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[Donna]

I just read Death on a Silver Tray. It is a light quick read but still a good mystery.

[Kj]

I just finished Colin Cotterill's, Curse of the Pogo Stick--if you like his series with the coroner, Siri, then you will likely enjoy this one very much. Now, I am reading Laura Lippman's, The Sugar House. I like her series with the detective Tess and this is about the 4th I've read.

[Kim]

I'm halfway done with Thin Air by Robert Parker, one of the Spenser's.

[Sheryl]

I'm reading "Runner" by Thomas Perry. It's a Jane Whitefield novel. I've read Thomas Perry before and I've always liked them, but this is a first for the Jane Whitefield series and it's quite good.

I just read that Mystery Writer Barbara Parker died this weekend. That's so sad. She wrote some great books.

[Bluedaizy]

I "fanned" Steve Hamilton from reading one of his books about 5 years ago. I was kind of feeling guilty about it and bought a few more of his books. I'm reading Winter of the Wolf Moon and am again really liking this guy's writing. Funny, sarcastic and smart. It makes me kind of homesick though. The setting is upper Michigan in the winter. Now, I hate the winter in R-E-A-L-I-T-Y, but it's a lot of fun to read when you're warm and can think warm fuzzy thoughts about the snow.

[Gail]

Just finished "Death of a Cad" and "Death of an Outsider" by M.C. Beaton. Both are part of the Hamish Macbeth series. They're fun reads, with a good deal of charm in the characters and settings, as well as multiple motives for murdering the victim--a beast in both of these books. Drawbacks? Well, the solutions are not discernible by the reader, so if you're one who likes to puzzle out the mystery and see if you can match the hero, these kind of disappoint. But for a soothing, comic, no-thought-process-involved read for some anxious or tedious moments, these would work great.

[Sheryl]

I just started "Trigger City" by Sean Chercover. So far so good!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Started The Alienist by Caleb Carr last night. Very good so far.

[Sandy]

I just finished Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie. It's part of the Gemma James, Duncan Kinkaid series. I liked it, and thought the merging of the past with the present was well done. It did, however, drag a bit with extraneous family issues.

[Sandy]

I have just begun reading The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan. So far so good, but it's pretty gory.

[Bluedaizy]

I loved the Alienist. That was a book I could sink my teeth into. I could definitely reread that one. It would make a great movie.

[Kim]

Sandy wrote: "I have just begun reading The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan. So far so good, but it's pretty gory."


Just the title sounds gory!!

[Bluedaizy]

Hey Sandy! I just checked out TOs books and they look interesting. I went to his website and invited him to be a Goodreads author and updated his profile. Keep your fingers crossed! :)

[Sandy]

Great! I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed. BTW, if you like gory books about creepy people, I would like to recommend Michael Slade. Slade is a group of lawyers, I think, who wrote two really terrifying books: Ghoul and Headhunter. Try to find a 1987 copy because the new ones are abridged to the hilt, and not done by the original group.

[Bluedaizy]

Miss Sandy, you are totally shocking me! :) I have read a book or two by Michael Slade, but neither of the ones you mentioned. Thanks for the suggestions!

[Sandy]

Good! I like that I'm shocking you. Can't tell a book....well, you know.

[Bluedaizy]

hehehe Have you read any John Connolly?

[Sandy]

Yes, I have read Every Dead Thing. It was good, but I guesses whodunnit, which I don't like to do.

[Magpie67]

I am on my 11th book in the Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow I totally love Kate and Mutt!

[Libby]

Trigger City is a fabulous novel. So is Sean's first book, Big City Bad Blood.

[Beth]

I'm replying to Gail's comment about M.C. Beaton's books, where she said, "Well, the solutions are not discernible by the reader, so if you're one who likes to puzzle out the mystery and see if you can match the hero, these kind of disappoint."

We mystery authors call this "not playing fair" with the reader. Many of us, me included, believe that you should play fair and give the reader all the clues that are necessary to solve the mystery through the course of the book. They may be well-hidden among the red herrings and may point to multiple suspects, but they are there. I consider my mysteries to be a success if 1/4 - 1/5 of the readers can solve it before the end, because then I know I've played fair. I enjoy trying to puzzle out the solution when I read mysteries, and I feel my readers should have the same kind of fun.

[Barb H]

Sandy, I have read many of Deborah Crombie's books. I enjoy how she writes about England and Scotland, as if she actually lives there. She is a Texan! I agree that some of the family issues drag, but she seems to have a flair of creating realistic characters. Her descriptions of the city and countrysides are particularly vivid.

[Sandy]

Yes, I enjoy her other books also. I would have had no idea she lived in Texas if I hadn't read the book jacket. But, is she a British ex pat, or an American anglophile?

[Magpie67]

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I'm getting ready to read this one! I will let you know what I think

[Sheryl]

I just started "Dead Old" by Maureen Carter. It's a great British series. The main character is Sgt. Bev Morriss. It's kind of like "Prime Suspect", but she's a lot younger than Jane Tenneyson.

[Barb H]

Sandy wrote: "Yes, I enjoy her other books also. I would have had no idea she lived in Texas if I hadn't read the book jacket. But, is she a British ex pat, or an American anglophile?"

Crombie was married to an Englishman and lived in England and Scotland. After their divorce, enamoured with the British Isles, she has returned several times a year, even teaching in a college there. She is remarried and lives in Texas.

[Bluedaizy]

Sandy wrote: "I have just begun reading The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan. So far so good, but it's pretty gory."

I invited Mr O'Callaghan to become a GR author yesterday and just heard from him this evening. He said he was planning on joining! I have definitely got to read his books now. :)

[Magpie67]

I have his first one but I have not read it yet.

[Betty]

Magpie67 wrote: "I am on my 11th book in the Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow I totally love Kate and Mutt!"
I absolutely love the Kate Shugak series, although I like Dana's other books too. I have 8 in the series here now, got to get the rest. I just finally was able to get a copy of Breakup, one of my favourites which it's been hard to get for some time now. Once I've got them all, I'm going to start all over again at the beginning! I'm going to do that with all my Tony Hillerman books now, too.

[Elaine]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the terrific Lawrence Block. The first mystery I read as an adult was Eight Million ways to Die. That was it-I was hooked forever. His characters Matt Scudder and the hitman Keller are both great characters. You feel like you know them. His Bernie Rhodenbarr series is good, but more light reading.

[Penny]

Hi my name is Penny. I'm new to Goodreads and really enjoying it. Right now I am in the middle of reading "Shadow Prey" by John Sandford. I had actually had given up on this series years ago.Now I'm glad that I am giving it another shot.I am enjoying Shadow Prey and look forward to the rest of the books.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I finished The Alienist and truly enjoyed it.

Highly recommended.

[Barb H]

I'm reading "Amsterdam", by Ian McEwan. It seems quite dry and uninteresting so far.This amazes me because I was quite impressed by his style in "Atonement", which I thought was a beautiful book. Perhaps if I keep plodding I'll change my mind. It should pass quickly, it's such a tiny novel.

[Elaine]

I hated Atonement. I will definitely pass on Amsterdam. His writing style is definitely not my cup of tea.

[Patricia]

Kim wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I have just begun reading The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan. So far so good, but it's pretty gory."


Just the title sounds gory!! "

I really do like his books. I'd like to see a new one.

[Donna]

Just finished City of the Horizon by Anton Gill. It was OK but for a short book it seemed to move slowly.

[Rob]

I have started reading Fault Line by Barry Eisler. I have been following the exploits of his Japanese-American assassin John Rain and this is the first stand-alone novel that Barry Eisler wrote.

[Donna]

I just started Raven Black and it has really caught my attention. It is hard to put down.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Started Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters last night, and am enjoying it so far. Great setting: Egypt in the 1880s.

[Betty]

Just starting "A Hotel in Paris: a Minola Grey Mystery" by Margot Justes, I believe it's her debut crime novel. Minola is an American painter visiting Paris when a man is murdered in his hotel room down the hall shortly after she arrives.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Just finished Pardonable Lies last night. It was very good, and I would recommend it. The whole Maisie Dobbs series is good.

[CYNTHIA]

I am reading the Maisie Dobbs series as well. They are such a joy to read. We have a "mystery library" at the office for lunch hour reading and I add Maisie to the group. They love her!

[Janet]

CYNTHIA wrote: "I am reading the Maisie Dobbs series as well. They are such a joy to read. We have a "mystery library" at the office for lunch hour reading and I add Maisie to the group. They love her! "

I'm currently reading Messenger of Truth & it is really quite good. I've had the luck to meet Jacqueline Winspear a couple of times and she is a delight to listen to and learn even more about Maisie.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I started Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor Being the First Jane Austen Mystery, by Stephanie Barron, last night. Still deciding if I would recommend it or not.

[Susan]

I just finished the latest Inspector Chen mystery, THE MAO CASE by Qiu Xiaolong. It is even denser than the earlier books in the series, but gives a fascinating portrait of Shanghai in the 1990's and is funny in a macabre way, especially the mad climax. Tough going but worth it.

[Kim]

I had a busy week and fell asleep almost early every night, so I haven't been able to read much, just a chapter of Thin Air...this weekend's looking better.

[Eileen]

I recently finished "The Cream Puff Murder" by Joanne Fluke. It's a cozy (for those of you who aren't familiar with Fluke's series) featuring a Monnesota baker named Hannah Swenson. I would recommend the whole series, but especially this one.

[Kathy]

I am currently reading "Forever Odd" by Dean Koontz. I loved "Odd Thomas" and am anxious to read the whole series. I'm loving it so far. Anyone read it?

[Vicki - I Love Reading]

J.R. wrote: "I just finished THE TURNAROUND by George Pelecanos. Highly recommended. This was the first of his I've read. I'll definitely be looking for more."


i've got an omnibus book of his with 3 books, i'm sure the turnaround is one of them.. might start it sooon if its good

[Vicki - I Love Reading]

Patricia wrote: "I love the Lee Child books. I think I am just one behind in the series. I need to catch up.

I just finished Silent Cry by Marta Stephens and now I'm reading her second book The Devil Can Wait."

i have all the series, i got the first 10 for £5 in local charity shop, but not started them yet..