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Free Books at the Library Rekindle Memories of a Great Writer

Ok so I don’t think there are may of you under the age of 40 who can identify this iconic mystery author…..

John D MacDonald

Yes, it is the great John D MacDonald, author of the also great Travis McGee series. MacDonald died 1986 at the age of 70. He left behind a legacy that included 21 books featuring Travis McGee.

Now I must say that I haven’t read a John D MacDonald book since, well probably 1986. And since, I didn’t start keeping a record of the books I read until 1987. I really can’t remember all of the Travis McGee books I read. read more

Michael Koryta’s How It Happened is a Winner!

How It Happened – Michael Koryta

LJ Roberts a friend on Goodreads always opens her reviews with the first sentence of the book being reviewed. I thought of her, when I started Michael Koryta’s latest book.

First Sentence: I’d never seen him before the day we killed him.

The Story

That statement comes from the confession of. Kimberly Crepeaux to the double murder of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly in the Maine town of Port Hope. Kimberly gave her confession to FBI special agent Rob Barrett. Barrett had been assigned the case because of his interview skills. Additionally, he has past connections to Post Hope. Barrett spent his summers with his grandfather in the town and his former girlfriend reporter Liz Smith lives nearby. read more

Victim Without a Face – Stefan Ahnhem is a Winner!

Victim Without a Face – Stefan Ahnhem

Victim Without a Face is the first book in the Fabian Risk series from Swedish writer Stefan Ahnhem. I stumbled across this series when I was in the library last week.I found it was, when I was looking through the new releases, and the book , The 9th Grave caught my eye.

Once I saw the book was a Swedish mystery novel I figured it would be something I would like. However, I saw it was the second book in the series. Since there are only book two in the series, I figured I should go back and start with book one. Checking the library catalog I discovered book one , Victim Without a Face was checked in at the branch of the library I was in. So I checked it out! read more

The Sinister Pig – Tony Hillerman – Another Visit with an Old Favorite

Another The Sinister Pig – Tony Hillerman

So I have read almost all of the books in the Jim Chee – Joe Leaphorn series. However, the last Tony Hillerman book I read was in 2000, when I read Hunting Badger (Book #14)!The Sinister Pig (Book #16) in the series has probably been on my bookshelves unread for about 5 years or more. Since one of my reading challenges for 2018 is to read 25 books that are on my TBR shelves and specifically books from series that I have not read for years, choosing The Sinister Pig was a no-brainer. read more

The Shadow District Begins a New Series from Arnaldur Indridason

The Shadow District – Reykjavik Wartime Mystery #1

The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason is book one in his new Reykjavik Wartime Mystery series.

Indridason is the author of the excellent Detective Erlender series. However, I must admit that while I have loved the series books I have read, I have fallen behind in the series. As a result, I often forget about the series. Can out say once again “too many books too little time”.

Anyway, when I saw The Shadow District in the library and discovered it was book one in a new series It was a no brainer to check it out. read more

Shadow of Death – Wiliam G Tapply – EKK Returns to an Old Favorite

Shadow of Death (Brady Coyne #21) – William G Tapply

Ok so here we are in February and I still have not formalized my 2018 Reading Challenges. The only thing that I do know is my goal is to read 65 books in 2018. Additionally I want at least 25 of them to come from my “to be read bookshelves” I’m actually close to having everything worked out and should be able to post the formal challenges this week.

EKK and the Brady Coyne Series

Now while I haven’t formalized my Challenges yet I am off to a decent start. I finished book number six for the year on Saturday. It was one that has been sitting on my shelves for a long time, Shadow of Death by William G Tapply. Published in 2004 it is book 21 in the Brady Coyne series from Mr Tapply. Death at Charity Point published in 1984 was the first book in the series. Dead Winter book 8 was actually the first book in the series that I read. It was released in paperback 1990 and I read it in the summer. By the end of 1990 I had caught up on the series!! read more

The Long and Faraway Gone – Lou Berney – A Can’t Put Downer!

The Long and Faraway Gone – Lou Berney

A while ago I purchased the Kindle edition of Lou Berney’s book The Long and Faraway Gone.. Like many of the books I have purchase through Bookbub, it has been in my Kindle unread. Well, something made me take a look at it the other day and I start reading it.

It didn’t take long for me to get swept up in the story. So for the last few days I literally did not want to put the books down. Last night it was getting close to midnight, as I was finishing the book. I could barely keep my eyes open , but I was determined to finish. And finish I did, just on the other side of midnight exhausted but satisfied and not ready to go to sleep! read more

The Blood Strand – A Great Mystery set on the Faroes Islands

The Blood Stand (Faroes #1) -Chris Ould

Almost a year ago I wrote a post about five new mysteries that caught my eye on a visit to Barnes & Noble. Here are the books that were included in that post :

Out of the Blues – Trudy Nan Boyle
Close Your Eyes – Michael Robotham
Summit Lake -Charlie Donlea
The Blood Strand – Chris Ould
Savage Season – Joe R Lansdale

After finishing The Blood Strand on Thursday, I have read three out of five of the above books. They have all been great! I read both Summit Lake and Close Your Eyes in April of last year, shortly after I had spotted them at B&N. But for some reason I never got around to The Blood Strand. Once again, it may have been too many books to little time!! read more

In the Midst of Death – Matthew Scudder #3 – Lawrence Block

Book 2 of 2017 – A Return to the World of Matthew Scudder….thanks to Lawrence Block

One of my Reading Challenges for 2017 is to catch up on a few of the mystery and thriller series that I am behind on. The series that I had in mind include: Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series, Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone or maybe Alex Berenson’s John Wells series. What I didn’t envision was going back to a series whose last book I read in, oh, 1994! Anyway, that’s what I did this week when I read In the Midst of Death – book number 3 in Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder series. I really didn’t set out to read the book. It just happened to be sitting out on a pile of books in the basement, when I was looking for something. Anyway, I picked it up, and didn’t put it down until I finished it! Lucky for me it was only 246 pages long!!! read more

Manitou Canyon – William Kent Krueger as Good as Ever!

Manitou Canyon – William Kent Krueger (Cork O’Connor series Boo #15)

Manitou Canyon is the fifteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series from William Kent Krueger. And I for one don’t think the series is slowing down at all! I have read all of the books in this series and this one holds its own with any of them.While the Cork O’Connor books are firmly planted in the mystery.thriller genre they are also more than just mysteries. They are also books about family and cultural identity.

About Manitou Canyon

When Manitou Canyon opens it is November and the O’Connor’s are preparing for oldest daughter Jenny;s wedding. Everyone is excited except Cork. For Cork November is a painful month. In Novembers past Cork saw the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend. So when the grandchildren of a childhood friend John Harris’ showed up asking Cork to resume the search that had ended two days prior. Cork jumped at the chance to help. John Harris had disappeared in October while on a fishing trip with his grandchildren into the Boundary Waters. The search had turned up nothing, but Cork felt he had missed something so he wanted do whatever he could to find John. read more

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