The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Winners Chosen:

In the Woods and The Little Sister

Congratulations Anne-marie and Elizabeth (Alaska)

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You may vote in both polls.

Poll for Category 1:

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/48...

Poll for Category 2:

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/48...

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It's time for nominations again.

May/June Group Reads: There will be two categories this month.
Each member may nominate one (1) book only.

Category 1: Open - a book from any category
Category 2: A woman author (in honor of Mother's Day)


General rules for Group Reads

If your nomination wins - you will be the moderator.

One nomination per person. Authors, please no self-nominations.

Please do not repeat an author we have read in the last year.

Nominations will be open until Saturday, May 7, 2011, with voting until Thursday May 12, 2011.

For your nomination indicate which Category, use Title, Author and Link (use the "add book/author" link at top of comment box) please.

Since we are an international group, please check to make sure the book is readily available. Is it available in paperback? Used? Your local library? The last thing we want is to nominate a great book that no one can get!

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.

Thanks for your cooperation!

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Category 1 - Open
The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears (Hayes)
The Book of Shadows by Alexandra Sokoloff (Gary)
True Crime by Andrew Klavan (Manugw)
Frozen Out/Frozen Assets by Quentin Bates (Rachel)
Lethal Rage by Brett Pilkey (Rd)
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler (Elizabeth Alaska)
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (Tina)


Category 2 - Women Authors
Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid (Paul'Pezter')
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Gatorman)
The Burning by Jane Casey (amy)
Room by Emma Donoghue (Don)
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Ammar666)
The Woman in the Wing by Jean Sheldon (Doreen)
See Jane Die by Erica Spindler (Fiona-Titch)
In the Woods by Tana French (Anne-marie)
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (Jan C)
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Lou)
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (Terese)

I'd like to nominate Val McDermid under category 2, and her book Killing the Shadows

Under Category 2, I nominate Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.

Category 2 Jane Casey, the burning.

For category 2 I nominate Room byEmma Donoghue perfect :)

I nominate Sharp Objects category 2.

Lou wrote: "I nominate Sharp Objects category 2."

Do you mean this one:
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn ?

Can I remind nominators to use the "add book/author" link tool which you can find at the top of the comment box. This way we can all go and check out the book, and not check out the wrong one! Thanks

Instructions:
>> click on "add book/author". A pop up window will open with two tabs: "book" and "author"
>> click on one of the two tabs, type in the name of the book or the name of the author. Sometimes several choices will be shown.
>> click on the book or author that is your choice and voila!

For Category 1 I will nominate The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears. It is the first of the Jonathon Argyll series.

For Category number one I nominate The Miernik Dossier by Charles McCarry

Ammar666 wrote: "For the 2nd category I nominate Case Histories by Kate Atkinson"

"Each member may nominate one (1) book only."

Just one per member Ammar, sorry. Which would you like to nominate? Cat 1 or Cat 2

For Category 1 Alexandra Sokoloff - The Book of Shadows

Gary wrote: "For Category 1 Alexandra Sokoloff - The Book of Shadows"

Can't find the book, Gary. Could you use a link please?

Here is the link for Book of ShadowsBook of ShadowsIf this is not a link please let me know how ot add a link. Book of Shadows

Full Dark House

In the Woods

Hayes wrote: "Ammar666 wrote: "For the 2nd category I nominate Case Histories by Kate Atkinson"

"Each member may nominate one (1) book only."

Just one per member Ammar, sorry. Which..."

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson I think would be better.

Gary wrote: "Here is the link for Book of ShadowsBook of ShadowsIf this is not a link please let me know how ot add a link. Book of Shadows"

Thanks for the link, Gary. Look at message number 8; I put instructions there.

Anne-marie wrote: "In the Woods"

Anne-marie wrote: "Full Dark House"

Each member may nominate one (1) book only.

Which would you like to nominate, Anne-marie, and for which category?

Claude wrote: ""

Claude, I deleted your message, for obvious reasons. You can post the information about your book in Author's corner. Thanks.

In honor of mother's day I nominate The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French.

Winged Obsession by Jessica SpeartWinged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler

Karen wrote: "Winged Obsession by Jessica SpeartWinged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler"

This one is not really a mystery, Karen, as it is non-fiction (looks pretty interesting, however). Would you like to nominate another one?

Hayes would u care to delete my 1st entry from the list please.

Ammar666 wrote: "Hayes would u care to delete my 1st entry from the list please."

Got it, Ammar, thanks.

I nominate True Crime

Doreen wrote: "In honor of mother's day I nominate The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French."

I put this on the list, but I can't tell if it's really a mystery. It's listed here on Goodreads as "humor" and "adult fiction". Does anyone know the book?

In the Woods in the femal author category

See Jane Die - Erica Spindler

Hayes wrote: "Doreen wrote: "In honor of mother's day I nominate The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French."

I put this on the list, but I can't tell if it's..."

How about I retract that book (it was not tagged mystery on Amazon, either) and replace it with The Woman in the Wing by Jean Sheldon?
Thanks!

I'd really like to read Frozen Out by Quentin Bates; I'm reading another murder mystery with an Icelandic backdrop at the moment, and this one seems to get good reviews.

Rachel wrote: "I'd really like to read Frozen Out by Quentin Bates; I'm reading another murder mystery with an Icelandic backdrop at the moment, and this one seems to get good rev..."

Hi Rachel, Looks like this is only available as an e book. Do you know if it is available in print?

In honor of Mother's Day how about going back to Dorothy L. Sayers and WHOSE BODY?

The Weight of Silence

For mothers day, women author I nominate And Then There Were None byAgatha Christie

Lethal Rage

by Brett Pilkey

Lethal Rage: A Mystery

For category 2 I nominate Room by Emma Donoghue perfect :)

Manugw wrote: "For mothers day, women author I nominate And Then There Were None byAgatha Christie"

Manugw, you already nominated one for category 1 (where we have fewer books). Why don't you nominate Agatha Christie next month?

We don't count true crime?

Karen wrote: "We don't count true crime?"

I hadn't thought about it when I set up the categories for this month. Donna and I had a fast think and we have decided to keep it to fiction this month, but next month we will have "true crime" as the second category, so you'll be able to nominate it then.

Sorry about the confusion.

Rachel wrote: "I'd really like to read Frozen Out by Quentin Bates; I'm reading another murder mystery with an Icelandic backdrop at the moment, and this one seems to get good rev..."

Donna wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I'd really like to read Frozen Out by Quentin Bates; I'm reading another murder mystery with an Icelandic backdrop at the moment, and this one seems ..."


I think there are other editions but there are some "combining issues". This link should do it: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82...

Well, they asked for two categories, I do not what is wrong

Hayes wrote: "Manugw wrote: "For mothers day, women author I nominate And Then There Were None byAgatha Christie"

Manugw, you already nominated one for category 1 (where we have few..."

Manugw wrote: "Well, they asked for two categories, I do not what is wrong

Hayes wrote: "Manugw wrote: "For mothers day, women author I nominate And Then There Were None by[author:Agatha Christie|1..."

If you look at message #1 at the top of the page, the instructions say: "May/June Group Reads: There will be two categories this month.
Each member may nominate one (1) book only."

Not one book for each category. Sorry for the confusion.

Ok, thank you so my choice is True Crime by Andrew Klavan

Donna wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I'd really like to read Frozen Out by Quentin Bates; I'm reading another murder mystery with an Icelandic backdrop at the moment, and this one seems ..."

It's a Soho Crime book, Donna. Already out in hardcover.

So the question is is "Frozen Assets" (the Soho hardcover) the same book as "Frozen Out" (the ebook for Kindle)?

Update

Quick check of the internet seems to indicate that it's the same book.

Donna wrote: "So the question is is "Frozen Assets" (the Soho hardcover) the same book as "Frozen Out" (the ebook for Kindle)?

Update

Quick check of the internet seems to indicate that it's the same book."

Sorry--I didn't even absorb the 'Out' rather than 'Assets'. The Quentin Bates Icelandic series #1 is Frozen Assets.

Martina wrote: "Sorry--I didn't even absorb the 'Out' rather than 'Assets'. The Quentin Bates Icelandic series #1 is Frozen Assets. "

I think it has been published under both titles (Hate it when they do that!) The link I gave in message #42 shows both of them under "other editions".

Lou wrote: "I nominate Sharp Objects category 2."

Hi Lou... just noticed now: Gatorman already nominated that one. Would you like to nominate another? (Maybe for Category 1 which needs a few more books?)