Fiction
Related: About this forumWhat Fiction are you reading this week, September 25, 2022?
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Reading Extraordinary People by Peter May. A former Scottish forensic scientist, now living in France, wants to solve a 10-year-old cold case using modern scientific methods. It's a fascinating story. I suspect, though, that some readers not familiar with France/French might become frustrated by the constant use of French terms and places.
I'll be listening to Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop, a fantasy. I tell ya, finding available audio books at my library takes a lot of searching. I am on the waiting list for half a dozen and I got a "suggestion" that I might like this one, so thought I would give it a try.
What books will you be trying out this week?
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SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Just started it, but like many of this author's works, it is historical fiction.
The author flips back & forth between the 1800's and present time.
Molly is a senior journalist for an antiques publication & visits many show locations...
From the library:
Times bestselling author Ellery Adams grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound. Having spent her adult life in a series of landlocked towns, she cherishes her memories of open water, violent storms, and the smell of the sea. Ms. Adams has held many jobs, including that of caterer, retail clerk, car salesperson, teacher, tutor, and tech writer, all the while penning poems, children's books, and novels. She now writes full-time from her home in Virginia. Parker Riggs is also the author of A Treacherous Trader with Ellery Adams and the mystery novel Finding Jessica. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and a lively mini Dachshund named Pippa.
I highly reccomend you read "A Treacherous Trader," which is the story behind the diamond tiarra Molly wore...
Enjoy!
hermetic
(8,752 posts)I, too, miss the ocean. The violent storms, not so much these days.
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)😏
I know. The hurricanes are horrific!
bif
(24,634 posts)By Camille Bordas. Pretty good. It passed my 50 page rule. So I'll finish it.
"A witty, heartfelt novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and marks the arrival of an extraordinary young talent."
cbabe
(4,618 posts)Lucas Davenport Prey and Virgil Flowers series. In no particular order: Deadline, Sudden Prey, Silken Prey, Shadow Prey…
The guy has a way with words: relatable characters, nature scenes, driven plots.
hermetic
(8,752 posts)I've read several "Prey" books. Found them quite enjoyable.
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)😏
I'll keep an eye out though.
Thx for sharing.
cbabe
(4,618 posts)SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)I'll give it a try. I was only looking at e-versions though, so that could be the reason I came up empty.
The King of Prussia
(745 posts)"How the light gets in" by Louise Penny. I really disliked the previous one this series, but this, IMO, represents at least a partial return to form.
I like the Enzo series by Peter May.
Happy reading!
cbabe
(4,618 posts)news of a cookbook? Her descriptions always make me long for elegant, simple meals.
The King of Prussia
(745 posts)Louise Penny The nature of the Feast a downloadable pdf should appear 😀
hermetic
(8,752 posts)I had no idea. Thanks!!
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Dozens of holds on every ebook at library!
Ty!
The King of Prussia
(745 posts)But, bizarrely, I thought "A Beautiful Mystery" was awful - or at least really not for me. I think I may move on to the next in the series after this one - depending on how it finishes.
SheltieLover
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cbabe
(4,618 posts)friends, eccentric but moral. Which creates some difficult, dark tangles of right action vs legal.
Try a couple and report back.
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Will report back.
Thx for sharing!
hermetic
(8,752 posts)She and Hillary Clinton wrote one together last year, State of Terror. That's a keeper.
SheltieLover
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hermetic
(8,752 posts)That one did seem to go on a bit. I enjoyed the ending, though, if I recall correctly. Hard to be sure these days.
I really love the Three Pines inhabitants. Since they didn't really show up in the story about the monastery, I think that made it less enjoyable.
The King of Prussia
(745 posts)Didn't care for anything about it.
broiles
(1,410 posts)A murder mystery set in Guadamala, a finalist for a Pulitzer. I'm liking it alot.
hermetic
(8,752 posts)From 1998. A novel truly born of two worlds: Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by an aristocratic Guatemalan mother, and Flor de Mayo, the beautiful young Guatemalan orphan sent by his grandmother to live with his family as a maid. When, years later in the 1980s, Flor is murdered in Guatemala while running an orphanage, Roger returns to uncover the truth of her death. There he is reunited with a childhood friend and together they attempt to chronicle Flor's life story, a quest that will have unexpected, and unforgettable repercussions.
GP6971
(34,050 posts)by James Patterson and James Born. Just picked it up this morning.
hermetic
(8,752 posts)Hundreds of 5 star reviews. You'll have to let us know what you thought of it, afterwards.
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Thx for the rec. Checked eversion out!
How you doing??
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Hru?
GP6971
(34,050 posts)Starting to get cooler. Heat went on for an hour this AM. And the AC will kick in tomorrow...up to 80 tomorrow.
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Going down into 40s this week overnight.
japple
(10,436 posts)those who like cozy British stories set during WWII. Recipes included. I love reading cookbooks, books about food, also books about WWII, and this one is a total delight. It was recommended by a good friend.
Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. Hope you get lucky with the audio books soon!
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Good to see you. Thanks. It seems people here are catching on to the wonders of audio books and now waiting times for popular books can be a year long!
Your story sounds quite good. It's also quite new. Wonder if they'll publish the winning recipes? It does sound like a book a couple of our regular readers here would enjoy. Hope they see it.
Polly Hennessey
(7,675 posts)Murder in the Cookbook Nook.
“Hold the deadly ingredients…..”
hermetic
(8,752 posts)Hope you enjoy it!
SheltieLover
(62,616 posts)Enjoy!
yellowdogintexas
(23,020 posts)The Dead End Job Mysteries.
I think I have 3 more to go
northoftheborder
(7,617 posts)Really enjoyed this one - more complex plot with the central plot of murder investigation competing with a complicated plot within the Montreal police structure against Gamache. I like how story threads continue from book to book.