[Niamh.]

Anyone got any recommendations? Just finished You Like it Darker By Stephen King which was pretty good, I was going to read The Shining but I don't think I want to read another Stephen King book straight after

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Niamh.]

I know it's a controversial opinion but I didn't love the film version of that ^

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I know it's a controversial opinion but I didn't love the film version of that ^

[Crimson Dynamo]

A landscape of frozen darkness punctuated by grim, gray days.
The feeling like a buzz in your teeth.
The scrape of bone on bone. . .
Paul Gallo saw the report on the news: a mass murderer leading police to his victims' graves, in remote Dread's Hand, Alaska.

It's not even a town; more like the bad memory of a town. The same bit of wilderness where his twin brother went missing a year ago. As the bodies are exhumed, Paul travels to Alaska to get closure and put his grief to rest.

But the mystery is only beginning. What Paul finds are superstitious locals who talk of the devil stealing souls, and a line of wooden crosses to keep what's in the woods from coming out. He finds no closure because no one can explain exactly what happened to Danny.

And the more he searches for answers, the more he finds himself becoming part of the mystery. . .

[Ammi]

…I like Jodi Picoult stories, personally …but it’s a completely different genre…I tend to like ‘people’ stories……I also recently read the Rachel Joyce trilogy of ‘Harold Fry’ stories which I liked a lot…

[Niamh.]

Oh I like the sound of that one, have you read it?

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh I like the sound of that one, have you read it?

Yes when I was on my golf holiday, iv read 3 other of his books he is very well thought of and has around 15 books

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I like Jodi Picoult stories, personally …but it’s a completely different genre…I tend to like ‘people’ stories……I also recently read the Rachel Joyce trilogy of ‘Harold Fry’ stories which I liked a lot…

Ill look into those, thanks Ammi

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Yes when I was on my golf holiday, iv read 3 other of his books he is very well thought of and has around 15 books

Just checked and they don't have that on Audible, they have a good shot of his other books though, any other stand out one by him?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Have you read any Jack Reacher as they are great (and the tv series too)



Killing Floor is the first book in the phenomenal best-selling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. It introduces Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Trained to think fast and act faster, he is the perfect action hero for when times get tough.

Margrave is a no-account little town in Georgia. Jack Reacher steps off a bus and walks 14 miles in the rain to reach it, in search of a dead guitar player.

But Margrave has just had its first homicide in 30 years. And Reacher is the only stranger in town. He seems the obvious fall guy. As the body count mounts, only one thing is for sure: they picked the wrong guy to frame for murder.

Now a major Prime TV series starring Alan Ritchson.

[Niamh.]

I watched a few episodes of the series and I did quite like it but it was one of those I just forgot to get back to

[MTVN]

Metamorphosis by Kafka about a guy waking up one day transformed into a giant cockroach type insect

[Niamh.]

The sounds really strange Matt

[Kate!]

Sophie Hannah books are very gripping Niamh.

[Swan]

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Sophie Hannah books are very gripping Niamh.

Is it all Poirot stuff she writes?

Originally Posted by Swan

Spoiler:

Nah

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Is it all Poirot stuff she writes?

[/spoiler]

Nah

Nope, she's done a lot more previous to the 3 Poirot ones.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Nope, she's done a lot more previous to the 3 Poirot ones.

Thanks, I'll look her up

[Ammi]

…let us know how you go with the Burial Rites one, Niamh…I might have a read of that one as well if you recommend it…

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…let us know how you go with the Burial Rites one, Niamh…I might have a read of that one as well if you recommend it…

Will do

[jet]

“Mila 18” by Leon Uris. (1997)

If you want something to stir you, try this. It’s amazing.I remember years ago starting to read this in the early evening and I sat up all night reading. I’ve re - read it several times since. You need good eyesight though as all the editions are very small print….

One review from Amazon sums it up well….

Leon Uris ranks at the top in my opinion as a brilliantly gifted writer. He captures the historical drama of WWII and Nazi Germany, along with the torment and never-ending struggle of being Jewish in Warsaw, Poland. This is indeed a fictionalized account of that time period, but his characters probably do have counterparts in real life. Upon reading this book, one has to admire the courage, determination, endurance and raw guts of these people. You may have read about life in the Warsaw ghettos, but this book takes you into their homes, introduces you to people who face poverty, starvation, sickness, and terror on a daily basis. The author gives a first-hand account of Jews in the ghetto being constantly intimidated and threatened by the Nazis and how they manage to survive in such horrible conditions. Reading this will horrify you one minute, then make you cringe and then touch your heart as no other book you may have read in a long time. I highly recommend this as Leon Uris always delivers fascinating and emotionally charged books, leaving you spell-bound and unable to put the book down.
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If you want something that doesn't make you cry and you like domestic - type thrillers, my wife is currently really enjoying a book called ‘The Husband’s Secret’ by Liane Moriarty.

Cecilia thought she knew her husband.
That is until she finds an envelope with 'to be opened in the event of my death' written in his hand. Unable to resist temptation, she opens it, and learns a shocking truth he has never dared reveal.
Now Cecilia faces a terrible choice.
Because revealing her husband's secret will hurt those she loves the most . . .
But could the consequences of staying silent be worse?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…let us know how you go with the Burial Rites one, Niamh…I might have a read of that one as well if you recommend it…

Finished it, It's not exactly how I thought it was going to be but I liked it anyway. Especially since I was only in Iceland this year so I could really picture the scenes. I think you'd really like it actually Ammi, it is very much a study of people and the mind set of people in that era in that area

Slight spoiler

Spoiler:

I was thinking that it was going to be more of a mystery and a fight to prove Agnes innocence but it was really just more about the people in the book and what life was like in Iceland back then

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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Burial Rites is a dark yet thrilling work of
historical fiction. When a young woman is sentenced to death for murder in the remote
wilds of Northern Iceland in 1829, a priest is given the task of proving her innocence
and saving her life. With time running out, and the harsh Icelandic winter drawing ever
near, will Agne’s secrets be uncovered and her life be spared? Based on a true story,
with its sparse, atmospheric setting, and characters you feel like you can reach out and
touch, Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites is an unputdownable must-read.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Burial Rites is a dark yet thrilling work of
historical fiction. When a young woman is sentenced to death for murder in the remote
wilds of Northern Iceland in 1829, a priest is given the task of proving her innocence
and saving her life. With time running out, and the harsh Icelandic winter drawing ever
near, will Agne’s secrets be uncovered and her life be spared? Based on a true story,
with its sparse, atmospheric setting, and characters you feel like you can reach out and
touch, Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites is an unputdownable must-read.

Ohhhhh that sounds very interesting and it's on Audible as well. I think you must have similar reading tastes to me LT

[Cherie]

Just finished Confession by John Grisham, never a bad story told by him, this one centres around the death penalty in Texas