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Nominations for March 2019 • Murder, They Wrote: Deadly Pursuits
The neverending month of January has ended, so it's time to help us select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read in March 2019. The theme is Murder, They Wrote: Deadly Pursuits Everyone is welcome to join the nomination process even if they'd rather lurk during the voting and discussion; if that is still a little too much commitment, please feel free to suggest titles without making a formal nomination. Also, don't sweat the links. It's helpful to check availability and prices before nominating in order to eliminate anything that's out of the question, but ultimately our global members with different gadgets and preferences will have to check for themselves. The nominations will run through 7 AM EST, February 7, 2019. Each nomination requires a second and a third to make it to the poll, which will remain open for four days. The discussion of the selection will start on March 15, 2019. Don't forget to show up for the discussion of the February selection, A Delicate Truth, on February 15. Any questions? See below, or just ask! FAQs for the Nomination, Selection and Discussion process General Guidelines for the New Leaf Book Club Official choices with three nominations: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann [Bookpossum, Bookworm_Girl, bfisher] AmazonUS $11.99 | AmazonUK £5.99 | AmazonCA $13.99 | AmazonAU $16.99 | KoboUS $11.99 | $NZ18.66 Spoiler:
359 pp.
Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi (aka GoodFellas) [issybird, bfisher, Bookpossum] US$9.99, CA$9.99, £6.95, AU$14.95 Kobo/$7.59 Amazon, NZ$15.97 Kobo, OverDrive Spoiler:
306 pp.
No Rest for the Dead Andrew Gulli, ed. [Dazrin, gmw, stuartjmz] $8.99 Amazon | Kobo Spoiler:
256 pp.
Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir by Agatha Christie [gmw, issybird, Dazrin] Amazon US $8.99 | Amazon UK - £6.99 | Amazon CA $9.99 | Amazon AU $10.99 | Kobo US $8.99 | Kobo UK - £6.99 | Kobo CA $9.99 | Kobo AU $10.99 Spoiler:
236 pp.
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings [Bookworm_Girl, CRussel, bfisher] AmazonUS $9.99 | AmazonUK £4.31 | AmazonCA $9.99 | AmazonAU $7.47 | KoboUS $9.99 | OverDrive Spoiler:
362 pp.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens [issybird, CRussel, stuartjmz] Public domain Spoiler:
300 pp.
The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich [Catlady, gmw, Bookworm_Girl] Amazon US $4.99 | omnibus $9.99 | Kobo US $4.99 | omnibus $9.99 Spoiler:
232 pp.
Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith [Catlady, astrangerhere, Pablo] Amazon US $9.99 | Kobo US $12.79 | OverDrive, Scribd Spoiler:
273 pp.
Fadeout by Joseph Hansen [CRussel, Bookpossum, Pablo] AmazonUS $7.99 | AmazonUK £0.99 | AmazonCA $9.99 | KoboUS $8.69 Spoiler:
202 pp.
The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell [sufue, Dazrin, Victoria] Kindle $7.99 | Kobo $7.99 | Kindle UK £3.99 | Kobo UK £3.99 | OverDrive Spoiler:
277 pp.
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Choices with one or two nominations:
**The Englishman's Cameo by Madhulika Liddle [stuartjmz, sufue] AMAZON | KOBO NZ$24.99 Spoiler:
295 pp.
*Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane [Catlady] Amazon US $9.99 | Kobo US $9.99 | OverDrive, Scribd, Hoopla, RB Digital Spoiler:
400 pp.
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With a theme of Murder They Wrote I figure I need to either nominate something with Jessica Fletcher (a.k.a. Donald Bain) or I need to nominate something done by a group of crime authors.
I saw enough Jessica Fletcher* growing up so I wanted to explore the second option. Collaborative fiction has a fairly long history so there must be some good thrillers in the category. It turns out that there is a group of crime/mystery authors that does exactly this: The Detection Club. G.K. Chesterton was the first club president and together with some amazing authors, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, put together their first collaborative novel in 1931, The Floating Admiral. Wow! Yes please! Sadly it does not appear to be available as a ebook in the US. BOOO! ![]() Spoiler:
With that lament out of the way, I am nominating another collaborative novel with a more modern Who's-Who list of authors including Jeffery Deaver, Diana Gabaldon, J.A. Jance, Alexander McCall Smith, Tess Geritsen, and many more. It's also available as an ebook and Overdrive has it. No Rest for the Dead edited by Andrew Gulli 256 pgs Amazon (Smile) | Kobo Quote:
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I used to be addicted, but I've gone off mystery novels. In any case, I thought that if I looked at the theme as someone who chose to write about murder or deadly pursuits, true crime was the way to go. The real deal.
![]() Loved the film, never read the book, so I'm nominating Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the source for the wonderful Scorcese film GoodFellas (the book is also titled GoodFellas in the UK and Australia). Quote:
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Fadeout by Joseph Hansen
I'd like to nominate the first of the Dave Brandstetter mysteries from Joseph Hansen: Fadeout.
This is an absolute classic, possibly the first modern crossover. I first read it back in the 70's, and it had a significant impact on me, since I'd grown up in a WASP household. When I re-read it last year, I was pleased to find it's held up well. This is a short book, ~200 pages, and a good read. From Goodreads: Quote:
Available from: AmazonUS: $7.99 AmazonUK: £0.99 AmazonCA: $9.99CDN KoboUS: $8.69 I originally nominated this for our very first month, and it didn't get through that time, but I figure it never hurts to try again. This is a good book, and it had a significant impact on me when I read it the first time. |
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I second Wiseguy.
Loved the movie; didn't know it was an adaptation. |
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I have also decided on a true crime book, which I read about when it was published in 2017, and thought sounded both horrifying and interesting.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. From Goodreads: Quote:
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I'd like to nominate The Englishman's Cameo, by Madhulika Liddle. I am very biased toward this book because of personal interactions with the author over many years. The story itself though, holds up without any outside help. The mystery is engaging, and the history is rock solid. Unlike A LOT of "historical mystery" writers, Madhu takes the history part of her stories VERY seriously, and to make sure her stories work in their depiction of the time, she's researched them in depth, and had the help of her sister, a professional, published historian. I learned A LOT about Mughal Delhi over course of the series. Muzaffar is an interesting character, he dabbles in poetry (the "they write" bit, perhaps?) and the series as whole is well worth a read, getting off to a bright start with this book.
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I nominate Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir by Agatha Christie.
Amazon US - USD$8.99 | Amazon UK - £6.99 | Amazon CA - CDN$9.99 | Amazon AU - AUD$10.99 | Kobo US - USD$8.99 | Kobo UK - £6.99 | Kobo CA - CAD$9.99 | Kobo AU AUD$10.99 | 236 pages Description from Goodreads: Quote:
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How do you all find the prices for different sites? Do you login via proxy?
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Kobo is easy; just click on the flag and change it. Amazon can be more problematic, in that sometimes even if you're on a different national site they're showing the availability and price in your own translated currency. In both situations, just looking from an incognito or private window can help get unalloyed results.
ETA: If you hit a snag, someone in the country will be happy to help. I have to say that it seems your nomination isn't available in the US. |
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I find that Amazon is more problematic, as the prices given seem to be an Australian version in $US for example, rather than showing me the US page. So I just use Kobo as an indicator, and leave it to the locals to check their own Amazon site if that's their preference. Hope that helps. Issybird beat me to it! |
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Ah, that's a shame. I read it in paper format back when it was first released. when I saw it available as ebook to me, I assumed it would be available to the US as well. Using a proxy to access Amazon US, I see that it's still paper only, and currently ut of stock. Disappointing. ![]() |
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This confused me at first when I switched to Kobo from Kindle. The price difference seemed HUGE, then I realised that Amazon was showing me books available to NZ but listed in $US, while Kobo was showing me $NZ prices. 75-80% of the books are within $1US of each other, it turns out. But availability is a different kettle of fish, as issy's comment reminded me. It's disappointing because when logged into "amazon.com", as opposed to say "amazon.com.au", I would have expected to see US availability. |
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