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Old 04-09-2011, 03:31 PM   #256
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I'm thinking about getting the first two Agatha Raisin stories for my sister. Do any of you ladies have an opinion of that series?
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I don't care for the Agatha Raisin series, although I DO like her Hamesh McBeth books ("Death of a Valentine" for example)! I just don't care for the Agatha character, not real likeable IMO.

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Old 04-09-2011, 03:52 PM   #257
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The group is divided on Agatha Raisin! I guess if what I have in mind goes on sale I'll get it, and if it doesn't I won't.
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I don't care for the Agatha Raisin series, although I DO like her Hamesh McBeth books ("Death of a Valentine" for example)! I just don't care for the Agatha character, not real likeable IMO.

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Ditto to this! I've read most of the Hamish series, but bogged down in the first Agatha book - I just didn't like the character at all!
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Ditto to this! I've read most of the Hamish series, but bogged down in the first Agatha book - I just didn't like the character at all!
I agree she'd not the nicest of characters, but for me this makes the books a bit more interesting, her flaws make the character more realistic. The Hamish Macbeth mysteries are good too as was the TV series.

I'd put them both in the "Cosy Mystery" genre rather than crime.
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Just reading Live Wire (Myron Bolitar #10) by Harlen Coben. I've enjoyed every one of the series, and the latest isn't disappointing either. Prefer these to his stand-alone efforts, though most of those are pretty good too.
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Old 04-11-2011, 02:45 PM   #262
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Has anyone read Philip Kerr's latest, Field Gray? (UK: Field Grey) It's part of the Bernie Gunther series and is more historical crime than anything. Just out in the US but it's been out in the UK. Just curious. It's creeping up to the top of my pile fast.
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Would be interested to know what you think of it. Might be rising to the top of my reading list soon.
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I am about 2/3 of the way done. It is very intricate and precise if that makes sense. I wish it was a Harry Bosch. Probably my favorite book this year so far..
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Old 04-18-2011, 09:16 AM   #266
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I'm having a ball plowing through John Dickson Carr/Carter Dickson works - trying (in vain) to outguess Dr. Fell or Sir Henry Merrivale. I thought I finally had it while reading "The Problem of the Green Capsule" - but no, out-foxed again. And I was so sure!

These golden "locked-room" & "impossible murder" mysteries hold up very well and provide stimulating reading today.
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:10 AM   #267
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I have to say that I have read several of the Agatha Raisin books but find them ultimately boring.
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I'm thinking about getting the first two Agatha Raisin stories for my sister. Do any of you ladies have an opinion of that series?
The first two are now on sale as a bundle at B&N, Kobo, Sony and Amazon. See this thread, courtesy of NightBird:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=129846
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I've just read the first two noir books by Megan Abbott: Die a Little and The Song Is You.

These were really enjoyable--all 1950s Hollywood sleaze and corruption and layers upon layers of deception. In Die a Little, a woman becomes obsessed with uncovering the secrets of her glamorous new sister-in-law. The Song Is You deals with the unsolved case of Jean Spangler, who disappeared in Hollywood in 1949.

Now I'm starting Abbott's next: Queenpin.
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I've just read the first two noir books by Megan Abbott: Die a Little and The Song Is You....


Now I'm starting Abbott's next: Queenpin.
Megan Abbott rocks. I was blown away by her books, truly. And QUEENPIN is spectactular. She makes me think - a lot - of a kind of feminist Ellroy, taking that 1930's sin and telling it from a perspective we don't often think about.

I am an incredible hardboiled crime geek, so Abbot was a big discovery for me. In recent years, I've been going off the beaten track to find authors, especially the ones who do the kind of American noir I love. Big reccomendation from me is Reed Farrel Coleman, whose Moe Prager books are simply spectacular. And Gary Phillips, who tells tales of the modern LA in a way that makes me think of the power of writers like Walter Mosley.

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