Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

October

Alten, Steve…… Grim Reaper
Billingham, Mark….. Death Message
Parker, Robert B….. The Professional (Spenser)
Flynn, Vince……… Pursuit
Hunter, Stephen….. I, Sniper, a Bob Lee Swagger novel
McFadyen, Cody… Abandoned
Crombie, Deborah… Necessary as Blood
Burdett, John……… The Godfather of Kathmandu
Lippman, Laura….. In Big Trouble
Harris, Charlaine….. Grave Secret (Harper Connelly)
Rendell, Ruth……. The Monster in the Box
Rollins, James……. Altar of Eden
Harris, Charlaine…… Touch of Dead (Sookie Short Story Collection)
Mosse, Kate……….. The Winter Ghosts
Johanson, Iris……… Blood Game (Eve Duncan)
Saul, John………… House of Reckoning
Kellerman, Jonathan…… Evidence (Alex Delaware)
Folsom, Allan………. The Hadrian Memorandum
Connelly, Michael……. Nine Dragons (Bosch)
Spencer-Fleming, Julia….One Was a Soldier
Robbins, Harold, et al… The Shroud
Kava, Alex…………… Black Friday (Maggie O’Dell)
Cornwell, Patricia……. The Scarpetta Factor
Muller, Marcia…………. Locked In (Sharon McCone)

November

Harris, Robert…….. Conspiracy
King, Stephen …… Under the Dome
Cussler, Clive…… The Wrecker
Harris, C. S…….. What Remains in Heaven (Sebastian St. Cyr)
Robb, J. D……… Kindred in Death
Vachss, Andrew…. Haiku
White, Karen……. The Girl on Legare Street (Tradd Street)
Koontz, Dean…….. Breathless
Henry, Sue………. The End of the Road (Maxie & Stretch)
Crichton, Michael Pirate Latitudes
Edghill, India……… Delilah
Howard, Linda……. Ice
Teran, Boston………. The Creed of Violence
Patterson, James……… I, Alex Cross


December

Parker, Barbara…… The Reckoning
Jance, J. A……….. Trial by Fire
Grafton, Sue…….. U is for Undertow
Hoag, Tami……. Deeper than Dead
O’Shaughnessy, Perri…. Dreams of the Dead
Berry, Steve………. The Paris Vendetta
Wambaugh, Joseph…… Hollywood Moon
Yarbro, Chelsea Q….. Burning Shadows, Count St. Germain
Fford, Jasper……… Shades of Grey
Smith, Martin Cruz….. The Golden Mile
Hamilton, Laurell K……. Divine Misdemeanors (Merry Gentry)
Standiford, Les……….. Deal with the Dead

I've got the Spenser, the Russ & Clare and the Sookie short story book all on order!! Should be a good October!

Gail: These all look soooo good. I have got to get to Kate Mosse's Sepulchre before the release of The Winter Ghosts

Gail/LadyVolz wrote:" Mosse, Kate……….. The Winter Ghosts "

Re Haiku by Andrew Vachs--But wouldn't seventeen syllables make for an extremely short book?

Shomeret

snicker!! ...that would I think!!
Shomeret wrote: "Re Haiku by Andrew Vachs--But wouldn't seventeen syllables make for an extremely short book?

Shomeret"

Shomeret wrote: "Re Haiku by Andrew Vachs--But wouldn't seventeen syllables make for an extremely short book?

Shomeret"

Good one, Shom!! Gave me a needed giggle!

Shomeret wrote: "Re Haiku by Andrew Vachs--But wouldn't seventeen syllables make for an extremely short book? "


Heheheh. Good one, Shomeret!

Jan O'Cat

Gail,
I can now definitely add a book by a friend of mine.
Colin Campbell's book Blue Knight, White Cross will be published in the US on December 1. (The UK date is September 1) It is listed on Amazon for pre order.
I will talk it up more when the date gets closer.

Cheryl wrote: "Gail,
I can now definitely add a book by a friend of mine.
Colin Campbell's book Blue Knight, White Cross will be published in the US on December 1. (The UK date is September 1) It i..."

This sounds like it might be good.....even if it is a "Brit" mystery which I don't usually care for!

Melodie said of Blue Knight, White Cross
This sounds like it might be good.....even if it is a "Brit" mystery which I don't usually care for!

Colin was a Yorkshire policeman for 30 years. His books are basically police procedurals. He also has a very black sense of humor.

Cheryl wrote: "Gail,
I can now definitely add a book by a friend of mine.
Colin Campbell's book Blue Knight, White Cross will be published in the US on December 1. (The UK date is September 1) It i..."

I do like British police procedurals, and I tried to search for it on my library web site but got listings by someone named Lady Colin Campbell. I'm guessing this is not the same person.

Maybe it's unrealistic to expect a first time author will be purchased by the local library or maybe it's too soon? i don't know how that process works for new authors.

It may be a little early although it is listed on Amazon. Colin is an untried author, and many libraries have not even heard about him. I will do what I can.

Carol:
As far as my library goes, it seems more and more books by debut authors are not showing up in the library catalog as pre-orders especially. I assume due to less funds to purchase books. Sad for the authors and for the loss of exposure and availability. We can hope that buzz around the books that have a following will encourage libraries to add the books later. An example here, Sean Chercover's first book hasn't been added to the library stacks (though I haven't checked back on it in a while) even though later books have been bought.

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Gail, I can now definitely add a book by a friend of mine. Colin Campbell's book Blue Knight, White Cross will be published in the US on December 1. (The UK date is Septe... Maybe it's unrealistic to expect a first time author will be purchased by the local library or maybe it's too soon? i don't know how that process works for new authors. "

Ann wrote: "Carol:
As far as my library goes, it seems more and more books by debut authors are not showing up in the library catalog as pre-orders especially. I assume due to less funds to purchase books. Sa..."

Libraries need some serious buzz to purchase a book by a new author, so that patrons will tell them to order it. They also go by Library Journal reviews. So if there's a rave review for a new author in Library Journal, they may well purchase the book if they have the funds.

Shomeret