Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense discussion

We definitely need a thread for our new purchases:)

I just received The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner from Book Depository:)

Nice Michael, I'll be looking out for your review on the Big W one:)

Now maybe someone will read it ;P

Which one are you two talking about? I Am God or A Deeper Darkness?

I was talking about I Am God, I know Mish and I are planning to read it next month. But I might read Mystic River next week

I thought you were Michael, but I thought our 'thriller' Michael was talking about the other one;P

I haven't received Mystic River yet, but I'll get both of them read before the time is up:)

I just bought 26 books for $38 in a Good Samaritan book shop. I think I have a problem.

Tfitoby wrote: "I just bought 26 books for $38 in a Good Samaritan book shop. I think I have a problem."

I think the problem is that you need more reading time

Tfitoby wrote: "I just bought 26 books for $38 in a Good Samaritan book shop. I think I have a problem."

Wow!! That's a wonderful bargain:)

Michael wrote: "Tfitoby wrote: "I just bought 26 books for $38 in a Good Samaritan book shop. I think I have a problem."

I think the problem is that you need more reading time"

I'm unemployed, how much more reading time can there possibly be?! :D

Haha!! Well, Toby, I think you should list those 26 books you just purchased, linking them so we can check them out...then cross them off as you read them;P

Honestly I dont think I will read more than half of them, mostly spur of the moment purchases because they were just so cheap. The ones I'm looking forward to on the other hand:

A Judgement in Stone
Crime of Silence
News of a Kidnapping
Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
Fat City
A Cat, a Man, and Two Women

I like the blurbs on #'s 1 and 2:)

My mum and I have just bought online:

Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Fairy Cube, Vol. 2
The Snow Spider Trilogy
Duty and Desire
These Three Remain
Island
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
Once Upon a Crime
Fairy Cube, Vol. 3
Magic and Other Misdemeanors
Tales From the Hood
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, Volume 1
The Everafter War
How They Were Found
The Inside Story
Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 2
Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 3
Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 4
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 1
Young Master Darcy: A Lesson in Honour
The Storyteller
Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 5
Black Butler, Vol. 11

Most of these are mine, some are my mum's and 5/6 are my friends. But I'll probably read all of them at some point.

Was that one transaction or multiple shops?

Tfitoby wrote: "Was that one transaction or multiple shops?"

One transaction. All for really good prices on the Book Depository.

oh no. Books just arrived in the mail. Big books. That I pre-ordered three months ago. Damn you internet!!!

1Q84: Book 1 and Book 2
1Q84: Book Three

Tfitoby wrote: "oh no. Books just arrived in the mail. Big books. That I pre-ordered three months ago. Damn you internet!!!

1Q84: Book 1 and Book 2
1Q84: Book Three"

I read that as one book, try that :P

It's been hard not rushing out and buying it but I knew I had to wait for multiple parts because it was just too big for my brain to comprehend even trying to read.

I initially bought the three book boxset from America 1Q84 but the quality of the binding and the paper was too poor so I waited even longer for the British version which should have also been published in three rather than two volumes but for some reason wasn't.

I do like that box set, too bad I didn't think much of the book

Mickey wrote: "My mum and I have just bought online:

Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Fairy Cube, Vol. 2
The Snow Spider Trilogy
Duty and Desire
These Three Remain
Island
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
Once Upon ..."

Oh my goodness Mickey! BD would love you;)

Brenda wrote: "Mickey wrote: "My mum and I have just bought online:

Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Fairy Cube, Vol. 2
The Snow Spider Trilogy
Duty and Desire
These Three Remain
Island
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Sto..."

No, they love my mum's credit card.

Haha!! I bet they do!! And Mum's is better than yours isn't it!! lol

I received my copy of Mystic River from BD this morning:) Will be able to start it soon!

This morning I went book shopping. Again. Added to my TBR shelves:
And The Ass Saw The Angel
The Road

Somebody should take my debit card away from me

I'm sure your wife would be happy to do that Toby;)

You haven't read The Road before?

Seen the movie but figured at $2 i could probably read the book at some point.

If she takes my card away theres no books for her either. No win situation i guess :)

Haha!! I guess you get to keep it then;P

I haven't seen the movie, and had the book lent to me by my son. I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I can still remember the main points of it, and the 'strangeness' of the story...so that's a good thing I guess. But you're right, $2 is a great price, you shouldn't leave it there for that!!

Tfitoby wrote: "I just bought 26 books for $38 in a Good Samaritan book shop. I think I have a problem."

Problem? What problem?

Mickey wrote: "My mum and I have just bought online:

Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Fairy Cube, Vol. 2
The Snow Spider Trilogy
Duty and Desire
These Three Remain
Island
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
Once Upon ..."

Jamaica Inn and Rebecca are great stories.

I went to my local indie bookstore to celebrate National Booksellers Day and brought

Mercy and Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Is that today?

yes it is

I just reserved a copy Mystic River from the library. I should be able to start this next weekend

I've also bought this week
The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Sorry by Zoran Drvenkar
The Strain & The Fall by Guillermo del Toro

Good pick ups Mish:) I'm going to start my copy soon too...at least to finish before the end of September;)

Quite funny cos im helping out the bookshop today and we had no idea. = bad book shop behaviour

Brenda wrote: "Good pick ups Mish:) I'm going to start my copy soon too...at least to finish before the end of September;)"

Haha yes that's right. My plan is to finish Mystic River before end of Aug & start I Am God beginning of Sept :)

Good plan...I'll fit them in somewhere;) I've got 4 + the one I'm reading now...all library books...I need to read:/

K-Mart have some amazing $10 specials on at the moment, Michael. I was very good and didn't get anything;)

:D

Tfitoby wrote: "Quite funny cos im helping out the bookshop today and we had no idea. = bad book shop behaviour"

Was it busier than usual today Toby?

Hard to say, i've not worked for two months but totals were about average i guess.

Did they put much focus on National Bookshop Day. I was at my local indie bookshop and they seemed to be the busiest with all the activities

As I said, none of us had any idea, in any of the five shops. No wonder the business isn't thriving.

That's not good

Michael wrote: "Picked up these two today for 10 bucks. :D

The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir and Catch-22"

Where from?

Michael wrote: "That's not good"

Yeah for me it sums up the approach of the business at present and the issues within the management. Headless chickens come to mind.

Tfitoby wrote: "Michael wrote: "That's not good"

Yeah for me it sums up the approach of the business at present and the issues within the management. Headless chickens come to mind."

Makes me wonder if they are actually thinking towards the future of books, I wish I was in the bookseller industry there is so much I feel like they are blind to that I wish I was able to help

Lots of crime/mystery to choose from at www.allbooks4less.com.au http://www.allbooks4less.com.au/Store... - all $5 and free postage for orders over $30
I order from them often and their service is excellent

Shelleyrae wrote: "Lots of crime/mystery to choose from at www.allbooks4less.com.au http://www.allbooks4less.com.au/Store... - all $5 and free postage for orders over $30
I order..."

Happily there's six of those shops around Perth. But they usually have the books in trade paperback format which is way too big for me to read, so I have to wait until I find the books I want in one of the shops.