Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

It's that time again everyone. Please select one(1) book to nominate for May Group Reads. The person that nominated the book that gathers the most votes during the voting period will get a $10 gift card to either Amazon.com OR bn.com.

Please remember if you your book is selected by the group you are expected to be the leader of the discussion for that book--don't worry it is not hard.
Your nomination should be available in paperback and you CANNOT nominate your own work. Also, I thought this went without saying but I will say it anyway; the book should be in the mystery, crime. or thriller genres.


The nomination period will close April 8.

Please try and use the add book/author function, which is located at the upper right hand corner of the comment box.





Past group reads--these titles cannot be nominated

PAST GROUP READS
"Twisted" by Andrea Kane
"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
"Defending Jacob" by William Landay
"The Expats" by Chris Pavone
"Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn
"Fragile" by Lisa Unger
"Say You're Sorry" by Michael Robotham
"The Cove" by Ron Rash
"Trust Your Eyes" by Lynwood Barclay
"The Lock Artist" by Steve Hamilton
"The Fifth Assassin" by Brad Meltzer
"Dark Places" by Gillian Flynn
"Death Comes to Pemberly" by P.D. James
"Creep" by Jennifer Hillier
"The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton
"The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" by John LeCarre
"Before I Go To Sleep" by S.J. Watson
"The Hangman's Daughter" by Oliver Pötzsch
"What Alice Knew" by Paula Marantz Cohen
"Black Dahlia" by James Elroy
"Murphy's Law" by Rys Bowen
"The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair" by Erik Larson
"Johannes Cabal: Necromancer" by Jonathan Howard
"The Secret Keeper" by Kate Morton
"Faceless Killers" by Henning Mankell
"Complicity" by Iain Banks
"A Land More Kind than Home" by Wiley Cash
"Shutter Island" by Dennis Lahane
"Rules of Prey" by John Sandford
"The Invisible Ones" by Stef Penney
"The #1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith
"The 9th Girl" by Tami Hoag
"The Deeds of the Disturber" by Elizabeth Peters
"Hour Game" by David Baldacci
"Joyland" by Stephan King
"The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth
"The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
"Naked in Death" by J.D. Robb
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
"Night Film" by Marisha Peesl
"The Black Echo" by Michael Connolly
"The Chemistry of Death" by Simon Beckett
"The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith
"Winter People" by Jennifer McMahon
"Perfume: A Story of Murder" BY Patrick Suskind

White Corridor --LA

Lightning Dean Koontz

I'm probably going to keep at this until it gets done.


River of Darkness by Rennie Airth

I am nominating "Faceless Killers" by Henning Mankell

Ron wrote: "I'm probably going to keep at this until it gets done.


River of Darkness by Rennie Airth"

LOL!! I appreciative your enthusiasm.

ricochet by sandra brown Ricochet

I would like to nominate
The Big Sleep

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening

First of a triogy. I really enjoyed the characters and the storyline. Anxiously waiting for the next one.

The Long Goodbye My all time favorite ! :-)

The Orphan Master's Son
(In case above did not work - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson.
I'd really really like an excuse to read this. The reviews have been excellent:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012...

The Lovely Bones is my nomination :)

the black echo milke connelly

Holy Hannah Batdog! I forgot it's almost April already! It's still snowing here!!! I say Mike Connolly as well pls

Elaine wrote: "the black echo milke connelly"

We are currently reading this book so it cannot be nominated. Please select something else.

Great murder mystery!

The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison

Light of the Diddicoy is the best book out that just came out. It's featured here at Declan Burke's popular crime blog
http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/2...

Light of the Diddicoy

I'm plugging this book again. It's one of the most thrilling ones I've read this year! Surprising and gripping until the end.

Chava wrote: "

I'm plugging this book again. It's one of the most thrilling ones I've read this year! Surprising and gripping until the end."



I've already put a request in my library for this one. Looks really good.

It is. Don't get fooled by the girly title that suggests a sleazy romance novel, it totally isn't!!

Our American covers frequently are a bit rubbish. See the international cover for The Cuckoo's Calling-- so much better than the American cover.

Leigh wrote: "Our American covers frequently are a bit rubbish. See the international cover for The Cuckoo's Calling-- so much better than the American cover."

Some books even change their titles depending on if it's published in the UK or in the US. We get both here in Australia. I saw both editions of The Coockoo's Calling on the shelves here :)

the dog stars by Peter Heller. or anything by Cormac McCarthy

Katherine wrote: "the dog stars by Peter Heller. or anything by Cormac McCarthy"

I'm wondering if this book is suitable for our group, it seems to be listed as sci-fi and apocalyptic, but not crime/mystery/etc that his group reads. I could be wrong though, I don't know this book

Katherine wrote: "the dog stars by Peter Heller. or anything by Cormac McCarthy"

Chava wrote: "Katherine wrote: "the dog stars by Peter Heller. or anything by Cormac McCarthy"

I'm wondering if this book is suitable for our group, it seems to be listed as sci-fi and apocalyptic, but not crim..."

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/1574317...

Wondering the same. It sounds like it migh tbe adventurey, mnaybe thrilelr, but I am not sure.

Katherine--would you classify this book as a mystery or crime thriller?

Judging by the couple of descriptions I have read on Goodreads, Amazon, and NPR it sounds like it doesn't really fit.

I nominate by John Burdett

I nominate The Distant Echo by Val McDermid.

I usually nominate every month. But last month I didn't, and this month I'm not again. My cat (my baby for 15 years) is in the last stage of kidney disease, and I don't know how much longer she'll last. When she goes, I don't trust myself to want to lead a book discussion. So, for now, I'll just vote on someone else's nomination. So someone had better nominate something I want to read or have read.

Lorraine wrote: "I nominate The Distant Echo by Val McDermid."

anything by Val is good.

Beth wrote: "I usually nominate every month. But last month I didn't, and this month I'm not again. My cat (my baby for 15 years) is in the last stage of kidney disease, and I don't know how much longer she'll ..."
So sorry about your baby. :-( Give her kisses for and hugs for me.

Beth: I was ready to nominate a book when your message caught my eye. I am so sorry for what you & your kitty are going thru. I suddenly lost my 17yr old son 31/2yrs ago & my Sweetness & Ham were one of my Saving Graces. They still are. They're the only ones who see me when I cry & they're the keeper of my secrets. No matter how bad I've slept or hard the day ahead is, they still need to be fed aa someone has to take care of the litter box! We're also a blended family: my sons his daughters. My kitties are something we share. I'm sending peaceful thoughts & hugs for you both.

My nomination: Mitigating Circumstances by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

White Corridor --Leigh
Lightning--Nat
The Lewis Man--Janet
The Shining- Parinita
The Other Half of Lives--Janet
In The Woods--Jamie Lynn
Cut to the Bone--CL
River of Darkness--Ron
Ricochet-- Christina
Bangkok 8--Suzy

Mitigating Circumstances--Terri
Bad Love-- Holly
The Skull Mantra--Josh
Light of Diddicoy--Davis (recent release)

The Big Sleep-- Janessa
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie--Farhana
Sleeping Dogs-- Scott
Kill Fee-Wendy
T is Trespass--Kim
Until You're Mine- Chava
The Long Goodbye--E.E.
Faceless Killers--Jole
Orphan Master's Son-Louise
The Lovely Bones--Lucy
The Distant Echo--Lorraine
No Country for Old Men- Katherine


Preliminary list. I will close the nomination period tomorrow night, around 8PM, Los Angeles time.

Jole wrote: "I am nominating "Faceless Killers" by Henning Mankell"

The group actually read this in July 2013. I changed your nominations to the second in the Wallender series. If you would like to nominate something else please let me know.

Alright everyone. Here is the May 2014 nominations shelf. Please select 2 titles form the list and vote for them below.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...


White Corridor--Leigh
Lightning--Nat
The Lewis Man--Janet
The Shining--Parinita
The Other Half Lives--Janet
In the Woods--Jamie Lynn
Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel--CL
River of Darkness--Ron
Ricochet--Christina
Bangkok 8--Suzy
Mitigating Circumstances--Terri
Bad Love--Kelly
The Skull Mantra--Josh
Light of the Diddicoy-- Davis (recent release, hardback or digital release)
The Big Sleep--Janessa
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie--Farhana
Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening--Scott
Kill fee--Wendy
T is for Trespass--Kim
Until You're Mine--Chava
The Long Goodbye--E.E.
The Dogs of Riga--Jole
The Orphan Master's Son--Lousie
The Lovely Bones--Lucy
The Distant Echo--Lorraine
No Country for Old Men--katherine


Voting will close on April 22.

What a great list! How can I narrow it down to two!?

Yes! There are some very interesting titles on May's list.

Thanks for your work Leigh!

Mitigating Circumstances
Until You're Mine

Have a great week!

In the Woods
and
The Orphan Master's Son

The Distant Echo and The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

White Corridor


Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel

My two votes for May

The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye are my two votes

I vote for Kill Fee and Until You're Mine

My votes:
1. The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison

2. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

The Lovely Bones, of course, and The Shining :)