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This is one of my favorite discussion threads because I get to see what everyone else is reading!

Thanks for setting this thread up Nancy. I totally agree with you, it's such an excellent thread as I get lots of great ideas for future reads.

Here are my first mysteries of 2021.

1. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
2. The Bookseller by Mark Pryor
3. The Torso in the Town by Simon Brett
4. Pray for a Brave Heart by Helen MacInnes

My review of A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

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you're welcome, Bill.

starting 2021 with nonfiction
Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain

plus a crime novel: The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake.

still working on Great North Road = 70%
and
Birds of Prey = (47%)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two = 25%

Great North Road is a mystery / science fiction genre bender. It's quite interesting by very, very long @ 977 pages

I just finished listening Pretty Things

A fun, entertaining book. Here’s a link to my four star review:
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Everybody is busy already... :) Happy 2021.

The Fingersmith

I finished my 1st book

I just finished Black Coral

A well done, fast paced police procedural. Here’s a link to my four star review:
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Band of Sisters: A Novel by Lauren Willig
This is historical fiction,set in WWI, about a group of Smith college American women who volunteer to go the French front lines in 1917. The book is based upon a group of Smith College women who did exactly that. The characters are fictional, but much of the book is based upon letters written by them.. My 4 star review /review/show...

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71% into Hannibal Rising hope the rest of the year goes as well!

Now starting WHITE SKY, BLACK ICE by Stan Jones, the first book in his Nathan Active mystery series set in Alaska.

I really like when people state what book they've finished reading and then give one or two lines about the book. If it sounds interesting I might want to read it.

I just finished my third book of the year:

Birds of Prey by J.A. Jance which takes her Seattle policeman on an Alaskan cruise. Interesting read

My second book (short story) was Xingu by Edith Wharton which was hilarious. Pretentious book club ladies are one upped by one of their members exposing their ignorance.

Finished reading The Law of Innocence

by Michael Connelly

My Review

I have taken 4 off my Netgalley shelf last week: my first Netgalley audiobook, Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons /review/show...


The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon /review/show...


Bloodline by Jess Lourey /review/show...


And Single Mother by Samantha Hayes /review/show...

Plus one library book Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden /review/show...


And one that I own Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly by Billy Connolly /review/show...

Currently reading Force of Nature by Jane Harper

The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

And Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

Currently reading:
1) A Death Most Monumental (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #8)
Kirk, J.D. - I LOVE this series. Perhaps my favorite police procedurals. Love the characters, background stories and humor. I listen to these through Audible. Excellent narration. Takes place in the Highlands of Scotland. P.S. JD Kirk is the pen name the author, Barry J. Hutchison, takes for these books.

2) The Whisper Man by Alex North - "In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town." I just started so can't comment yet. It seems to be well-written and has captured my attention after just 2 chapters.

First book finished, only 3*, shame as I was looking forward to reading it Hannibal Rising

I'm about 60% through Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain; most likely a 5-star read. If nothing else, it's a great book to start this reading year.

I finished:


Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Rating: 3 stars
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and I started reading:


Die Trying by Lee Child

finished my 4th book of the year: Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton. From the blurb for the book:

"In the year 2143, a man is murdered, and Sidney Hurst, the detective assigned to the case, must wade through the evidence to find the culprit. Well, wade isn’t exactly the word, because the evidence is pretty sparse. Physical traces of the murderer are virtually nonexistent, the scene of the crime is unknown (the body was dumped), and even the victim’s identity is a mystery. Hurst knows the dead man is a North, a member of an extended family of clones, but nobody seems to be able to figure out which of the many hundreds of Norths he might be. Oh, and there’s also the tantalizing possibility that the unknown killer might be the same creature that slaughtered another North and 13 other people two decades ago. And that’s just the setup of this epic-size SF mystery (which morphs, the deeper you go into the story, into something else entirely). "

it's very much a police procedural as well as a SciFi book. I really enjoyed it

My first completed book of the year was nearly impossible to put down! The Silent Wife /review/show...

CBRetriever wrote: "I really like when people state what book they've finished reading and then give one or two lines about the book. If it sounds interesting I might want to read it.

I just finished my third book of..."

I love Edith Wharton's books and short stories. She is one of my all-time favorite writers. "Xingu" made me laugh -- definitely poetic justice there.

RJ from the LBC wrote: "I finished:


Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Rating: 3 stars
Review/review/show......"

Not a Flynn fan myself, but I am definitely going to read her take on Hamlet (supposedly this year) which is the latest entry in the Hogarth Shakespeare retelling series.

I finished Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 5 days ago. I loved it! It’s not that long, not edge-of-your-seat thriller but definitely worth your time! I liked her writing style, the way she portrays her characters, and also the ending of the story.

Stated listening to Nightmates and Dreamscapes volume 3

I just finished The Postscript Murders


A very entertaining cosy mystery. Here’s a link to my four star review:
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Long Bright River I loved the book. It took me a long time to finish because it accidentally included it in some books I left for a friend with covid. Both my friend and the book have emerged in good shape.

Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake

In this first book in the comical 'Space Police' series, a detective wakes up 450 years after he was cryogenically frozen, returns to the police force, and is tasked with finding a missing cow.

Fun story. 3.5 stars

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I just finished Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith - and I loved it. It's over 900 pages but I think I'll reread it. It's one of those book I don't want to end.
It's the best of the series, my opinion. :)

Started reading Cover Her Face by P.D. James

I've been reading Never Too Late: A Novel by Robyn Carr

About to start invisible girl (Lisa Jewell) and the postscript murders (griffiths)

Marwan wrote: "Started reading Cover Her Face by P.D. James"

It's a great series.

I finished my 2nd book

Finished reading All the Devils Are Here

by Louise Penny

My Review

A Clash of Spheres by P.F. Chisholm is the eighth in this favourite historical mystery series where the dashing Sir Robert Carey is always close to being assassinated! Scotland, 1592.
4.5� rounded up Link to my Clash of Spheres review

I just finished listening to The House on Vesper Sands

Here’s a link to my three star review:
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Just started The Coroner not sure at the moment as it is so different from the TV series, I knew part of the difference but not all.

Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr

Gideon Fell #1. English cozy written in 1933 and it reads like it. Fat detective, smartest guy in the room, drinks beer; remind you of anyone? I found it slow and very English -- just not my cup of tea.

hi guys i have question i just bought An Anonymous Girl but there is a book ''The Wife Between Us'' published before, so should i read it first before start ?

I've finished reading Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain. A fine read. Now starting The Beast Must Die, after which (speaking of John Dickson Carr), it will be The Problem of the Green Capsule, aka The Black Spectacles.

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Just started The Coroner not sure at the moment as it is so different from the TV series, I knew part of the difference but not all."

It is different from the TV series.. do you mean the one set in Toronto?

Yeah, I thought they converted a book set in England to Toronto for a TV series when there was a TV series set in England with the same name, unless I've got them all mixed up!! Didn't like the English TV show, despite liking the cast

Finished reading The Cleaner, by Paul Cleave, very interesting read
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Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Yeah, I thought they converted a book set in England to Toronto for a TV series when there was a TV series set in England with the same name, unless I've got them all mixed up!! Didn't like the Eng..."

You're quite right. The Toronto - based series is based on the English books..

Nancy wrote: "Not a Flynn fan myself, but I am definitely going to read her take on Hamlet (supposedly this year) which is the latest entry in the Hogarth Shakespeare retelling series...."

I wouldn't consider myself a "fan" but I like her enough to read whatever she poops out next.

Not a mystery, but its very fun.

Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld

A compilation of some of Jerry Seinfeld's best humor. I listened to the audiobook. Very funny. 4 stars

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#CBRetriever: thank you for posting this. I've read several of Hamilton's book but not this one yet. Sounds interesting because I love police procedurals.

@Harriet: police procedurals... again. And I don't know this series... what a shame. I will check them out.

I finished Interviewing the dead by David Field. A really great series, rich in atmosphere.


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