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[Barbara]

I'm reading The Gutter and the Grave by Ed McBain.

[Bill]

Two fresh new books started this weekend; and . Really looking forward to getting into them.

[Renee]

Marjorie wrote: "Curious whether anybody's read this: Nairobi Heat; and if so did you like it. It's a mystery set in Kenya. I don't think I've ever read any mysteries set in Africa. I was thinking ..."

I've been looking for Nairobi Heat. There are a couple of others in Africa and I'd love to hear about more. Malla Nunn's books are set in South Africa. There's a couple of books I haven't read yet such as Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey, set in Ghana, I think, and Treachery in the Yard: A Nigerian Thriller by Adamchinma Ibe.

[T]

Renee wrote: "Marjorie wrote: "Curious whether anybody's read this: Nairobi Heat; and if so did you like it. It's a mystery set in Kenya. I don't think I've ever read any mysteries set in Africa...."

FYI, The Informationist roams through Africa.

[Steffi]

now starting with A Tale of Love and Darkness by amos oz

this is sooo boring that I gave up after 30 pages and I cant remember when I gave up a book for the last time.
so something easy now with Chasing Daisy by paige toon

[Renee]

T wrote: "Renee wrote: "Marjorie wrote: "Curious whether anybody's read this: Nairobi Heat; and if so did you like it. It's a mystery set in Kenya. I don't think I've ever read any mysteries ..."

Of course! That's right. Thanks. Oh, and Elmore Leonard's Djibouti is a great read: pirates, terrorism, the French Foreign Legion, independent film-makers.

[Georgia]

Dorie, you said you have read too many historical novels. Why don't you try a historical mystery like Eye of the Red Tsar. It is very good. The Detective Pekkala is a very interesting character. The story moves along very well. You may or may not find fault
with the ending, but it is good and concerns the death of the Romanovs.

[Alex]

Monica wrote: "Have just started the second Craig Russell book, Brother Grimm featuring Jan Fabel...love that it takes place in Hamburg."
I read this book a few years ago. If you liked the first in the series you'll like this one. Very dark in places I always wonder where these authors get their ideas from!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished Lone Wolf - Linwood Barclay and am now going to read Sister - Rosamund Lupton.

[The Pirate Ghost]

I've finished with the Secret of the Sands, Now reading Bubba and the 12 Deadly Days of Christmasby C.L. Bevill. Then probably I'll read Templeby Matthew Reilly.

[Dorie]

Georgia wrote: "Dorie, you said you have read too many historical novels. Why don't you try a historical mystery like Eye of the Red Tsar. It is very good. The Detective Pekkala is a very interesting character...."

Thanks Georgia, I'll definitely check it out. I just meant I've been reading too many historical books lately and feel I've gotten into a rut. I needed to read something different to "cleanse my palate", so to speak. But historical mysteries are my favorite things to read so I'll be getting back to them soon!

[Britney]

I just finished the first in the J.P Beaumont series. It was a new author for me. I really enjoyed it.

Just starting . She is one of my favorite authors.

[Jan]

I've started A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny & am already half way through. I really love this series!

[Tay]

Currently reading Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

[Susan Jo]

I just finished The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson and Martin Dugard and am starting Letters to Sherlock Holmes by Richard Lancelyn Green. I needed a change.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Jan wrote: "I've started A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny & am already half way through. I really love this series!"

I'm awaiting book 2 from my local library and then I can read books 3, 4 and 5 lol

[Jannene]

I just started for my book club. I also am reading . I normally stick to mysteries but got hooked on this series.

[Renee]

Just finished The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale. He's quite a story-teller. A mystery-thriller with the soul of To Kill a Mockingbird.

[T]

Finished Breaking Silence and started Midnight Angels: A Novel .

[Gatorman]

Renee wrote: "Just finished The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale. He's quite a story-teller. A mystery-thriller with the soul of To Kill a Mockingbird."

That was a terrific book!

[Elli]

Quietly in their Sleep by Donna Leon is my next which I couldn't put down before I had read at least 100 pages. I do so like her writing, her perceptive characters that are so totally three dimensional and real, and her Venice which so much adds to mine!.

[Bea]

I just started Cause for Alarm by Eric Ambler. It's a spy thriller set in pre-WWII Fascist Italy. I'm listening to the audiobook narrated by David Thorpe. I'm a couple of hours in and loving it. Just the thing if you are looking for an entertaining and atmospheric read. It dates from 1938 so was talking about current events.

I picked up the book on Audible as part of its 3 mystery or thriller books for 2 credits sale that is going on until October 25. The other two books I got were from the Michael Innes Inspector Appleby series. There's a pretty good selection of current and classic mysteries and thrillers included in the sale.

[Susan Jo]

Bea, I loved Cause for Alarm. Dated but very good and held my interest all the way through.

[Alex]

I'm half way through 'Dead Like You' by Peter James. I have to admit I'm struggling with this one. I usually race through his books because I can't put them down. With this one I'm finding it hard to pick up!

[Diane S ☔]

Just started Motor City Shakedown. I read his first book The Detroit Electric Scheme and enjoyed it so I am very hopeful.

[Steffi]

finished Chasing Daisy by paige toon, really liked it. now reading Zabelle by Nancy Kricorian

[Barbara]

I'm readingBreaking Silence by Linda Castillo. This Kate Burklholder series (about poice chief who was formerly Amish) is very good.

[Georgia]

I have just started The Woods by Harlan Coben. It is fun to see what you guys are reading and how fast you read them. I read usually one to two books a week as I have more time now that my children are all grown up.
Christmas is coming so I may not be able to find as much time.

[Georgia]

I did not particularly like the Informationist by Taylor
Stevens. Africa was interesting, Did not like the plot, the protaganist, nor the ending. Renee, how did you feel about it. Did not see any critique of it. Should we or should we not critique???????????????

[Georgia]

Maybe I should have replied to FYI.

[Georgia]

Tay wrote: "Currently reading Rain Fall by Barry Eisler"

Loved it. John Rain is one of my favorites!

[Pete]

I am currently reading Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem, which I am finding breathtakingly brilliant.

Nothing to do with crime or mystery, but it is one stupendous piece of literary art.

[Mary]

Barbara wrote: "I'm readingBreaking Silence by Linda Castillo. This Kate Burklholder series (about poice chief who was formerly Amish) is very good."
I'm reading
Pray for Silence and am looking forward to reading this one next.

[Anthony]

I just finished the second C.J.Box Joe Pickett novel Savage Run... He has a real gift for creating suspense, tension and excitement. Check out #1 Open Season if you've never tried him. Great fun!

[Sharon]

Just started Gunshot Road after the library got it in on inter-library loan. Really liked the first book of the series and am hoping this is as good. Very different locale and characters, very heavily involved with modern aborigine life in Australia.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Sharon wrote: "Just started Gunshot Road after the library got it in on inter-library loan. Really liked the first book of the series and am hoping this is as good. Very different locale and charac..."

I read the first one too and liked it very much. Hope the second is as good.

[☕️Kimberly (Caffeinated Reviewer)]

I am reading a little collection of stories called: Thrown Out: Stories from Exeter

[Bill]

Elli wrote: "Quietly in their Sleep by Donna Leon is my next which I couldn't put down before I had read at least 100 pages. I do so like her writing, her perceptive characters that are so totally three dimens..."

I've read 7 of Donna Leon's books so far and have loved everyone. I like her characters, the setting for her mysteries and her writing style. Quietly in Their Sleep is still on my TBR list..

[Dorie]

I just finished , which was awesomely good. Now I'm very happy to be starting , the just-released new book in the Captain Gabriel Lacey series.

[Jannene]

I just finished . It was a very good story and quite the page turner.

[Bea]

Just finished Cause for Alarm by Eric Ambler. A rather clueless Englishman takes a job as the Italian representative of a British firm that sells shell-making machinery to the pre-WWII Mussolini government. Nothing and nobody can be taken at face value. I listened to the audiobook and could visualize the story as if it were a Hitchcock movie. Highly recommended.

[???!!!]

Just finished "The Help". I started to read it becuz of all the hypes about this book and hope it could deliver cuz this genre is not my favorite mystery fiction. Before I knew it I couldn't put it down.

By the way, how do you put the picture of the book into the thread?

[Rachel]

Just finished reading The Padre Predatorby David Harry. Author actually managed to surprise me a couple of times... Just started reading the The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva. I love Silva!

[Elli]

Renee wrote: "Marjorie wrote: "Curious whether anybody's read this: Nairobi Heat; and if so did you like it. It's a mystery set in Kenya. I don't think I've ever read any mysteries set in Africa...."

As for African settings, I just latched into Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell, who is one of my favorite authors. Usually Sweden is the setting, but his can be quite international. So far it's a port town unidentified, but in Africa. A ten year old abandoned diseased boy is dying...but I'm on page 7....

[Rachel]

I love Eric Ambler! and I haven't read that one. Just added it to my to read group. Thanks Bea! Bea wrote: "Just finished Cause for Alarm by Eric Ambler. A rather clueless Englishman takes a job as the Italian representative of a British firm that sells shell-making machinery to the pre-WW..."

[Jan]

I just finished A Trick of the Lightby Louise Penny, another great book in the series. Given how it ended, I really look forward to the next book. Louise Penny is masterful at wrapping up the current mystery while whetting my appetite for the continuation of the back story. Recommended.
I just started Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry - a William and Hester Monk book. Good so far.

[Deanne]

Shutter Island, I've seen the film. The book is a hard one to put down.

[Renee]

Georgia wrote: "I did not particularly like the Informationist by Taylor
Stevens. Africa was interesting, Did not like the plot, the protaganist, nor the ending. Renee, how did you feel about it. Did not see a..."

Wait, Georgia! I haven't gotten to the end yet!

But I know a bit what you mean. This book was soooooo hyped. I've read some of the criticism and some of it is fair. I don't think comparison's to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo are fair. Munroe is no Salander.

Taylor Steven's own personal story and how and why she started writing drew me as much as the idea of a thriller in Africa. I'm far enough that I'm starting to wonder whether or not we're supposed to be sympathetic to Vanessa Michael Munroe. I find myself making comparisons to the TV series ALIAS rather than to another book or written character.

If I take the story for what it is, I'm enjoying it so far. And I say we can critique. Critique away! We can always disagree or agree to disagree.

[Steffi]

started with The Chronicles of Narnia

[Susan]

I am now reading The Taker by Alma Katsu and 1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber.