Last week I joined my Mystery Book group to discuss Stone Dead by Christopher Wortley. To sum it up, this book was not one of our favorites. It was a bit all over the place. Was it a mystery, was it fantasy, who was the target audience? I will say though as usual with a book that is not a favorite, we had a very lively discussion. I’ll try to do a bit of a review later.
Now to look forward to our upcoming reads:
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Walk the Wire by David Baldacci
Ghost Daughter by Helen Curie Foster
I’ve not read any of these but I have read a book by Helen Curie Foster (local author) and I’m excited to read another one in her series. Plus, she’s going to be at our book group meeting to share more about her writing process, characters, etc.
Oh and speaking of mysteries, in not so good news, Mystery Scene Magazine suspended its print publication in December. Ugh another great magazine I enjoy bites the dust. Luckily they are still publishing articles and reviews online.
Now in exciting news the Mystery Writers of America announced the 2023 Edgar Nominees? There are several nominated for Best Novel that I am really curious to read. Our mystery group read The Red Palace by Jane Hur in December and we quite enjoyed it so I was happy to see it made the nominees list for Best Young Adult.
Would love to hear if you’ve read any of these or on the Edgar’s list. Or maybe you have a good mystery to recommend!
Good to hear about your mystery group, Iliana! Yes, I agree that sometimes books that aren’t favorites by some or all produce great discussion. If everyone loves the book, it’s kind of like – loved it – OK, what else have you been reading? Ha! I have read WALK THE WIRE and liked it a lot. I do like that Amos Decker series. Fun that you guys will have an author attend and speak with you. Had not heard of Helen Curie Foster, but I will check her out.
Sometimes it’s the books that aren’t favorites that make the best book club discussions. That is sad news about the Mystery Scene Magazine no longer printing copies. I hope they can maintain an online presence. It’s so hard today for magazines and newspapers to stay in business unless they have a strong online presence.
I’m not familiar with those books you mentioned here but Ghost Daughter sounds like a good read to me. It’s always sad to see our favourite magazines suspend the printing. I suppose it’s hard to keep the business running with everything increasing their price but at least it’s a good thing that they’re moving on to online instead of stopping the publishing totally.