The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

The poll is finished. Congrats to our two selected mysteries, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus. Seems like a nice mix. The threads should be in place by the 15th to start the discussion. Congrats again.

Well, how do you like that, we're already at the end of the first Quarter of 2014. Nominations for our next group read will be open from today, Mar 30 until April 6 and voting will take place April 7 - 13 2014.

Please read rules below -

General rules for Group Reads

1) If your nomination wins - you will be the discussion moderator.
2) One (1) nomination only per person. Neither self-nominations by authors nor nominations by their respective publishers or publicist will be accepted.

3) Do not cheat or manipulate results. It is not acceptable to create fake accounts to nominate books or vote in polls and it is not acceptable to invite people to the site for the sole purpose of nominating a book or voting for a book in a poll. It is not acceptable to ask for votes or influence the poll in any way. If the moderators feel that a group read poll has been manipulated, the book in question will be disqualified. If the moderators feel that the user(s) are fake accounts, these will be reported to Goodreads for further review.

4) Please do not repeat an author we have read in the last year. Check the bookshelves to see the authors we've read in the past year.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

5) For your nomination please include Title, Author and Link (Use the "add book/author" link at the top of the comment box).

6) Since we are an international group, please check to make sure the book is readily available in more than one format. The last thing we want is to nominate a book that no one can get.

7) Finally, a word about series - the joy or bane of a mystery reader's life! Please consider whether the book you are nominating would be best read by someone who has read all the previous books in the series or can be enjoyed by someone new to the series too.

Good luck with your nominations.

I really enjoyed by Max Barry when I read it last year. Not your typical thriller!

Interested to see what other people think about In the Woods by Tana French

Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston

Matt wrote: "I really enjoyed by Max Barry when I read it last year. Not your typical thriller!"

Ooh, I didn't know Barry had released another book. I love Jennifer Government.

I'd be happy withthis, but will also nominate Where the Bodies Are Buried by the always superb Christopher Brookmyre

I would like to nominate Snow White Must Die, by Nele Neuhaus. It's translated crime fiction -- let's expand our reading horizons!!

Once again, I nominate River of Darkness by Rennie Airth.

While the body of work by Mr. Airth probably isn't as impressive as with some authors, River of Darkness can stand with any of them. Really a marvelous read. In fact, the entire trilogy with John Madden as the protagonist, are 1st rate books. Just that River of Darkness is the best of the bunch.

Spoiler alert: If you read River of Darkness you will be hooked on the trilogy. The others are also very good reads. But, River of Darkness is still the better one in my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

Ron wrote: "Once again, I nominate River of Darkness by Rennie Airth.

While the body of work by Mr. Airth probably isn't as impressive as with some authors, [book:River of Darknes..."

This is an excellent read.

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

A must read emotional mystery. by Landon Parham

Like This, For Ever 3rd book in the Lacey Flint series. A must read book.

River of Darkness by Rennie Airth would also get my vote. The John Madden Trilogy is a marvellous set of mysteries and - as luck would have it - when checking out John Madden's page earlier today on Goodreads, I discovered he has a 4th John Madden book due out in June 2014.

I would like to nominate by James Patterson.
Maggie Bradford is on trial for murder -- in the celebrity trial of the decade. As one of the world's best-loved singer-songwriters, she seems to have it all. So how could she have murdered not just one, but two of her husbands? Will Shepherd was Maggie's second husband. A magnificent athlete and film star, he was just as famous. But Will had dark, dangerous secrets that none of his fans could have imagined! that his own wife could never have dreamed of.

Night Filmby Marisha Pessl sounds very intriguing. I've read lots of chatter on Goodreads about it. Some have described it as "creepy" which always gets to me. I always loved creepy mysteries as a kid and I've never grown out of it!

This a fabulous read - this author deserves some attention.
Next of Sin

Great characters, exotic locations and a very original compelling plot.

How about The Red Door by Charles Todd?

The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum

I nominate HAVANA QUEEN by James Bruno; it's a terrific read!

The Yard

Interested to see if people would like to check this out? I was quite skeptical at first, I am a James Patterson and Lee Child reader, this is a brand new author who has been writing comic strips before but I was absolutely sucked in from the beginning

Ooops not nominated before, only just joined the group so hopefully this is ok

Light Diddicoy sounds terrific!

"Caught Stealing" by Charlie Huston
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Lesfleurs wrote: "I really thought Light of the Diddicoy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...) was the best book to come out so far this year. It's Irish gangs in Bro..."

Lesfleurs - I notice that it was just released as a paperback in Mar of this year and the goodreads page doesn't list any other versions. I'd suggest we wait until later in the year so that everyone would have a chance to get a copy.

Jené wrote: "Interested to see what other people think about In the Woods by Tana French"

Hi Jene. We read In the Woods as a group read a while back. Would you like to nominate another book?

Here's a link to the discussion of In the Woods https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I enjoyed Satan's Chamber by Molly Best Tinsley- Satan's Chamber

I really like Dean Koontz 'Lightning' Here is the amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Dean-...

As you will see, it is available in all formats.

anything by Lisa Scottoline

Jonathan Kellerman's

I'll nominate In the Heat of the Night by John Dudley Ball.

Can I nominate The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo. Best one in the series so far, and I don't think you need to have read the others first

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Redeemer-...

(Apologies if we aren't supposed to link to Amazon but I couldn't find a link on here )

The Redeemer by Jo Nesboro - looks like whoever entered it misspelled Jo's name.

You had me worried there for a minute I thought I'd spelt his name wrong. It's a fab book :-)

The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell The Troubled Man

How do you guys get the book covers into your comment?

Oops seems I did after all. Sorry

Martha wrote: "Murder at Blackheath by Anne Perry"

Martha - Could I suggest you wait a couple of months to nominate this book.It's just been released in March and we can better ensure everyone has access to it if we wait a bit.

Leslie wrote: "anything by Lisa Scottoline"

Leslie - Can you propose a specific book? Otherwise, I'll arbitrarily nominate Everywhere That Mary Went, as it's the first in the series.

Holly wrote: "Jonathan Kellerman's "

Holly - we already have a Jonathan Kellerman nomination. Would you like to nominate anything else?

Two more days to put in your nominations. Some excellent selections so far, I think. Let me nominate Raven Black by Ann Cleeves.

I'd like to nominate If Looks Could Kill by Eileen Dreyer

Bill wrote: "Leslie wrote: "anything by Lisa Scottoline"

Leslie - Can you propose a specific book? Otherwise, I'll arbitrarily nominate Everywhere That Mary Went, as it's the first in the series."

Great by me :)

The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari.
sorry I don't know how to put the link or book cover picture on.

There's a "add book/author" link at the top of the reply form, Maia. You use that.