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Hi, I am Nina, living in Accra, Ghana (West Africa). I look forward to hearing of suggestions from all over the world.
Hi everyone,am Motunrayo,am new to this group.My favorite authors are Lisa Jackson,James Patterson,Agatha Christie,any mystery and detective novels,so also horror.
Hello,New member from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I read a variety of genres, but mystery is my favorite. Just finished the Steig Larsson trilogy and loved it. I also enjoy travel memoirs. Looking for international mystery reccomendations. My dinner date would have to be Hercule Poirot.
Kat wrote: "Hi, Sally! Since you're an avid fan of thrillers, I'm in the hunt for Beta Readers for a psychological thriller manuscript, Blood Clouds. A young, intelligent female detective criminally profiles a..."What do you mean by Beta readers?
Wiki says:"A beta reader (also spelled betareader, or shortened to beta) is a person who reads a written work, generally fiction, with what has been described[1] as "a critical eye, with the aim of improving grammar, spelling, characterization, and general style of a story prior to its release to the general public."
The author or writer, who can be referred to as the alpha reader, may use several "betas" prior to publication. The term "beta" is an appropriation from the software industry which uses the terms "alpha" and "beta" for software that are internal works in progress and publicly released tests, respectively (though a "beta" version may still be tested internally). While the use of the concept and the term is most common among fan fiction writers, it is growing in popularity with novelists, to the point where some have thanked their beta readers (sometimes even referring to them as such) in their acknowledgments. A beta reader, who may or may not be known to the author, can serve as proofreader of spelling and grammar errors or as a traditional editor, working on the "flow" of prose. In fiction, the beta might highlight plot holes or problems with continuity, characterisation or believability; in fiction and non-fiction, the beta might also assist the author with fact-checking.
Other types of writing groups have been known to use the French term, critiquer or the abbreviated, informal version, critter in the same context as beta reader."
Do you have the first chapters posted on Goodreads? You can do that by clicking on Explore and then creative writing. How many chapters of Blood Clouds are complete? Do you just send your completed chapters to your beta readers by email?You can find the beginning of my new fictional novel, Secret Monitor Men on Goodreads. Look for the image of a crossbow. I would classify it under intrigue. You're right about a writer's concern about keeping a story seamless without holes or contradictions. Everyone interprets things differently so it is good to have different people's take on your work.
Hi everyone, I'm Rosanne from Toronto. I grew up reading Rex Stout and Agatha Christie and continue to be an avid thriller and mystery reader - some favourite authors include Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Peter Robinson, Jo Nesbo, Louise Penny, Joy Fielding, David L. Lyndsay, Jonathan Kellerman.......
Kat wrote: "Hi Jamie,I'll check out Secret Moniter Men. It sounds interesting. Does 'Intrigue' fall under the general umbrella of thrillers?
Kat McLaughlin
BLOOD CLOUDS MANUSCRIPT
THE JORDAN IRELAND SERIES"
Yes, it falls under Thrillers. How do your beta readers gain access to your work?
Rosanne wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Rosanne from Toronto. I grew up reading Rex Stout and Agatha Christie and continue to be an avid thriller and mystery reader - some favourite authors include Michael Connelly, Lee ..."
Kat wrote: "Hi Jamie,
I'll check out Secret Moniter Men. It sounds interesting. Does 'Intrigue' fall under the general umbrella of thrillers?
Kat McLaughlin
BLOOD CLOUDS MANUSCRIPT
THE JORDAN IRELAND SERIES"
Yes, I would say so. How do you beta readers get access to your work?
Hi, everyone! My name is Mike. I am a retired English professor, living in southern California wine country with my wife, Kitty, and our two other cats. I love a good international thriller. In retirement, I now have the time I need to both read them and write them. Yes, life is good, and getting hooked into a good thriller just adds to the pleasure. It will be fun interacting with all of you. Greetings from sunny Southern California.
Hello everyone I write in several genres but being a retired policeman I do enjoy a who dunnit with humor.Policemen and Detectives run the gambit from so straight they would give their own mother a parking ticket to just plain bad. Most however are in the middle of that range.
My new novel draws on that experience to show cops are human as well. So if you like a mystery,thriller with humor please try Demon's Coven on kindle.
My current hobbies are watching sports and ocean fishing (in person) and just mucking about in boats.
I used to ride and train race horses, am a qualified mechanic, plasterer and frequent user of spellcheck.
Hi, I love all sorts of mysteries not just murders. Love Tess Gerritson, and Patricia Cornwell too.
Hi everyone, my name is Kim and I joined this group a few days ago but haven't introduced myself. I love mysteries and am looking forward to finding more mysteries outside my normal realm.
Kim wrote: "Hi everyone, my name is Kim and I joined this group a few days ago but haven't introduced myself. I love mysteries and am looking forward to finding more mysteries outside my normal realm."Hi Kim only joined a couple of days ago myself as a new author I was ordered to get out on the internet by the publisher the slave driver that she is.
Eve wrote: "Hi, I love all sorts of mysteries not just murders. Love Tess Gerritson, and Patricia Cornwell too."Hi Eve glad to meet you.
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Well, since there are a bunch of writers, I created a new folder for Giveaways, Competitions, Beta reader requests etc & Author Central (shortened to Giveaways etc & Author Central as the names have to be under 32 digits) - that'll help keep the threads organized easier.
Hi! My name is Phil. I only signed up for this Group yesterday and already received this. I am a retired librarian; had omnivorous ready tastes my whole life. That said, I have only now discovered the Icelandic and Scandinavian mystery writers. Recently read my way through Arnadlur Indridason - Outstanding! Except - his recently released Operation Napoleon, an earlier work and not of the Detective Erlendur series.
Hey! My name is Sruthi. I've only just found this group and have already compiled a list of books/authors I must read!! I've read my fair share of mysteries and thrillers and am currently making my way through Paul C. Doherty's books.
Hi, I'm Abby. I've actually just discovered Goodreads, and of course I came right here. I used to just stick with English mysteries (Cadfael, Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Peters...) but ever since my mother made me listen to the Number One Lady's Detective Agency in the car I've been wanting to try something different. So I'm really excited to start checking out world mysteries
John wrote: "Hello, I'm John from the UK. I've always enjoyed reading mysteries, especially ones with exotic locations that make them more interesting.I like Wallander, Martin Beck and Harry Hole. I'm curre..."
Welcome, John. I also enjoy reading and writing mysteries set in exotic locales.
Mike
John wrote: "Hello, I'm John from the UK. I've always enjoyed reading mysteries, especially ones with exotic locations that make them more interesting.I like Wallander, Martin Beck and Harry Hole. I'm curre..."
Hi John my novel Demon's Coven is set in New York; so not an exotic location but does have some mysterious and exotic characters.
I want to start getting into some world mysteries. What author would you suggest that I start with?
Carrie wrote: "I want to start getting into some world mysteries. What author would you suggest that I start with?"I absolutely love Val McDermid, particularly her Wire in the Blood series.
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Greg Iles is a great writer. Always be willing to read something new or different. You will be pleasantly surprised.
Mike wrote: "John wrote: "Hello, I'm John from the UK. I've always enjoyed reading mysteries, especially ones with exotic locations that make them more interesting.I like Wallander, Martin Beck and Harry Hol..."
I am delighted with my new cover. I think that it truly captures the essence of my thriller, set in both Saudi Arabia and Germany.
Mike
http://www.amazon.com/Covert-Dreams-e...
Susan wrote: "I've read some of the discussions here and think I'd learn a lot. I'm stuck, albeit quite by choice, in the Scandinavian crime fiction genre at present and don't expect to move on in the near futu..."A little to the west in Glaway, Ireland Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor series is worth checking out. The books are noir, compelling and at times incredibly funny.
Hi all! Great to meet you all! I'm a martial arts instructor and writer, originally from Malaysia but currently living in London. Whilst I enjoy a range of genres, crime & thrillers remain my favourite. Crime authors I love include Richard Montanari, Boris Starling and Mark Billingham. I am super-excited about the release of my debut novel in August 2012: ORACLE is a psychological mystery set in London in the run-up to the Olympic Games. I'm hard at work editing it now! :)
Thanks for the invitation. I'm Les AuCoin, a retired 9-term U.S. congressman from Oregon now living in (active) retirement in Bozeman, Montana, where I write articles, essays, book reviews and am working on my first novel, a political thriller. One of these days, I hope to meet James Lee Burke, a great author who works this genre, and who divides his time between Missoula, MT, and New Iberia, LA.
I loved le Carre's early work but his stuff in his twilight years does not satisfy me. I enjoy Burke, Daniel Silva, and will soon try Robert Wilson for the first time.
My other favorite genres are history (especially WWII), biography, autobiography, and both literary and popular fiction.
Kayden wrote: "Hello everyone, was just reading this forum, and thought I would introduce myself. I generally read and write suspense, and am always looking for new work to enjoy. I am currently working on a susp..."Hey, I love it when that happens. I'm reading along while revising and then I think: Hey, did I write this? It's really cool!
Hey there, I'm from the North Shore area near New Orleans, a native. I suppose I started loving mystery with the first Nancy Drew my mother bought for me, which quickly became an addiction. :)
I read almost any sort of mystery/detective/adventure story, Henning Mankell, James Lee Burke, Benjamin Black; John Banville, Lawrence Block, Jo Nesbö, Olen Steinhauer (Author), Harlan Coben, John Le Carré are a few of the authors I've read and enjoyed.
Hi all, I'm Kimberly, I'm 21 and from Ontario Canada. I love mysteries and thrillers but I haven't read many the last few years since I discovered Goodreads my tbr pile has become quiet massive with all the new books I keep finding and adding. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone!
Welcome to all of you. Glad to have you aboard
Hi I'm in freezing cold north northeast USA and working on a project, based on an actual cold case here. It has formed its own shape into a stage-play but I'm trying to work it back into a thriller. Yikes! It's tricky.
Just read up! Fuzzycola, you have a wealth of information and expressed it so well, even I understood it! I love to read and often find litlle mistakes? and often wonder how they get by a proofreader. I'd love to be a beta reader.
Cateline wrote: "Hey there, I'm from the North Shore area near New Orleans, a native. I suppose I started loving mystery with the first Nancy Drew my mother bought for me, which quickly became an addiction. :) ..."Hi Cateline, nice to see a New Orleans area resident on the list. I lived there for 9 years, now go back and forth to visit from Boston. Brrrrr, freezing up here. I've written a couple of crime thrillers set in New Orleans if you're interested.
Diva , #2 in the Frank Renzi series
Absolution
Ada-Lee wrote: "Hi I'm in freezing cold north northeast USA and working on a project, based on an actual cold case here. It has formed its own shape into a stage-play but I'm trying to work it back into a thrille..."Hi Ada-Lee, I'm another writer/reader from the Northeast, freezing my butt off today in Boston. Welcome to the group!
Well thanks Susan, for the welcome! It is cold as all get out up here isn't it? I didn't want to even poke my nose out today but it was daylight and better thoughts prevailed!What are YOU working on?
Hi Ada-Lee, working on my third New Orleans crime thriller. [There are links to the first two a couple of posts above this one.] But getting side-tracked with other business for a couple of days. Which cold case are you working on? Or shouldn't I ask? I recently did a post on the Charles Stuart case on my Dark Deeds blog. Hope it's not that one. :)
Hi All, I'm Michelle from Bristish Columbia, Canada. I have always been a straight up fiction reader, but after reading the Stieg Larrson trilogy I was hooked on mysteries! I have been reading a fair bit of Scandinavian mysteries of late-Liza Marklund is a new favorite. It is snowing like crazy here in BC, so cold, dark and snowy Scandinavian mysteries seem appropriate these days.I have just read a few Australian mysteries and I have fallen in love with the amazing locations and great stories- can't wait to read more Adrian Hyland and Leah Giarratano!
Hello, everyone! My name is Charles A Cornell and my debut thriller, Tiger Paw, is now available in ebook and paperback formats. In Tiger Paw, FBI profiler Scott Forrester hunts an assassin belonging to a demonic East Indian cult that is wreaking havoc on Wall Street, murdering corrupt CEO's at the center of a billionaire's stock scam. Firmly in the assassin’s crosshairs, Scott Forrester is forced underground to stop the killing spree. But will he survive the deal he must make with the Devil to thwart the cult’s plans?.
My website www.CharlesCornell.com has several 'Inside Tiger Paw' features, so you can check to see what Tiger Paw is all about. You will find two 'flipbooks'... a photoessay on the 'Murder, Mystery & Mayhem' inside Tiger Paw and one on the 'Deities, Demons & Legends' from Hindu culture, a unique element that sets Tiger Paw apart within its genre.
I was born in England, raised in Canada and now divide my time between Michigan and Florida. I plan to be online at GoodReads a lot this weekend. Please post, friend or message me and let me know if you want me to set up a separate Author Q&A group. Looking forward to connecting with readers here on GoodReads.
Charles
Tiger Paw
Charles A. Cornell
Hello. Both a reader and writer of books in the mystery/thriller genre. A professional journalist by trade - mostly books relating to martial arts - I've recently dusted off some old novels I had sitting on my computer and begun offering them as ebooks. Just released a detective novel set in Las Vegas but don't want to be accused of spamming here. Anyone who wants to learn more, feel free to go to my author's page.
Hello chaps and chappesses!I'm from South Oxfordshire and a lover of the thriller genre, particularly those that take me on a trip to other countries or parts of the world I know little about. I grew up on a diet of Desmond Bagley, Alistair MacLean, Craig Thomas and Clive Cussler in addition to the horror thrillers of Graham Masterton, F Paul Wilson and James Herbert.
I'm a fan of Gerald Seymour, Robert Harris but mostly now historical thrillers. I liked Wilbur Smith's stuff but not his recent works, and love Bernard Cornwell's books.
Oh, yes - I write as well. But rest assured, I'll not talk about that here, because I hate spammers myself...
Great to meet y'all!
Hi, AdrianWelcome to the group. We have a folder called Author Central where you may talk freely about your books.
Again, glad to have you.
By way of introduction, I'm a professional linguist who just returned from a decade-long stint in the Middle East. I've just released my debut religious thriller A Deceit To Die For. This is not a plug for the book, just a factoid. I love books that mirror the cultural complexity and history of the world we live in. I'm new to Goodreads, so I'm still finding my way around here. While overseas, I read very little English as I really wanted to deepen my understanding of the Turkish language and culture. Now, that I'm back in the States, I want to devote more time to English books, but I'm very particular that the book enrich my world and not be just mind-candy. I would love to here your suggestions for page-turning, yet informative and thought-provoking thrillers. All the best,
Luke Montgomery
Michael Lorde | 3 comments Blind Veil has nine chapters available for a free taste on this blog. If you deem this post spam, by all means please accept my apology and delete. Not intending to offend here, just offering a little free reading for this novel, that you won't find elsewhere. Hope you enjoy and have a great day. http://michaelordeauthor.blogspot.com/
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Just finished Hunger game 1 and 2. The first is better than the second. Well worth the read. I wanted to squeeze it in before I saw the film, so I rushed through both in a day. Not ready to read the third yet.
Welcome back Anna, did you stop in your travels to have a beer with Jim?
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I recently discovered Michael Innes whose novels I find charming and entertaining. I am a fan of Ian Rankin's John Rebus mysteries set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Another favorite series is Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor novels, great Irish noir, witty and thrilling, set in Galway.
Australian mystery writer Arthur Upfield wrote a terrific series often featuring appearances of aboriginal tribes and their customs which figure in the solution. Tony Hillerman was likely influenced by Upfield in writing his wonderful Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee novels set in the Navajo nation.
I'm excited to join this group and learn about authors and books I have never heard of.