Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

This prompt is requiring you to hunt for a book featuring a murder. The obvious choice would be a mystery, thriller or the good old whodunit, but you can also read non-fiction, a book about war or genocide or any genre as long as someone is murdered.

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Suggestions:
Be careful, these lists can contain books that don't feature a murder, be sure to check the summary!
Best murder mysteries
Mystery and thrillers to read in a lifetime
Serial killers
Best Serial Killer Books
Non fiction books about serial killers
Humorous mysteries
True crime
Organised mafia
Cozy Mysteries
Cosy Mysteries with a male protagonist

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Optional questions:
- What are you reading for this category?
- Why did you choose this book?

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

Oddly was one of my book of the month selections that arrived days before the challenge list was posted.

I rarely read murder mysteries (except for Flavia de Luce) any more. However, I won a GR giveaway Moonshadows by Julie Whitesel Weston in 2017 that I haven't read yet. So, in keeping w the spirit of the giveaways, I plan on reading it in 2018. It has an historical fiction element so I think I may like it!

Just over a year ago I started a great mystery series by Zoe Ferraris that takes place in Saudi Arabia and features a female forensic scientist and a male detective, who is a Palestinian-Bedouin born. I loved the first book, Finding Nouf, and have been looking forward to reading the second in the series, City of Veils, for this prompt. I recommend the series to any of you looking for a book with a murder.

I am going to read Dissolutiona murder mystery set in an English monastery at the time of Henry VIII's English Reformation. This is book one of C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake's series:

I have a few choices, and a lot of them are surprisingly nonfiction. I may end up reading something completely off this list, but here's a starting point.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
In Cold Blood
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
A Madness So Discreet
In the Shadow of Gotham
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

I had a hold on a book that I forgot about and it came in yesterday, a week too early! I would like to use it for this week, if I can hold off reading it for the week. The TV show Haven was based on it: The Colorado Kid by Stephen King.

So many choices!

The Cuckoo's Calling
The Silkworm
The Girlfriend
The Shining Girls (This one would also work for the villain prompt)
In the Woods
The Secret History
The Lovely Bones

Going to go light and use one of my cozy mysteries for this...will have to see what I read first in the new year, but leaning toward Cookie Dough, Snow & Wands Aglow: A Cozy Witch Mystery

I am also choosing a cozy mystery for this - The Wedding Cake Murder by Hannah Swenson.

I chose a cozy murder mystery - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (main character is Hannah Swesen).
Completed and Reviewed!

I'm reading Green for Danger by Christianna Brand This is because it is the next in a series for me , and also doing a buddy read in another group. My preferred genre is crime, and I have really gotten into the Golden Age books Christie, Marsh etc.

- What are you reading for this category?
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

- Why did you choose this book?
I started reading Agatha Christies books last year and discovered that I actually enjoyed them so I intend to try out a few more this year.

Dark Places is my choice :)

The book i'm gonna read that has a murder in it is A Dog and His Girl Mysteries: Cry WOOF by Jane B. Mason. In this book of the series, Cassie and Dodge try to solve the mystery of how Madame Lafarge died.

I read The Forsaken Inn by Anna Katharine Green, a fun and quick gothic tale set during the American Revolutionary War. I chose it because I want to read more books written by women in the 1800s, plus it's free via Project Gutenberg.

I highly recommend Agatha Christie's mysteries including:

And Then There Were None
Murder on the Orient Express
Crooked House
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

For this category I chose Murder By Design: Inspired by Real Events in the Life of Frank Lloyd Wright. I enjoyed the book. Vivid descriptions and characters. Left me with some questions but cannot let the cat out of the bag, so you'll have to read it!

- What are you reading for this category? For this I read "Arrows Fall" by Mercedes Lackey. Book three in the Herald of Valdemar series.

- Why did you choose this book? In all honesty I read this book as a reread. I knew there was a murder in it despite it being a fantasy novel. I made it fit the topic rather then choosing it for the topic but Im ok with that. :)

The title says it all!

Agatha Christie –

- What are you reading for this category?
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

- Why did you choose this book?
I picked it up because it is a new release and I am trying to read 5 new releases this month for another challenge. I chose it for this task because (view spoiler)[nearly all of the royal family is murdered. (hide spoiler)]

What are you reading for this category?

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor

Why did you choose this book?

I bought 9 of the books in this series at the library book sale and wanted to get started on it.

- What are you reading for this category?
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- Why did you choose this book?
It got good reviews and it was available at the library.

What are you reading for this category?
Cop Hater, by Ed McBain


Why did you choose this book?
It was randomly selected at my book club.

What are you reading for this category?
I read Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner

Why did you choose this book?
I loved the first book in the UNSUB series and when offered a chance to read the ARC for this one I couldn't pass it up. These books are like reading a CSI and Criminal Minds mash-up. Highly recommend

I am reading The Flight Attendant. It is a book I got from NetGalley, it coming out this month so felt like I should review it sooner than later and this was the first place I could fit it in for the challenge.

What are you reading this month?
The crow trap by Ann Cleeves

Why did you choose this book?
I loved her Shetland series and wanted to start a new one...

What are you reading for this category?
I just finished The Guilty One

Why did you choose this book?
I've seen it recommended for fans of Defending Jacob (although I personally did not find it quite as strong).

I read The Birdwatcher. I'm a birder so that was what lead me to pick this particular title. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next in the series - even if the birding element is no longer present.

I read The Woman in Cabin 10 for this category, and a murder is involved! (or is it?)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I read Projection: A Novel by Keith Ablow. This was an instance in which my blind-date-with-a book did not work out.

- What are you reading for this category?
Like Father Like Daughter by Christina Kaye

- Why did you choose this book?
I read a lot of mystery books that involve a murder and this was another book that looked interesting to me.

- What are you reading for this category?
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

- Why did you choose this book? I saw it during the GR choice awards and I was curious :)

What are you reading for this category?

Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks.
and
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb

- What are you reading for this category? All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
- Why did you choose this book? It's been sitting on my shelf for a while and I kept seeing ratings by my GR friends.

The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
its one of my Netgalley books I have to read and review ,been want to read it .

What are you reading for this category?
I read Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy.

Why did you choose this book?
I've wanted to read this for a while but I wasn't even sure if it met the topic's requirement. I figured, hey...It's Cormac...there must be a murder in the book somewhere. I have to say it...I was correct.

Let Me Lie

I have mixed feelings about this book. It's not a genre that I would normally choose (mystery) but I did love the "english" references throughout so that's what kept me going. There is a part of the book that I found over-the-top dramatic, but I suppose necessary for the story line. The whole parking garage scene and ensuing "flat" scene felt like a cheap American TV production...very distracting and cheesy. Uneven is the word I would use for this book.

- What are you reading for this category?

Top Secret Twenty Two by Janet Evanovich

- Why did you choose this book?

These books are not well written or anything, but I really wanted a quick easy read that would be a laugh, and these are good for that.

The Address by Fiona Davis

What are you reading for this category?
I read Room with a Clue by Kate Kingsbury
Why did you choose this book?
I have been wanting to start this cozy series, used it as a fill-in after a few more intense books, and there was a murder! So a perfect fit.

The book The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket is a great book for children, though the humor is much more geared to adults. It introduces children to the sections of the orchestra. But the accompanying music CD is so much fun. A good way for kids to complete this category.

I read Jack & Jill. I chose this because I was reading the first few books of the Alex Cross series and it fit for this category. It actually contained multiple murders and two ongoing investigations.

I read Cibola Burn. It wouldn't be an Expanse book without someone dying. I chose it because the books are pretty addictive, and then shoehorned it into ATY because why not?

I'm reading The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters, which I hope will contain a murder to fulfill this number.

Hope you are enjoying it, Anne. I just read my first Ellis A Morbid Taste for Bones. I'm guessing you will get your murder before you reach the end.

Read The Angel's Game

I chose this book because I had read The Shadow of the Wind last year and really enjoyed it. This was almost as good, definitely kept my attention, and there were a number of murders to fulfill the requirement.

I'm starting Funerals are Fatal by Agatha Christie. I chose this because I love Agatha Christie books and have been trying to read all her books.

- What are you reading for this category?
Alone by Lisa Gardner

- Why did you choose this book?
I wanted to start the series and was in a mood of a mystery book.

I listened to this book and the narrator was great.The Girl Before. The book has a few twists with a house that is a character on its own. A good scary book for this prompt.