Seeking advice on good mystery mystery series. - Page 2

Billsuits1 · 11-23-2011, 07:44 PM

Update: I am enjoying The Greek Coffin Mystery!

speakingtohe · 11-23-2011, 10:17 PM

From your preferences, you might try The Saint by Leslie Charteris or Ed McBain 49th precinct. And Jack Higgins is always a good read.

Raymond Chandler is classic, and for something different try Robert B. Parker Westerns. Totally cut and dried, but a very good read.

Can't go wrong with Elmore Leonard or Robert Crais either IMO

coderserdar · 11-24-2011, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by speakingtohe

From your preferences, you might try The Saint by Leslie Charteris or Ed McBain 49th precinct. And Jack Higgins is always a good read.

Raymond Chandler is classic, and for something different try Robert B. Parker Westerns. Totally cut and dried, but a very good read.

Can't go wrong with Elmore Leonard or Robert Crais either IMO

jack higgins' especially sean dillon series are so good

RolandD · 11-24-2011, 03:58 AM

Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters

HarryT · 11-24-2011, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by coderserdar

jack higgins' especially sean dillon series are so good

They certainly wouldn't normally be classed as "mysteries", though.

Apache · 11-24-2011, 10:33 AM

I am going to start William Ryan's The Holy Thief. It sounds interesting and I will let y'all know what I think after I read it. It may take me a while this time of year. I own a jewelry store and also am a bench jeweler. I will be real busy for the next month.
http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Thief-Nov.../dp/0312586450
Apache

coderserdar · 11-24-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

They certainly wouldn't normally be classed as "mysteries", though.

we can make a genre of "mysterious adventure" for sean dillon

Billsuits1 · 11-30-2011, 06:36 AM

I am still reading "The Greek Coffin Mystery" and I just got to the part where the author stops and says 'You now have all the clues necessary to solve the mystery,' which I truely enjoy. I like how this is written. Do Ellery Queen's other books also have this statement at a point in the story?

coderserdar · 11-30-2011, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Billsuits1

I am still reading "The Greek Coffin Mystery" and I just got to the part where the author stops and says 'You now have all the clues necessary to solve the mystery,' which I truely enjoy. I like how this is written. Do Ellery Queen's other books also have this statement at a point in the story?

yes, we can say ellery queen's books are full mystery books
like agatha christie, sir arthur conan doyle

ScalyFreak · 11-30-2011, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Billsuits1

Do Ellery Queen's other books also have this statement at a point in the story?

Some of them do, but not all. John Dickson Carr, or Carter Dickson (same guy, he wrote under both names), occasionally also had statements like that. If I remember right, he and Queen used to have a competition going on who would be the first to write a mystery the other couldn't solve.

coderserdar · 11-30-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Some of them do, but not all. John Dickson Carr, or Carter Dickson (same guy, he wrote under both names), occasionally also had statements like that. If I remember right, he and Queen used to have a competition going on who would be the first to write a mystery the other couldn't solve.

carter dickson's books are generally locked room mysteries
and good books too

fantasyfan · 11-30-2011, 01:26 PM

I would recommend Asimov's Mysteries published in 1968. As one might expect, they are science-fiction, but Asimov prided himself in making them mysteries too--and ones that were capable of being worked out from the facts given in the stories. In one case, he admitted that certain discoveries made after the story had been published made the solution unworkable. But he felt that the reader would now have a mystery to figure out which one it was and why the "solution" wouldn't work. The stories are written in Asimov's lucid style and are very enjoyable.

I would be very surprised if this book {which I have in hard copy} is not available electronically.

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11-23-2011, 07:44 PM	#16
Billsuits1 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 7454 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Aluratek Libre Pro	Update: I am enjoying The Greek Coffin Mystery!

11-23-2011, 10:17 PM	#17
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	From your preferences, you might try The Saint by Leslie Charteris or Ed McBain 49th precinct. And Jack Higgins is always a good read. Raymond Chandler is classic, and for something different try Robert B. Parker Westerns. Totally cut and dried, but a very good read. Can't go wrong with Elmore Leonard or Robert Crais either IMO

11-24-2011, 03:58 AM	#19
RolandD Fanatic Posts: 561 Karma: 3228980 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Branson, MO, USA Device: Kindle Touch is now my main eReader.	Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters

11-24-2011, 10:33 AM	#21
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,276 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I am going to start William Ryan's The Holy Thief. It sounds interesting and I will let y'all know what I think after I read it. It may take me a while this time of year. I own a jewelry store and also am a bench jeweler. I will be real busy for the next month. http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Thief-Nov.../dp/0312586450 Apache

11-30-2011, 06:36 AM	#23
Billsuits1 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 7454 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Aluratek Libre Pro	I am still reading "The Greek Coffin Mystery" and I just got to the part where the author stops and says 'You now have all the clues necessary to solve the mystery,' which I truely enjoy. I like how this is written. Do Ellery Queen's other books also have this statement at a point in the story?

11-30-2011, 01:26 PM	#27
fantasyfan Wizard Posts: 1,376 Karma: 28116892 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Oasis 3, iPad 9th gen. IPhone 11	I would recommend Asimov's Mysteries published in 1968. As one might expect, they are science-fiction, but Asimov prided himself in making them mysteries too--and ones that were capable of being worked out from the facts given in the stories. In one case, he admitted that certain discoveries made after the story had been published made the solution unworkable. But he felt that the reader would now have a mystery to figure out which one it was and why the "solution" wouldn't work. The stories are written in Asimov's lucid style and are very enjoyable. I would be very surprised if this book {which I have in hard copy} is not available electronically.

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