The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

OK folks. The threads for the September Group Reads are open and it looks like they are already active. Nice to see. I hope everybody is liking the new Group read process.

This is the group read thread for nominations for the October 2017 Group Read. Nominations will remain open until I get between 15 and 20 nominations. Then I'll set up the poll.

OK now. For October's nominations the category is Author's who's last name starts with either K or L. There have been a few books that can't be chosen as they've been selected within the last 3 years. They are -

- Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane (currently reading in fact)
- Defending Jacob by William Landay
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
- The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
- The Drop by Dennis Lehane
- You by Caroline Kepnes
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
- The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg

The basic rules for Group reads still apply -

a) this is not the place for authors to nominate their own books,
b) if you nominate a book and it wins, you are the discussion leader. If you don't want to take an active role as the moderator, then please please please don't nominate a book.
c) please use the "add book/author" feature when making your nomination.

I'll keep the nominations open until we get 15 - 20 books. Good luck!

Books nominated -

1. Midwinter Sacrifice by Mons Kallentoft (Nominated by Gisela)
2. The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman (nominated by Skye)
3. The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre (Nominated by Carolyn)
4. The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King (Nominated by Bill)
5. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger (nominated by Sally)
6. Devil-Devil by Graeme Kent (Nominated by Carol)
7. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (nominated by Natalie)
8. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss (nominated by Susanna)
9. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (nominated by Autumn)
10. The Cypress House by Michael Koryta (nominated by Tom)
11. The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan (nominated by Suzy)
12. A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava (nominated by Pauline)

what are September's reads. I seemed to have missed the notification.

The threads are already up and both books are listed on the front page of the group, Linda...

Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly... There you go

Thankyou Bill

Can I nominate Midwinter Sacrifice by Mons Kallentoft

The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman

I would like to nominate The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre as it won the CWA International Dagger last year, but I'm a little confused by its Goodreads classification which doesn't seem to fit.- it's listed as Historical Fiction.Has anyone read it already and can confirm that it is (I think) a Crime Thriller?

Carolyn wrote: "I would like to nominate The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre as it won the CWA International Dagger last year, but I'm a little confused by its Goodreads classificatio..."

It won the award for international crime fiction, so I'll add it.

I'll nominate The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King

Skye wrote: "The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman"

I've added it, Skye. It's the 17th book in a series. Can it be read without missing much from the past books?

I imagine, Bill, most of her books are stand-alones, more or less, but it's been quite awhile since I've read her; ( they do follow a schema---Detective Peter Decker and his Hacidic wife, Rina Lazarus, who gets involved in his cases.

Skye wrote: "I imagine, Bill, most of her books are stand-alones, more or less, but it's been quite awhile since I've read her; ( they do follow a schema---Detective Peter Decker and his Hacidic wife, Rina Laza..."

Sounds good.. :)

Frankly, their story is charming; second marriage for both; Peter had been an Irish Catholic, but converted; his daughter from the first marriage is also a homicide detective.

Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger.

YAY, that is one of my favorite novels.

Sally wrote: "Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger."

Iron Lake bu William Kent Krueger

:)
Have you read this, Bill?

I nominate Devil-Devil by Graeme Kent. It is the first in a series and takes place in the Solomon Islands.

Skye wrote: ":)
Have you read this, Bill?"

No I haven't, Skye

It's wonderful, Bill:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I agree with Skye Bill:)

:))

Marian recommended it a long time ago, and it was a wonderful story.

Reading a good book,which you are loving,no matter what genre,I think,is very good for the soul.

I would like to nominate Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll.

I would nominate A Perfect Evil or Breaking Creed by Alex Kava

I would like to nominate A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss.

I apologize, I have not gotten to participate in a while. Have we already done, The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler? There is an L and a K! If so, the second book? The Nightmare?

With hurricane season well under way I have a yen to read The Cypress House by Michael Koryta. This semi-supernatural thriller is set in Florida during the killer hurricane of 1935.

I'd like to nominate The Unquiet Dead, by Ausma Zehanat Khan, the first in a series set in Toronto featuring a police duo, Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak. A friend raves about these and I've been meaning to read this one.

Pauline wrote: "I would nominate A Perfect Evil or Breaking Creed by Alex Kava"

A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava

I'm setting the poll up today. I'll let you know when it's available

This is the link to the poll. You can also find it by clicking on Polls on the group page. It should be first.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

As always, request you don't vote if you don't plan to take part in the Group Read discussions if the book you vote for wins.

Thanks.

The two books chosen for the October Group Read are -

1. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (nominated by Natalie)
2. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger (nominated by Sally)

Natalie and Sally will be moderators. The threads will be set up October 1st so you've got a couple of weeks to start reading.

Congrats and enjoy!

Iron Lake is an excellent beginning to a great series. I highly recommend it.

I will be reading Iron Lake

I tried to located the link for you earlier, William, and I will be in that group, as well.
Now, please tell me if you've ever read Ann Cleeves and/or Tony Hillerman ( would love your input).

The threads aren't up yet but they will be shortly.

Thanks, Nancy!

I went in search and couldn't find them.

Skye wrote: "Thanks, Nancy!"

No problem -- it's October 1.

:)

That's what I thought, but I could have sworn I saw the results! I probably dreamt it.

the results are in message 35 here.

Thanks!

LOL, so I didn't imagine it.

Skye wrote: ".... ever read Ann Cleeves and/or Tony Hillerman ( would love your input)."

No, but they sound good. The entire population of the Shetlands is only 23,000 😊

The Luckiest Girl Alive is pretty good, and I look forward to the discussion!

Skye wrote: "I tried to located the link for you earlier, William, and I will be in that group, as well.
Now, please tell me if you've ever read Ann Cleeves and/or Tony Hillerman ( would love your input)."

I'll butt in here :). I have read all of Cleeves' Shetland books and they are a favorite series. Their slow pace matches the culture of the Shetlands. I am just getting ready to listen to the first in her Vera series - I love the tv show. I also have read many Hillerman books and they are favorites as well. Maybe we should do a group read for one of these one day.!

Suzy wrote: "Skye wrote: "I tried to located the link for you earlier, William, and I will be in that group, as well.
Now, please tell me if you've ever read Ann Cleeves and/or Tony Hillerman ( would love your ..."

I like them all as well, Suzy. I've yet to finish the Shetlands or the Veras and am looking forward to trying the George & Molly books. I think we may have done a group read on one or more of these, but i'm not sure. You can always do buddy reads, we do have a thread set up for them