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[Deborah]

Just finished reading by S.J. Rozan. I have read several other books by her and have enjoyed them. Was thrilled to see she still writes and have managed to pick up a few more of her titles. If you haven't read anything by her try her out.

[Deborah]

Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "I'm reading and I highly recommend it if you're a fan of ghost stories, or a fan of Koontz."

Have been reading Koontz for a long time. What is your favorite title???

[RJ]

13 hot mystery writers are hosting a very special Friday the 13th celebration by offering a download of one of their novels in its entirety for free all day today (and some tomorrow). I just started reading The Four Last Things. Here is the list from Kindle on the Cheap. http://bit.ly/HIH26V

[Tracy]

Hey TJ, this link isn't working.

[RJ]

Thanks for letting me know, Tracy. I just found the same list on Kindle on the Cheap and edited the post.

[Jennifer]

Two more down, 23 to go-- finished Deeply, Desperately (loved it-- did she really quit writing this series??) last night, and Crocodile on the Sandbank tonight while I was cooking dinner. Really enjoyed it too, and fortunately the series is pretty good sized!!

[Gary]

I am reading and thoroughly enjoying the The Chicken Hanger byBen Rehder He lives near Austin and has great insights into the goings on in Texas.

[Lillie]

I'm reading Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel . Enjoying the Jackson Brodie series.

[Jannene]

I just finished . This book was funny, entertaining, and a great read. The characters were delightful and well developed. I loved how Odelia was never going to let her friend's death go. We should all be blessed with that kind of friendship. The ending was totally unexpected that caught me off guard.

[Jennifer]

'Nother one down, 22 to go, not reading all that quickly at the moment because I've had a lot of distractions this week! Finished and what a great cozy mystery series this is.

[Tracy]

I am halfway finished with Into the Web and it's my first time with Thomas Cook. I almost put it away but then I came upon a very crotchety old man and it kind of caught my attention. I think crotchety old men are usually humorous.

[Linda]

Lillie wrote: "I'm reading Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel [bookcover:When Will There Be Good News : A Novel]. Enjoying the Jackson Brodie series."

I so want to start reading this series, but I have so many series that I am trying to get thru, I just don't think I can add another one,,,Urrrrggghhhh!!!!!

[Linda]

Ray wrote: "In about six weeks I will publish the third in my Brad Frame Mystery series. It is called BLOOD PORN. Brad and his associate Sharon Porter are asked to help locate a young man missing from a juveni..."

Ray, I looked for your book on my Nook, is it available there???

[Linda]

This weekend, I started by Chevy Stevens. Very good book so far....

[Ray]

Linda wrote: "Ray, I looked for your book on my Nook, is it available there???"

Not yet. It will probably be available for Kindle and Nook after May 15th. Thanks for asking.

[Mark]

Reading Calico Joe by John Grisham, listening to Camouflage by Bill Pronzini, love the nameless detective series

[Lillie]

Linda-this is a wonderful series and as of right now there are only 4 books to the series ;)

Linda wrote: "Lillie wrote: "I'm reading Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel [bookcover:When Will There Be Good News : A Novel]. Enjoying the Jackson Brodie series."

I so want to start read..."

[Lillie]

Just started Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride. Only a couple chapters in but it looks to be a gripping mystery.

[R.P.]

I've read so many really good, reasonably priced Indie authors this year, that I've decided to review ONLY reasonably priced ($.99-$2.99)Indie mystery/suspense on Kindle/Amazon.

Here's another winner for only $.99 Deadly Pleasures


While Megan Riley struggles to keep her real estate career afloat in a down economy, her rich and beautiful women friends live life to the hilt. But as Megan watches her friends lives unravel with philandering husbands and financial problems of their own, she realizes that her lonely life may not be so bad after all.

Enter Matt Donovan, LAPD homicide detective, and his investigation into the brutal and sadistic murders of young hookers. Though there's an instant attraction between Matt and Megan, I liked the slow and sexy way the author took to bring these two people together. I also liked that Megan, though lonely, doesn't fall into the trap that her desperate-for-love women friends do when they consider hiring a "boy-toy."

The police procedural for this suspense novel is top-notch with Matt and his team of two other investigators. That they all have to work through all the sordid underground S&M clubs of LA to uncover an insane serial killer was really interesting and very well done. I was also fascinated by the juxtaposition between the wealthy yacht club crowd and what appears to be a completely unrelated world… that of an S&M serial killer of young prostitutes. That these two incredibly divergent worlds should be connected is what makes this book a winner for me.

Though the subject of the story seems lurid and frightening, the author paces every scene so that the suspense is ramped up and up until the last exciting scenes where the serial killer is brought to justice and lovers find each other.

Highly recommended read!

RP Dahlke: Amazon/Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/6hdg3bf
A Dead Red Cadillac
A Dead Red Heart
(coming 2012) A Dead Red Oleander
A Dangerous Harbor

[Linda]

Lillie wrote: "Linda-this is a wonderful series and as of right now there are only 4 books to the series ;)

Linda wrote: "Lillie wrote: "I'm reading Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel [bookc..."

4 books in is not bad, maybe I can get started this summer....

[Mark]

Reading Force Of Nature by CJ Box and listening to Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny, two of my favorite authors

[Maria]

I just finished Tilt-a-Whirlby Chris Gabenstein. It was pretty good. Not perfect, but it was 99 cents for kindle and for that price, I'll pick up the next one. I reviewed it more fully on my blog, but basically the characters are cozy, but the mystery is not. Couple of things were ... I dunno, sloppy? in the plotting, but most of it was very good. I'd recommend it.

Also finished the last of the Markhat mysteries (sniffle) perhaps my favorite paranormal mystery series of the moment. I hear Frank Tuttle has written another one, but dang it, it's not been published yet and I don't see a date for it. Have to be patient. Meanwhile, I can *probably* find something else to read!

[Maria]

Susanna wrote: "I'm reading Belladonna At Belstone by Michael Jecks at the moment. I started it last night, and it is good so far. It is set at a nunnery off of Dartmoor in 1321, where someone has murdered one o..."

I've read a few Jecks books. I don't recall that title though. He has a ton of them!

[Deanne]

Reading The Hundredth Man by Kerley, and really enjoying the story, plus Carson is a hero I can like.

Linda
Loved the Jackson Brodie books, and enjoyed the BBC series Case Histories, can only see Jackson as Jason Isaacs now.

[Mark]

Just finished Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny, excellent

[Jennifer]

Oddly, my most recent mystery reads are both set in the 1920s. It's unusual for me to group books in time like that. And I was afraid it would get confusing but actually it just kind of enriched the experience.

Murder Your Darlings which is another in the Dorothy Parker/Algonquin Round Table series. Love the stories but about three times I was thrown off by anachronisms. He needs to watch that.

Requiem for a Mezzo which is third in the Daisy Dalrymple mystery series. These are well-crafted with well-fleshed out characters. They aren't un-put-down-able, but they are very good.

[Linda]

Deanne wrote: "Reading The Hundredth Man by Kerley, and really enjoying the story, plus Carson is a hero I can like.

Linda
Loved the Jackson Brodie books, and enjoyed the BBC series Case Histories, can only see ..."

thanks for the recommendation, I want to read them, but not sure when I will get a chance to - there are soooo many that I want to read!!!!

[Jim]

GUILTY WIVES by James Patterson and a cohort.

beginning seemed over the top but the rest of the book is really engrossing-- about French jails and France's justice system - I don't know if what is written is true but if it is don't get arrested in France.

[Shomeret]

Almost finished withLucifer's Tears, the second Inspector Vaara book by James Thompson. It's a Scandinavian mystery by an American living in Finland. It's very dark like other Scandinavian mysteries, but I'm interested by the historical component.

[Tracy]

Jim wrote: "GUILTY WIVES by James Patterson and a cohort.

beginning seemed over the top but the rest of the book is really engrossing-- about French jails and France's justice system - I don't know if what is..."

I am listening to that now Jim and I totally agree with you. I am half finished with it and I am really enjoying it.

[Maria]

R.P. wrote: "I've read so many really good, reasonably priced Indie authors this year, that I've decided to review ONLY reasonably priced ($.99-$2.99)Indie mystery/suspense on Kindle/Amazon.

Here's another w..."

Thanks for the info and the vote of confidence!!! Much appreciated. I read a lot of indie authors too (probably half my reading these days.)

[Ruth]

Finished Nesbo's The Devil's Star. I think it's the 3rd in a series, but it's my first Harry Hole book. Can't say he grabbed me with the first sentence or the first 4 pages, but I continued and it was worth a read. See what all the hypes about. Will read another.

[Jill]

I decided to revisit the older mystery books and have started re-reading some of the Maigret series by Georges Simenon. They are very short and his writing style is minimalist, to say the least. They do not resemble any other police procedurals that I've ever read. They may be an acquired taste but I like them.......and the public must have as well since they have sold millions of copies.

Georges Simenon

[Mikela]

I'm slowly making my way through the Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton and loving every one of these cozy mysteries. Will soon get back to more serious mysteries but, in the meantime, I'm having light hearted fun with Agatha.

[Jim]

BEATSLY THINGS by Donna Leone
Leone just keeps getting better and better and was good right from the start.

[Jennifer]

Well, I went from 1920s flappers-in-mysteries to a short string of Lee Child. Read Nothing to Lose and am reading Without Fail .

[Betsy]

Although I consider myself as reading alot of mystery, I seldom see the authors I read here. The latest mystery I finished was Harlan Coban's LiveWire. I introduced the kids in my resource room -Shelter- which is a YA version of the similiar situation. Both I thought were fantastic.
So I wonder do other people on this site like authors like Coban,Illes.Jance.Barr? Coban I guess,at least some of the Bolitar mysteries could be considered cozies,maybe. But his stand alones? Whew! Aint none better.

[Ruth]

Betsy, I've read a Coban or 2. I've also read some Iles, Jance and Barr. I like one of Jance's series, but not another. I don't like Laura Lippman's series, but love her stand alones. Strange, I know. Good thing about goodreads is folks tell you about a good book or series and you give it a try.

[Betsy]

Hi Ruth,
Most people seem to like the Beaufort mysteries of Jances'. But I like Joann Brady best. There is one novel where they meet and are tempted by one another,which I thought was cute. Yeah,definitely I'll have to try some of these other mysteries too. I don't think i can wait for the newest and latest to come out in paper back from my favorite authors,anyway., :D

[Ruth]

Oh, the waiting can be harsh. That's why I have to read so very many authors and / or series. No patience whatsoever!

[Mark]

Ruth/Betsy,
I too like Coben, Jance etc but have added Louise Penny, Ken Bruen and George Pelecanos to the mix. Also, CJ Box is excellent.

[Ruth]

I almost hesitate to tell ya my favorite series. They are so very violent, but I have grown so attached to the characters I just squint my eyes at the violence and keep reading. Karin Slaughter's Grant County and Will Trent Series and Chelsea Cain's Heart series. Brutal, but good.

[Ruth]

Oh, I liked Celebrity In Death. Didn't appreciate the one before.

[Mark]

My lovely wife suggested I read Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I balked, I should have trusted her opinions, not a mystery but a great sweet story about World War II and its effects on the Channel Islands. I would suggest it wholeheartedly.

[Ruth]

Yes, Mark, I agree! You should have trusted your wife's opinion ;) And that book is an excellent read!

[Mark]

Thanks, Ruth
I should know better to not trust her judgement

[Ruth]

Oh, I was just teasing you. It's funny, but I tend to take goodread readers opinions on books more often than I consider my husbands recommendations. Bad wife.

[Linda]

Betsy wrote: "Although I consider myself as reading alot of mystery, I seldom see the authors I read here. The latest mystery I finished was Harlan Coban's LiveWire. I introduced the kids in my resource room -Sh..."

Betsy, I love Coben, both this Myron series and his standalones, I just recently finished Gone for Good,for another one of my mystery groups - it was so good, I think there are so many good authors out there, they are all not mentioned in all of the groups, which is one of the things that I lik about Goodreads

[Aiesha]

Hi! I just joined this group & think it will be perfect because I simply LOVE mysteries! Right now, I'm reading 2 series, along with trying to read books here & there with a few of my groups! I'm reading Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black, which is the 2nd book in her Theresa MacLean series. It's a short series with only 4 books so far. The other series I'm reading is the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly and am waiting for the 3rd book, The Concrete Blonde to become available from the library.

[Aiesha]

Ursula wrote: "I finished You Can't Hide by Karen Rose now I'm reading Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner"

How did you like the Karen Rose book? I've never read anything of hers but they look and sound good!