Fiction
Related: About this forumWhat Fiction are you reading this week, May 24, 2026?
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Woo hoo! I just got Paradox by Douglas Preston and his daughter Aletheia. I was so taken with the prequel, Extinction, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one. CBI Agent Frankie Cash and Eagle County Sheriff Jim Colcord, whom we met in the first book, team up again on their most enigmatic and dangerous case yet. "Their investigation uncovers a trail of bizarre killings, baffling money transfers, and a fanatical secret society. And all the while, the resurrected Neanderthals, who vanished into the Colorado mountains, seem to be biding their time for something... spectacular."
Listening to Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts. A Natural Resources police officer had just helped take down three men preying on hikers in the Maryland mountains. Driving back, she pulled in at a convenience store and walked right into a robbery in progress. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world. She may be down, but she's not out.
Nora sure creates some creepy, scary bad guys. And some good dogs.
Have a safe and pleasant holiday. Thank you to those who served.
cbabe
(6,844 posts)two Jess Walters titles. Way too noir for me. I also tried Blood Trail by Query and Query. Supernatural noir horror thriller in Montana mountains. Yep, nitty gritty cowboy heroes. Not for me, either.
Got my happy back with Sandfords Holy Ghost. Virgil and potpies and a great Lego heist.
Finally, duer danascot is wondering what books made you laugh out loud?
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com books 2026 may 23 i-laughed-out-loud-dozens-of-times-authors-choose-books-to-make-you-fall-back-in-love-with-reading
'I laughed out loud dozens of times': authors choose books to make you ...
1 day agoI think we're often rightly sceptical of reviews that say a book is "laugh-out-loud funny" because, when we read them, they're often, at best,
https://www.democraticunderground.com/119325706
MIButterfly
(3,173 posts)Read a few pages a while ago but have to read the rest of it by Tuesday because it's overdue at the library. Since the library and drop boxes are closed for the weekend, I have a little more time to finish it.
hermetic
(9,285 posts)takes on AI. I'm excited to read this one.
Number9Dream
(1,905 posts)Thanks, hermetic - I'll have to look for "Paradox". I wanted the Neanderthals to pay for killing the baby mammoth.
hermetic
(9,285 posts)AND when they disappeared I was quite certain some of them went to D.C. and got elected.