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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:36 PM Original message |
DU mystery novel fans - I need help! |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sue Grafton is always a good choice |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Margaret Truman Daniels' mysteries are good. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I second these... especially if she has ever visited DC |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Try Elliott Roosevelt or Marcia Talley |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Just thought of another one! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Except that if EarlG's grandmother is prudish |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Mummy? Max Allen Collins is pretty good |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. That's Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 10:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. I've read all of them, and loved them. She has her Ph.D in Egyptology |
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david_vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lindsey Davis and Steven Saylor |
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AnnabelLee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Reginald Hill has a fairly new one out |
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eileen from OH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. ooh, I love Reginald Hill |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 04:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I love the Hill Dalgleish (sp?)/Pascoe series. |
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AnnabelLee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Hill's characters are Dalziel/Pascoe |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 09:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I'm stupid today |
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nostamj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Elizabeth Peters |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dorothy Cannell's Ellie Haskel mysteries. They are also very funny. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Dorothy Sayers |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. If she is a cat lover |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I know that series! |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. They are a lot of fun. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 04:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Another cat series |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I like Rita Mae Brown...good writer. |
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eileen from OH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Val McDermid's "Place of Execution" |
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eileen from OH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Whoops and another one: Laura Lippman |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 04:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I also like |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Elizabeth George |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. I second these as well... she varies the main characters... |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 07:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. I will second the second on this recommendation. |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thank you! |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. DA VINCI CODE |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 04:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Just finished it myself. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 09:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Couldn't put the Davinci Code down! |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. unfortunately my favorite is Ruth Rendell |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 05:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I also like |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 07:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
58. me too!!! |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. Kathy Reich |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Dick Francis |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. a tiny bit more violence... but very compelling ... Tony Hillerman |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I would suggest Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Deleware books... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. er... a "little" violent? They are great... but rather graphic. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yeah, I've read some of Faye Kellernan's books. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. If your grandmother likes "cosy" mysteries |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Years ago I found a great compilation of female mystery writers. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. If she doesn't like "crime" mystery with "blood and gore" but wants a good |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 09:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Yes to Anne Perry |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 10:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. McGown and Crobie are two new ones! Thanks. Granny and I like to read |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 10:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I'm 50 |
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Breezy du Nord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Someone above said Da Vinci code |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. If you want snob appeal, go Paul Auster |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. Dana Stabenow and William Tapply |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. I am a book reviewer and would be happy to help. :^) |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 06:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Kick because there are nice recommendations here. Hope Earl |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. PD James has a new one out ... |
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Mercurius (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 07:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Death In Holy Orders |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-03 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Roy Winsor |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
55. Here ya go: |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Not a suggestion but a word of praise for Agatha Cristie |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. The Grifters - Jim Thompson |
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Mercurius (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-03 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
59. Martha Grimes and PD James |
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