Books like Warren Ellis' "Gun Machine"

Vanguard3000 · 02-20-2013, 08:42 PM

I recently bought Warren Ellis' <i>Gun Machine<i> and my coworker and I both really enjoyed it. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a similar type of novel.

Basically, it's a crime/mystery fiction novel, where the main character has to get into the mind of a criminal in order to hunt him down. It's psychological in nature, but it still has a lot of action to give the reader that instant gratification that catches the reader's attention. But whenever I search for that sort of genre I get a lot of older/less modern titles.

Anyway, here's a link to a synopsis: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14739231-gun-machine

Any recommendations are much appreciated.

jgaiser · 02-20-2013, 09:24 PM

Lawrence Block - Keller series and Matthew Scudder series
Ed McBain - 87th Precinct series

DiapDealer · 02-20-2013, 10:10 PM

Loved Gun Machine, by the way.

It might have gotten a tad too tidy towards the end, but I forgave it. The characters were great--as was Ellis' style.

HarryT · 02-22-2013, 02:03 AM

Why do you consider recommendations for older books to be a problem?

Vanguard3000 · 02-24-2013, 07:43 PM

I don't have the problem with them, really. We were just looking for something in a modern setting, with a gritty atmosphere, and a lot oft he older ones I cane across did not seem to fit that description.

Basically, whenever I looked for crime novels, I'd end up getting a lot of Agatha Christie style whodunits, which isn't really what we were looking for. Nor were we looking for "true crime" novels that document real serial killers and the like.

02-20-2013, 08:42 PM	#1
Vanguard3000 Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 474196 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2	Books like Warren Ellis' "Gun Machine" I recently bought Warren Ellis' <i>Gun Machine<i> and my coworker and I both really enjoyed it. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a similar type of novel. Basically, it's a crime/mystery fiction novel, where the main character has to get into the mind of a criminal in order to hunt him down. It's psychological in nature, but it still has a lot of action to give the reader that instant gratification that catches the reader's attention. But whenever I search for that sort of genre I get a lot of older/less modern titles. Anyway, here's a link to a synopsis: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14739231-gun-machine Any recommendations are much appreciated.

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02-20-2013, 09:24 PM	#2
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Lawrence Block - Keller series and Matthew Scudder series Ed McBain - 87th Precinct series

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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,568 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Loved Gun Machine, by the way. It might have gotten a tad too tidy towards the end, but I forgave it. The characters were great--as was Ellis' style.

02-22-2013, 02:03 AM	#4
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02-24-2013, 07:43 PM	#5
Vanguard3000 Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 474196 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2	I don't have the problem with them, really. We were just looking for something in a modern setting, with a gritty atmosphere, and a lot oft he older ones I cane across did not seem to fit that description. Basically, whenever I looked for crime novels, I'd end up getting a lot of Agatha Christie style whodunits, which isn't really what we were looking for. Nor were we looking for "true crime" novels that document real serial killers and the like.

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