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Nero Wolf. No one does it like The Fat Man.
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I have indeed read it. Roman Hat, I thought deserved the 4 stars I gave it. The one I really dislike is The American Gun Mystery.
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Right now I have Janet Evanovich's One for the Money in audiobook format on my iPod. I bought it for my wife and I to listen to in segments when we travel back and forth to my daughter's house. Some of the lines Evanovich writes has me laughing out loud, but my wife has yet to show a reaction to anything in the book. The only other Stephanie Plum novel I had read before that one was Plum Spooky, which started out with a monkey being left on her doorstep. I think I'm gradually being drawn into the series, but my wife and I need to travel together more so I can finish this one.
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One for the Money is the one that I read, and I didn't read book 2. Didn't laugh. For now there are other books - and series - higher up on my priorities list.
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Currently reading (and loving) the Agatha Raisin books, and also really enjoy the Bryant and May series (just borrowed the newest one from the library).
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Those who like M.C. Beaton's Constable MacBeth, might also like Rhys Bowen's Constable Evan Evans books set in Wales.
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WRT Stephanie Plum, I will admit to having read several of them. I liked them, especially the earlier ones in the series. Aside from having the advantage of being a native (American-) English speaker, I have the advantage(?) of being a short drive from many of the neighborhoods in her storyline.
I did a quick scan of the last few pages in this thread and didn't find my personal favorite: Judge Dee, of Robert van Gulik's stories. I'd describe them as "light" mysteries, and the setting of Tang Dynasty China is a large part of the appeal (to me, at least). Many are available in ebook form, and I think they're couponable at Kobo. Note: Since van Gulik's death several other authors have written "Judge Dee" stories. Some appear to be very poorly reviewed, so I'd stick to the original -- at least when you're getting started. EDIT: Aha! Sparrow mentioned Judge Dee, but that was way at the beginning of the thread! Last edited by cromag; 12-07-2014 at 12:40 AM. Reason: correction |
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Another 'sleuth' that I enjoyed when I was young was Encyclopedia Brown. The mysteries were usually short and simple in construction but fun to try solving before Encyclopedia did.
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Thanks to the collating, I see that Janwillem van de Wetering's pair of detectives Grijpstra and de Gier haven't been mentioned. Nor the same author's "Inspector Saito's Small Satori". I think they are good enough to be added to the list.
Oh, and also Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. I bet they were mentioned somewhere in this thread, and just missed being put on the list. Last edited by rkomar; 12-07-2014 at 02:16 PM. |
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I can only name Sherlock Homes and he's one of my favorite and most loved literary figures of all time. I haven't heard of the other sleuths mentioned here at all. The only sleuth I've grown up reading is Nancy Drew and I don't even think most people would consider her at all.
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