The first half is excellent but then, after a major event, the book completely falls apart in the second half, becoming a different story that I found implausible and just not worthy of what came before it. Very disappointing.

[Kelly]

I just finished reading Man of Wax - very good start to a series of books!

[Maryfox]

Just finished by Robin Maxwell. Excellent tale of the princes who vanished from the Tower of London.

Just starting by Margaret Maron

[Nigel]

I've just finished The Bitch by Les Edgerton. I very much enjoyed it and will review when I've had a day or so of reflection.

I'm about to start Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason and an pretty excited by the prospect.

[Laurin]

Just finished The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Great book.

[Sharon]

Just started Volcano Watch and it's hooked me in quickly. This may end up being one of those very late nights.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I finished an ARC of Blue Monday. It seems to be mainstream fiction masquerading as mystery/suspense. Pretty good though.

[Shawn]

Maryfox wrote: "Just finished by Robin Maxwell. Excellent tale of the princes who vanished from the Tower of London.

Just starting ? It is one of my very favorite Sharon Kay Penman books. It deals with Richard III.

[Pete]

Just finished Hostile Witness. Well crafted thriller, but I had some problems with characterization. Wicked pace, though!

[Susan Jo]

I went to the local library looking for The Woman in Black by Susan Hill and, of course, it was checked out and there was a 2 page list of people waiting for it. What I did find, however, was Mrs. de Winter also by Susan Hill. It's supposed to be a sequel to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. It was in a box of books listed at $.10 each. Didn't figure I could go wrong.

[Leslie]

Finished Tabitha King's "Small World" and started "Explosive Eighteen".

[Julie]

Reading Robert Crais's newest Elvis Cole/Joe Pike book and glad to say Jon Stone is back :)

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I love Joe Pike!

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Mistress of the Art of Death, which was pretty good.

Will now start an Iain Pears.

[Jeffrey]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I love Joe Pike!"

I am not sure there is anyone better than Crais. And his Pike novels -- whats not to like.

[Ed]

Just finished "Walking the Perfect Square" which I liked very much for Moe Praeger, a witty and quite likable ex-NYPD cop hired to find a missing Hofstra college student in the late 70's New York City. I worked in the city then and it took me back. I plan to read the other Moe Praeger books in the series.

[[deleted user]]

That looks good, Ed. I was just finishing high school in NYC in the late 70s... might have to stick that on TBR.
Walking the Perfect Square

[Steffi]

finished The Missing by chris mooney, was excellent. now reading Blood and Ice by robert masello

[Sharon]

Dorie wrote: "Loved The Crossing Places but the follow up was a little disappointing. But I had to find out what happens next between Ruth and Harry."

I'm not even sure I'm involved enough with the characters after the last book to lose any sleep if I don't find out where that relationship goes next. Just way too 'messy' for me and seemed like a lot of that was added to be able to cut back on the archaelogical 'forensics' I enjoyed in the first book.

Definitely not interested enough to buy it ... will probably check occasionally to see if the library has it.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Susan Jo wrote: "I went to the local library looking for The Woman in Black by Susan Hill and, of course, it was checked out and there was a 2 page list of people waiting for it. What I did find, however, was Mrs. ..."

I just finished The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill and it was terrific even if I could have used a little more resolution of some of the threads. It was the second in the series but I don't think I missed much not reading the first. I'll be looking for more in this series.

[Diane S ☔]

Julie wrote: "Reading Robert Crais's newest Elvis Cole/Joe Pike book and glad to say Jon Stone is back :)"

I just brought this one home from the library. Let us know what you think when you are finished.

[Jane]

Gatorman wrote: "Jane wrote: "I have just finished The Red Thumb Mark which I really enjoyed. I have just started A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory but am having difficulty getting in to the story. Has anyone..."

Thank you for that I think I will choose something else to read instead.

[Sharon]

Dorie wrote: "Ruth has become a person I don't like very much. And Harry is annoying me that he isn't making that final decision between his wife and Ruth. Now if he does it will only be because of the baby. "

That's unfortunate after I liked the first book so much. There were things I wasn't all that fond of with Ruth in the first book but had hopes she would strengthen as a character as the series went on. Sounds as if I don't need to bother with the third.

[Sharon]

Just finished Volcano Watch and while I didn't stay up late to finish it, did start in again early (like 4 AM when I woke up).

This ended up being one of my rare 5-star reviews and I now have another series on my rather skimpy 'auto buy' list. I liked the first of this series, Badwater, very well and this one is even better.