Books: What have you been reading?

[Deathstroke]

I finished the Jessica Ellicott mystery DEATH IN A BLACKOUT. It's the first book in her WPC Billie Harkness series and it is set during WWII. I enjoyed it overall. You can read what I thought via my Goodreads.com review link.

[The Darknight Detective]

New Kindle read: The Short Cut (1916) by Jackson Gregory.

[GemSaloon007]

Starting a new Richard Stark Parker binge. Reading THE MOURNER which is pretty much Parker combined with THE MALTESE FALCON which is cool. I was familiar with the first three Parker books because of the first two Darwyn Cooke adaptations but everything after will be new. I am very much looking forward to it. I have everything up to BUTCHER'S MOON.

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[MajorHoy]

Currently reading:

Playback by Raymond Chandler
<Philip Marlowe>
(© 1958 by Raymond Chandler;
First Vintage Books Edition, August 1988)

[Deathstroke]

Here's my Mystery Scene magazine review of the new Leonard Goldberg mystery The Blue Diamond.

[The Darknight Detective]

New Kindle read: The Way of All Flesh (1903) by Samuel Butler.

[Deathstroke]

Here's my Mystery Scene magazine review of the John Sandford thriller The Investigator.

[MajorHoy]

Currently reading:

The Case of the Counterfeit Eye by Erle Stanley Gardner
<Perry Mason series>
(orig. © 1935 / Pocket Books edition December 1973)

[The Darknight Detective]

New book: Dragon Haven (2010), Volume 2 in the Rain Wild Chronicles by Robin Hobb.

[MajorHoy]

The Girl With No Place to Hide by Marvin Albert
<"writing as Nick Quarry">
(© 1959 / orig. published by Gold Medal Books / published October 2021 by Stark House Press/Black Gat Books)

[Deathstroke]

I finished reading an advance copy of the new Scott Turow legal thriller Suspect.

[JackDaw]

I finished reading an advance copy of the new Scott Turow legal thriller Suspect.

Come on…you have to tell us just a bit more.

I guess 2 main possibilities are good….or very good?

[a moment closer]

I've just started Dune: The Duke of Caladan, the first book of the Caladan Trilogy, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

I have read all of Frank Herbert's Dune series and so far have read all of Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's series of books expanding the Dune universe. I just love the idea that Dune is set in our own distant future. Thanks to the numerous books written by Brian and Kevin, we now know a lot about how the galactic empire of worlds in Dune started from an expansion out of Earth and what became of our planet. I love how this series dissects politics, civilization, religion, commerce, technology, superstition, psychology, and human emotion while telling a rich, multifaceted, fantastical, and emotionally charged story.

This latest trilogy focuses on a time just before the original book Dune takes place. Leto Atreides is the Duke of Caladan and in this book, we are given his perspective on his personal relationships, the current state of the Imperium, and how his station affects each of those. This is a great starting point for anyone interested in reading the Dune series. This book gives just enough information about the Dune universe without being too heavy, explores all the key players in the original novels, which is much needed, in my opinion, and has some nice action.

[Deathstroke]

Come on…you have to tell us just a bit more.

I guess 2 main possibilities are good….or very good?

I'm still formulating my thoughts for a review.

[Chubistian]

Flush, by Virginia Woolf