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[Sagal]

I just finished THE QUIET GAME by Greg Iles. What a great book set in Natchez, Mississippi. About an old unsolved murder and all that unfolds as the main character, Penn Cage, tries to solve it. It's an older book but he has a new book coming out tomorrow called Natchez Burning and the same character, Penn Cage, is in it. So I thought I'd read all the previous Penn Cage novels. I've just started the second one, TURNING ANGEL, and it is great! Anyone else read these?

[MrsSweetieBear]

On 4/27/2014 skyblue said:

On 4/27/2014 Lilysmom said: SKYBLUE, I loved ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN. Quite different from the run of the mill.

Good to know, LILYSMOM!

That was one of my faves from years ago.

I'm currently reading The Way The Crow Flies by Anne Marie McDonald. Very long, very involved and very excellent.

Before that I read The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy and was torn on how I felt about it.

And before that I read a very different book called The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick. Quirky and I enjoyed it.

[blessed10]

On 4/28/2014 SAgal said: I just finished THE QUIET GAME by Greg Iles. What a great book set in Natchez, Mississippi. About an old unsolved murder and all that unfolds as the main character, Penn Cage, tries to solve it. It's an older book but he has a new book coming out tomorrow called Natchez Burning and the same character, Penn Cage, is in it. So I thought I'd read all the previous Penn Cage novels. I've just started the second one, TURNING ANGEL, and it is great! Anyone else read these?

I have read both books you mentioned by Greg Iles; he has become a favorite author of mine, & I will read "Natchez Burning" at some point. Glad to see he is apparently back at writing. According to his page on Amazon, he was injured pretty severely in a car accident, I believe, and a book I had on my to read list was postponed indefinitely as a result("The Bone Tree").

[sk888888]

On 4/27/2014 Vamp said:

Hey, y'all! How's everyone doing? I've been out of the loop for a while--hope spring has sprung for all of you!

I'm currently about half-way through The Deepest Water by Kate Wilhelm. This is my first book by her, so if anyone else has read this author, I'd love to hear recommendations as I am enjoying it. This one is a murder mystery set in Oregon (my home state), so I am enjoying all the local references. I also have absolutely no clue who could possibly be the culprit and am enjoying trying to figure it out.

Vamp, I've read most of Kate Wilhelm's "Barbara Holloway" defense attorney series, as well as a couple of her standalones. Loved them, all set in the Pacific Northwest. You can check out what she's written at www.fantasticfiction.com.

[Vamp]

Thanks, sk88888! I will!

[Vamp]

On 4/26/2014 skyblue said: I am reading ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus. I remember it had some buzz awhile back. I hope I like it.

Excellent choice! I read it quite a while ago, and I really liked it.

[faeriemoon]

On 4/8/2014 Linders Back said:

Finished Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings. For such a riveting subject (Southern slavery and the early days of the Abolitionist Movement in the North in the 1820-30's), I thought I would get deeply involved and moved but it never happened. I don't think she did justice to the real people in the story and her made up characters were too stereotypical.

Back to The Cuckoo's Calling.

I didn't care for The Invention of Wings; I agree it was stereotypical. I found the main character to be unrealistic as well.