What Fiction are you reading this week, November 17, 2024?

[hermetic]

Reading Midnight and Blue, Ian Rankin's latest. Rebus is in prison, convicted of a homicide. When a convict in a cell across the floor from him is brutally murdered, it stirs his deductive impulses, setting off suspiscions of scheming criminals and corrupt prison guards. How do you find a killer in a place full of them? Good stuff.

Listening The Tuesday Night Survivors Club by Lynn Cahoon. Rarity Cole is a breast cancer survivor. She's now devoting her life to helping others find their way through the maze to healing. She's opened a bookstore in Sedona and started the Tuesday Night Survivors book club. Then one of their members suddenly goes missing.
And so begins a series I'm looking forward to reading.

What are you looking forward to reading this week?
Hope you're all doing okay. Solidarity!

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. I'm on the brink of finishing

The Chartreuse Clue by William F. Love. It's the first in the Davey Goldman series, and if it's any indicator, I'll enjoy the rest if and when they become available either free or cheap. They're somewhat reminiscent of Andrew Greeley's Blackie Ryan mysteries, except that the protagonist isn't a priest and the bishop isn't as pleasant as the Abp.of Chicago. The style is somewhat similar, however, and is rather delightful.

[hermetic]

4. Series from the 1990s

"The Chartreuse Clue is an intriguing mystery that leaves you suspicious until the very end."

Lots of good reviews but it seems like not too many people have read them. Seems a good enough series, though.

[japple]

2. Thank you for the weekly thread, hermetic. I'm still slogging through Stephen King's

book, Fairy Tale. It's 600 pages and, though I'm enjoying it for the most part, I'm getting ready for it to move along. We've spent too much time in the gulag.

[hermetic]

5. Truly

That is a looong one.

[unc70]

3. Peter Diamond mystery series by Peter Lovesey

I have read the first six books in the last seven days, in large part to distract from the election chaos. DS Peter Diamond investigates murders and other crimes in and around Bath, UK. The first book in the series is The Last Detective. Overall, pretty good. I needed a new series.

[hermetic]

6. Lovesey is a great writer

Over 60 books, going back to 1976. Lots of awards. Impressive.

[cbabe]

7. Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter

(great name for murder/thriller writer)

After That Night and This is Why We Lied

Like a steaming hot lasagna: messed up but sexy detective, social commentary with a bite, harsh police realism.

Surprised me as I thought the books would be more girly but lean toward noir.

[hermetic]

8. Another prolific writer

Great reviews. Lots of ebooks. I just grabbed the audio for False Witness, an electrifying standalone thriller.

Sounds really good. Thanks!!

[Silver Gaia]

9. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Description: "A fiery feminist fantasy tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are."

Excellent book to be reading right now! I highly recommend it.

[hermetic]

11. Sounds awesome

Thanks!

[Silver Gaia]

14. It is. My daughter recommended it to me.

[LearnedHand]

18. I liked this book

Although anything with dragons is okay by me, this was exceptional.

[Silver Gaia]

19. I'm about two-thirds of the way through,

and so far, I'm loving it! I have a feeling I will miss it when I read the last word. Some books are like that.

[mentalsolstice]

10. How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard

It’s the follow up to her book Count the Ways.

[mnhtnbb]

12. Louise Penny's new mystery

The Grey Wolf

More than a murder at the heart of this, in her latest Armand Gamache series, may be a plot to poison the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of people.

I keep putting it down because the thought that such a plot could be real frightens the $#&@ out of me.

[hermetic]

13. Oh, cool!

I can't wait to read this. She is one of mt favorite authors ever.

[BOSSHOG]

15. One Deadly Eye by Randy Wayne White

A powerful hurricane heading toward Florida and escaped Russian prisoners hanging out ready to loot. I’m about a third way through. The description of the storm is scary. And the Russians are really, really bad. I’m betting on Doc Ford to save the day.

Published 2024

[yellowdogintexas]

16. LIAR! by Fern Michaels

Book 3 in her Lost and Found series.

Luna Bodman always looks forward to a new shipment of furniture at the restoration shop. Her brother, Cullen, has a knack for finding discarded pieces with an intriguing history, and Luna likes to sit with each item to see if she can feel any kind of vibrations. Usually, Cullen does his thing while Luna does hers, but the arrival of an old armoire triggers a raeaction in Luna that’s impossible to ignore.

From the moment Luna wiggles inside the armoire and closes her eyes, she feels an overpowering and disturbing sensation. Emerging, she asks for a flashlight and discovers words scraped into the wood: “Help me!” Hoping to uncover the piece’s secrets, Luna contacts her good friend, U.S. Marshall Christopher Gaines, and the group sets out to trace the armoire’s origins.The journey takes them to a military school in New England, and a mysterious, long-ago ransom case. The kidnappers were never found, but decades later, the answers may finally be within reach . . .
Ms Michaels has several series, some of which are very long. I love series because after reading a couple or three I feel like I am with old friends. Sometimes she tends to dwell on details but I can overlook that
These characters are very likable and kind people.

[Sequoia]

17. The Essential Harlem Detectives

By Chester Hines. Four stories packed in the Everyman's Library edition. Action never stops. I've read quite a few of these beautifully published books with smooth pages.