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Originally Posted by Todd Young
For me it's Highsmith and Rendell. Highsmith is number one, but Rendell is a close second. If you haven't read Patricia Highsmith, then I'd suggest you have a look. She's absolutely one in million, and so underrated it's a joke.
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I absolutely agree about Highsmith, and not just about for her Ripley books. Her characters are fascinating whether good or bad or both. I've only read one Rendell but felt the same about her writing.
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Originally Posted by orlok
Has anyone read Child 44 , The Secret Speech or Agent 6, all by Tom Rob Smith? Seems to be a highly recommended series, but before I take the plunge...?
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I've been meaning to get at this series too but have heard mixed reviews. It won't stop me, but I've been waiting for something to push me there. The to-read pile is simply too big.
I'm currently reading
Die A Little, the first of Megan Abbott's 50s crime noir novels that have a female POV. The writing's competent but feels more like a literary novel than a crime story so far, with no real incident to move the plot forward almost a quarter of the way in.