May 2020 ~ What are you reading?
DiscussieCrime, Thriller & Mystery
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2Molly3028
Starting this OverDrive audiobook ~
Camino Winds by John Grisham (pulled plug early on)
(Camino Island, book 2/a murder in the midst of a hurricane)
Camino Winds by John Grisham (pulled plug early on)
(Camino Island, book 2/a murder in the midst of a hurricane)
3leslie.98
I am reading Night Soldiers by Alan Furst - not as exciting as I had hoped but I haven't gotten too far into it yet (about 20% done).
In audiobook, I am rereading The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers.
In audiobook, I am rereading The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers.
4nrmay
Just started I found you by Lisa Jewell.
Good so far; I like British mysteries!
Good so far; I like British mysteries!
5gailo
Less Than a Moment by Steven Havill.
Yesterday I finished The Corpse in the Snowman by Nicholas Blake, which was not very good. It was written in 1940, and the plot revolves around someone who had a drug habit, and it's convoluted and the motivations don't make much sense, and I don't think he knew much about drugs.
Yesterday I finished The Corpse in the Snowman by Nicholas Blake, which was not very good. It was written in 1940, and the plot revolves around someone who had a drug habit, and it's convoluted and the motivations don't make much sense, and I don't think he knew much about drugs.
7seitherin
Added The Names of the Dead by Kevin Wignall to my reading rotation.
8Molly3028
Enjoying this OverDrive audiobook ~
The Inn by James Patterson
(thriller/Bill Robinson is a former Boston cop/Gloucester, MA drug issues)
The Inn by James Patterson
(thriller/Bill Robinson is a former Boston cop/Gloucester, MA drug issues)
9patwo
The Wych Elm by Tana French. Not one of the Dublin murders, but just as good.
10ManyBooks_LittleTime
Into my 8th week of self-sequestering and have settled into a routine, much of which involves reading mystery fiction. I begin and end my days with a book in hand while passing the middle time with walks and tele-working, and I know how fortunate I am to be able to stay employed.
Reading tastes and delights are running in the hard-boiled mystery sub-genres of private investigator and police procedurals: Ross MacDonald’s Lew Archer, John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee, Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct cops, Simenon’s Maigret, and the somewhat more recent 1990s Charlie Resnick character of John Harvey. Not being the self-analyzing sort, my view that in these tough times I’m resorting to and getting comfort from hard-nosed tough protagonists could be all piffle. I just know that the characters and the usual ending of justice being done works for me. I have neither desire nor interest in moral ambiguity at the present time nor do I relish unreliable narrators. May the good guys (people) win.
Reading tastes and delights are running in the hard-boiled mystery sub-genres of private investigator and police procedurals: Ross MacDonald’s Lew Archer, John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee, Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct cops, Simenon’s Maigret, and the somewhat more recent 1990s Charlie Resnick character of John Harvey. Not being the self-analyzing sort, my view that in these tough times I’m resorting to and getting comfort from hard-nosed tough protagonists could be all piffle. I just know that the characters and the usual ending of justice being done works for me. I have neither desire nor interest in moral ambiguity at the present time nor do I relish unreliable narrators. May the good guys (people) win.
11leslie.98
>10 ManyBooks_LittleTime: said: " I just know that the characters and the usual ending of justice being done works for me. I have neither desire nor interest in moral ambiguity at the present time nor do I relish unreliable narrators. May the good guys (people) win."
I'm with you there 100%! I am finding that solace in older Golden Age mysteries but for the same reasons. I enjoyed most of the series you mentioned but am not ready to reread them at the moment, preferring Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, R. Austin Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke and Dorothy L. Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey. Georges Simenon's Maigret series is of interest to me but as I am trying to read them somewhat in (publication) order, it depends on their availability at the library... I am not familiar with Charlie Resnick/John Harvey - I'll have to add that to my list of series to check out!
I'm with you there 100%! I am finding that solace in older Golden Age mysteries but for the same reasons. I enjoyed most of the series you mentioned but am not ready to reread them at the moment, preferring Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, R. Austin Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke and Dorothy L. Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey. Georges Simenon's Maigret series is of interest to me but as I am trying to read them somewhat in (publication) order, it depends on their availability at the library... I am not familiar with Charlie Resnick/John Harvey - I'll have to add that to my list of series to check out!
12leslie.98
I have finished Night Soldiers - it took a while for it to really catch my interest but the second half of the book made it worth it. I ended up giving it 3.5* partly for the historical fiction aspect but it is a grim book depicting a grim time (Eastern Europe in the 1930s & then WW2) so perhaps not the right choice for reading right now.
More to my taste was the audiobook edition of Death of a Dude, the most recent Nero Wolfe in my attempt to read through the series in publication order. Not many left to go now and I have finished all my owned books in the series :)
In this entry in the series, Wolfe goes to Montana because Archie has decided to take an unpaid leave of absence to help out Lily Rowan's ranch foreman who has been arrested for murder.
And today I finished my final Dr. Thorndyke book - The Jacob Street Mystery. Not one of the best of the series but it was fun to see Polton again in a major role. I liked Dr. Thorndyke's area of expertise - medical jurisprudence - which I guess today would be called forensics (Thorndyke is a qualified medical doctor and a lawyer as well) which struck me as unusual for books written in the 1910-1940s. These aren't private detective stories (such as Christie's Poirot or Doyle's Holmes) but they aren't police procedurals (such as Marsh's Alleyn or Tey's Inspector Grant) either but something in between.
More to my taste was the audiobook edition of Death of a Dude, the most recent Nero Wolfe in my attempt to read through the series in publication order. Not many left to go now and I have finished all my owned books in the series :)
In this entry in the series, Wolfe goes to Montana because Archie has decided to take an unpaid leave of absence to help out Lily Rowan's ranch foreman who has been arrested for murder.
And today I finished my final Dr. Thorndyke book - The Jacob Street Mystery. Not one of the best of the series but it was fun to see Polton again in a major role. I liked Dr. Thorndyke's area of expertise - medical jurisprudence - which I guess today would be called forensics (Thorndyke is a qualified medical doctor and a lawyer as well) which struck me as unusual for books written in the 1910-1940s. These aren't private detective stories (such as Christie's Poirot or Doyle's Holmes) but they aren't police procedurals (such as Marsh's Alleyn or Tey's Inspector Grant) either but something in between.
13Raspberrymocha
Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
3 1/2*
A freak lightening bolt zaps a a transformer in Ohio and causes a cascade outage on the electrical grid which causes a blackout in New York City, just as Regan And Jack Reilly return to their loft apartment. Regan thinks she hears a noise as the lights go out. She heads up to the rooftop terrace to investigate. The would be thief slams the door locking Reilly out of the apartment. Regan's friend, Kit, calls for help, as she is left alone at a comedy club where she had gone with a business acquaintance. The woman went out of the club for s cigarette tight as the lights blinked out. Kit, on crutches, needed a way to get back to her hotel, so she calls Regan. Meanwhile Jack is called back to police headquarters to help deal with the blackout. An art gallery is broken into, a younger blonde man is in danger from a a crazy vengeful woman, and Regan has to untangle the mess while dealing with her breakin. The story takes place in one night, and is fast paced.
3 1/2*
A freak lightening bolt zaps a a transformer in Ohio and causes a cascade outage on the electrical grid which causes a blackout in New York City, just as Regan And Jack Reilly return to their loft apartment. Regan thinks she hears a noise as the lights go out. She heads up to the rooftop terrace to investigate. The would be thief slams the door locking Reilly out of the apartment. Regan's friend, Kit, calls for help, as she is left alone at a comedy club where she had gone with a business acquaintance. The woman went out of the club for s cigarette tight as the lights blinked out. Kit, on crutches, needed a way to get back to her hotel, so she calls Regan. Meanwhile Jack is called back to police headquarters to help deal with the blackout. An art gallery is broken into, a younger blonde man is in danger from a a crazy vengeful woman, and Regan has to untangle the mess while dealing with her breakin. The story takes place in one night, and is fast paced.
14mvo62
I have recently enjoyed:
The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell
The Lantern Men, by Elly Griffiths
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
The Understudy, by Sophie Hannah
Mortmain Hall, by Martin Edwards
Restless by William Boyd
Those People by Louise Candlish
and then back to the Golden Age with Death Goes to School by Q. Patrick and Death, My Darling Daughters by Jonathan Stagge.
The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell
The Lantern Men, by Elly Griffiths
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
The Understudy, by Sophie Hannah
Mortmain Hall, by Martin Edwards
Restless by William Boyd
Those People by Louise Candlish
and then back to the Golden Age with Death Goes to School by Q. Patrick and Death, My Darling Daughters by Jonathan Stagge.
15Molly3028
Enjoying a revisit with this favorite series via an OverDrive audiobook ~
White Sister by Stephen J. Cannell
(Shane Scully, book 6/LAPD detective/Shane's wife is missing)
White Sister by Stephen J. Cannell
(Shane Scully, book 6/LAPD detective/Shane's wife is missing)
17Roycrofter
House of Spies by Daniel Silva. Consistently good reading from this author.
18seitherin
Finished The Names of the Dead by Kevin Wignall. Better than I expected.
19rabbitprincess
Just finished reading Beware of the Trains, by Edmund Crispin, a collection of short stories mostly featuring Gervase Fen.
Next up in crime will probably be The End of the Line, by Stephen Legault, a historical mystery set in Alberta in 1884.
Next up in crime will probably be The End of the Line, by Stephen Legault, a historical mystery set in Alberta in 1884.
20leslie.98
>19 rabbitprincess: Oh, that reminds me that I should read Crispin's The Long Divorce this month.
I have finished book #6 in Martin Walker's Bruno, Chief of Police series - The Resistance Man. Enjoyable but not quite as good as some of the earlier books. 3*
I have finished book #6 in Martin Walker's Bruno, Chief of Police series - The Resistance Man. Enjoyable but not quite as good as some of the earlier books. 3*
21gypsysmom
I've just started listening to The Dry by Jane Harper and am enjoying it as much as I expected to from all the raves people have given it.
22rabbitprincess
Moving from historical Canada to historical India with A Rising Man, by Abir Mukherjee.
23Raspberrymocha
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark
3 *
Regan Reilly, PI, is trying to get her things organized in a storage facility during a snowstorm. Her new husband is in Florida on police business. As luck would have it, a friend in LA called requesting help tracking a former boyfriend who borrowed $100,000. It was money which Abigail's grandma had given her for a down payment on a home. So, Regan jumped on a jet and headed west to sunshine. As Abigail's bad luck would have it, Abigail becomes a person of interest in a murder of a wealthy old man, which she used to know. Regan has her hands full with stalkers, lost movie scripts, the police, and finding the missing boyfriend. It was a quick short read.
3 *
Regan Reilly, PI, is trying to get her things organized in a storage facility during a snowstorm. Her new husband is in Florida on police business. As luck would have it, a friend in LA called requesting help tracking a former boyfriend who borrowed $100,000. It was money which Abigail's grandma had given her for a down payment on a home. So, Regan jumped on a jet and headed west to sunshine. As Abigail's bad luck would have it, Abigail becomes a person of interest in a murder of a wealthy old man, which she used to know. Regan has her hands full with stalkers, lost movie scripts, the police, and finding the missing boyfriend. It was a quick short read.
24Molly3028
Enjoying this OverDrive audiobook ~
The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (4+ stars)
(book #15/an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz is murdered)
The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (4+ stars)
(book #15/an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz is murdered)
25Molly3028
Starting this OverDrive audiobook ~
The New Husband: A Novel by D.J. Palmer
(psych thriller/too good to be true?/hidden motives!)
The New Husband: A Novel by D.J. Palmer
(psych thriller/too good to be true?/hidden motives!)
26gmathis
Enjoying a check-your-brains-at-the-door cozy, The Final Crumpet, primarily because of its setting (a tea antiquities museum).
27Roycrofter
Just starting The Promise by Robert Crais. Always good fun to return to my old home town.
28rabbitprincess
Forgot I'd borrowed a mystery from my library via Overdrive, so will have to get to A Matter of Malice, by Thomas King, in the next 10 days.
29seitherin
Added Dark Tomorrow by Reece Hirsch to my reading rotation.
30ted74ca
A debut crime fiction novel, set in Edinburgh, that I thought was a pretty good read: All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew
31Molly3028
Enjoying this OverDrive Kindle eBook Alexa reads to me ~
Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen
(London, late 1800s/mystery tale which unfolds in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen)
Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen
(London, late 1800s/mystery tale which unfolds in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen)
32Raspberrymocha
Wrecked by Carol Higgins Clark
3*
Regan and Jack Reilly decide to go to Cape Cod to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They are staying at Jack's parents' vacation home. Unfortunately, the weather is terribly stormy. Elderly neighbors had a tree limb crash through a window, so they run over to where the Reilly's are staying. Then the young caretaker of the Reilly property finds the body of another neighbor at the bottom of the outdoor stairs to the beach. He runs to Jack and Regan for help. The surf is so high, that the neighbor appears to have washed out into the ocean. Regan and Jack's plans for a nice quiet private anniversary also seem to have become a victim to the storm. I did not like some of the characters who were incredibly stupid, emotional, gossipy, and simply unlikeable. It was an ok book, but nothing special.
3*
Regan and Jack Reilly decide to go to Cape Cod to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They are staying at Jack's parents' vacation home. Unfortunately, the weather is terribly stormy. Elderly neighbors had a tree limb crash through a window, so they run over to where the Reilly's are staying. Then the young caretaker of the Reilly property finds the body of another neighbor at the bottom of the outdoor stairs to the beach. He runs to Jack and Regan for help. The surf is so high, that the neighbor appears to have washed out into the ocean. Regan and Jack's plans for a nice quiet private anniversary also seem to have become a victim to the storm. I did not like some of the characters who were incredibly stupid, emotional, gossipy, and simply unlikeable. It was an ok book, but nothing special.
33rabbitprincess
Next up in crime: one of several British Library Crime Classics my library ordered in ebook form. Currently reading Family Matters, by Anthony Rolls.
