What Fiction are you reading this week, September 4, 2022?

[hermetic]

And play with kitties.

Reading The Armada Boy by Kate Ellis, the second Wesley Peterson crime novel. Not quite the page turner the first one was but still a compelling mystery. Things you never knew about D-Day.

Listening to Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger. Someone here was recently commending Cork O'Connor mysteries and I had read and enjoyed a few. I checked my library and was delighted to find that they had added several more to their audibles collection so I'll be giving them a listen as they become available.

What books will you be enjoying this week?

Have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend.

[SheltieLover]

1. "Writing All the Wrongs," by Ellery Adams

Just finished new DeLeon Ms. Fortune book, "Flame and Fortune," and a great mystery by Lynn Cahoon.

Still some Fern Michaels awaiting inhalation.

I hope you are feeling better!

[hermetic]

3. Yeah, thanks

Pretty much normal again.

Ms Cahoon has written a lot of books. I've wanted to read Who Moved My Goat Cheese but my library doesn't have that one.

[SheltieLover]

7. So glad you're feeling better!

That was a great read! Wish I had a hard copy, I'd send to you.

[jmbar2]

2. Just started "The Mandibles: A family 2029-47"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/000756077X/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1


It was written in 2016 about a future economic and environmental collapse in the world, and how it affects a particular extended family. The "future" described is very close to what is happening now. I'm not too far along in the book yet, but it gives an unsettling vision of what daily life could be like as we continue down our current perilous path.

[hermetic]

4. That sounds pretty grim

Yet quite amazing: "Lionel Shriver brings the full power of her creative imagination to bear on a topic that seeps into every corner of our lives: money. Using her ability to nail the zeitgeist, droll humor, and psychological insight, Shriver has created an unforgettable and engrossing fictional world."

[quaint]

5. The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz

His fourth Jane Hawk novel.

All Mr. Koontz' stories are good, but it is his evocative style I love. Being a mere reader, my description of his descriptions would be groan inducing. All of his books have been satisfying, but this series especially.

[hermetic]

6. Oh good

I've always enjoyed his books. I look forward to checking this one out.

[cbabe]

8. Starting William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor series

with ‘Iron Lake’.

Also because of the recommendation seen here.

This is exactly the kind of series I asked for recently. Trying to slow down and savor the page.

Half the series titles are ebook only which I don’t do. Encouraging library to purchase printed books.

[hermetic]

11. We aim to please

Ebooks are great but some of us still prefer that good old fashioned book in the hand.

[Demsrule86]

23. You might consider a kindle or any android phone or tablet works too...Libby is the easiest. In

In many cases, you can get quite a few ebook-only cards that give you lots of books to choose from. In Ohio, many of the libraries are for anyone who lives in Ohio and you can even get out-of-state libraries.

[cbabe]

24. Thanks for the tip. But screen reading is not for me. I like turning pages.

[TexLaProgressive]

9. "Death At Whitewater Church" by Andrea Carter

An Inishowen mystery, one of four.

[hermetic]

10. That sounds a lot

like the one I'm reading. Murder at an old church. Local police dealing with obstructive locals with secrets of their own, layers of personal and political history to get to the truth. Good stuff.

[The King of Prussia]

12. I've read one of hers

Really enjoyed it, but never seem to spot them on the shelves here.

[The King of Prussia]

13. The Shetland Sea Murders by Marsali Taylor

#9 in the series, but the first I've read. I think it's going to be good.
Earlier on read "The Crowded Grave" #4 in the Bruno, Chief of Police series by Martin Walker.
Also read "The American Gun Mystery" by Ellery Queen. Poor.

Happy autumn!

[hermetic]

14. Oh, must get...

"Readers LOVE the Shetland Sailing Mysteries:'Definitely the best of the Cass Lynch series yet!' 'The beautiful descriptions of Shetland life, traditions, it's landscape and even language bring everything to life.' 'This series gets better and better' 'A beautifully written story, with descriptions so vivid you can smell the sea and beautiful countryside.' 'The perfect lockdown read for anyone who longs to be back on the sea.'

[yellowdogintexas]

15. Finally finished Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America

It was a very interesting book. with some disturbing parallels to current events.

The backstories of the mobsters are very entertaining.

I started The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar. I really tried with this one, but it just didn't do anything for me.

After the Knights Templar debacle, I started The Divine Devils: Mystery Suspense Crime Thriller

he Divine Devils by R Weir
Winner of the 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award-Thriller

Readers’ Favorite 2021 Award Finalist for Best Thriller

Two teenage siblings in peril.
A mysterious group with an agenda to abduct them.
The mother Paige Hawkins reaching into her past seeking divine intervention.

The call going out to former US Marshal, Hunter Divine. An erstwhile lover who broke Paige’s heart. A man whose current existence is leaping from job to job and bed to bed. Hunter taking the case hoping for salvation in his futile life.

Can Hunter and his team prevent the kidnapping by an enemy with vast resources? The foe’s endgame to leverage these kids for their own vengeful desires. Hunter and his team toeing the line between virtue and vile. Drawing on wit, brawn, halos and pitchforks the ‘Divine Devils’ will scorch the earth to protect these kids. Even if it costs them…their eternal souls!

Hunter Divine and his team

Willing to move heaven and hell to get results!!

Started off fast and moving along quickly

[hermetic]

16. That sounds pretty exciting

[japple]

17. Still (slowly) re-reading Anne Tyler's book

Searching for Caleb and savoring it like a visit with and old, dear friend. These characters are such sweet, kind people--like many people I know and love. The book is not exciting or inspirational. It is just what I need at this time.

[question everything]

18. Body in the Transept by Jeanne Dams

An American Widow who moved to England because this is what her recently deceased spouse and she were planning.

It is Christmas Eve, cold and dark and she stumbles on a body of a Canon. And of course she starts asking questions even though she is the foreigner. The small village is a part of the close of a a cathedral and it maintains close ties with a small university nearby.

Many of the activities are influenced by the Catholic schedule of daily events and the hierarchy of the leaders of the Cathedral. I had to look up the meaning of Transept...

Interesting local characters and as with many recent mysteries that I have recently read, the cat Esmeralda, Emmy, plays a role.

Glad that you keep yourself busy and don't have to drag yourself from sick bed.

[hermetic]

21. My first thought

was thinking a transept was a window over a door. Duh.. Interesting place to find a body, though...

Sounds like a good story.

Thanks for the good thoughts.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. The Murder Rule

by Dervla McTiernan. Hannah transfer from the University of Maine law school to the law school at the University of Virginia, so she can work on a specific Innocence Project. I'm about a third of the way into it, and it's VERY good so far.

When a book is this good early on, I get nervous that it won't end as well, that the ending will be a cheat or disappointing. That's happened far too often in recent years. Keeping my fingers crossed for this one.

[hermetic]

20. I hope it ends well, too

It sounds really good.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. A bit of a plot spoiler.

It ends okay, except that it kept feeling like the author was writing according to the precepts of some kind of writing manual that said you have to ramp up the action every 17 pages or some such.

Also, the narrator doesn't stop to examine her preconceptions until the very end. And no one actually bothers to check and see if she really had officially transferred to UVA.

Lots of little details that were annoyingly off.