11-17-2011, 08:08 AM | #1 |
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Seeking advice on good mystery mystery series.
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I am looking for advice from Mystery readers if they would be able to help me out. I am looking for any Mystery series you may know of that is actually about the Mystery. In this vain I mean books that are similar to Sherlock Holmes or the works of Agatha Christie. I dislike many of the new mystery novels as they have these parallel stories with the detective dealing with money problems, relationships, haunted memories from the past, and baggage I really don't care about. What I like is a story where something happens, then the whole book is about solving the mystery, not about the detective. I guess I am old fashioned. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. |
11-17-2011, 09:01 AM | #2 |
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Nero Wolfe Series by Rex Stout.
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11-17-2011, 01:20 PM | #3 |
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I don't know if the Solar Pons stories by August Derleth are available as ebooks but, if not, they are certainly worth checking out in a paper format.
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11-17-2011, 01:54 PM | #4 |
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carter dickson - henry merrivale series (locked room mystery)
erle stanley gardner - perry mason series (lawyer mystery - finds the criminal at the court) ellery queen - ellery queen series (it is similar to locked room and agatha christie style) edgar allan poe - auguste dupin series (the elder brother of the sherlock holmes and ehrcule poirot) |
11-17-2011, 02:14 PM | #5 |
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Dorothy Sayer's books about Lord Peter Wimsey come to mind.
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11-17-2011, 05:37 PM | #6 |
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Looks like we're going back to the classics!
I suggest the Continental Op stories of Dashiell Hammett, the Philip Marlowe stories of Raymond Chandler and the Lew Archer stories of Ross MacDonald. |
11-18-2011, 02:47 AM | #7 |
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i think dashiell hammett and philip marlowe are more hard-boiled than hercule poirot and sherlock holmes
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11-18-2011, 03:01 AM | #8 |
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Whoa, almost forgot. Anything by John Dickson Carr.
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11-18-2011, 03:33 AM | #9 |
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11-19-2011, 08:20 AM | #10 |
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Thank you all for your responses.
I have never been a fan of Hard-Boiled detectives so I am going to try the Ellery Queen series. |
11-19-2011, 11:14 AM | #11 |
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Nero Wolfe is not hard boiled. They are well written mysteries and are well worth reading.
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11-20-2011, 01:51 AM | #12 |
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11-20-2011, 03:49 AM | #13 |
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Charlie Chan and Father Brown series both available in the MobileRead library.
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11-21-2011, 06:02 AM | #14 |
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I've said it before - but if you like Sherlock Holmes, you'll love Thorndyke, the original forensic investigator - here in the library, Harry's version ( and a new S.H's as well.).
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11-21-2011, 07:35 AM | #15 |
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and you can read ngaio marsh books too
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