The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Name is Dale but Go by sarg as I am a 76yr old retired Texas police Sargent 28 years with one dept. I like Police procedurals mainly, But have done a lot of PI reading the Sam Spades, Mike Hammer,...etc. Wambaugh, Like some of the English Detectives. I Read Joan Hess for her Magody series. To be truthful Ill read just about anything that can hold my interest for the first 25 pages.

Hi Dale/sarg, thanks for joining us. I'm sure you'll find lots of things to hold your interest. Check out the threads and the recommendations.

Welcome sarg. Glad you found us. I can recommend some international police procedurals like Leighton Gage's Mario Silva series in Brazil, Garry Disher's Hal Challis series in Australia, and Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series in Italy. Oh yes, and a favorite of Hayes, Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano also set in Italy.

Welcome Dale. Will find lots of books to add to your list in this group for sure!

Welcome.

Donna wrote: "...Oh yes, and a favorite of Hayes, Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano also set in Italy. "

Forgot about Montalbano... Thanks Donna!

Hi! My name is Mike. I am a retired college professor. I live in Southern California wine country with my wife, Kitty, and our two other cats. I am an avid reader, and I also write. I love to travel internationally. And there's nothing like a good read, especially if is is suspenseful.
It's good to be here on Goodreads.
Mike

Hi Mike, thanks for joining the group!

Dale wrote: "Name is Dale but Go by sarg as I am a 76yr old retired Texas police Sargent 28 years with one dept. I like Police procedurals mainly, But have done a lot of PI reading the Sam Spades, Mike Hammer,...."

Welcome, always happy to find another in my general age group ... and I was a police dispatcher 'out west' for a number of years. The Dell Shannon LAPD police procedurals were my first police series and I still re-read some of them.

Have you tried Craig Johnson's series with his Wyoming county sheriff, Walt Longmier? The author lives in the area where it is set (where I grew up and spent much of my adult life) and he definiely gets the area and the people right.

Thanks for the welcome and the recomdations I will check them all out. I told one of the other groups that I checkin with that my ambition is bigger than my DO. I have found that the older you get the shorter the hours in a day, the days in a week and the weeks in a year get.Dont seem to have enough time for all the things I need and want to DO.

Dale wrote: "Thanks for the welcome and the recomdations I will check them all out. I told one of the other groups that I checkin with that my ambition is bigger than my DO. I have found that the older you get ..."

Boy, isn't THAT the unfortunate truth! I really hated it when I had to quit training horses (quite a few years ago, but I'm still annoyed about that!).

Only upside to getting older that I've discovered is that I do have more time to read ... and nobody can tell me not to eat my dessert first at a meal.

That's the spirit!!

Is there other people besides me that like to eat desert along with every thing else. Cant stand to wait for desert

What? Brownies right out of the oven, smothered in vanilla ice cream isn't supper?

Hi, I am David. I am the marketing & publicity manager for Oceanview Publishing, and independent publisher of mystery, thriller & suspense genre.

We periodically have free eBook downloads available through Amazon for Kindle. I am still trying to work out the kinks to do the same with B&N, Kobo, etc. Unfortunately, they haven't made it easy. This is a great opportunity to discover new authors. Anyway...This month we have three free eBooks for Kindle. Check out The Fallen by Mark Terry, Shadow of Death by Patricia Gussin and Dead Air by Deborah Shlian & Linda Reid. No catch, just enjoy!

Thanks for letting me join the group!

Hi David, welcome.

Why don't you open your own thread in the "Author's Corner" (I know you're not a single author, but it's the only place that is appropriate).

That way more people are likely to find you and Oceanview.

Thanks for joining us.

I will do that!

Thanks!

Hi, Jon Jefferson, new member. I'm the "Jefferson" -- the writer half -- of Jefferson Bass. Just coming up for air (and reads!) after finishing the manuscript of the seventh in the Body Farm series: The Inquisitor's Key, due out in May. Looking forward to getting to know folks in this group & elsewhere on Goodreads!

Welcome to the group Jon. What genre of mystery do you like to read when you're on the reader side of the writer/reader equation?

Hi Jon, welcome to the group.

Welcome Jon.

Glad you joined us, Jon.

Welcome Jon.

Dena wrote: "Welcome to the group Jon. What genre of mystery do you like to read when you're on the reader side of the writer/reader equation?"

Thanks for the welcomes! When I'm reading mysteries, I range between Robert B. Parker's Spenser series, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series, Leighton Gage's Brazilian novels, and Cormac McCarthy -- not a mystery writer per se, but MAN there's a lot of bodies in his body of work!

I've read every Spenser and I still wish there were more. Welcome from me, Jon
Cynthia Thomason
Stagestruck, a Jubilee Showboat Mystery

More than once, I've gotten 50-60 percent through a Spenser novel and suddenly realized, "oh, I've read this one before." Not QUITE as good as a new one, but halfway... ; )

Thanks,
Jon

Hi Jon, Have you read The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville? Nuanced and thought provoking like Leighton Gage's books, and a high body count too.

Donna wrote: "Hi Jon, Have you read The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville? Nuanced and thought provoking like Leighton Gage's books, and a high body count too."

I haven't -- but with a description like that, who could resist?!? Thanks!

Welcome, Jon! I love the series. My son did residency at UT and got to tour the Body Farm. I'm so jealous! It's good to see you here.