As I’ve mentioned before, I love a good mystery. Mysteries and horror are the two genres that I immediately gravitate towards whenever I enter a bookstore. But how in the world do I narrow down my choices?
This year I decided to select two titles from my TBR bookshelf that fall under one of my favorite mystery sub-genres, Nordic Noir.
I’ve been a fan of Jo Nesbo for a few years now, and for some reason I’ve been reading the Harry Hole series out of sequence. After having read books one, two, and four (among others), I decided to finally fill in the gap and read book three, The Redbreast. It looks like Detective Hole’s bad temper and even worse decisions take him down yet another rabbit hole, this time linking past crimes from World War II to the present.
Kjell Eriksson is a new-to-me author, and his Ann Lindell books caught my attention a couple of years ago at a used book sale where I picked up four of the titles (unfortunately not the first in the series). I have yet to find the first book, The Princess of Burundi, so I decided to just dive in with the second book, The Cruel Stars of Night. A serial killer is targeting older men and Ann Lindell must track him down without falling into one of the killer’s traps. I’m hoping this is one of those series that doesn’t have to be read in order to be fully appreciated.
Goodreads Group Reads
Keeping with my mystery theme, there are a couple of selections from my Goodreads groups that I want to check out as well…
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham features Chloe, a psychiatrist whose father was arrested for being a serial killer when she was younger. Now, new murders are happening that seem to be linked to Chloe’s past.
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney is touted as a domestic thriller, with a couple celebrating their ten year anniversary by traveling to Scotland. Oh, the husband has “face blindness,” a condition where he doesn’t recognize anyone, including his wife. That could get interesting!
Also on my reading radar is Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes. This one has been getting a lot of attention and it sounds like something right up my alley! A sci-fi/horror/thriller novel about a salvage crew in outer space who stumble upon a seemingly deserted spacecraft, one that went missing on its maiden voyage. We all know that this can’t end well!
What are your reading goals for March? Drop me a line and let’s talk books!
Stay safe and Happy Reading!