What are you currently reading?

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Permalink Reply by I. J. Parker on September 8, 2011 at 4:44am
H.R.F.Keating's Inspector Ghote novel UNDER A MONSOON CLOUD.  This series is set in India with a diffident protagonist who struggles against superiors and assorted misfortunes, but who is above all a dedicated policeman.  A charming series, much better than Keating's "Detective" series, it has wonderful local color. MONSOON CLOUD describes a violent conflict of conscience Ghote encounters when he could escape dismissal by telling a lie.
Permalink Reply by David DeLee on September 11, 2011 at 10:51pm
Just started James Rollins' THE DOOMSDAY KEY. Lot of fun so far.
Permalink Reply by Tim Scanlon on September 11, 2011 at 11:19pm

I quite enjoyed that book as well. I reviewed it here: http://thetysonadams.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-reviews-doomsday-key...

 

I want to see Rollins and Berry co-write a book or series. 

Permalink Reply by Karen from AustCrime on September 13, 2011 at 12:36pm

All plans got pitched out the window when somebody whose opinion's I really respect mentioned The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina.

 

Permalink Reply by I. J. Parker on September 16, 2011 at 12:32am
Kirk Mitchell, SPIRIT SICKNESS.  A new author to me.  The book started nicely in Tony Hillerman territory.  I'm a Hillerman fan.  But Mitchell writes thrillers, and I'm no thriller fan.  In the end, it was all very much over the top in believability and violence, with horrid gila monsters, killers in gila monster garb, incest, and setting living victims on fire.  I'm also getting just a tad tired of the cliche protagonist couple, one handsome and brave male and a beautiful and tough female, the relationship full of sexual overtones.
Permalink Reply by Noir Nation on September 17, 2011 at 1:32am

Wow, lots of really great books I hadn't heard of yet.  My list keeps getting longer and longer.

 

Anyone had a chance to read Noir Nation No. 1 yet?  We cold really use a few reveiws on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Permalink Reply by Tim Scanlon on September 18, 2011 at 1:11pm

I've started reading it. I read the first two shorts and the first one especially is very good. I'm on the road for work this week so reading in hotel rooms will see me finish it. I bought it from Amazon.

 

I'm also halfway through a submission for your next edition.

Permalink Reply by Juri Nummelin on September 17, 2011 at 1:58am

Massimo Carlotto's THE GOODBYE KISS: very violent and very unpleasant, which is very fine by me. 

Permalink Reply by John Michael Brantingham on September 17, 2011 at 9:18am
Reading Clark Lohr's book. He's so great!
Permalink Reply by Suzanne on September 18, 2011 at 12:43am

Reading another Archie Mayor.  His narrative description is wonderful; you feel as if you were in Vermont!

 

Permalink Reply by Richard Krauss on September 18, 2011 at 1:30pm

The Wounded and the Slain by David Goodis. This is the second Goodis for me. Very sad, but powerful. This one's published by Hard Case Crime. It's told in omniscient 3rd person, but slips into 2nd person from time to time as the two key characters step back from themselves and reflect on their actions or situation. Riveting, but more character exploration than crime novel.

 

 

Permalink Reply by David DeLee on September 23, 2011 at 8:51pm

Currently reading Tess Gerritsen's VANISH, a Rizzoli & Isles book. Great fun.

 

David DeLee

Fatal Destiny - a Grace deHaviland novel

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