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[Liz]

I loved the Suspicions of Mr. Wicher. I read it when it first came out and recommended it to everyone I know. A fascinating story.

[Ruth]

Liz wrote: "I loved the Suspicions of Mr. Wicher. I read it when it first came out and recommended it to everyone I know. A fascinating story."

I read an interesting review when it first came out and then forgot to add to my Mount TBR. I did today after seeing your review. I look forward to a good read. Thank you.

[Jim]

who's the author for Suspicions of Mr Wicher?

[Ruth]

Jim wrote: "who's the author for Suspicions of Mr Wicher?"

Kate Summerscale. The book was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2008

[Debra]

I'm reading Death Was the Other Woman by Linda Richards. The story takes place in LA in the 30's, with an interesting slant on the P.I. twist.

[Ruth]

Debra wrote: "I'm reading Death Was the Other Woman by Linda Richards. The story takes place in LA in the 30's, with an interesting slant on the P.I. twist.
"

I'm not familiar with that author. Sounds interesting.

[Sheryl]

Ruth wrote: "Debra wrote: "I'm reading Death Was the Other Woman by Linda Richards. The story takes place in LA in the 30's, with an interesting slant on the P.I. twist.
"

I'm not familiar with that author. So..."

"Death was the other woman" is really a good book. If you like noir you'll love it. Right now I'm reading "Murder...Suicide...Whatever..." by Gwen Freeman. It looks like a fun book. What are reading?

Have a good one!

[Ruth]

I'm reading various short stories. And I need to read the second part of Anna Karenina before the 25th. I might have to find a good mystery to read this weekend for a change.

[Susan]

With apologies, I won't be reading any more books in this series, for despite their convincing post-World-War-1 details, if this is a good example, the Maisie Dobbs mysteries are too predictable, tidy and moralistic for my taste. When I grow up, if ever I do, I probably won't be able to hold myself to Maisie's humane yet perfectionistic standards.

With her life blighted by the Great War this thirty-ish psychologist whose work habits must mirror the successful author's own finds satisfaction unraveling mysteries as a personal investigator, hanging out with her groom father, and, even at her wits' end, being a steadfast friend. In AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE Maisie Dobbs makes the connection between a Zeppelin attack and fires set in a small Kentish village at the hopps harvest each year. A final and tongue-in-cheek example of excessive tidying up is the female reporter enamored enough of Maisie's story that she writes a ripping novel about it.

More to my taste is the grittiness of Roseanna, an early mystery in the series Polemical Pulps: The Martin Beck Novels of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.
(re-posted with editorial changes)

[Jan]

I might have to find a good mystery to read this weekend for a change.
" Have you tried People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks? It's an awesome read and went really quick for me.

[Ruth]

Jan wrote: " I might have to find a good mystery to read this weekend for a change.
" Have you tried People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks? It's an awesome read and went really quick for me.

I did read that one and enjoyed it a great deal. Thanks!

[Susan]

Ruth wrote: "Jim wrote: "who's the author for Suspicions of Mr Wicher?"

Kate Summerscale. The book was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2008 "

I hope I'm not being impolite, but the correct title is The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective. There was an H missing in Mr Whicher's name.

[Ruth]

Susan wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Jim wrote: "who's the author for Suspicions of Mr Wicher?"

Kate Summerscale. The book was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2008 "

I hope I'm not being impolite, but t..."

Not impolite at all from my point of view. When I did a search for the book it corrrected that and I thought it had posted the correct spelling. Many apologies. Now, off to find my reading glasses!

SMILES and THANKS

[Kathy-Diane]

I'm reading Joy Fielding's CHARLEY's WEB. I'm really enjoying it. It's multi-layered and fast paced; though, when the protagonist interviews a convicted child murderer in jail it does get grisly.

Kathy-Diane
Author of LET THE SHADOWS FALL BEHIND YOU
http://kathy-dianeleveille.com

[Libby]

Susan, try Clarie Langley-Hawthorne's CONSEQUENCES OF SIN. Pretty much the same time period as Maisie Dobbs, and her protagonist is refreshingly real! She's got a second book out, but I forget the title. I don't generally like period-based mysteries, but enjoyed SIN a lot.

[Michael]

Reading "Easy Innocence" by Libby Fischer Hellmann. Unnerving story about a high school child's death, was it due to hazing? Is there a group of high school girls selling themselves as prostitutes? Certainly makes the reader think.

[Patricia]

Mike wrote: "Reading "Easy Innocence" by Libby Fischer Hellmann. Unnerving story about a high school child's death, was it due to hazing? Is there a group of high school girls selling themselves as prostitutes..."

I loved this book and it does give you a lot to think about.

[Michael]

Get your pen out and jot down this title "August Heat" by Andrea Camilleri. Excellent start and just what's needed as summer nears.
Inspector Montalbano rents a summer home for his girlfriend Livia's friend Laura and her family.
He rents the home and the family arrives, and in the first few days there are invasions of cockroaches, mice and spiders, then Laura's 3year old son disappears.
I'm smiling with enjoyment as I read on.

[Jim]

Mike wrote: "Get your pen out and jot down this title "August Heat" by Andrea Camilleri. Excellent start and just what's needed as summer nears.
Inspector Montalbano rents a summer home for his girlfriend L..."

ordered from library and looking forward to this one

[Michael]

Jim:
Hope you enjoy Summer Heat, while reading it, I thought that Peter Faulk from "Columbo" would be a good fit for this role in his earlier days.
Mike

[Michael]

Tried a library book that just didn't move me so gave up after about 25 pages. "Darkness Peering" was waiting for me in my library so I'm about to begin rereading it. Liked it very much the first go around.

[Al]

Hi all, just joined this group. I'm reading The Getaway by Jim Thompson. I'm about halfway through and am enjoying it a lot. I'm planning to read some of his more autobiographical stuff like Roughneck or Bad Boy next.

[Ruth]

I'm reading Ariana Franklin's Grave Goods. It's the third in the series and it's as good, if not better, than the previous ones featuring Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar, Medica of the Salerno School, mistress of the art of death and agent to King Henry II of England.

[Michael]

Reading "Darkness Peering" by Alice Blanchard, a book from 1999 that I enjoyed then and is as fresh today as it ever was.

[Bridget]

Finally getting around to reading the DaVinci Code. Not much of a mystery as I saw parts of the movie on TV - including the end, but it seems pretty well written, with lots of interesting tidbits (although I'm not impressed with the continuity editor - 1st the truck has a huge roller door, then it has two doors).

[Donna]

I'm in the middle of Starvation Lake A Mystery and really enjoying it. It was a good choice to read during our recent mini heat wave here because it is set in Michigan in the winter.

[MBP]

Ruth wrote: "I'm reading Ariana Franklin's Grave Goods. It's the third in the series and it's as good, if not better, than the previous ones featuring Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar, Medica of the Salerno..."

I just finished Grave Goods and agree that it may be the best yet in this series. I love Franklin's depiction of King Henry II, and the information about his efforts to reform the legal system were both interesting and well integrated into the plot. Highly recommended.

[Ruth]

MBP wrote: "Ruth wrote: "I'm reading Ariana Franklin's Grave Goods. It's the third in the series and it's as good, if not better, than the previous ones featuring Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar, Medica o..."

I wish I hadn't read it so quickly. I tried to read slowly, but I couldn't slow down. Now we have to wait! Long live Henry II.

[Mary Todd]

I'm reading The Brass Verdict by Connolly...VERY good.

[Jim]

Mary Todd wrote: "I'm reading The Brass Verdict by Connolly...VERY good."

I think Connelly is the best writer out there now with respect to creating exciting and realistic
situations and THE BRASS VERDICT only gets better as you go along

[Mary Todd]

I can't wait...so far it's riveting!

[Michael]

Finished "Until It's Over" and wouldn't recommend it.
One hero and 6 roommates who play around and switch partners. I guess if you like Desperate Housewives this story might appeal to you.

[Joseph]

I've just gotten hooked on Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy mysteries. I'm currently up to reading The Tail of the Tip-Off , book 11 in the series.

[Mary Todd]

They are such fun! And I love the other one's with Sister!

[Barbara]

I took your advice and have this book waiting at the library. I'm looking forward to reading it.


Mike wrote: "Get your pen out and jot down this title "August Heat" by Andrea Camilleri. Excellent start and just what's needed as summer nears.
Inspector Montalbano rents a summer home for his girlfriend L..."

[Bluedaizy]

I'm on a Steve Hamilton jag. I just finished my 4th book by him, Blood is the Sky. I've ordered two more from Amazon, but in the meantime am reading Harlan Coben's Long Lost. I've read a couple of chapters and have busted out laughing quite a few times. I'm looking forward to reading it some more.

[Barbara]

I finished Blacklist by Sara Paretsky. I usually like Paretsky's books but I didn't enjoy this one too much. In the book, V.I. Warshawski stumbles on the body of a dead journalist who was researching persecution of commies during the the McCarthy era. The investigation of the journalist's death becomes intertwined with current-day persecution of suspected terrorists. To me the plot was confusing and a bit boring. I feel like Paretsky constructed the book specifically to criticize the government's curtailing civil rights - and the plot suffered as a result.

[Bluedaizy]

She probably was.

[Michael]

Barbara wrote: "I finished Blacklist by Sara Paretsky. I usually like Paretsky's books but I didn't enjoy this one too much. In the book, V.I. Warshawski stumbles on the body of a dead journalist who was researchi..."

Barbara:
Thanks for the report on Paretsky. I think that is one of the good things about the readers in Goodreads. Time can be saved by listening to what other's say.
Mike

[Ruth]

I just finished Tell No OnebyHarlan Coben(audio cassette)
I don't know how I missed this book when it first came out. What a great read. I thought the plot was very well developed as were the characters. I don't know if I buy the helpful bad boy from the hood - but wouldn't it be wonderful to see some of that redemption. Yes recommend.

[Elaine]

I am almost done reading The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. It is riveting. The plotline is about a very different kind of serial killer. It doesn't seem fair that someone can be a doctor and such a brilliant writer.

[Mary Todd]

I agree...she's a good one!

[Jim]

ALL THE COLORS OF DARKNESS by Peter Robinson
Detective Banks again and excellent as always

[Mary Todd]

Just finished River of Darkness, which I think was recommended here...it was GREAT.

[Debra]

I just finished Death Was the Other Woman by Linda L. Richards. She puts a modern spin on the traditional hardboiled PI novel. It was a really good read.

[Michael]

Jim:
With your enjoyment of Peter Robinson, did you notice that he is on the cover of the issue of "Deadly Pleasures" that came out today. Check it out. You can Google it. 5 pages of interview including a nice review of "All the Colors of Darkness"

[Jen Hill]

Simple Genius by David Baldacci - just started!!

[Jim]

will have to check out Deadly Pleasures
Robinson is really good - I've read 1/2 others and he's always entertaining/interesting

Now listening to RIVER OF DARKNESS which someone recommended on here -

excellent so far
about a multiple murder in English countryside after WWI and has me mystified so far as to who did it and why

[Mary Todd]

I hope you love it! I did!

[Barbara]

I just finished City Primeval by Elmore Leonard. In the book,Clement Mansell is a sociopath who kills with little thought and no regret. Clement gets his gal pal to set up a wealthy Albanian to be robbed/killed but "accidently" winds up killing a much-hated judge instead; Clement then tries to extort a lawyer so he can profit from the crime. Clement then hatches another scheme to take down the Albanian, which leads to big problems all around. The story is violent and suspenseful but has a good deal of humor because of the characters. If you like gritty urban thrillers you'll really enjoy this book.