Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Feb 18
Grippando, James A Death in Live Oaks 2/6/2018
Hart, John The Hush 2/27/2018
Lippman, Laura Sunburn 2/20/2018
Lescroart, John Poison 2/13/2018
Konrath, JA Dying Breath 2/9/2018
Kellerman, Jonathan Night Moves

Mar 18
Karp, Marshall NYPD Red 5 11/16
Box, CJ The Disappeared (Pickett)3/27/2018
Meltzer, Brad The Escape Artist
Rosenfelt, David Fade to Black 3/13/2018
Cussler The Rising Sea (NUMA)
White, Randy Wayne Caribbean Run 3/13/2018

Pastis, Stephen Floundering Fathers 3/20/2018

Apr 18 Sanford, John Twisted Prey 4/24/2018
Moore, Christopher Noir: A Novel 4/17/2018
Deaver, Jeffery The Cutting Edge 4/10/2018
Hiaasen, Carl Assume the Worst
Swanson, Peter All the Beautiful Lies 4/3/2018
Moore, Christopher Noir 4/17/2018
JA Konrath Everybody Dies 4/15/2018
May 18
Bond, Larry Arctic Ganmbit 5/1/2018
Kava, Alex Lost Creed 5/23/2018
Atkins, Ace (as Parker) Old Black Magic 5/1/2018
Koryta, Michael How it Happened 5/15/2018
Buckley, Christopher The Judge Hunter 5/1/2018
Terann Boston A Child Went Forth5/18/2018
June 18
CONNOLLY, JOHN The Woman in the Woods

July 18

Aug 18

Sept 18
Hiaasen, Carl Squirm
Oct 18
John Sandford Holy Ghost (Flowers) 10/2/2018
Nov 18
Child, Lee Past Tense 11/6/2018
Dec 18
Butcher, Jim Mirror Mirrror 12/31/2018

Lots of good ones Barry! I'll add Stephen King 's The Outsider May 22, 2018 and Kate Atkinson 's Transcription Sept 6, 2018; two more I look forward to reading!

good list, barry. i just finished an ARC of twisted prey and really liked it a lot.

I havent read a Boston Teran book since loving God Is a Bullet I should rectify that. Have you kept up with his books Barry?

Got the Flowers on order. Didn't realize there was anything even tentative from Butcher. Off to Amazon to check it out.

I have been keeping up with Boston Terran, but has been a while for me since I read him.

Butcher has been announcing tentative books in Harry Dresden for years now,k but no books have appeared. You can be sure when one does, I'll be reading it pretty quick.

Ann wrote: "I havent read a Boston Teran book since loving God Is a Bullet I should rectify that. Have you kept up with his books Barry?"

I remember that was a book we either loved or hated, Ann! Haven't thought of that one in a while and haven't kept up with Teran either.

Glad to see another "Prey" book on the schedule. God love John Sandford, his are the series I can't wait to read.

Just started the ARC (thanks Sherry!) of Peter Swanson's All the Beautiful Lies.

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Just started the ARC (thanks Sherry!) of Peter Swanson's All the Beautiful Lies."

let me know how it is. i haven't gotten to it yet. :)

How exciting Carol- April's Group Read book, if you have time let me know how to break out the chapters. Thanks!
Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Just started the ARC (thanks Sherry!) of Peter Swanson's All the Beautiful Lies."

I agree Butcher keeps promising but, no book. I'll keep your list Barry then I don't have to keep my own. How do you get ARC books?

I usually don't read ARCs, that is Sherry.

Merrilee in AZ wrote: "I agree Butcher keeps promising but, no book. I'll keep your list Barry then I don't have to keep my own. How do you get ARC books?"

I get ARCs from a number of sources. I get digital ARCs from Net Galley, Edelweiss and sometimes from the authors themselves when I accept a review request from them. Net Galley no longer seems to require a blog. They are signing up Goodreads members who don't have blogs lately. Edelweiss requires a blog. Author review requests usually also require a blog. I get print ARCs from my F2F mystery book club. That requires showing up at a meeting in person.

Merrilee in AZ wrote: "I agree Butcher keeps promising but, no book. I'll keep your list Barry then I don't have to keep my own. How do you get ARC books?"

i get them from a trade show that i go to every september. like shom, i also get egalleys from net galley and edelweiss. i have a "newish" part time job at our local indie bookstore as an event host for author events and i get them there, too.

Another month added

Mar 18
Karp, Marshall NYPD Red 5
Box, CJ The Disappeared (Joe Pickett, book 18)
Meltzer, Brad The Escape Artist
Rosenfelt, David Fade to Black (Doug Brock, book 2)
Cussler The Rising Sea (NUMA) 3/13/2018
White, Randy Wayne Caribbean Rim 3/13/2018
Pastis, Stephen Floundering Fathers 3/20/2018

April 18
Sanford, John Twisted Prey 4/24/2018
Moore, Christopher Noir: A Novel 4/17/2018
Baldacci, David The Fallen (Amos Decker, book 4)
Deaver, Jeffery The Cutting Edge (Rhyme) 4/10/2018
Hiaasen, Carl Assume the Worst
Swanson, Peter All the Beautiful Lies 4/3/2018
Moore, Christopher Noir 4/17/2018
JA Konrath Everybody Dies 4/15/2018
May 18
Bond, Larry Arctic Ganmbit 5/1/2018
Kava, Alex Lost Creed 5/23/2018
Atkins, Ace (as Parker) Old Black Magic 5/1/2018
Koryta, Michael How it Happened 5/15/2018
Buckley, Christopher The Judge Hunter 5/1/2018
Terann Boston A Child Went Forth 5/18/2018
King, Steven The Outsider 5/22/2018
Cussler The Grey Ghost (Fargo) 5/29/2018
June 18
CONNOLLY, JOHN 16. The Woman in the Woods (2018) 6/12
Levine, Paul Bum Deal 6/12
Swierczynski, Duane Murder in Paradise 6/26/2018
Brown, Dale The Moscow Offensive 6/5/2018
Clancy Line of Sight 6/12/2018
Housewright, David Like to Die 6/19/2018
July 18

Aug 18

Sept 18
Hiaasen, Carl Squirm
Coleman, Reed Colorblind (Spenser) 9/11/2018
Oct 18
John Sandford Holy Ghost (Flowers) 10/2/2018
Michael Connelly Dark Sacred Night (Bosch/Ballard)
Nov 18
Child, Lee Past Tense 11/6/2018
Dec 18
Butcher, Jim Mirror Mirrror 12/31/2018

Got the Flowers, Bosch and Reacher all on order.

Barry: Your Short List is getting longer (and full of good ones!)

I was a bit slow removing the previous month.

Steve Hamilton has a new Alex McKnight coming on 9/4. Title is Dead Man Running. Looking forward to it!! I don't like Nick Mason and have been impatiently waiting for a new McKnight book.

Got the two Sandfords and the Stephen King lined up. Libraries never heard of Past Tense (Child), must be too early for them. Thanks, Barry!

The Hamilton has been added to the list. I usually look out 90 days, but stumble on to some of the others.

Lee Child, Past Tense
Reacher, the eternal drifter, happens by chance on the small New Hampshire town he remembers his father was supposed to have come from. But when he starts looking for his dad's old home, he finds there's no record of anyone named Reacher ever having lived there.

We can add Karin Slaughter’s ‘Pieces of Her’ to July 2018!

Ann wrote: "We can add Karin Slaughter’s ‘Pieces of Her’ to July 2018!"
Got it, I see it as a stand alone novel on August 21,2018.

You've known her your whole life...
Andrea Oliver knows everything about her mother Laura. She knows she's always lived in the small town of Belle Isle; she knows she's a pillar of the community; she knows she's never kept a secret in her life.

but she's hiding something...
Then one day, a trip to the mall explodes into a shocking act of violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura.

and it could destroy you both...
Hours later, Laura is in hospital, her face splashed over the newspapers. But the danger has only just begun. Now, Andrea must go on a desperate race to uncover the secrets of her mother's past. If she can't, there may be no future for either of them...

Barry wrote: "Lee Child, Past Tense
Reacher, the eternal drifter, happens by chance on the small New Hampshire town he remembers his father was supposed to have come from. But when he starts looking for his dad'..."

Wow.

Barry wrote: "Ann wrote: "We can add Karin Slaughter’s ‘Pieces of Her’ to July 2018!"
Got it, I see it as a stand alone novel on August 21,2018.

You've known her your whole life...
Andrea Oliver knows everythi..."

Hmm. Also wow. We may want to put that on the Group Read list. What do you think, Ann?

Carol: You know it! Pieces of Her should be a terrific addition to the mid-summer group read list!
Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Barry wrote: "Ann wrote: "We can add Karin Slaughter’s ‘Pieces of Her’ to July 2018!"
...
Hmm. Also wow. We may want to put that on the Group Read list. What do you think, Ann? "

May 18
Bond, Larry Arctic Ganmbit
Kava, Alex Lost Creed
Atkins, Ace (as Parker) Old Black Magic
Koryta, Michael How it Happened
Buckley, Christopher The Judge Hunter
Terann Boston A Child Went Forth
King, Steven The Outsider
Cussler The Grey Ghost (Fargo)
Castillo, Linda In Dark Company
June 18
CONNOLLY, JOHN 16. The Woman in the Woods (2018)
Levine, Paul Bum Deal
Brown, Dale The Moscow Offensive
Clancy Line of Sight
Housewright, David Like to Die
July 18
Vaughn, Carrie The Wlid Dead
Castillo, Linda A Gathering of Serets
Barclay, Linwood A Noise Downstairs
Thor, Brad Spy Master
Rosenfelt, David Rescued
Ford, GM Soul Survivor
Aug 18
Slaughter, Karin Pieces of Her
Muller, Marsha The Brakers
Sept 18
Hiaasen, Carl Squirm
Coleman, Reed Colorblind (Spenser)
Hamilton, Steve Dead Man Running
Oct 18
John Sandford Holy Ghost (Flowers)
Michael Connelly Dark Sacred Night (Bosch/Ballard)
Nov 18
Child, Lee Past Tense
Dec 18
Butcher, Jim Mirror Mirrror

future
Terry Hayes The Year of the Locust
Lutz, Lisa The Swallows

Barry: Some really good ones ahead! Several I hadn't realized yet... better get them requested!

Hello all,

I am quite new to using Goodreads so I am not sure if this kind of post is welcome, but my own new thriller was just published and is getting quite good reviews. I thought some of you may be interesred in considering it. It is called, Finding Max.

I wont be so bold as to post a link for it but if you are interested in learning about it you will find it listed on both Amazon and Goodreads.

I hope I have not offended anyone by posting this.

Best,
Darren M. Jorgensen

There is an area on the site for self promotion, posts about what you write are welcome there.

It wasnt meant to be self promotion. That is why I did not post a link for the book. It was meant as a serious suggestion in this group (which I am a part of) that likes to read thrillers and mysteries that maybe there is a book out there that people don't know about and they may want to consider reading it. You will note that I did not suggest to anyone that they check me or my book out. In fact, I did not even provide a link. This is a far cry from self promotion. I know how to self promote and this is not the way to do it.

Thank you so much for your suggestion. I will, of course, keep it in mind for future postings.

Darren.

Darren wrote: "It wasnt meant to be self promotion. That is why I did not post a link for the book. It was meant as a serious suggestion in this group (which I am a part of) that likes to read thrillers and myste..."

You know what? I was thinking about checking out your book. I didn't find your first post offensive even though I would consider it as something better suited as self-promo. However, I find this post in reply to what I consider a legitimate post by Barry to have a "testy" tone to it. Looking at your book now? Probably not going to happen.

I am very sorry. I did not mean to be testy. That is not my general nature. I will admit my dog has been very ill (and I am very close to her) and the stress from that may be communicating through my correspondence, as it might with anyone. I am, though, very sorry if that has happened here. I meant no disrespect to anyone -- especially Barry. It is not my intention to cause any kind of waves. I truly am sorry. Best, Darren.

Darren wrote: "I am very sorry. I did not mean to be testy. That is not my general nature. I will admit my dog has been very ill (and I am very close to her) and the stress from that may be communicating through ..."

Sorry to hear about your dog. I know how it feels when the fur babies are sick.

Hi Melodie,

I really am sorry that I came across badly to you. I received notice later in the day that another of my correspondences was worded poorly and was mistaken for a criticism when I never meant to criticise the person. Luckily it was my sister this time, and we were able to work it out quickly.

When you posted that I had been testy (which to me means the same as being rude, really) I was struck by how my communications have, again in my life, been misunderstood. It is as though I am capable of using the written word to write books and short stories, but when it comes to emails and other correspondences of the type, I am terrible! I pride myself (not too much, but a little) in being able to craft the English language into beautiful sentences, sometimes even strong sentences -- but I find myself often misunderstood in emails and short correspondences.

So thank you, Melodie, for bringing this problem to my attention again. In the future, I really need to be able to use different language when I speak to strangers because I don't like being misunderstood, and I really hate sounding like I'm not a nice person (when I think I am an okay kind of guy). It has been a struggle for me ever since emailing people became the way to communicate.

As for Dobby, in case anyone is interested, she's a ten-year-old Black Lab/King Sheppard cross and the other day she must have eaten something outside (we live on a farm, so who knows what she got into) and it was causing her to be sick from both ends. Since she is an old dog, and since I really don't have the money to take her to the vet this time, I really needed her to heal on her own, and I was terrified that she wouldn't be able to. It was during this period that I wrote that "testy" message on the board. I had no idea what she had gotten into, and I suspected that the neighbor might have left out poison that she might have gotten into (he leaves out poison for the coyotes who kill his sheep). I really was frightened.

I thank you for understanding. I thank you for letting me know that you understand. I've been feeling terribly since reading your first note, Melodie, and it pleases me greatly that you might be understanding that I misrepresented myself to you all.

And looking at the way I worded my original email, I can easily see why you all thought I was just trying to spam the group. In reality, I've been lurking around this group for a while now but tend to be rather shy at first when I join social media groups, mostly because of my tendency to misrepresent myself (as I have obviously done yet again). But if any of you have been wondering if I have been just spamming boards on Goodreads about Finding Max, well, that is not the case at all. I only mentioned on this one board because of the subject matter and because, as I mentioned, I had some familiarity with this group. You won't be able to find a bunch of spammy posts from me all over Goodreads. I know that does happen sometimes, but not this time.

I want to invite anyone else who has strong feelings about these last few posts to feel free to contact me directly so that we don't use up any more of the space on this board. But I just want to assure you all that I am committed to trying to develop relationships here, not just spam you all. I was kind of hoping that my first post would be like a little introduction of myself to you all, but I see now that I misjudged where to place that introduction. I had, before, introduced myself in the into board, but didn't really meet anyone that way.

But I am too long-winded, even now. So I will sign off, leaving you all with only my best regards.

Darren.

Don't worry Darren, I tend much more toward being offensive than being offended. I meant no more than to let you know we had established a bin for your post, and that it would be welcomed.

Darren: I hope your dog Dobby has been able to recover from her illness, it sounds very scary; and we do dearly love our fur babies. And thanks for expanding on the motivation for your initial post. I understand the challenge of communicating tone in an email or post.

Hi Darren,

Not to belabor the point (and don't feel you need to respond, I agree with your not wanting to extend this thread) but I do appreciate your explanation and the notion that you are not just a fly-by author trying to spread the word about your book. I look forward to reading your posts on what you're reading. I hope Dobby is fully recovered.

Hi all. I suppose you might already guess one book that i am reading -- my own novel that was recently published. I am readingbthis book for a few reasons.

First, i am looking for printer errors. The first one i found was on the very first page in the book, before the story even begins, where the show the copyright. My copyright is for some weirdo named "Darren M, Jorgensen". See the error? Instead of a period they mistakenly used a comma. Not a huge error -- but c'mon! It is the very first page of written language! And yes, i have found even more disheartening errors, too.

Secondly, i am reading Finding Max so that i can finslly read it as a story to be entertained by. I want to experience this novel like i would any other book... for the sheer joy of it.

Thirdly, i am reading my own work to re-familisrize myself with the plot, exactly as it happens, so ythat with the writing of the sequel i wont have any continuity problems.

But i am also reading "The Last Dog" by Dawn Ireland, here on goodreads. It is quite a fascinating book, but i love the creative world building of a distopian novel. I wont say much about it now because i will be reviewing it, and probably giving it 5 stars, maybe four. Yes, it isvthat interesting to me.

Anyway, have great days shead of you. I have a book signing today that is about to start so i must sign off.

Best,
Darren M. Jorgensen

WOO HOO!! Pelecanos has a new one coming in September! The Man Who Came Uptown

Been about 5 years for him. I did not get a firm date, but added it to my September list.

Barry wrote: "Been about 5 years for him. I did not get a firm date, but added it to my September list."

Amazon & GR say 9/4. GR has a giveaway going, which is how I found out about it.

thanks

Well that is good news! Thanks Melodie, sounds like it's back to his roots in DC.
Melodie wrote: "WOO HOO!! Pelecanos has a new one coming in September! The Man Who Came UptownThe Man Who Came Uptown"

July 18
Vaughn, Carrie The Wlid Dead
Castillo, Linda A Gathering of Serets
Barclay, Linwood A Noise Downstairs
Thor, Brad Spy Master
Rosenfelt, David Rescued
Ford, GM Soul Survivor
Aug 18
Slaughter, Karin Pieces of Her
Muller, Marsha The Brakers
Hamilton, Steve DeadMan Running (Alex McNight)
Deuterman, PT The Ice Man
Parker, T Jefferson Swift Vengeance
Hall, James W When you can't Stop
Sept 18
Hiaasen, Carl Squirm
Coleman, Reed Colorblind (Spenser)
Hamilton, Steve Dead Man Running
Pelecanos, George The Man Who Came Uptown
Flynn (kyle mills) Red War
Cussler Shadow Tyrants (Oregon)
Tracey, PJ The Guilty Dead (Monkeewrench)
Paretsky, Sara Death on the edge
Oct 18
John Sandford Holy Ghost (Flowers)
Michael Connelly Dark Sacred Night (Bosch/Ballard)
Nov 18
Child, Lee Past Tense
Baldacci, David the Long Road to Mercy
Dec 18
Butcher, Jim Mirror Mirrror

Thanks Barry! A couple there that I somehow missed and was able to request from the library for when they come out. I also have
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny, November 2018

Dawn wrote: "Thanks Barry! A couple there that I somehow missed and was able to request from the library for when they come out. I also have
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny, November 2018"

Ooh, a new Louise Penny! Bless you, Dawn!