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[Linda]

"The September Society" by Charles Finch. Loved it. Couldn't get enough of the wonderful endearing characters in this book.

[Dorothy]

I just started reading the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. I have long loved Peters' Amelia Peabody books and since I had exhausted that series until the next book comes out, I decided to try Bliss.

Having just finished the first book, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The characters just didn't grab me like the ones in the Amelia books; however, I pushed on to the second in the series, "Street of the Five Moons," and it seems to hold more promise.

I am a series addict. I love to read continuing stories where the characters grow and develop, so I'm hoping for the best with this one.

[Vickie]

Dorothy wrote: "I just started reading the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. I have long loved Peters' Amelia Peabody books and since I had exhausted that series until the next book comes out, I decided to ..."

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I enjoy the Vicky Bliss series way more than Amelia Peabody series. The last one, though, was a disappointment.

[Denise]

Reading "Midnight Fugue" by Reginald Hill-very intriguing: the entire book may take place in one day. Half way through and it's covered less that 6 hours...back and forth of character dialogue and actions is good.

[Dorothy]

Vickie wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "I just started reading the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. I have long loved Peters' Amelia Peabody books and since I had exhausted that series until the next book comes ou..."

The farther I get into this second book, the more I'm captivated by the character of Vicky. She has definite possibilities!

[Marianne]

I am reading Killer Blonde: A Jaine Austen Mystery by Laura Levine. This is the third book in her series and these are quick read books and quite funny. Jaine Austen is a freelance writer and when a murder occurs she becomes a private detective investigating the murder.

[Betty]

I am reading The God Machine by J.G. Sandom. So far finding it very interesting, historical, and a good mystery puzzle searching for hidden clues.

[Linda]

If you haven't read Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith, you should check it out. Fantastic mystery (and thriller). Highly recommend.

[Dorothy]

I just finished reading the second in the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters, "Street of the Five Moons," and I found it a really fun read, much livelier and more interesting than the first book in the series. Now I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

But now, for a change of pace, I'm reading Graham Hurley's third book in the DI Joe Faraday series, "Angels Passing." Police procedurals are usually not my cup of tea, but I'm hooked on this one. I'm less than a hundred pages into it, but I find it hard to put down.

[Nancy]

Just finished second of Stieg Larsson's trilogy, "The Girl Who Played with Fire". I think it was better than the first. Unfortunately we have to wait until next year until the last one comes out and MOST unfortunately, he died a few years ago.

It was a riveting book with many plots and good character development, all wrapped up nearly on the last page.

[Renee]

I couldnt stand Child 44. It just was too stark for me. Could have been the time I read it. I usually love that type of book

[Annthelibrarian]

I finally finished Rex Stout's Some Buried Caesar. It was the book Bouchercon chose this year for the One Conference, One Book title. It was my first Rex Stout title. I can't say I'm eager to run out and read another. On the other hand, I also finished Michael Connelly's The Poet, and loved it!

[Dorothy]

Annthelibrarian wrote: "I finally finished Rex Stout's Some Buried Caesar. It was the book Bouchercon chose this year for the One Conference, One Book title. It was my first Rex Stout title. I can't say I'm eager to run o..."

I have very fond memories of those Rex Stout books. I devoured them like brain popcorn when I was a teenager back in the '60s. They are really, along with Sherlock Holmes and Perry Mason, where I learned my first love of mysteries. No, they were not great mysteries by today's standards, but they were certainly fun reads in that simpler time and helped keep one teenager out of trouble.

[Vanessa]

Hi, I'm new to the group. Love all of the suggestions. I guess I better get reading. A friend lent me some new offers. I just finished reading Final Screamby Lisa Jackson and it was ok. The end certainly had me riveted and yet the characters seemed a little cookie cutter. I have another one and it already looks better than the last one.

I also just finished Kindred in Death
by J.D. Robb. I read all her books. This one was not as good as her previous one, Promises in Deathand yet I enjoyed it as I do all of the books in the series. My disappointment with this one is there was not as much humor or use of the other characters I've come to love.

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading "Deep Creek" (via NetGalleys; out in Feb 2010). It's a based-on-real-events mystery, recreating/imagining the dangerous 1887 hunt for the killers of 31 Chinese gold miners on Idaho's Snake River. Completely believable characters, genuinely scary villain, a mystery with profound consequences, and the Pacific Northwest setting all make this anything but your standard Western/historical. So far so good--

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading my very first VI Warshawski/Scarpetta book. I hope I like it -- I'm ready for a new series of books to pursue. It's the newest book in the series -- but hey, I've heard Warshawski's character "developed" -- so why not just start with the best!

[John]

"VI Warshawski/Scarpetta book"

They are two different series, by different authors, why are you calling them the same thing?

Warshawski was okay until the last couple of books, when the series was just non-stop grimness.

Scarpetta was great at first, but by the 10th book, with the introduction of the werewolf, it was time to call it quits.

[Dia]

I am reading Blood Game by Iris Johansen. It is a book in the Eve Duncan series. When I finished Quicksand I thought Wait! You can't just stop right there!! But this one picks up where it left off. So far I am really liking it.

[Dorothy]

I just finished "Angels Passing" by Graham Hurley, the third in his Detective Inspector Joe Faraday series. As you might expect, this is a British police procedural, and although police procedurals are not necessarily my favorite, I will always make an exception for P.D. James and now for Graham Hurley. His books are really good and this third one is the best so far. I would highly recommend it to anyone fond of this genre. I look forward to reading his next one.

[Spuddie]

I'm working on 2 mysteries--SAND SHARKS by Margaret Maron (which I'm listening to) and STEEL GUITAR by Linda Barnes in print. I'm enjoying the Carlotta Carlyle series, was surprised it had stayed below my radar for so long.

[Vanessa]

I'm now reading Kill For Meby Karen Rose. I just actually started. I never read any by her before; my mother lent me some of her books.

[Sakura]

Michelle wrote: "Sakura wrote: "Hello All, I am looking for a good Lee Child novel??? Can anyone recommend something????"

My favorite so far is "Bad Luck and Trouble.""

Michelle, did u read The Enemy??? I am going to start this one..

[Vickie]

Spuddie wrote: "I'm working on 2 mysteries--SAND SHARKS by Margaret Maron (which I'm listening to) and STEEL GUITAR by Linda Barnes in print. I'm enjoying the Carlotta Carlyle series, was surprised it had stayed b..."
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There aren't many of the Carlotta Carlyle books and I wish it weren't so. It is one of my favorite series.

[Vickie]

I finished BOCD of CUT&RUN - Jeff Abbott, 6th in the Whit Mosley series; finished HOLIDAY GRIND - Cleo Coyle, 8th in Coffeehouse cozy mystery series; VICIOUS CIRCLE - Mike Carey, 2nd in Felix Castor Urban Fantasy series. All highly excellent.

Currently:
BOT in the car: SKIN DEEP - Christopher Golden, 6th in Bodybags series, tape 5 of 5
Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, 40 pages from end
Bedside book: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley, paranormal romance-ish with lots of humor, chap 7

[Michelle]

I did read The Enemy, way back when. I remember really liking it. Enjoy!


Sakura wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Sakura wrote: "Hello All, I am looking for a good Lee Child novel??? Can anyone recommend something????"

My favorite so far is "Bad Luck and Trouble.""

Michelle, did u read T..."

[Spuddie]

Vicki wrote: There aren't many of the Carlotta Carlyle books and I wish it weren't so. It is one of my favorite series.

Well, there's a dozen of them--that's a fairly decent run for a series. Hopefully there'll be more? The last was published in 2008 so far.

Current reads for me: GROUNDS FOR MURDER by Sandra Balzo, THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN by Fred Vargas.

Cheryl

[Vickie]

I finished the so-so SKIN DEEP - Christopher Golden yesterday afternoon. Bleh....the first book in this series and (I think) the 4th or 5th were superb, then this one was a let down. It felt like he was trying to make everything fit to move the story along and the segues felt weak. I am done with the series even after only three listened to, but not done with the author as I know he has talent. And he writes paranormal mysteries that are highly thought of.

Currently:
BOCD in the car: DEATH'S HALF ACRE - Margaret Maron, Judge Deborah Knott series, one of my favorite series to read and/or listen to
Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, so very close to finishing this one. It's a good book that keeps me on the recumbent bike longer
Bedside book: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley, paranormal romance with some mystery, over halfway through

[Vickie]

Spuddie wrote: "Vicki wrote: There aren't many of the Carlotta Carlyle books and I wish it weren't so. It is one of my favorite series.

Well, there's a dozen of them--that's a fairly decent run for a series. Ho..."
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Maybe it just feels like there are so few of them. That is a pretty decent run for a series.

[John]

I like Carlotta, but don't care for her "little sister" Paolina much, being thankful she didn't appear often in the latest Lie Down with the Devil.

I plan on listening to Maron's Sand Sharks from Net Library next year at some point - glad to read Deborah'll be out of town for this one; I disliked the abrupt married-with-instant-family, as well as the change from first person Deborah to rotating third person. Moreover, I wasn't too happy that Linda Barnes alternated Carlotta and Mooney last time either.

[Dorothy]

I just finished "Deadlight" by Graham Hurley and would definitely recommend it to fans of British police procedurals. Hurley is a very good writer and this is an interesting series. I rated this book just a bit lower than the previous one in the series, but, still, I liked it very much and it definitely maintained my interest all the way to the end.

[Linda]

I just finished Blue Heaven by C J Box. It's a page turner at times and has several layers to hold your interest. The ending was a bit predictable, but is was good. I would recommend for mystery/thriller lovers.

[Chris]

Reading: Nick Steffanos series by George Pelecanos
J/F: The Given Day, Dennis Lehane, The Last Good Kiss, James Crumley

On Deck: The Mexican Tree Duck, James Crumley

--I loved The Given Day, greatly recommended.
--I picked up The Last Good Kiss because I had read in a set of B&N interviews that Lehane and Pelecanos thought of it as an influential read. I was not let down. Probably in my top 5 detective mysteries.

[Laurie (Kwiltreader)]

I just finished Woman Strangled News at Ten--my rating **--it was just OK. Also finished 2 David Rosenfelt/Andy Carpenter mysteries for book club. I recommend them cause they are fast reads, move along well with some humor and mystery. Amateur by Robert Littell is a good spy/mystery novel set in West Germany, behind the Iron Curtain.
For our mystery club challenge, I'm starting Sue Grafton's series with, of course, the letter A. Also BOCD Rules of Prey--John Stanford.

[Laurie (Kwiltreader)]

Barbara wrote: "Spuddie wrote: "Just finished up the latest Deborah Crombie (Necessary as Blood), which was great as usual, and am now starting The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny and Patience of the Spider by Andr..."
Have you read others by Louise Penny? Read The Brutal Telling and I'm hooked--going back for the previous ones.

[Dia]

I am reading the Mary Jane Clark series that is based around a television news station. The author works for CBS. I have enjoyed all of the books so far, but recommend that they be read in order. She tends to tell what happened in a previous book, so reading out of order will ruin the who-done-it-ness of earlier books. So far I have read Do You Want To Know A Secret, Do You Promise Not To Tell, Let Me Whisper In Your Ear, Closer, and It Only Takes A Moment.

[[deleted user]]

I am almost to finish Blind Spot and Blind Rage by Terri Persons,
They are the stories of a female FBI Agent that has 2 Ghosts and her boss to help her out.There isn`t much gore in them and they are easy fast reads.
I`d give them 3*

[Sakura]

Hello, has anyone read the Prey series by John Sandford or the books by Christopher Reich??

[Dia]

LOVE the Prey series. They are all fine as stand-alones, but I would recommend reading them in order. I think Rules of Prey is the first one.

[Sakura]

Dia wrote: "LOVE the Prey series. They are all fine as stand-alones, but I would recommend reading them in order. I think Rules of Prey is the first one."

Thanks Dia. Was Rules of Prey are good story??? What is his style of writing??? Are these Murder Mysteries??

[Dia]

The Prey books are murder mysteries about a detective named Lucas Davenport. The stories take place in the Twin Cities. This is a little bit about Davenport,from the author's website: "It is the opinion of his colleagues that everything about the lieutenant is a little different, and they are right – in the computer games he invents and sells, in the Porsche he drives to work, in the quality of the women he attracts, in his single-minded pursuit of justice. The only member of the department's Office of Special Intelligence, Davenport prefers to work alone, parallel with Homicide, and there is something about this serial killer that he quickly understands. The man who signs himself "maddog" in taunting notes to the police is no textbook sociopath; he has a perverse playfulness that makes him kill for the sheer contest of it. He is a player."

[Jim]

I just finished NINE DRAGONS by Michael Connelly and think it was tremendous -

fast paced with an ending that was unexpected

lays out how unintended consequences are out there hovering in silence over almost all our actions in real life

to me Connelly is just the best out there

how he keeps Harry Bosch fresh while at the same time exhibitiing Bosch's same personality dynamics is beyond me

[Sakura]

Dia wrote: "The Prey books are murder mysteries about a detective named Lucas Davenport. The stories take place in the Twin Cities. This is a little bit about Davenport,from the author's website: "It is the op..."

Thank you so much Dia. I will soon read Rules of Prey since that is his first. sounds great.

[Linda]

Just finished Among the Mad, a Maisie Dobbs novel. Maisie is certainly engaging, but my favorite character is still Charles Lenox (The September Society by Charles Finch)

[Gail]

Reading "The Brutal Telling" by Louise Penney. Wonderful book. It takes the village mystery and gives it a very fresh, funny, modern udating. Recommended.

[Linda]

Jim wrote: "I just finished NINE DRAGONS by Michael Connelly and think it was tremendous -

fast paced with an ending that was unexpected

lays out how unintended consequences are out there hovering in ..."

I agree, Jim. Nine Dragons is very exciting. I'm on page 240 and can't put it down. I love Harry Bosch.

[Liz]

I just finished Heat Wave by Richard Castle. I read it because patrons were asking about him, his other books and the awards he won. All of which are fake. If you like the tv show Castle, you will like the book.

[Linda]

I just started A Brutal Telling. Seems good but too soon to really tell

[Mike]

If anybody hasn't read the Lt. Jonathan Stride series by Brian Freeman yet then I highly suggest it. The first book is IMMORAL and the series is currently five books long (however the fifth, THE BURYING PLACE, is avail in UK now but not in US until April '10). IMMORAL introduces Stride and the supporting characters as he investigates a case of a missing teenager - alot rolled up into this book that really helps build a foundation for a wonderful series of mystery and psychological suspense. He'll definitely challenge you on figuring out the crime. My favorite author...hands down!

[Elaine]

Liz wrote: "I just finished Heat Wave by Richard Castle. I read it because patrons were asking about him, his other books and the awards he won. All of which are fake. If you like the tv show Castle, you wi..."

[Elaine]

What a hoot. I love the tv series. Nathan Fillion is just terrific. I saw the book at Borders and I wondered if it would be a fun read. Probably will read this one in the future.