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[Thomas]

My review of Trail of the Chupacabra: An Avery Bartholomew Pendleton Misadventure
Three stars for a mildly humorous story.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

Fiction set in Nigeria about the death of a young man. The Death of Vivek Oji
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

Here is my review of. White Nights.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

Murder in Old Bombay
A clean historical mystery--no sex or profanity, little violence with a dashing hero and a forbidden romance. My review, 3.5* rounded up
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sharon, Moderator]

Jo Nesbo’s stand alone book The Kingdom .....

[Thomas]

Why Kings Confess
4 stars for book 9 in an excellent historical fiction/mystery series.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

When Falcons Fall C.S. Harris
Excellent historical fiction/mystery series.. When I checked it out at the library, the clerk told me "This is a really good series."
My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

A solid 4 stars for book 12 in the Sebastian St. Cyr series Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read and enjoyed Lana's War by Anita Abriel
It is a story of tragedy, love and romance set in WWII France.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Feliks, Moderator]

This forlorn young lady should have remembered to bring a book with her

[Sandy]

Feliks wrote: "This forlorn young lady should have remembered to bring a book with her

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That's impressive social distancing 👍

[Thomas]

I read Man Down (Rogue, #2) by Irma Venter It is a South African crime muystery. My 3.5 stars rounded up review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read. Dreidel To The Grave. It is an alternate history book, with Hitler still alive and a Mossad spy looking to kill him.
My review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sharon, Moderator]

The Bone Code, Temperance Brennan #20, Kathy Reichs. March 2021. April 29 pre ordered iBook .

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twentieth gripping novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations, fifteen years apart, of unidentified bodies washed up from the sea may be connected to a deadly new pestilence.

Between both her locations two cases, do they connect, I especially enjoy all the parts in these 20 books set in Montreal but this is a good page turner as always and great science......

[Sharon, Moderator]

Just finished this
Still Life, (Inspector Karen Pirie #6) , Val McDermid. 2020. iBook.

'The bodies never stay buried forever...'. My second book with the Covid pandemic appearing near the end of the story....

[Sharon, Moderator]

Also recommend:
The Night Gate, The Enzo Files #7. Peter May. Pre ordered. March 18, 2021. 4/5.

The first of what I suspect will be many books set during this long Covid pandemic with Enzo retired but asked to assist with a cold case and a new murder happens.......
Good series....

[Thomas]

I just finished a suspenseful, creepy book about a serial killer. Dog Rose Dirt
I rate it 3.5 stars rounded up. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read Grandad, There's A Head On The Beach by Colin Cotterill
It takes place in rural southern Thailand, with a quirky bunch of characters. I enjoyed the author's sense of humor and rate it 4 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sam]

I am reading "The Water Knife" by Paolo Bacigalupi.
It's not because this dystopian science fiction nightmare is particular relevant to today's news...but simply because I had been planning on reading this for some time and finally got around to it.

With that said, this is a novel about the impact of climate change. It takes place in the draught ravaged Southwest part of country and the tribal behavior that states employ when desperate for water. There's a marketing blurb for the book that describes it as .."part Chinatown, part Mad Max".

The description of Phoenix, Arizona in the book is really disturbing and then I heard on the radio that today that city actually hit 115 degrees for the fifth day in a row. Needless to say this is a scary book that has it's roots in today's reality.

[Thomas]

I read book 11, I Shot the Buddha in the Siri Paiboun series by Colin Cotterill
It is full of quirky characters set in late 1970s Laos. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The British author now lives in Thailand.

[Raistlin]

After coming off a big run of Westerns and war novels, I'm running through books that are noir, but with less detective-work, both old and new. Right now I'm on which is not a mystery, per se, but I think definitely falls into the neo-noir category. Like a mashup of William Lindsay Gresham and Jim Thompson on steroids.

[Thomas]

I read Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
I rate it 4 stars. It is book 3 in the Shetland series, and I recommend that you read them in order. The central character admits that he has trouble explaining what a "Procurator Fiscal" is. I have included a relevant quote in my review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny It is book 6 in the Armand Gamache series. Both my wife and I enjoy this series and we recommend it. These books are best read in order. I rate this book 4.5 stars rounded down.

[Thomas]

I read Three Sisters by Heather Morris It is a true story of 3 Slovakian Jewish sisters sent to Auschwitz. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Wendy]

Butterscotch Jones Mysteries: Mild Cozy series based in a quirky very private very remote village in Manitobia, Canada. Books are very short; almost novella.

[Thomas]

I read Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris It is book 14 in the Sebastian St Cyr series and I recommend that you read them in order. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Historical fiction mystery, set in 1814 London.

[Thomas]

I just finished The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
It is book 16 in this cozy mystery series. If you like books w/o violence or foul words, then you will like this series. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read Daughters of the Resistance by Lana Kortchik
It is historical fiction, set in occupied 1943 Ukraine. I read it in 2 days and recommend it to anyone who likes historical fiction.
My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill I found it to be too slow moving for my taste.
It is a mystery set in present day England. I rated it 3.5 stars rounded down. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas]

I read Past Life by David Mark It is a dark, gritty mystery with several murders and some graphic violence. Definitely not a cozy mystery. It is set in Hull, Yorkshire, England. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah-Hope]

Have not yet finished The Torqued Man , but am loving its mix of espionage, gay sensibilities, historical detail, and humor. Coming out in January.

[Sarah-Hope]

Just finished The Spanish Daughter , a really solid story that provides a delightful escape from the day to day. Set in Ecuador in the first part of the 20th Century.

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

[Thomas]

I read All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes It is a paranormal book of horror and fiction set during a 1920 Antarctica expedition.. I rated it 3 stars, too much paranormal for me. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Deb]

Verity by Colleen Hoover

[Sarah-Hope]

Just finished reading Havana Red a volume in the Mario Conde series by Leonardo Padura that is set in post-revolutionary Cuba. Padura and his detective Conde are both the sort of thinkers one delights in spening time with.

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

[Thomas]

I read The Burning Pages by Paige Shelton It is a cozy mystery set in Edinburgh, Scotland. An American now living in Scotland sets out to solve a mystery.
I rated it 3.5 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah-Hope]

Just-finished One-Shot Harry, an historical mystery set within L.A.'s Black communites in the years following the Korean War. The author has tapped into a moment in U.S. history that deserved to be much better known—and the action is fast and engaging.

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

[Sarah-Hope]

Just finished Summer of the Big Bachi , the first volume in Naomi Hirahara's Mas Arai series. It's an exciting read and features a breakthrough character in the mystery genre.

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

[Thomas]

I read and recommend Wild Prey by Brian Klingborg It is a police procedural set in rural northern China. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah-Hope]

It's not coming out until July, but couldn't resist cheating and reading the next Temperance Brennan mystery. Cold, Cold Bones It definitely offers the kind of page-turning writing we've come to expect from Kathy Reichs.

My brief, no spoilers **** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah-Hope]

Just finished The Bangalore Detectives Club , the first volume in a promising new international/historical mystery series set in Bangalore India under British rule.

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

[Thomas]

I read Blind Justice by David Mark It is set in Hull, Yorkshire, England. David Mark writes dark and gritty mysteries, but this one was a little too dark for me. There are elements of sadism, masochism and torture in this book. My review, 3.5 stars rounded up https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sharon, Moderator]

Outside: The heart-pounding new mystery soon to be a major motion picture by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author)

[Sarah-Hope]

Just finished The Half Life of Valery K , Natasha Pulley's latest with is coming out at the end of the month (July, 2022). Once again, she's delighting me with her prose style and plotting

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

[Sarah-Hope]

I really enjoyed Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles , a collection of "Bibliophilic" mysteries from the golden age of detective fiction.

My (brief) **** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sharon, Moderator]

Whether you watched the TV series DCI Banks or read all the books …..
This does not fall in this exact category but many will have read this author …..I have read all he wrote since the 80s and loved his DCI Banks series very much as well as the other books. There is a final Banks book coming out March 2023
Standing in the Shadows (#28) Peter Robinson (Dec 4/10/22) due out March 2023. iBook pre ordered.

https://www.hodder.co.uk/hachette-new...

[Thomas]

I went on a Caribbean cruise with very poor wifi. I read 3 kindle books: The first 2 are NetGalley eARCs
Historical fiction set during the Sri Lankan civil war, Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan I enjoyed it and recommend it. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
UK spy thriller The Whispering Dead I rate it 4 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 17 in the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency cozy mystery series. Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith It is a pleasant, easy read without violence. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Both my wife and I enjoy this series. This was a library ebook, through the Libby app.

[Sarah-Hope]

The Perfect Crime offers a collection of mystery stories by a globally diverse group of writers. For those of us who have been enjoying the expanding boundaries of the genre, this title is a treat.

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

[Sarah-Hope]

I just finished The Poison Machine an engaging historical mystery set during the English Restoration and that moves from London to the fens to Paris and back to London. This is a series I'm hoping will continue for many more volumes.

[Thomas]

I read The Scorned by David Putnam. It is book 10 in the series and it did not work for me as a stand alone. I rate it 3 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...