November 2019 ~ What are you reading?

Still reading Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie.

I have finished the 3rd Johnson Johnson book - Operation Nassau (aka "Dolly and the Doctor Bird"). This is a spy thriller/mystery series written in the 1960s & 1970s so some of it is a bit dated but that doesn't bother me. I didn't like this one as much as the first 2 but still worth reading. 3*

Enjoying this OverDrive audiobook ~

16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson

(Lindsay Boxer/continuation of the "Joe" arc)

The Mountain Cat Murders by Rex Stout. Mixed reviews on this, but it’s 1939 in Cody, Wyoming. Up to the 3rd chapter and still interesting.

Doing a re-read of P.D. James. Just started Death of an Expert Witness

I'm reading Minute For Murder by Nicholas Blake, the 8th Nigel Strangeways book.

Finished P.D. James Talking About Detective Fiction. A witty survey of the field and an interesting insight into her methods.

On a friend's recommendation, started The Doublet Affair, set in Elizabethan England.

I continue in my reading of R. Austin Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke series with Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes. A good entry in the series but not the best.... 3*

Finished Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie. Odd book, but I think I liked it.

I finished The Final Deduction by Rex Stout. A good entry in the Nero Wolfe series, I gave it 3.5*

I'm finding it hard to focus on my other books, so a re-read of The ABC Murders is doing the job at the moment.

>12 rabbitprincess: I often find that a reread does the trick when I get in a reading slump. And Agatha Christie is always good!

I am about to start A Long Finish, the 6th book in the Aurelio Zen series.

>12 rabbitprincess: >13 leslie.98: Agatha Christie is my go to read when I get in a slump as well. Two or three of her books and I'm right as rain again.

Recently read: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (quite liked it), A Bitter Feast (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels Book 18) by Deborah Crombie (excellent, as usual) and The Last Temptation by Val McDermid. Now back to The Cases of Lieutenant Timothy Trant by Q Patrick.

Finished these three and really liked them. Not exactly mystery, but crime related - The Widow, The Child & The Suspect by Fiona Barton

Enjoying this OverDrive audiobook ~

The Guardians: a novel by John Grisham

(Has the wrong man been in prison for 22 years?)

Just finished John le Carré's latest, Agent Running in the Field. I couldn't put it down!

Article in The Guardian about Golden Age Detective Novels:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/13/top-10-golden-age-detective-novels...

This past month has been a good time to catch up with the latest entries in some favorite series:

A Better Man by Louise Penny: pretty good, not up to her best IMHO.
A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie: she takes Kincaid and James out of the city and delivers some mild foodie porn. Very enjoyable.
The Angel's Share by Ellen Crosby: excellent "buttinsky procedural", fascinating links to Jamestown, F. Bacon, Freemasons, Shakespeare.

john connelly's book of bones

Enjoying this OverDrive Kindle eBook ~

Too Hard to Handle by Julie Ann Walker

(Black Knights series, #8/spec-ops/Dan Currington/hot romantic suspense)

Really enjoyed The Whisper Man by Alex North-part crime fiction/police procedural, part ghost story, part psychological thriller. I read it in one sitting on this dark, dreary rainy day.

The Midnight Line by Lee Child. This must mean I’m going to be traveling again.

At long last, catching up with Barker and Llewellyn in Old Scores. Lots of chuckle moments so far.

I just finished Johnny Get Your Gun by John Ball. This is the 3rd book in the Virgil Tibbs series (I didn't know there was a series until I got this book last spring!) and I think it might be even better than In the Heat of the Night!

Just finished Joe Country by Mick Herron, good but not his best.
Will be starting The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon.

I finished Magpie Murders early this morning -- what a delight!

Getting back to the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma Jones mystery series and just finished And Justice There is None by Deborah Crombie. Good read.

While waiting for books to arrive by slow boat (including Deborah Crombie A Bitter Feast) - just finished a re-read of Jane Langton God in Concord, and started a new to me Enigma by Robert Harris.

Oh, I like the Jane Langton books I have read -- thanks for the reminder >31 rhinemaiden:!

>32 leslie.98: leslie.98 I love that Jane Langton also did the pen and ink illustrations in her books

Finished The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (I think it counts as a mystery) and have started Platform Seven by Louise Doughty.

>24 ted74ca: Just purchased The Whisper Man by Alex North on the basis that our tastes seem to be similar :)

I haven't posted here for a while but I just finished The Godmother: A Crime Novel by Hannelore Cayre. It has an original premise: Patience Portefeux is a translator for the police in Paris, mostly of drug dealers speaking Arabic. She uses a her inside knowledge to get into the drug trade herself. I thought it was a compelling, well-written (and translated from the French) story.

>28 jomacbe: Just started The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon, too. I read The Good German many years ago and liked it. I hope I like The Accomplice as well.

>18 rabbitprincess: Good to hear - on my tbr list. Hope to get to it soon.

>13 leslie.98: Loved the Aurelio Zen series. I was sad to see it end when MIchael Dibdin died.

I just finished listening to The Lost Man by Jane Harper. This is the first of her books that I have read or listened to although I've heard all the accolades for The Dry (which I also have available as an audiobook. It was terrific; really made me feel the heat and dryness of outback Queensland and the huge distances people had to travel to anywhere else. The book involves the death of one of three brothers by dehydration when he becomes separated from his vehicle that has all the food and water he needed. Was it just an accident?

Just finished The Playground by Jane Shemilt, my latest ER book. Not baffling, somewhat predictable, good relationships, bad ones too. I'll put thoughts together at some point for my review.

I finished the first book in the Felse series by Ellis Peters (who also wrote the Cadfael series) - Fallen into the Pit. I didn't much care for the atmospheric descriptive style of the writing but I am sure that there are many who would like it. For me, it wasn't nearly as good as the Cadfael books but I am willing to try another just to make sure...

Enigma by Robert Harris - DNF (too convoluted, got to the point where I didn't care about the characters; read a plot summary online, glad I didn't waste my time finishing the book.)

currently reading: Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen

next up: A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie

The Black Widow by Daniel Silva. Continuing for awhile with popular best sellers.

Finished The Accomplice: A novel by Joseph Kanon. A good thriller about tracking down a Nazi in Argentina. Lots of twists, though I found the basic premise a little hard to believe.

Added What Have You Done by Matthew Farrell into my reading rotation.

>35 mvo62:. I hope you do like it. I was on the waiting list a long time at our library before it was my turn, so I think it's quite popular.

I just finished the latest in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series-Many Rivers to Cross, and, as usual, it was a good read.

I have The Heavens May Fall going. Not bad. A few gaffes in other areas that make me question the legal and police procedure aspects though.

Finished Platform Seven by Louise Doughty - enjoyed it. Have just started Careless Love (Inspector Banks Novels Book 25) by Peter Robinson.

> 44 ted74ca: Judging by the reviews, it would be best to read this on a bight, sunny day :)

Enjoying this OverDrive audiobook ~

Christmas Revelation by Anne Perry
(mystery/Dickens-type tale)

December thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/313514