Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

I had a very good August. All audio books except one arc, one was a group read.
Exceptional books:
Those We Thought We Knew David Joy
After That Night Karin Slaughter

Very Good books:
None of This Is True Lisa Jewell (group read)
The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology Nita A. Farahany
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon David Grann
A Disappearance in Fiji Nilima Rao

Good books:
The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) Bruce Borgos
The Day That Never Comes (Dublin Trilogy, #2) Caimh McDonnell
Beware the Woman Megan Abbott

OK Books:
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1) James Patterson
Dog Treats and Death: A Talking Dog Cozy Mystery (Heywood Hounds Cozy Mysteries Book 1) Carly Winter (advanced reader's copy)

I'm glad to see you liked A Disappearance in Fiji. I have it on my list to read for my read the world challenge and of course here!

nice month, ann!

Amazing variety. Everything from talking dogs to analysis of the brain. I hope you weren’t reading those at the same time.

Great list as always. It prompts two thoughts from Bouchercon:

-Dog Treats and Death reminded me of a book and author I saw at an event call "Author Speed Dating." The book is Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler. Turns out it does not have a dog as the protagonist as the title suggests, but it sounded like fun and Osler was engaging so that's all it takes to get it on my TBR, LOL.

-Megan Abbott was there and I didn't see her panels but she read a short story at an evening event called "Noir at the Bar" where 8 or 9 authors read a short work. Hers gave me chills. It may be from Beware the Woman from its description. I'll post what I remember and you can tell me. (view spoiler)[A woman is lying on a bed, maybe waking up from a nightmare and feeling disoriented and unsettled. Her husband comes in and she tells him "I really don't want to go" or "I really don't want to be here." That's all I remember but the chills I got were mostly from her description of the characters unease. She's good! (hide spoiler)]

Carol, What fun at Bouchercon!! yes highly likely the panel discussion reading by Megan Abbott was from her Beware the Woman. The entire book gave me chills. I actually had to put it aside for a bit to shore myself up for reading the rest. It was my first by her and well written, VERY suspenseful; I will try another.
Several of the books I listened to this month were disturbing enough to have me skip around on my listening to settle my head to continue listening. Two I was determined because of the authors, David Joy and Karin Slaughter, who are must reads. The subject matter was the catalyst and extremely well written and important to read.
Two others the titles kept me going (Beware the Woman was one) and None of This Is True.

Dan, lol not directly. The brain book was fascinating. I grabbed the audio after hearing about it in a podcast. I sometimes do that with non fiction that has an interesting idea and don’t always read the entire book due to time constraints, etc. This one held my interest for the entire book. Fascinating stuff. Scary too.
My month was more like an October Halloween scary line-up! Lol
Unfortunately the talking dog was in a not very well written plot.

Dan in AZ wrote: "Amazing variety. Everything from talking dogs to analysis of the brain. I hope you weren’t reading those at the same time."

Gail, I will read more by the author! Hope you enjoy it too. Nilima Rao’s setting, characters, and the social/caste historical situation were well written and eye-opening.
She has a blog about her experiences researching the book which had close family connections drawing her to tell the story.
I can’t find her research blog link right now but this Sisters in Crime link has a summary: https://sistersincrime.org.au/across-...

Gail W wrote: "I'm glad to see you liked A Disappearance in Fiji. I have it on my list to read for my read the world challenge and of course here!"

I'm also glad you liked A Disappearance in Fiji, I read at the end of July and gave it three stars which means that I liked it.

Shomeret - your original mention and review for A Disappearance in Fiji are how the book got on my radar I believe - Thank you!
I have been steered to many of my good reads by your lead!

Shomeret wrote: "I'm also glad you liked A Disappearance in Fiji, I read at the end of July and gave it three stars which means that I liked it."