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1Andrew-theQM
Trying to sort out potential Group Reads for August for when I am away, obviously it needs to be books I own or will have access to.
As we are already reading the series one safe one is :
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves (#5 in the Vera Stanhope Series.
We then need to choose two others from the books I am suggesting below. Can you let me know your thoughts, including if you can't get hold of any of the books because then I can remove them from the list. If you can let me know your thoughts by the end of Thursday.
Thanks,
Andrew
The Advent Killer by Alastair Gunn
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
The Business of Dying by Simon Kernick
Ice Hunt by James Rollins
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
Kingdom by Tom Martin
Pantheon by Sam Bourne
Safe Houseby Nicci French
The Venice Conspiracy by Jon Trace
Blind Eye by Stuart Macbride
Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard
If you are interested in reading any of them just post the book's title or the number of the post with the book description.
As we are already reading the series one safe one is :
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves (#5 in the Vera Stanhope Series.
We then need to choose two others from the books I am suggesting below. Can you let me know your thoughts, including if you can't get hold of any of the books because then I can remove them from the list. If you can let me know your thoughts by the end of Thursday.
Thanks,
Andrew
The Advent Killer by Alastair Gunn
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
The Business of Dying by Simon Kernick
Ice Hunt by James Rollins
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
Kingdom by Tom Martin
Pantheon by Sam Bourne
Safe Houseby Nicci French
The Venice Conspiracy by Jon Trace
Blind Eye by Stuart Macbride
Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard
If you are interested in reading any of them just post the book's title or the number of the post with the book description.
2Andrew-theQM
The Advent Killer by Alastair Gunn
#1 in the Antonia Hawkins Series
Christmas is coming. One body at a time. Three weeks before Christmas: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is drowned in her bathtub. One week later: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is beaten savagely to death, every bone in her body broken. Another week brings another victim. As panic spreads across London, DCI Antonia Hawkins, leading her first murder investigation, must stop a cold, careful killer whose twisted motives can only be guessed at, before the next body is found. On Sunday. When the clock strikes one...
#1 in the Antonia Hawkins Series
Christmas is coming. One body at a time. Three weeks before Christmas: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is drowned in her bathtub. One week later: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is beaten savagely to death, every bone in her body broken. Another week brings another victim. As panic spreads across London, DCI Antonia Hawkins, leading her first murder investigation, must stop a cold, careful killer whose twisted motives can only be guessed at, before the next body is found. On Sunday. When the clock strikes one...
3Andrew-theQM
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
Standalone
"Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming."
So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the president's limousine. By the trip's end, a crazed assassin would permanently disfigure Wes and kill Boyle. Now, eight years later, Boyle has been spotted alive. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back into disturbing secrets buried in Freemason history, a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, and a two-hundred-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson that conceals secrets worth dying for.
Standalone
"Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming."
So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the president's limousine. By the trip's end, a crazed assassin would permanently disfigure Wes and kill Boyle. Now, eight years later, Boyle has been spotted alive. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back into disturbing secrets buried in Freemason history, a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, and a two-hundred-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson that conceals secrets worth dying for.
4Andrew-theQM
The Business of Dying by Simon Kernick
#1 in the Dennis Milne Series
Detective Dennis Milne is waiting to kill three unarmed men. Cynical and jaded, Milne likes to think that he’s hurting only those who deserve it. But this time he’s been duped. Instead of shooting drug dealers, he kills two respectable customs officers and an accountant -- suddenly Milne, his lucrative sideline and what remains of his conscience are heading for trouble.
Twelve hours later he’s back on duty in London’s King’s Cross. Eighteen-year-old Miriam Fox has been found dead -- her throat slashed. Milne’s dogged enquiries into the murky world of the teenage vice trade soon implicate fellow police officers and the manager of the hostel where Miriam once stayed.
With his own crimes returning to haunt him, Milne uncovers a web of depravity more shocking than he could ever have imagined.
#1 in the Dennis Milne Series
Detective Dennis Milne is waiting to kill three unarmed men. Cynical and jaded, Milne likes to think that he’s hurting only those who deserve it. But this time he’s been duped. Instead of shooting drug dealers, he kills two respectable customs officers and an accountant -- suddenly Milne, his lucrative sideline and what remains of his conscience are heading for trouble.
Twelve hours later he’s back on duty in London’s King’s Cross. Eighteen-year-old Miriam Fox has been found dead -- her throat slashed. Milne’s dogged enquiries into the murky world of the teenage vice trade soon implicate fellow police officers and the manager of the hostel where Miriam once stayed.
With his own crimes returning to haunt him, Milne uncovers a web of depravity more shocking than he could ever have imagined.
5Andrew-theQM
Ice Hunt by James Rollins
Standalone
Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than seventy years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former Soviet Union, it was designed to be inaccessible and virtually invisible.
But an American undersea research vessel has inadvertently pulled too close – and something has been sighted moving inside the allegedly deserted facility, something whose survival defies every natural law. And now, as scientists, soldiers, intelligence operatives, and unsuspecting civilians are drawn into Grendel’s lethal vortex, the most extreme measures possible will be undertaken to protect its dark mysteries – because the terrible truths locked behind submerged walls of ice and steel could end human life on Earth.
Standalone
Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than seventy years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former Soviet Union, it was designed to be inaccessible and virtually invisible.
But an American undersea research vessel has inadvertently pulled too close – and something has been sighted moving inside the allegedly deserted facility, something whose survival defies every natural law. And now, as scientists, soldiers, intelligence operatives, and unsuspecting civilians are drawn into Grendel’s lethal vortex, the most extreme measures possible will be undertaken to protect its dark mysteries – because the terrible truths locked behind submerged walls of ice and steel could end human life on Earth.
6Andrew-theQM
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
#1 in the Scarecrow Series
Wilkes Ice Station, a remote institution near the Antarctic coastline, is about to become the setting for a brutal conflict. When several of the station’s divers transmit reports of what appears to be an alien spacecraft buried in a subterranean cavern, only to be slaughtered minutes later, the USA sends in a team of twelve hardened Reconnaissance Marines. Their assignment: to protect the ship from enemy forces at all costs. As the greedy superpowers of the world grapple for control of the spacecraft, Lieutenant Shane Schofield, the team’s leader, must fight desperately for his life. What he doesn’t know is that his team was marked for death from the moment they accepted the assignment.
#1 in the Scarecrow Series
Wilkes Ice Station, a remote institution near the Antarctic coastline, is about to become the setting for a brutal conflict. When several of the station’s divers transmit reports of what appears to be an alien spacecraft buried in a subterranean cavern, only to be slaughtered minutes later, the USA sends in a team of twelve hardened Reconnaissance Marines. Their assignment: to protect the ship from enemy forces at all costs. As the greedy superpowers of the world grapple for control of the spacecraft, Lieutenant Shane Schofield, the team’s leader, must fight desperately for his life. What he doesn’t know is that his team was marked for death from the moment they accepted the assignment.
7Andrew-theQM
Kingdom by Tom Martin
Standalone
A page-turning historical adventure tackling the Chinese occupation of Tibet
The Deputy glanced down at the white man and then muttered, almost to himself, "But how did a Westerner travel into Pemako in the first place?"
When the Abbot spoke, his voice was thin and resigned. "It is the end of our monastery. By nightfall I will be dead and our walls will lie shattered. A terrible evil is coming from the forest . . ."
A monastery in Tibet is overrun with Chinese soldiers searching for a sacred relic. The monks flee to seek refuge in hidden caves, but their progress is hampered by an injured stranger, whose presence threatens them all. Journalist Nancy Kelly receives a parcel containing a mysterious trumpet made of bone, and hears an account of a Westerner penetrating into a hidden kingdom in Tibet, where orchids cover the earth, pagodas hug the hills, and soaring cathedrals hide underground. Soon she embarks on a dangerous journey into an ancient land of myth and legend, in search of a secret older than time itself.
Standalone
A page-turning historical adventure tackling the Chinese occupation of Tibet
The Deputy glanced down at the white man and then muttered, almost to himself, "But how did a Westerner travel into Pemako in the first place?"
When the Abbot spoke, his voice was thin and resigned. "It is the end of our monastery. By nightfall I will be dead and our walls will lie shattered. A terrible evil is coming from the forest . . ."
A monastery in Tibet is overrun with Chinese soldiers searching for a sacred relic. The monks flee to seek refuge in hidden caves, but their progress is hampered by an injured stranger, whose presence threatens them all. Journalist Nancy Kelly receives a parcel containing a mysterious trumpet made of bone, and hears an account of a Westerner penetrating into a hidden kingdom in Tibet, where orchids cover the earth, pagodas hug the hills, and soaring cathedrals hide underground. Soon she embarks on a dangerous journey into an ancient land of myth and legend, in search of a secret older than time itself.
8Andrew-theQM
Pantheon by Sam Bourne
Standalone
The darkest secrets of World War II! finally revealed. The number one bestseller returns with his most explosive book to date. Europe is ablaze. America is undecided about joining the fight against Nazism. And James Zennor, a brilliant, troubled, young Oxford don is horrified. He returns one morning from rowing to discover that his wife has disappeared with their young son, leaving only a note declaring her continuing love. A frantic search through wartime England leads James across the Atlantic and to one of America's greatest universities, its elite clubs and secret societies -- right to the heart of the American establishment. And in his hunt for his family, James unearths one of the darkest and deadliest secrets of a world at war!
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The darkest secrets of World War II! finally revealed. The number one bestseller returns with his most explosive book to date. Europe is ablaze. America is undecided about joining the fight against Nazism. And James Zennor, a brilliant, troubled, young Oxford don is horrified. He returns one morning from rowing to discover that his wife has disappeared with their young son, leaving only a note declaring her continuing love. A frantic search through wartime England leads James across the Atlantic and to one of America's greatest universities, its elite clubs and secret societies -- right to the heart of the American establishment. And in his hunt for his family, James unearths one of the darkest and deadliest secrets of a world at war!
9Andrew-theQM
The Safe House by Nicci French
Standalone
When Dr. Sam Laschen, expert in post-traumatic stress, agrees to provide a haven for the survivor of a horrific assault, she thinks she's helping out, not putting herself, and her child Elsie at risk. But as Fiona finds her way into the hearts of her hosts, nowhere and nobody is safe any longer.
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When Dr. Sam Laschen, expert in post-traumatic stress, agrees to provide a haven for the survivor of a horrific assault, she thinks she's helping out, not putting herself, and her child Elsie at risk. But as Fiona finds her way into the hearts of her hosts, nowhere and nobody is safe any longer.
10Andrew-theQM
The Venice Conspiracy by Jon Trace
Standalone
When ex-priest Tom Shaman, jaded from years in the LA ghetto, decides on a last-minute trip to Venice, he gets much more than the break he'd been hoping for. A brutal killer is on the loose and Tom finds himself catapulted into a series of ritualistic killings unlike anything Venice has ever seen. Enlisted by the Italian police, Tom teams up with investigator Valentina Morassi to dig deep into the city's darkest history, stretching from an ancient civilisation in 700 BC and the sexual decadence of 18th century Italy to the gritty underworld of modern-day Venice. As Valentina and Tom trace the killings through the centuries, they uncover a deadly secret, a secret that generations have killed to protect: a priceless Etruscan mosaic known as the Gates of Hell...
Standalone
When ex-priest Tom Shaman, jaded from years in the LA ghetto, decides on a last-minute trip to Venice, he gets much more than the break he'd been hoping for. A brutal killer is on the loose and Tom finds himself catapulted into a series of ritualistic killings unlike anything Venice has ever seen. Enlisted by the Italian police, Tom teams up with investigator Valentina Morassi to dig deep into the city's darkest history, stretching from an ancient civilisation in 700 BC and the sexual decadence of 18th century Italy to the gritty underworld of modern-day Venice. As Valentina and Tom trace the killings through the centuries, they uncover a deadly secret, a secret that generations have killed to protect: a priceless Etruscan mosaic known as the Gates of Hell...
11Andrew-theQM
Blind Eye by Stuart MacBride
#5 in the Logan MacRae Series
The new Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Flesh House. It's summer in the Granite City, but even the sunshine can't improve the mood at Grampian Police Headquarters. Aberdeen's growing Polish community is under attack from a serial offender who leaves mutilated victims to be discovered on building sites -- eyes gouged out and the sockets burned. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is assigned to the investigation, codenamed Operation Oedipus, but with the victims too scared to talk, it's going nowhere fast. When the next victim turns out to be not a newly arrived eastern european, but Simon McLeod, owner of the Turf n' Track bookies, Logan suddenly finds himself caught up in a world of drug wars, prostitution rings and gun-running courtesy of Aberdeen's oldest and most vicious crime lord.
#5 in the Logan MacRae Series
The new Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Flesh House. It's summer in the Granite City, but even the sunshine can't improve the mood at Grampian Police Headquarters. Aberdeen's growing Polish community is under attack from a serial offender who leaves mutilated victims to be discovered on building sites -- eyes gouged out and the sockets burned. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is assigned to the investigation, codenamed Operation Oedipus, but with the victims too scared to talk, it's going nowhere fast. When the next victim turns out to be not a newly arrived eastern european, but Simon McLeod, owner of the Turf n' Track bookies, Logan suddenly finds himself caught up in a world of drug wars, prostitution rings and gun-running courtesy of Aberdeen's oldest and most vicious crime lord.
12Andrew-theQM
Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard
Standalone
On assignment in Vienna, photographer Ian Jarrett falls desperately in love with a woman he meets by chance, Marian Esguard. Back in England, he breaks up with his wife and goes to meet Marian at an agreed rendezvous. Marian fails to show.
Searching desperately for her, he stumbles on a Dorset churchyard full of the gravestones of dead Esguards. He also meets a psychotherapist, Daphne Sanger. She too is looking for someone: a former patient who has come to believe she is the reincarnation of Marion Esguard, who lived in Regency times and, it emerges, may have invented photography ten years before Fox Talbot. But if so, why is she unknown to history? And where is the woman he met in Vienna?
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On assignment in Vienna, photographer Ian Jarrett falls desperately in love with a woman he meets by chance, Marian Esguard. Back in England, he breaks up with his wife and goes to meet Marian at an agreed rendezvous. Marian fails to show.
Searching desperately for her, he stumbles on a Dorset churchyard full of the gravestones of dead Esguards. He also meets a psychotherapist, Daphne Sanger. She too is looking for someone: a former patient who has come to believe she is the reincarnation of Marion Esguard, who lived in Regency times and, it emerges, may have invented photography ten years before Fox Talbot. But if so, why is she unknown to history? And where is the woman he met in Vienna?
13eadieburke
I own all the books except for Tom Martin's and Alastair Gunn's books and my library doesn't have them.
14Andrew-theQM
>13 eadieburke: I found two books you don't own! :)
15Carol420
>1 Andrew-theQM: Either Ice Hunt, The Book of Fate or Caught in the Light. Those interest me me the most. Well... they all of them interested me but I know I can get those from the library without having to have them ordered. I've read Matthew Reilly's Ice Station but would be willing to read it again if that's what everyone wants.
16Olivermagnus
I can get my hands on any of them.
17eadieburke
>14 Andrew-theQM:
I just ordered those 2 books to rectify that. They look good! I'll read any of the books the others want to read.
I just ordered those 2 books to rectify that. They look good! I'll read any of the books the others want to read.
18eadieburke
Goddard is always a favorite!
19Andrew-theQM
Based on views so far I would suggest we read two of the three books Carol mentioned:
1.Ice Hunt by James Rollins
2. The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
3. Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard.
It looks like most people can get hold of these, and they are all standalones so are not longer term commitments.
Can people choose the two they most want to read by posting 2 numbers, e.g. 2 and 3.
1.Ice Hunt by James Rollins
2. The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
3. Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard.
It looks like most people can get hold of these, and they are all standalones so are not longer term commitments.
Can people choose the two they most want to read by posting 2 numbers, e.g. 2 and 3.
21Andrew-theQM
>20 eadieburke: Thanks Eadie, how did I know Robert Goddard would figure!
22Sergeirocks
I'm glad Ice Station by Matthew Reilly didn't make the final cut, I just read it recently and wouldn't want to read it again so soon.
Votes:
3. Goddard (definitely)
2. Meltzer (just because I can't make the choice between Meltzer and Rollins: so have gone with Eadie's choice! But I'm actually easy on any combination of these three.)
Votes:
3. Goddard (definitely)
2. Meltzer (just because I can't make the choice between Meltzer and Rollins: so have gone with Eadie's choice! But I'm actually easy on any combination of these three.)
23Carol420
>19 Andrew-theQM: I'll vote for 1 & 2...but I'm also okay with any combination of these three.
24eadieburke
>21 Andrew-theQM:
You have very good intuition.
You have very good intuition.
25Olivermagnus
My first choice is Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard.
My second is The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
I'll read any of them though.
My second is The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
I'll read any of them though.
26Andrew-theQM
The Book of Fate 4 votes
Caught in the Light 3 Votes
Ice Hunt 1 vote.
The group has chosen, I would most probably have voted for the Meltzer book and the Goddard book too. Could well carry Ice Hunt over to a future month.
Whilst I am away I will set up a schedule for the rest of the year...watch this space!
Caught in the Light 3 Votes
Ice Hunt 1 vote.
The group has chosen, I would most probably have voted for the Meltzer book and the Goddard book too. Could well carry Ice Hunt over to a future month.
Whilst I am away I will set up a schedule for the rest of the year...watch this space!
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