What Fiction are you reading this week, September 25, 2022?

[hermetic]

Paris

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?

[SheltieLover]

1. "A Devious Lot," by Ellery Adams & Parker Riggs

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]

3. Sounds good

I, too, miss the ocean. The violent storms, not so much these days.

[SheltieLover]

4. I miss the ocean too, but left my heart in the mountains.

😏

I know. The hurricanes are horrific!

[bif]

2. "How to Behave in a Crowd"

By Camille Bordas. Pretty good. It passed my 50 page rule. So I'll finish it.

[hermetic]

5. Nice

"A witty, heartfelt novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and marks the arrival of an extraordinary young talent."

[cbabe]

6. Rereading John Standford

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]

7. That's for sure

I've read several "Prey" books. Found them quite enjoyable.

[SheltieLover]

8. Darn! Library doesn't have any of them.

😏

I'll keep an eye out though.

Thx for sharing.

[cbabe]

11. I'm surprised. Standford is a big time author. Maybe ask library to order?

[SheltieLover]

12. Good idea! Thx!

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]

9. I've gone back to Three Pines

"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]

10. Louise Penny will be my winter time rereading. Any

news of a cookbook? Her descriptions always make me long for elegant, simple meals.

[The King of Prussia]

16. If you google

Louise Penny The nature of the Feast a downloadable pdf should appear 😀

[hermetic]

20. That is awesome!

I had no idea. Thanks!!

[SheltieLover]

13. Louise Penny must be great!

Dozens of holds on every ebook at library!

Ty!

[The King of Prussia]

14. Generally she is

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]

18. Are they cozies?

[cbabe]

21. Um. Kinda sorta. Murder is a bit off stage. Tight family and

friends, eccentric but moral. Which creates some difficult, dark tangles of right action vs legal.

Try a couple and report back.

[SheltieLover]

22. I have a few on hold, but the lists are dozens long.

Will report back.

Thx for sharing!

[hermetic]

17. I love her books.

She and Hillary Clinton wrote one together last year, State of Terror. That's a keeper.

[SheltieLover]

19. Interesting!

[hermetic]

15. The Beautiful Mystery?

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]

33. That's the one

Didn't care for anything about it.

[broiles]

23. The Long Night of the White Chickens by Francisco Goldman

A murder mystery set in Guadamala, a finalist for a Pulitzer. I'm liking it alot.

[hermetic]

24. Great title

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]

25. The Russian

by James Patterson and James Born. Just picked it up this morning.

[hermetic]

26. I've heard it's great

Hundreds of 5 star reviews. You'll have to let us know what you thought of it, afterwards.

[SheltieLover]

31. Hi Gp!

Thx for the rec. Checked eversion out!

[GP6971]

34. Hi!

How you doing??

[SheltieLover]

35. Hanging in there.

Hru?

[GP6971]

36. We're good.

Starting to get cooler. Heat went on for an hour this AM. And the AC will kick in tomorrow...up to 80 tomorrow.

[SheltieLover]

38. About the same here.

Going down into 40s this week overnight.

[japple]

27. Jennifer Ryan's, The Kitchen Front. This isn't a mystery, but might be of interest to

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.

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes an unforgettable novel of a BBC-sponsored wartime cooking competition and the four women who enter for a chance to better their lives.

Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. Hope you get lucky with the audio books soon!

[hermetic]

28. Hi!

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]

29. I am just beginning Ellery Adams,

Murder in the Cookbook Nook.

“Hold the deadly ingredients…..”

[hermetic]

30. All right

Hope you enjoy it!

[SheltieLover]

32. I love Ellery Adams' books!

Enjoy!

[yellowdogintexas]

37. I am still solving murders in Fort Lauderdale with Helen and Phil

The Dead End Job Mysteries.

I think I have 3 more to go

[northoftheborder]

39. Just finished Penny's How the LIght Gets In.

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.