Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Happy New Year!!!

Here are my December reads:

Top Reads


Company of Liars
Karen Maitland
Historical Suspense. The Black Plague has overtaken England and a small group of travelers decide to band together for safety. Very compelling reading, loved the characters, the setting, and the historical details.


Advise and Consent
Allen Drury
Pulitzer Prize winning political novel.

Good Reads


Borderlands
Brian McGilloway
Debut book featuring an Irish Garda detective who lives and works by the border of Northern Ireland.


Cat Chaser
Elmore Leonard
Standard Leonard fare set in Florida. So far, I prefer the novels set in Detroit but this one was not bad. Audio read by Frank Muller.

Murder Against the Grain
Emma Lathen
Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher has to return to sleuthing after his bank is taken for $ 985,000 during a commerical paper transaction that involves the first shipments of wheat from the USA to the Soviet Union. Another well written and witty entry in this series.


Dog Eats Dog
Iain Levison
Fast, dark, & comic read about a bank robber and a college professor.

Tip on a Dead Crab
William Murray
Debut horse racing mystery that focuses on the bettors who are always on the look out for the sure thing.


Things the Grandchildren Should Know
Mark Oliver Everett
Memoir of the lead singer of the Eels (remember the song Novocaine for the Soul).


Mean Town Blues A Novel of Crime
Sam Reaves
Another Chicago crime novel by Reaves. Lots of action and plot but the characters were a bit thin.


Mind Prey
John Sandford
Another entertaining entry in the Lucas Davenport series. Audio read by Richard Ferrone.


The Four Last Things
Andrew Taylor
First published book in the Roth Trilogy (though the third chronologically). A female Anglican curate and her policeman husband are rocked by the kidnapping of their daughter. Lots of church politics and theology.

The Property of a Lady
Anthony Oliver
Second in a series that revolves around antiques but is in no way cozy but rather darkly humorous.


Night Frost
R.D. Wingfield
The Denton police force is decimated by the flu and only Inspector Frost is around to combat the crime wave.

Disappointing


Quiet, Please Dispatches From A Public Librarian
Scott Douglas
Boring and tedious look at working in a library. Never did connect with the author's style.

You had a pretty good month, Sandi! I've never heard of the Elmore Leonard you read!

Happy New Year to you too Sandi!
Company of Liars looks good! You had a great month!

Sandi wrote: "Happy New Year!!!
Here are my December reads:Top Reads Company of Liars Karen Maitland
Historical Suspense. .."