October 2016: What are you reading?

I'm reading Into the Guns by William Dietz which is moving at a pretty good clip. I'm liking it. I've really enjoyed some of his other work.

Alternating between South by Java Head, by Alistair MacLean, and Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, by Alan Bradley.

Just started listening to Criminal by Karin Slaughter, the 6th Will Trent book.

Wrapping up The Drowning Ground by James Marrison. Not perfect, but enjoyable.

Just marking my spot in the new thread.

I am going to read a few Sugawara Akitada mysteries this month -- I have Death on an Autumn River on my Kindle but I want to read the few earlier ones I haven't gotten to first (Black Arrow which I seemed to have skipped and then The Fire of the Gods)

Finally received The Girl on the Train from my local library. Had to put it down to come to work today. Quite fascinating so far.

I've started Jonathan Kellerman's The Murderer's Daughter. It's been years since I read one of his novels, and I'd forgotten a couple of stylistic things that bug me, so I don't know if I'll get all the way through t.

Halfway through The Lower Quarter by Elise Blackwell which as we all can see is almost identical to A Confederacy of Dunces, which is the first touchstone.

Started a couple: Original Sin by P.D. James and A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters. I have read something by each author previously, but none of it imprinted, so I'm giving them both another go.

Just started the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. Just finished Still Life and am starting A Fatal Grace

Two books read this past weekend: Different Class by Joanne Harris, which was great, and Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, which was also pretty good.

>11 jwrudn: A great series! Enjoy :)

I am about to start the latest one in that series, A Great Reckoning.

Added The Werewolf of Bamberg by Oliver Pötzsch to my reading rotation.

Picked up another Rebus at the library: Resurrection Men.

About a third of the way through The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. This is an old spy book about pre-WW1. Makes some of our modern mysteries seem cheap and trashy.

Absolutely love this author and her latest is a great read: The Trespasser by Tana French

>17 ted74ca: agree! I just started The Trespasser as well.

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The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler
The Oregon Files
3 1/2 ⭐️s

A family of boys explores an old well, trying to find a buried treasure possibly related to an ancient Chinese treasure ship named the Silent sea. While exploring, one of the brothers is killed. The guilt haunts the remaining brothers, so they enlist and fight in WWII. Years later, Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon crew find the wreck of an old dirigible in the wilds of Argentina, while retrieving parts of a downed satellite. Argentina is in a precarious state having just recently had a military coup. Juan decides to find the family of the dirigible fatalities, to let them know what had happened to their loved ones. In the process, Juan takes on the hunt for that old Chinese ship, and runs into an Argentinian plan to annex a section of Antarctica. In a tangled twisted adventure which takes the Oregon to 3 continents, Juan once again is forced to take action to save the world from a huge calamity, which the US government is powerless to even take a part in.

Once again, this was a slow starting book. It took nearly 100 pages to set up the story. However, once Juan and his crew get the scent of the hunt, the book rockets along. A bit more of Jusn's altruistic character becomes more evident. On to the next!

Just read The locked room by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - the original Scandi-noir duo. Inspired by watching Beck on TV.

>16 kerrlm: I read that a few months ago and was impressed.

>21 patwo: I love that series -- I have been putting off reading the last one because I don't want to it to finish!

>18 raidergirl3: I think The Trespasser may be her best one yet. I think she is a fantastic writer, not "just" a crime fiction writer.

Latest read was just so-so: The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

that's good to hear ted74ca. I love all her books except for The Secret Place which was annoying because of the kids. I'll probably DL the audio for The Trespasser tomorrow when I hit up the library for some wifi.

>25 Bookmarque:. I agree, the kids and the jargon were quite annoying in The Secret Place. I think you'll love The Trespasser

One thing that I worried about when I first learned Conway was to be the next main character was that she could really carry the put upon female too far. I mean, Cassie did fine in the same squad where Conway just didn't. How was that aspect?

>27 Bookmarque: : that theme does play a major role in this one, which is actually more about the squad itself than the crime. This book explains a lot about Conway though.

The Other Child by Lucy Atkins

The Jungle by Clive Cussler
The Oregon Files
3 1/2 ⭐️s

The Jungle is one of the most convoluted stories I've ever read authored by Cussler. The plot opens with Ganghis Khan's general showing off a new crystal powered weapon to the explorer Marco Polo. Then shifts to the crew of The Corporation taking on an independent rescue mission of a wealthy man's child in Pakistan. During the rescue, we meet a soon to be new member of Juan Cabrillo's crew, McD. McD was also imprisoned where the child was being held. Next, Juan and his crew took on the mission to rescue a wealthy Frenchman's daughter from the jungles of Burma. Normally, the Corporation did most of its business with the US government, however, a mishap in the Antarctic (in the novel Silent Sea) put the crew of the Oregon on a no call list. So, Juan and his crew needed to take on private missions. Jungles, temples, prisons, more kidnapping, Mone Carlo, French salt mines and megalomaniacs keep the Oregon crew running from one disaster to another in a seemingly unrelated series of unfortunate events. One must be able to handle rather dramatic surreal situations to enjoy this book. I found the first 100 pages or so to be quite hard to wrap my head around. However, it turned into another enjoyable adventure by the Oregon crew, even if the last pages proved to be straight from 2001: A Space Odessey. Very unusual entry into this series, I must say.

Good to see the discussion of Tana French. I'm waiting for my library to receive its copies of The Trespasser. I didn't mind the kids in The Secret Place as much as I minded Scorcher's mindset in Broken Harbor. I found that one tough because of his view of the world.

I'm just starting Ten Lords a-Leaping for my library's mystery group's December meeting. I tried the November book, Girl Waits with Gun, and just couldn't get into it.

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge. I thought I'd try another one by this author; still on the fence re: whether I want to read any more of this series.

I whizzed through The Coroner's Lunch which I liked except for the paranormal aspects.

Now I am reading another Akitada mystery, The Fires of the Gods.

Started Coffin Road by Peter May. It's written in first person which is a royal pain to read.

I never found it so. Looking forward to a new May. Runaway didn't impress me like his others.

Two more quick reads this week: The Widow by Fiona Barton which I'd heard too much about and was therefore disappointed in and Blood Harvest by S. J. Bolton which held my interest a bit more.

>#13 A bit cozier than my usual fare, but I am enjoying them so much I am on to The Cruelest Month

Recent reads include:
Deadly Nightshade, by Elizabeth Daly, The Confessor, by Daniel Silva, Jane and the Waterloo Map, by Stephanie Barron and The Woman In Blue, by Elly Griffiths.

Currently reading Fatal Pursuit, by Martin Walker.

I am currently reading the newest Indriðason mystery, Into Oblivion. This is another prequel in the Erlendur series.

I finished Ten Lords a-Leaping (3.5 stars) and have started The Trespasser. So far it's quite good.

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Started Cain His Brother, one of Anne Perry's Monk mysteries I'd missed. And then the paperback cover fell off and I'm out of mending tape and... (yeah, I'm weird; I can't read a naked book).