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08-07-2013, 09:20 PM | #47 | |
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I read somewhere in the forums that the Australian government is in favor of bypassing geological restrictions and giving pointers on it? Helen |
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08-07-2013, 09:34 PM | #48 | |
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Oh well, I will add Martha to my list of "e-books to buy when I am in the US" |
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08-07-2013, 09:35 PM | #49 |
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Nancy Kopp has written 5 mystery/thriller books. At least some of them are currently available as kindle ebooks I believe if not all 5. Though not a male author she does write well. I don't really know any modern American male authors of mysteries that well but I don't think you can go wrong with Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Isaac Asimov wrote some short mysteries and at least one novel length mystery.
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I don't think this American male detective series was mentioned yet (or I missed it if it was) - the Moe Prager books by Reed Farrel Coleman. Prager is a former NYPD cop who became a private detective.
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08-09-2013, 06:03 AM | #52 |
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Sorry - I should have been clearer. I was referring to Stuart MacBride's Logan McRae series - very dark and twisted, but with a vein of macabre humour running through it. That's not to say the humour is the primary element - it's not - but it does raise its head occasionally.
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Anyone has an opinion about Kate atkinson, Laura lippman, Tana French or Nancy Pickard? I read good comments about them (I love psychological mysteries). Last edited by iamosam; 08-09-2013 at 07:20 AM. |
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08-09-2013, 08:28 AM | #54 | |
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Laura Lipman is hit or miss for me. She has written one that I thought was just awesome, but every other book I've tried by her has been pretty ho-hum. Nancy Pickard writes what I'd call old-fashioned mysteries. They're solid, but I'm not necessarily captured by the characters every time (I've only tried two or three.) |
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08-10-2013, 12:44 PM | #55 |
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Have any of the detective novel fans here ever read The Strange Death of Eugene Kling by Jim Thompson? This title was mentioned in a book of an entirely different type that I read, but I am wondering whether or not it was any good as a detective story?
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08-10-2013, 08:41 PM | #56 |
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Stephen J Cannell died a couple years ago, but his Shane Scully series is really good. If you are including thrillers, then Brad Thor. David Rosenfelt's Andy Carpenter series is very entertaining and worth a read. David Baldacci. John Lescroart. |
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08-10-2013, 09:04 PM | #58 |
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Add my vote for James Ellroy (any James Ellroy, not just the L. A. Quartet).
And, another of my favourites is Philipp Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels (currently nine books and counting). Gunther starts as a Berlin homicide detective in the early years of the Nazi period. You'll have to read the series to see where he ends up. |
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Oh, I didn't know Stephen Cannell died. I enjoyed his series too.
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I have read 4 of the series at least and like them. Kind of quiet, but very believable both of the characters and historically. No idea how historically accurate they are but Bernie Gunther is to me a man trying to get by in a country he is unhappy with, but doesn't want to abandon and does his best but still must compromise himself. Kind of unique perhaps. Helen |
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