Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

Bought - Maximum Diner

swapped - Black Widow

swapped - Captiva

swapped - The Justice Game

bought - The Snatch

wonder how long they will sit on Mount TBR!

Hmm, this is tough. I can tell you that yesterday I bought "The Kid" by Sapphire, last Tuesday I bought "The Nightmare" by Lars Kepler. I can't remember what I bought or received before that. Maybe it was Jennifer McMahon's "The Island of Lost Girls" and Rosamund Lupton's "Sister".

Oh, oh! I forgot that I received that ARC in the mail from this group. "Crime of Privilege". I guess that was probably last Monday night that I got it.

My most recent purchases are:
The Blood Gospel- James Rollins
Grandad, There's A Head On The Beach- Colin Cotterill
These Things Hidden - Heather Gudenkauf
A Wanted Man - Lee Child
Speaking from Among the Bones- Alan Bradley

stephen king just after sunset and nightshift, tess gerritsen keeping the dead and the killing place and karin slaughter blindsighted

A gift from my parents:
Borrowed from the library:
Bought for myself:

downloaded onto my tablet

bought in paperback

ordered in hardback from Amazon

free Amazon download

bought for research

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from the library:
A Game of Thrones, The Children of Men

Kindle books:
Livin' Lahaina Loca, The Green Rust, Jack O' Judgement

What is wrong with me? It isn't as though I don't have enough to read. Still, today I bought more books! Am I crazy? Compulsive? Delusional (in the belief that I will have lots of time to read them)? I am bewildered by my own behaviour and yet I feel gleeful at being able to pile more books on the already teetering piles around my house. Here's what I picked up:

1. The Bat - Jo Nesbo
2. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand- Helen Simonson
3. The Sixth Man - David Baldacci
4. Buried Secrets- Joseph Finder
5. Astounding Visual Illusions. by Gianni A. Sarcone, Marie-Jo Waeber

Whew! I am staying away from the book stores and library for a while, in spite of any magnetic pulls.

VickiLee wrote: "What is wrong with me? It isn't as though I don't have enough to read. Still, today I bought more books! Am I crazy? Compulsive? Delusional (in the belief that I will have lots of time to read the..."

LOL!!! Same here:)

Bill, "The Snowman" is really good! I enjoyed "The Keeper of Lost Causes" as well, but it wasn't as good as Jo Nesbo's.

Leslie wrote: "VickiLee wrote: "What is wrong with me? It isn't as though I don't have enough to read. Still, today I bought more books! Am I crazy? Compulsive? Delusional (in the belief that I will have lots of..."

It's good to know I'm not alone in my relentless pursuit of acquiring every book published that seems to catch my eye. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop - maybe I shouldn't keep coming onto Goodreads, because every time I visit, I leave with more on my wishlist.

All borrowed

Fear Collectors Gregg Olsen
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo
The Brokers John Grisham
The Litigators John Grisham

Bill wrote: ;

Love, love, love The Snowman!

I recently purchased on Kindle:

1. Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
2. Beautiful Creatures
3. Beautiful Darkness
4. Beautiful Chaos
5. Beautiful Redemption

Sorry for all the YA Lit. I love it!

Jamie wrote: "Bill, "The Snowman" is really good! I enjoyed "The Keeper of Lost Causes" as well, but it wasn't as good as Jo Nesbo's."

Jamie/ Autumn - I enjoyed The Redbreast very much and have a couple of other Nesbo's on my shelf now to read.. Harry Hole is very interesting. Thanks for the recommendation re The Snowman

Yes, this is the story that is the basis for the movie Argo. The book came out right before the film.

I agree and IT always find myself seeing the parts in the movie rather than having a picture based on the words of the book.

Ok so I don't usually get just 5 books at a time....yes, I know I have a problem. I read them through the library and then buy them if I really enjoy them. So the top 5 (in no particular order) out of the last batch I bought:

1. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
2.The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
3.The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (I HAD to really...he's a family friend...luckily I do really enjoy his writing)
4.Virals by Kathy Reichs
5.Seizure by Kathy Reichs

Can you tell I'm on a fantasy kick lately? Besides Kathy Reichs of course but she's coming to my library in 3 weeks to promote this exact series so I get autographs! Yippee!

11/22/63
Canada
Suspect
Stay Close
Murder One: A Novel

I won all of them.

Autumn wrote: "Yes, this is the story that is the basis for the movie Argo. The book came out right before the film."

I really, really want to read that.

I just got some new (new to me) books from Better World Books ($3 each).

Strangled Prose
Rupert of Hentzau
Crooked Tree
Getting Old Is Murder
Death at Bishop's Keep

The End of the Affair
The Yellow Birds
Cakes and Ale
The Aeneid
The Awakening

I have gotten more than 5 books in the past week or two, more than 10 for sure, but here are the most recent:

Watermelon - Swapped
Dress Rehearsal - Swapped
Delirium - Library
Broken - Purchased at Library Book Sale
To Speak for the Dead - Free on Kindle

VickiLee wrote: "What is wrong with me? It isn't as though I don't have enough to read. Still, today I bought more books! Am I crazy? Compulsive? Delusional (in the belief that I will have lots of time to read the..."

I see that you bought a Jo Nesbo book. I am eager to find out what you think about it. I got several Nesbo books at a discount on my kindle.
The Redbreast
The Devil's Star
Nemesis
The Snowman

These were whispersync combos
kindle and add the audible for a reduced price.

Awakening (Lily Dale #1)
A Slice Of Heaven (Sweet Magnolias #2)
The Collected(Jonathan Quinn #6)
Wizard's First Rule(Sword of Truth #1)
Night Blind

Oh, Shirley, I just bought the audio The End of the Affair read by Colin Firth, and it is wonderful! Such a rich voice! You know, I am easing into this audio thing, but I am liking it so far. I started out listening and reading along with the printed text, but now I am just listening some of the time.

I also shopped around and found the neatest little device to wear to the gym and outside when I am gardening, so I can listen to my books. It is the iPod Shuffle and only costs $50. It is perfect for audiobooks because I can store the ones I am not listening to on my computer or on the cloud. Neat!
; )
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home...

Connie
Did you go to whispersync on audible.com and get the free classics yet?

http://www.amazon.com/s/?node=5744839011

When I bought the kindle fire on sale last year I have access to the kindle books and audible books.

So glad you are stretching ... you will be reading/listening to more genre ... not that you are stilted in that regard. If they are reading too slow increase the speed. You are the fastest reader I know!

Long lost by Harlain Coben
Running with the demon by Terry Brooks
Wilwood Road by Christopher Golden
Save me by Lisa Scottoline
Bad Girl Creek by Joann Mapson
All of these I purchased at second hand store and also got them half off, only 50 cents per book...love it when that happens!

Jenni wrote: "I've gotten so into Ian Rankin's books, Col, that I just bought 4 more off Amazon. I bought them cheap from the marketplace booksellers offering deals on the site.

Just started on your The Comlpa..."

I'll be interested to hear your thoughts when your done,. There are a few keen Rankin fans in the group I think.

Defending Jacob
Look Again

The Map of Time

1. The Vulture Is A Patient Bird by James Hadley Chase (An Old Classic - Good Fun)
2. The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader (Usual Cult Read - But essence of Bourne a bit lost)
3. Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Fabulous)
4. Think of a Number by John Verdon (Disappointing)
5. Black Order: A Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins (Heartstopper ... so far)

Bought some books while we were away in Ontario.. The last five I bought were..

1. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
2. Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
3. Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
4. Russian Hide and Seek by Kingsley Amis
5. Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford

1. The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
2. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
3. Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
4. The Madness Season by C.S. Friedman
5. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

If I'm totally honest in the last 9 days I have acquired upwards of 16 books I believe..so I will just name a few..Honeymoon..Sail..Beautiful Creatures...Peach Pies and Alibis

Do any of you get Omnimystery News? It's a free daily blog that lists free or cheap ebook mysteries.

The London Blitz Murders
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
The House of Dr. Edwardes

Jenni wrote: "Like the Francis Beeding books. Added this to my to-read list."

It was the model for Hitchcock"s movie "Spellbound".

Just had a Saturday out visiting various bookstores in Victoria, BC.. I bought more than five books today, but I guess these were the last five of the bunch....
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens an early edition from a neat little antique store;
Passport To Eternity, a series of short stories by J.G. Ballard;
The Polish Officer by Alan Furst;
A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin; and
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship and Survival in World War Two by Caroline Moorehead.

Jac wrote: "I have stopped buying for a little while, until I can make a dent in the pile I've got."

Ditto that, I'm going to see if I can go a month without buying a book.

My recent purchases in paperback from Amazon & The Book People:

Creep

Gone Girl

Dark Places

Sharp Objects

When Ravens Fall

Rotten to the Core

Found an empty space to store more books so I indulged myself - why not... I don't own a Kindle tempted mind.

Widely different genres bought together from usedbook shops very recently:

Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie

The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov

Pulp Fiction screenplay by Quentin Terantino

Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman

The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne

The Ruins by Scott Smith

May paperbacks arrived from Amazon today:







All researched via/recommended by friends on Goodreads.
"The Last Bookshop" sounds interesting thank you for sharing.

The Last Days of Richard III by John Ashdown Hill-I love reading about the Plantagenet's.

An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James.

The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon

And I'm expecting 3 more books next week:D

1. Baked by Mark Haskell Smith -WON in giveaways from Goodreads

I have read it.

2. Divergent by Veronica Roth - BORROWED from digital library

I have read it

3. The Runner by A. Wayne Gill -WON in giveaways from Goodreads

Have not yet read it.

4. Gwenhwyfar the white spirit by Mercedes Lackey - BORROWED from library

I have read it.

5. Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer - WON it from the Giveaways at Goodreads

Have not yet read it.

Jac wrote: "I have stopped buying for a little while, until I can make a dent in the pile I've got."
I'm in the same boat as you right now! I have books all over the place!

Janessa wrote: "Jac wrote: "I have stopped buying for a little while, until I can make a dent in the pile I've got."
I'm in the same boat as you right now! I have books all over the place!"

I'm doing my best to read what I already have too. At the rate I'm reading these days I have about 10 years worth that I own and not read and that's being ambitious with my reading targets :)

I was pretty good when we went out for lunch today, but I did buy one book at my local used book shop; by Louise Penny

At this time I have lots of books to read. I want to read the new Dan Brown Inferno, however it is expensive will wait till I find a used one.