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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:57 AM Original message |
I need book recommendations (mysteries). |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. A couple of years ago |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. They were made into a BBC series |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I would love to see them if they ever do show them in the states |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. MrsCoffee adores Alexander McCall Smith's books. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I thought you dumped that old biddy. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. ohh those are really good. I love them, and want to read his other series |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Inspector Rebus series Ian Rankin |
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Erva (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Thanks for these |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nevada Barr |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Just finished Barr's latest, "Winter Study". Great read. z |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
44. I've read all her books, too, I think. Are you forgetting Lake Superior? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I thought "A Superior Death" |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. +1 on Nevada Barr nt |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
59. You're right. I tend to forget the names of the places, if I'm not familiar with them. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm reading a mystery right now. |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. P.D. James was an author that my husband enjoyed . . . |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Couple that are twists on the genre |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. You might enjoy Henning Mankell, a Swedish author |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. PD James is good |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Have you read Tamar Myers? |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Donna Leone & Magdalen Nabb |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. second for Donna Leon! |
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dynasaw (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. A "Third" for Donna Leon |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. aren't those Camilleri's great? |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not new, but great: Elmore Leonard. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Elmore is GOOD also Carl Hiassen !!! nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. +1 on Carl Hiassen. nt |
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SydneyBristow (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. Shameless plug here! |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Try Laura Lippman |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Road Home by Rose Tremain |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Reginald Hill - stellar - my true favorite, great characters and killer wit |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. I love Reginald Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Linda Barnes for another current writer. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Georgette Heyer |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. Can't add any more suggestions to these already good ones |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow! Thanks everybody! |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Try Loren Estleman |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. M.C. Beaton |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. KEITH FUCKING SNYDER!!!!! 'NUFF SAID. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I went on the site of the public library where I live to check if they had his books... |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Louis Bayard's "Mr. Timothy." |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Jonathan Gash's "Lovejoy" series. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Which is out on DVD in the States now! |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. A taste for the exotic |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I second the recommendation for Elliot Pattison |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
60. Bankok 8 *was* rather bizarre |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. cool! Mysteries I've never heard of! thanks. |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. Brits- Cyril Hume and Edmund Crispin strike me as your type |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. Midnight Louie Mysteries.. by Carole Nelson Douglas, who just happens to live in FW |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
42. I also agree on Alexander McCall-Smith; I like his |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
43. I used to read mysteries constantly, have dozens of favorites. |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. Here are a few recommendations |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. Iain Pears, Michael Dibdin |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. crap, how did I forget about Ian Pears... |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. Joshilyn Jackson |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. Don't forget John Sanford. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Sorry, that would be Sandford. nt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. John Lutz |
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VeggieTart (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. Some books I like |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. Elizabeth George is great! |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
58. A little different, but... |
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