Howdy! Let's have some introductions...

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Yep, in Hilpeä Hauki even. :)

[Ken]

I'm jealous! ;)

[Katarina]

Me too! ;-D

Hi to my new friends, Anna and Kenneth.

And hello to everyone else here as well. I'm from Sydney, Australia and love crime fiction and thrillers. Up until fairly recently, I had only read American and UK writer's work, but Stieg Larsson & James Thompson changed all that. I got the taste for a different type of voice. I love Scandinavian writers and am looking forward to trying some from other parts of the world. I love to read books set in countries I have visited or have on my list to visit (so that pretty much means anywhere! ;-D)

[Ivan]

Hi All

I joined this group last night and posted about me and my first novel (The Schmetterling Effect) in the Giveaways etc & Author Central folder under the heading GEOPOLITICAL THRILLER AND FREE KINDLE DAYS. I did not notice that there was a thread devoted to introductions! So, please go to that post for an introduction to an experienced non-fiction writer from Southampton in England, of joint Irish and British nationality, who decided to have a go at writing fiction in his retirement and took the opportunity to give vent to his disillusionment with the European Union and, in particular, its corrosive effect on the weaker members of the Eurozone, especially Greece and Ireland. THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE FREE FROM AMAZON KINDLE FROM TOMORROW (1 JUNE) TILL 5 JUNE. To any readers in Ireland: I appreciate that I have left it rather late to tell you this, but reading my book might affect how you vote on today's referendum!

[Yara]

Hey Ana, Hey everyone.
I'm Yara Hatem from Egypt. and I think am somehow new to the reading word, but I'm glad I joined eventually. It's almost a year now since I started reading and my very first novel to read was 13 reasons why which is somehow a suspense one.
and I think I always loved a good thrill :)

[Nancy]

Hi,

I just joined the group (hadn't really don't much exploring on Goodreads until today). My name is Nancy and I live in Greenville, SC where my daughter owns an independent bookstore. I have read all sorts of fiction genres but my main interests for the past 20 years have been mysteries. Because of this I am now the main mystery/thriller reviewer for the store. I love discovering great new authors, I just wish I had more time to read more.

And, I wish publishers would provide more arcs in audio form. Then I could read a few more each month.

Another great plus from my daughter's store is getting to meet authors in person. She hasn't had too many mystery authors come for signings but Sophie Hannah is coming in July and I am beyond excited.

[Charles]

The video trailer for my mystery thriller, Tiger Paw has just be released on YouTube and my website www.CharlesACornell.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1cu6...

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?

Regards... Charles

Tiger Paw

[Anagha]

Hi! I'm Anagha, from India. I love to read suspense and thriller(duh? how obvious) anyways. I like medical thrillers. I'm reading a Robin cook novel- Chromosome 6 At The moment.

[Patrick]

Hello, I am Patrick, and I live in York, Maine. I have been reading mystery/crime novels for many years. I find reading novels from authors in different countries to be very exciting and interesting. I have read most of the Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri novels based in Italy. I have also read many of the top Scandinavian novels over the past 2 years. I recently finished novels by Domingo Villar (Spain), Gerald O'Donovan (Ireland), Martin Walker (France), Dan Waddell (England) and Peter Temple (Australia).

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Howdy y'all news & welcome :)
Mmm, some awesome selection there Patrick. I'll need to keep some of those names on my shopping list as I so far haven't found anything decent where the story is located in Ireland or Australia.

[Shaun]

Hello There folks!

Shaun here glad to be apart of such an awesome group I am currently tackling Ian Fleming's James Bond series in Chronological order, I am on the 12th book " You only live twice" with the occasional self defense books thrown in as well. look forward to reading your posts - cheers!

[Anita]

Just finished Red Wolfby Liza Marklund. Very atmospheric Swedish noir, but a bit of a tough slog having not read anything beyond her contribution to James Patterson's The Postcard Killers.

[Britt]

Hello friends! My name is Britt and I am an avid enthusiast of mysteries and thrillers.

My favorite authors in this genre are Ken Follett and Stieg Larrson. I have read almost every single one of Ken's books. I am currently re-reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Being a lifelong fan of mysteries and thrillers, I finally became a writer. I recently released my first novel, an offbeat WWII thriller with a lounge singing female spy as the main character.

In case you want to scope it out...

[Leighton]

Hi Folks,
This looks like a group for me.
I love to read mysteries set in different countries.
And I also collaborate on a blog with six other people who write the genre.
We don't post about our books, or the craft of writing, but rather about subjects of human, cultural and historical interest that take place, or have taken place, in the countries in which we set our stories. And, sometimes, Tim Hallinan rants. And, sometimes, Yrsa Sigurdardottir can be very funny. Why don't you drop in and see if you like it? There's a new post every day of the week -- and we strive to please. Check us out here: http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/

[Ken]

Welcome Leighton, I've got four of your books. James Thompson is a fan of yours. He was my inspiration to read your books.

[Patrick]

Leighton wrote: "Hi Folks,
This looks like a group for me.
I love to read mysteries set in different countries.
And I also collaborate on a blog with six other people who write the genre.
We don't post about our bo..."

Hi Leighton, I have read all five of your books, plus 3 of Yrsa's books, 3 by Jeffrey Siger and 2 by Dan Waddell. I will get to the remaining authors soon. I do enjoy your blog, as you all give a lot of inside information about the countries you write about.

[Leighton]

Hi Patrick,
All five?
Gosh, I'm flattered!
So I guess you like my writing enough to be interested in the new one: it's entitled PERFECT HATRED and launches in the US in February.
Meanwhile, my publisher tossed me a bone. They're republishing the first-in-series, BLOOD OF THE WICKED, in a low-priced paperback edition. It comes out tomorrow, and I'd be very pleased if you'd recommend it to folks. It's a bit grittier than the ones that followed, but it's still the one to start with.

Patrick wrote: "Leighton wrote: "Hi Folks,
This looks like a group for me.
I love to read mysteries set in different countries.
And I also collaborate on a blog with six other people who write the genre.
We don't ..."

[Leighton]

Hi Kenneth,
Thanks.
I'm a fan of Jim's as well.
An ardent one.
For those of you as yet unfamiliar with his work, may I refer you to my review of HELSINKI WHITE here on Goodreads?

Kenneth wrote: "Welcome Leighton, I've got four of your books. James Thompson is a fan of yours. He was my inspiration to read your books."

[Bill]

Hi everyone - My name is Bill and I am new to this group and relitively new to Goodreads. I generally read a wide variety of books, and I have recently started favoring Nordic Mysteries. In particular, I really enjoy the novels of Jo Nesbo. I would welcome any recommendations for comparable novels.

[T.J.]

I'm please to meet you, Anna. I've been an avid reader since third grade, along about the time my parents grounded me and took away the television, and I enjoy almost all the genres. Simon & Schuster is pubbing my second novel on Oct. 2, and I just got news that the novel was also accepted by a German publisher. That's my first foreign rights sale and I'm still celebrating.

I'm looking forward to interacting with the group.

Best,

T. J. Forrester

[[deleted user]]

Hey everyone! I am new to the group from Bhopal, India. I am a self-confessed bibliophile. I love reading books of all genres but i mostly prefer reading crime fiction. I am an avid fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I love reading spy thrillers and at the moment George Smiley and Jason Bourne are my favorite. I am really glad that i joined goodreads and i look forward to all the discussions.

[Shua]

hey everybody!i m frm mumbai. i love reading crime fiction, adventures, thrillers..etc. i loved reading shrlock holmes..finished wid it two yrs back. i find agatha christie's poirot collection very interesting and i loved reading dan brown's books.. hope he gives us many more.

[Ken]

Hi, to Aruna and Shua from India.

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Are there any good, noir Indian writers or crime series you'd recommend, Aruna or Shua? Like an Indian Jo Nesbø or Michael Connelly or something like those...

[Mary]

Hello, I'm new to Goodreads and this fabulous group. I love police procedurals, especially Nordic ones. I did just finish Death in Breslau by Polish author Marek Krajewski - not for cozy fans!

[Ken]

Hi Mary, then you should read The End Of The World In Breslau by Marek Krajewski to wind up your Polish fix. Always welcome to the Nordic scene.

[Mary]

Kenneth wrote: "Hi Mary, then you should read The End Of The World In Breslau by Marek Krajewski to wind up your Polish fix. Always welcome to the Nordic scene."

Thanks for the tip. I'll put the book at the top of my "To Be Read" pile. I'd love to know about other good Polish crime writers as well.

[Sara]

Hi Everyone!
I'm a mystery lover...Nesbo and Stieg Larrson are some of my favorites. I'm also a writer and my current novel is an international thriller set in Florida, where I live. One thing I like about Nesbo and Larrson is the complexity of their characters and plots...Their works really are full-fledged novels and also have the mystery/thriller element to make them even more enjoyable. Great stuff! Looking forward to hearing about other writers I will love.

[[deleted user]]

Ciao y'all!

I'm a female-spies fan from Australia.

I'm into suspenseful,bone-chilling,page-gripping,exciting thrillers,mysteries and sometimes even horrors.

I don't read(at least I try not to) trilogies,where I have to read all the books to see the end,or to understand what's going on.

I also have a weak spot of humours in books.My favourite authors are Linda Howard and Mary H. Clark,just to name few.

Check out my shelves and feel free to add me!

[[deleted user]]

Anna wrote: "Are there any good, noir Indian writers or crime series you'd recommend, Aruna or Shua? Like an Indian Jo Nesbø or Michael Connelly or something like those..."

Hey Anna! Umm... well, you don't get to read books of Indian crime authors here. I haven't read any actually. But I can suggest you this book: The Perfect Murder HRF Keating. It's a wonderful detective book about an Indian sleuth called Inspector Ghote. It's an amazing book. I think you should read it. Hope you like it.

[Olivier]

There are so many good books, but I love Mankell, Craig Johnson, Bjorn Larsson's The Celtic Ring and Kerstin Ekman's Blackwater. Johnson has a great sense of humour, B. Larsson and Ekman are darker, but equally gripping. Also read quite a lot of non-fiction, so usually several titles on the go. Sure I'm not the only one with books piling up next to the bed...? Btw Marsha, if you like Reacher, you might be interested in reading Otto Penzler's The Lineup, in which crime writers talk about their lead characters

[Shua]

Aruna wrote: "Anna wrote: "Are there any good, noir Indian writers or crime series you'd recommend, Aruna or Shua? Like an Indian Jo Nesbø or Michael Connelly or something like those..."

Hey Anna! Umm... well, ...i havent read any indian authors yet... so sorry i cant recommend any...
"

[Dyuti]

Hello everyone. I'm from India and though I am open to reading mostly any genre as long as its well written, I do enjoy crime fiction more than things like YA and chick lit. I look toward to getting good suggestions and discovering my next big read from this group.

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Great to have more readers here - best way to get new suggestions for the next reads for everyone. :)

Sara, what I love with Nesbø, Larsson and a bunch of (kind of) similar authors is the complexity. I love great characters that are with a lot of spice and edge and that you feel you get to know well. And plots that are insanely complex (like try Nesbø or Connelly, and when the crime seems to solve on page 120, it will seem solved again on page 180, 240, 320, 357, 451, 567...) and full of twists. I love also the classic spy genre like Robert Ludlum; he wrote best when he was outraged by something. Whatever mood it takes to get an awesome fabric of people (who drive the story - people and action first, dialog as the characters do it or as just happens), places, action...
Fortunately there are many awesome authors who are friends with their complex characters. :)

[Pilar]

Hello,
I've just joined this group and Goodreads.

Like Anna, I would love to have dinner with Montalbano, especially if he chooses the restaurant or brings food from home.

I do love a good thriller I can't put down and usually end up with an Ian Rankin or M Connelly. I prefer to read Camillieri in a Spanish translation, the characters' speech is hilarious.

Lorenzo Silva is a must for a Spanish read. And for a more classical feel, I like Anne Perry, as I've already read most books by the wonderful Agatha.

I've written a couple of books myself but none of them are thrillers, I would't dare! You'd know "who did it" on page 1.

[Alejandrina]

Hi,

I'm Alejandrina from Orlando, Fl. I love to read international mysteries for the local flavor and to learn about other places in an engaging way. Some favorites: Peter Robinson (British), Andrea Camilleri (Italian - Sicily), Donna Leon (Italian - Venice), Louise Penny (Quebec), Tana French (Ireland), Susan Hill (British), Arnaldur Indridason (Icenland)...Could go on for a while.

I'm looking forward to learning what others like!

[Angela]

I am also a fan of Peter Robinson, Tana French, Susan Hill and I love Arnaldur Indridason. I must check out Andrea Camilleri and Donna Leon. So many books, so little time lol

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Yep, life is too short for bad books, food, wine, or movies
Welcome :)

[J.J.]

Hi everyone!Glad to be here. I wanted to introduce myself, I'm Jana J.J. McGraw. I enjoy reading and really love to write! I hope you will also visit my FB page www.facebook.com/janaJ.J.Mcgraw

[Lance]

I've been on Goodreads since December 2011 and have reviewed ~70 books so far.

You'll find a stew of things if you look through my "Read" shelf, but you'll eventually figure out my main favorites are mysteries, thrillers and intrigue; on the non-fiction side, I usually go for history, architecture, maritime archaeology and art crime.

I've been writing since forever -- mostly mysteries, thrillers and intrigue (natch) -- and my international thriller Doha 12 is available for Kindle and in trade paperback (for more info, go to www.wombatgroup.com). I also tweet (@lcharnes) about shipwrecks, scuba, archaeology and art crime.

[Wanda]

I am from Florida and recently retired from 35 years in secondary education-teaching and administration. So now, I really have time to read! I love mysteries and most especially psychological thrillers and Kay Hooper is one of my favorites--being a History major I must add that historical mysteries are also at the top of my list. I do like to read mysteries set around the world and have found several new and interesting authors by looking for mysteries in other countries.

[Marjie]

Hi, everyone. I'm currently reading every book in the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva - just can't get enough! By trade, I'm a grant writer, but by avocation I'm a poet and illustrator with the dream of writing mysteries based on a particular character. Just not sure what I'm going to do with myself after finishing off the mysterious Gabriel Allon:)

[Heather]

Hi everyone. I just came across your group whilst browsing the site. I thought I would join you and introduce myself. My name is Heather and I'm from Watford (just north of London) UK. I do try to read a broad range of books, and I'm currently tackling Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. However I do love a good thriller! I've read Steig Larsson, and quite a few Jo Nesbo. I've recently finished Three Seconds by Roslund and Hellstrom, which I also enjoyed. I always look out for news authors so I'll be looking out for some recommendations here!

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Welcome :)
An awesome selection of tastes and locations and it's getting better. I hope you'll find some good suggestions for the next reads here.

[Roger]

Hello: My name is Roger Woodbury. I live near Belfast, Maine. Right now I am writing the second in the Adriana Barrows series. The first book is entitled "The Mists of Adriana" and I believe the second will be entitled "The Mists of Adriana: The Mists Darken". The story is a romantic thriller. The principal character is a former Army officer (Vietnam) who give assistance to a woman whose car is stopped beside a deserted stretch of road near Acadia National Park one cold winter morning. An early autumn/late spring relationship develops when the couple later discover each has somethings to offer the other. This is a story about drug trafficking and the people who get sucked into its ugliness sometimes when they least expect it. As the main character will learn again a lesson he learned long ago in the fog of war, when things seem too good to be true, they usually are.

The story takes place entirely in Maine. There is neither magic nor magic thinking in any of this. My characters are intended to seem real and the settings are real places and drawn to make the reader a part of what is happening. Oh, yes, and I need to add that the sex is left at the doorway of the bedroom.

The book is available on Amazon in both paperback and eBook versions and will be available through Smashwords in May.

The book began quite a few years ago when I was the editor of a newsletter for an on-line sports car club devoted to the Porsche 928. I began to write a serial for the newsletter entitled "Driving Every Day." The second installment of that serial was the first chapter in a story about a guy who helps a woman one cold morning when while driving his Porsche 928, he encountered her stopped with a flat tire. Sounds like the description above, I know.

Well the newsletter fell of its own weight: I had not the time nor energy to write the whole thing myself every month, and I moved on to other things. Two years ago, I was sifting through some old stuff and came across the first chapter and a half of what had been written. I read it to my wife and she suggested that I should finish the story as a novel, and thusly, "The Mists of Adriana" was born.

I am looking forward to reading about what other people in this group are doing and writing about.

Roger M. Woodbury

[Paula]

Heather wrote: "Hi everyone. I just came across your group whilst browsing the site. I thought I would join you and introduce myself. My name is Heather and I'm from Watford (just north of London) UK. I do try to ..."

alo! i´m paula from lisbon(portugal) and if you enjoyed stieg larsson maybe try the hening mankel books, they are good...you have also daniel silva and james rollins books...also patricia cornwell, elizabeth george,val mcdermid, minette walters...they are all good books....

[Anna, Moderator & Founder]

Hi Roger and Paula, welcome. :)
Maine sounds good. :)

Paula, would you have any recommendations for good Portuguese (or Brazilian) crime authors that might be - or at least should be - available in English too? I think the nicest one set in Lisbon I've read so far is A Small Death in Lisbon, by Robert Wilson, an expat Brit.

[Jeremy]

After joining the Scandicrime group which is great fun, I was pleased to come across this one, as I have wide ranging interests, including the charming Dr Siri Paibon series starting with The Coroner's Lunch. From my list, some of my other favorites include An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Meaning of Night, and the epic The Quincunx. I'm particularly fond of mysteries dealing with bibliophilia and antiquities, such as The Club Dumas, The Book of Air and Shadows, and Gospel. Thanks for creating this group, some much to discover here.

[Paula]

Anna wrote: "Hi Roger and Paula, welcome. :)
Maine sounds good. :)

Paula, would you have any recommendations for good Portuguese (or Brazilian) crime authors that might be - or at least should be - available i..."

alo anna!I read that robert wilson book and others from him...about portuguese books I don´t read it,only one writer portuguese who lives in america and all books are good is Daniel Silva, they´ve action and thriller and when you start to read it we can´t stop to know the end of story....

[Steven T.]

Hi all,

I just discovered this group. I'm a translator of mostly crime fiction: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Camilla Läckberg, Klaus Rifbjerg, Peter Prange, Karin Alvtegen, Jan Guillou, and other authors from Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian.

My latest is SNOW WHITE MUST DIE by Nele Neuhaus -- a bestselling German police procedural from the Taunus area near Frankfurt. Neuhaus weaves a complex web in her depiction of village paranoia and dark secrets. And her detective duo, Oliver von Bodenstein and Pia Kirchhoff, are fully drawn characters with private lives as complex as the mysteries they have to solve. Available in hardback and ebook. Give it a try. More in the series will be coming from St. Martin's.

Questions about any of my authors are welcome!

Steve
(Steven T. Murray aka Reg Keeland)