Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

While I did have one clunker I had a pretty good month overall. Here are my April reads:

Top Reads

Deception
Denise Mina
Usually I try to steer clear of any books with the words serial killer in the description but I am very glad I made an exception for this audio. Great psychological suspense with memorable characters this was extremely well written and the narration by Richard Matthews, with some help from Donada Peters, was top notch.

The Lions of al-Rassan
Guy Gavriel Kay
Sweeping fantasy with political intrigue, religious conflicts, romance, and larger than life characters that totally engrossed me from the first page.

Good Reads

The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball
Gene Wojciechowski
The author, a veteran sportswriter who has covered just about every major sporting event, makes the case that the Duke vs. Kentucky regional final in 1992 was the greatest college basketball game ever and does a great job of showing the journey that led both teams to the historic match-up.

Certain Prey
John Sandford
This is fast becoming one of my favorite series on audio. I really liked that Lucas was a bit edgier in this entry and the villains were very well drawn. Listened to the audio version read by Richard Ferrone who did his usual stellar job.

Night Judgement at Sinos
Jack Higgins
A fast moving adventure featuring a former Irish commando in World War 2 turned salvage diver off the Egyptian coast.

OK Read

Murder In High Place
R.B. Dominic
Congressman Ben Safford gets caught up in an international incident that leads to murder when one of his constituents, a young woman who tends to act before she thinks, gets herself kicked out of a South American country. Not nearly as good as the first book in the series.

Not so Good

Free Agent: A Novel
Jeremy Duns
After a pretty interesting start this book just completely unraveled for me. One of those stories were the action is propelled by the characters making stupid choices. Not even the narration by Gerard Doyle could save it.

That 1992 KY-Duke game can still send my youngest brother into a tirade if it comes up. He still despises Christian Laettner!

Melodie wrote: "That 1992 KY-Duke game can still send my youngest brother into a tirade if it comes up. He still despises Christian Laettner!"

That was the first and pretty much only time I actually rooted for the Cats mainly because I hated Christian Laettner so much.

"Melodie wrote: "That 1992 KY-Duke game can still send my youngest brother into a tirade if it comes up. He still despises Christian Laettner!"

Sandi wrote: "That was the first and pretty much only time I actually rooted for the Cats mainly because I hated Christian Laettner so much."

But he was such a personable guy...

Melodie wrote: "That 1992 KY-Duke game can still send my youngest brother into a tirade if it comes up. He still despises Christian Laettner!"


Who's Christian Laettner? {{ducking}}

Sandi, you had such a variety of reads this month. The Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series by John Sandford some of a few "must read the minute they come out" reads for me.

I think I've only read one Denise Mina and psychological suspense covers it nicely. For me when it's well done it's difficult to put down and difficult to forget immediately once done.

Sandi: I LOVE Richard Ferrone reading the Prey books too! And I agree, It is so true that a good audio reader can sometimes almost save a book.
Sandi wrote: "While I did have one clunker I had a pretty good month overall. Here are my April reads:
Certain Prey John Sandford
This is fast becoming one of my favorite series on audio. I really liked that Lucas was a bit edgier in this entry and the villains were very well drawn. Listened to the audio version read by Richard Ferrone who did his usual stellar job.
Free Agent: A Novel Jeremy Duns = Not even the narration by Gerard Doyle could save it. "