I was going to wait until Friday to post Father's Day mystery recommendations, but that won't give you much time to place gift orders if your dad and/or grandfather read print books.
I'm going to start with books by authors who've visited here, plus books I've read that I recommend.
Please add your own recommendations, too! Some of the authors will be stopping by so be sure to check back periodically!
Simon Toyne wrote a guest blog for us when his book SANCTUS came out, and he also visited with us. Now he's back with a follow-up to SANCTUS.
His new book doesn't come out until Tuesday, June 19 but there's always B&N gift cards and pre-orders!
Overview
Hunted. Hounded. Haunted.
She is the most important person in the world. She is The Key
Journalist Liv Adamsen has escaped the highly-secretive Citadel in the ancient city of Ruin and now lies in isolation, staring at hospital walls as blank as her memory. Despite her inability to recall, she feels possessed by an unexplained sensation and plagued by whispers only she can hear: "KuShiKaam," the key.
To others the meaning is clear. For "the Ghost," a mercenary operating in Syria, Liv may hold the key to history's most powerful secret. For the monks in the Citadel, her return to Turkey may be their only chance at survival. And for a powerful faction in the Vatican, her very existence threatens the success of a desperate plan.
Hunted from Turkey to New York to the deserts of the Middle East, Liv races to uncover a revelation dating from the creation of man in this electrifying follow-up to the international bestseller Sanctus.
M. William Phelps visited recently - he has a couple of books coming out later this year, but his latest Nook Book is a great gift idea for ereading father's who like true crime.
Overview
In this first exclusive e-book accompanying the Investigation Discovery series he created, “Dark Minds,” investigative journalist M. William Phelps, author of 20 books, a noted serial killer expert, explores what goes on behind-the-scenes in this unique serial killer series as he investigates and films an episode.
Here, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Phelps takes readers and fans of the series deep into his personal life and a dark connection to the Eastbound Strangler case, how he feels about several suspects named by law enforcement, and shares an exclusive interview he conducted with a woman who claims she was with the Eastbound Strangler and his final victim, Kim Raffo, on the night before Kim’s body was found.
What kind of serial killer removes his victims’ shoes and socks…and lays them out in a row, facing east?
This is the mystery confronting M. William Phelps in the bizarre cold case of the Eastbound Strangler. In November 2006, the bodies of four women were discovered in a drainage ditch behind a row of hotels, on the fringes of Atlantic City, New Jersey. After years of intense investigation, law enforcement remains baffled by the fact the victims’ shoes were missing, and their heads were all pointing east. Three of the women were known prostitutes who worked “The Track,” a wasteland of broken dreams behind the casinos, on the dark side of Atlantic City’s famous boardwalk.
Does the Eastbound Strangler have a cross to bear against women he considers “fallen?” Is there a religious basis for the eastward positioning of the bodies? And are the later murders of four prostitutes in Long Island connected?
To get inside the Dark Mind of this murderer, Phelps must rely on criminal profiler John Kelly —and personal insight from Kelly’s secret source, a convicted serial killer code-named “13.”
If your dad likes thrillers, Robert Pobi's BLOODMAN will scare the pants off him!
Overview
In this psychological thriller, Jake Cole returns to his childhood home after his elderly father nearly kills himself by setting himself on fire and plowing through a plate-glass window. Jake’s father – a great American painter - is a man whose shadow Jake has tried to outrun since he was a boy.
Now a contractor for the FBI who possesses a unique gift for recreating crime scenes, Jake is pulled into a hauntingly familiar double homicide investigation. He recognizes the artistic signature in the slayings and realizes that he is now must be after the same murderer who killed his mother when he was a child. Racing against time and a Category #5 hurricane, Jake sets out in a race to find a monster who kills his victims in an exceptionally grisly fashion.
Is your dad a fan of the hot new TV series, LONGMIRE?
If so, the books the series was based on would be a great choice for Father's Day! The author, CRAIG JOHNSON, wrote a guest blog for us recently.
AS THE CROW FLIES is his most recent book:
As the Crow Flies (Walt Longmire Series #8)
Overview
The Wyoming lawman returns after staking his claim on the New York Times bestseller list
Embarking on his eighth adventure, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire has a more important matter on his mind than cowboys and criminals. His daughter, Cady, is getting married to the brother of his undersheriff, Victoria Moretti. Walt and old friend Henry Standing Bear are the de facto wedding planners and fear Cady’s wrath when the wedding locale arrangements go up in smoke two weeks before the big event.
The pair set out to find a new site for the nuptials on the Cheyenne Reservation, but their scouting expedition ends in horror as they witness a young Crow woman plummeting from Painted Warrior’s majestic cliffs. It’s not Walt’s turf, but the newly appointed tribal police chief and Iraqi war veteran, the beautiful Lolo Long, shanghais him into helping with the investigation. Walt is stretched thin as he mentors Lolo, attempts to catch the bad guys, and performs the role of father of the bride.
With the popularity of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series growing apace, fans new and old will relish As the Crow Flies, the sheriff’s latest quirky and complex investigation.
He also has a new ebook:
Walt Longmire, the longtime sheriff of Absaroka County , Wyoming , has little time to relax. Still recovering from his manhunt chasing down escaped convict and sociopath Reynaud Shade in the Bigh orn Mountains , Walt just can’t find the opportunity to sit back and kick off his cowboy boots. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in a few months to the brother of his under-sheriff Victoria Moretti and is in town, helping her dad ‘recuperate’ and to talk about love, life, and weddings.
Meanwhile, the American Indian Days Parade and Pow Wow are attracting tourists and trouble. The pride and joy of Tommy Jefferson’s stables—and the catalyst for his marital troubles—the notorious divorce horse, has gone missing, and Jefferson, renowned Indian Relay Racer and one-time meth head, wants him back. With the help of his best friend Henry Standing Bear and his daughter, The Greatest Legal Mind Of Our Time, Walt sets off to the races.
Here are some new releases by best selling mystery authors:
The Drop (Harry Bosch Series #17)
11th Hour (Women's Murder Club Series #11)
Cop to Corpse (Peter Diamond Series #12)
Consider these books by authors who have visited here before:
The Girl Next Door (Carter Ross Series #3)
The Burning Edge (Jack Gannon Series #4)
Die Twice (David Trevellyan Series #2)
Victims (Alex Delaware Series #27)
And still more!
Bloodline (Sigma Force Series)
3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club Series #3)
A Mortal Terror (Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series #6)
The Detachment (John Rain Series #7)
Cut, Paste, Kill (Lomax and Biggs Series #4)
A Bad Night's Sleep (Joseph Kozmarski Series #3)
The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein
Two of my favorite books that feature fathers doing whatever it takes to protect their child are The Road by Cormac Mcarthy and The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn. The first I read pre-blogging days so I don't have a review of it written down anywhere, but I reviewed The Dispatcher earlier in the year and loved it. Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/2012/03/dispatch
Ryan_G wrote:
Two of my favorite books that feature fathers doing whatever it takes to protect their child are The Road by Cormac Mcarthy and The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn. The first I read pre-blogging days so I don't have a review of it written down anywhere, but I reviewed The Dispatcher earlier in the year and loved it. Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/2012/03/dispatch
er-by-ryan-david-jahn-plus.html
Very cool suggestions!
Ryan_G wrote:Two of my favorite books that feature fathers doing whatever it takes to protect their child are The Road by Cormac Mcarthy and The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn. The first I read pre-blogging days so I don't have a review of it written down anywhere, but I reviewed The Dispatcher earlier in the year and loved it. Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/2012/03/dispatch
er-by-ryan-david-jahn-plus.html
I have a copy of The Dispatcher on order. Saw it on Ryan's Blog and ordered it! LOL
I got my husband these DVD's - He will watch them over and over again - anything war related:
War and Remembrance - The Complete Epic Mini-Series
I also have this on order - he loves Steve Berry!
It's pretty violent in places, but it's one of my favorite books of the year so far. Hope you enjoy it.
eadieburke wrote:
Ryan_G wrote:Two of my favorite books that feature fathers doing whatever it takes to protect their child are The Road by Cormac Mcarthy and The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn. The first I read pre-blogging days so I don't have a review of it written down anywhere, but I reviewed The Dispatcher earlier in the year and loved it. Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/2012/03/dispatch
er-by-ryan-david-jahn-plus.html
I have a copy of The Dispatcher on order. Saw it on Ryan's Blog and ordered it! LOL
My brother in Vermont got my dad hooked on this series:
Red Herring (Joe Gunther Series #21)
The Price of Malice (Joe Gunther Series #20)
This series is amazing - I got it for my dad last year:
The Beautiful Mystery (Armand Gamache Series #8)
A Trick of the Light (Armand Gamache Series #7)
Bury Your Dead (Armand Gamache Series #6)
The Brutal Telling (Armand Gamache Series #5)
A Rule Against Murder (Armand Gamache Series #4)
The Cruelest Month (Armand Gamache Series #3)
A Fatal Grace (Armand Gamache Series #2)
