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Love Mysteries and Thrillers but not sure what to read next? Join bestselling author, Joseph Finder, for this quarterly session of his recommendations of some of the best of mystery/thrillers out there! We’re sure you’ll find something to like from Joe’s many enthusiastic reviews.
Future Dates:
June 12
Sept. 18
Dec. 18
A summary of the recommendations from 3/20 are below. Watch the recording HERE.
Book Recs from Joseph Finder on 3/20:
*Robert Crais, THE BIG EMPTY
*Sara Sligar, VANTAGE POINT
*David McCloskey, THE SEVENTH FLOOR
*Michael Connelly, THE WAITING
*Chris Pavone, THE DOORMAN
*Peter Swanson, KILL YOUR DARLINGS
Book Recs from attendees on 3/20:
*Maisie Dobbs books and Thursday night murder club and Marlowe mysteries
*mystery/crime novels by John Sandford, Donna Leon & Louise Penny
*Sue Grafton’s alphabet series
*I like John McDonald and Ross Macdonald. John is quirkily hardboiled, and Ross is straight hardboiled
Joseph Finder is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 suspense novels, most recently The Oligarch’s Daughter. His last novel House On Fire is the fourth featuring “private spy” Nick Heller. His books have won numerous awards, including the Strand Critics Award for Best Novel for Buried Secrets (2011), the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel for Killer Instinct (2006) and the Barry Award for Best Thriller for Company Man (2005). The Boston Globe has called him a “master of the modern thriller.” Two of his novels have been made into major motion pictures, including High Crimes, adapted into the hit 2002 movie starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman; and Paranoia, the 2013 film starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Liam Hemsworth. A founding member of the International Thriller Writers, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. Joe is a graduate of Yale and the Harvard Russian Research Center. He lives in Boston.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is in collaboration with a multitude of MA and NH libraries.