Best reads - Club Together Book Club?

I got my love of reading from a very early age, strangely enough from reading the local evening newspaper and apparently telling everyone they ought to buy what was being advertised eg soap powder. So I was told very early on not to believe everything I read! (My friend's brother's ambition was to edit the same local paper, which he did later on, obviously he didn't read the adverts quite so much as me. )

I'd give it a miss unless you like very dark material. I managed about 30% but then gave it up, and that's not like me.... I read War and Peace from start to finish!!

I've paid 90p to reserve it so I'm bloomin' well going to read it now! 

Anyone else out there a fan of John Connolly's "Charlie Parker" series?

Part detective story, part supernatural, I've enjoyed the whole series and the latest one "The Woman in the Woods" is just out. 

Me, Me, Me!! Will have to tell our daughter that a new one is out, as she's a great fan too. Another series that must be read from the beginning to fully appreciate it.

Have you read the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly, or watched the Bosch series on TV?

Just  cleared  a  bit  of  space  at  Chez  ABM  today  ==  took  all  my  Sword  of  Truth  series ( all  11  or  so  hardbacks )  to  British  Heart  Foundation,  and  the  cheeky  little  lass  asked  if  I  was  donating  my  lovely  leather  carrier  as  well,  the  scamp.  Now  I'm  busy  re-reading  them  on  Kindle  just  'cos  its  soooo  much  lighter  !  Then  later  this  Summer,  should  it  ever  arrive,  I'll  start  reading  &  accepting  advice  from  you  lot  on  here  again !!

Need a little light reading matter. A good murder mystery will do fine.

Shouldn't have said that. Just finished the new one by Craig Robertson called "The Photographer". 

A very well researched and written crime thriller but disturbing content. A page turner nevertheless. If you haven't discovered him yet then start with "Random".

I see that his "Witness the Dead" is on Kindle for 99p, so I think I'll try that one.

I'm just reading the 3rd of the Tony McLean series by James Oswald, another series set in Scotland, this time Edinburgh. I can recommend them.

I've mentioned before that I often pick up a book at random from our local library shelves and the latest one was a real cracker - Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi. It's a murder mystery set around Monet's garden in Giverney, so plenty of mention of Monet himself and the other Impressionists, though they're just incidental to the story itself. It centres around the lives of 3 main characters and without giving too much away, the ending is astonishing and I'd defy anyone to predict it from what's gone before. Well worth a read if you spot a copy! 

Thanks Moulesy, I am at a bit of a loose end at the moment and your review pricked up my interest....so I've just ordered the book secondhand on Amazon for £2.61. Don't often read crime fiction but will give it a go. I liked Giverny when I visited, it's also the only place my half French brother in law said I managed to pronounce properly!