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What are your favorite mystery series?
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20 May 2009 00:55 BST
Waqas Ahmed says:
I love reading series featuring the same central character(s). Are there any mystery series you would recommend strongly?
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20 May 2009 10:22 BST
Lesley Cookman says:
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20 May 2009 19:34 BST
David says:
I love the Prey series of books by John Sandford and the Inspector Banks books by Peter Robinson. The Prey series is more of an American Police dept trying to catch a serial killer or a similar type of criminal. John Sandford has created some really intersting characters who appear in each novel. The Inspector Banks novels are more traditional whodunits and once again the characters especially Banks are very well fleshed out. I'm surprised a tv series or film hasn't been adapted from either series of books.
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22 May 2009 17:22 BST
KM says:
My favourites:
Myron Bolitar (Harlan Coben) Alex Cross (James Patterson) Kay Scarpetta (Patricia Cornwell) David Hunter (Simon Beckett) John Rebus (Ian Rankin) Sara Linton/Grant County (Karin Slaughter) Lindsey Boxer/Women's Murder Club (James Patterson) - however, these are sometimes awful! Alex Delaware (Jonathan Kellerman) Personally I prefer to read books in a series (in order, of course) as I sometimes struggle to feel for the characters in stand-alones.
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23 May 2009 14:27 BST
Daisy Wang says:
Try 'The Good Thief's Guides' by Chris Ewan. Great entertainment. Amsterdam is the first one, and I've just finished Paris.
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23 May 2009 14:30 BST
Daisy Wang says:
Also try the Greek Detective mysteries by Anne Zouroudi. Beautifully written, very atmospheric (set in the Greek islands) and with a really unusual detective. No blood and no gore, which is a plus for me. The Messenger of Athens is the first one - brilliant!
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23 May 2009 22:03 BST
noodles says:
Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano series, set in Sicily, is my favourite.
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7 Jun 2009 11:10 BST
Mark Sherman says:
The Spenser series written by Robert B Parker is excellent. The first books are now nearly thirty years old and the characters have evolved over the years so that you really feel that you know them well. Parker has also written some books about a character called Jesse Stone who is a good cop with personal issues. Both of these are well worth getting to know
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7 Jun 2009 13:27 BST
R. Knight says:
I would strongly recommend the Agatha Raisin series by M C Beaton. She is a very funny lovable character a bit like a younger version of Miss Marples, but constantly falling in and out of love, bumbling into mysteries and murders which she manages to solve somehow. I love these books.
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8 Jun 2009 14:10 BST
Jane Austen says:
I Have enjoyed the books by Elizabeth George, although initially the idea of having an English Lord as the main Police character was irritating, the plots are well thought out and very moving.
I also like the books by Deborah Crombie for the same reasons as E. G.
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9 Jun 2009 20:29 BST
Cozymysterycrazy says:
I recommend the bookseller/burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, star of 'The Burglar in...' series by Lawrence Block. Light, witty, clever, amusing and fun.
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9 Jun 2009 20:42 BST
Margaret says:
I would read Lot 22, its fantastic, really could not put it down, I believe there will be more in the series.
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10 Jun 2009 07:05 BST
Mr. E. P. Wilson says:
I will second this comment. Parker is a terrific writer, great stories and characters, based around Boston, USA, in the main. His literary heroes are Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, and it shows in his writing, in fact he concluded Chandlers last novel after Chandlers death. Well worth getting to know his stories of Spenser, Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone.
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10 Jun 2009 18:21 BST
Mr. S. Orzech says:
Try Donald Westlake's Dortmunder stories, Robert Crais' Elvis Cole books, and Marshall Karp.
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12 Jun 2009 08:49 BST
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14 Jun 2009 09:31 BST
J. L. Steemson says:
For sheer joy of the quality of the writing - and laugh out loud humour - Reginald Hill's Dalzeil and Pascoe.
Equally funny and gritty - but not as erudite - R D Wingfield's Frost. For sheer menace (not always from the villains), laced with humour, Bill James's Harpur and Iles. Intricate plotting, Barry Maitland's Brock and Kolla. For the days before computers and mobile phones, Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series.
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16 Jun 2009 20:54 BST
Chris Gilbert says:
I love classics like Agatha Christie's Poirot and Marple.
For younger readers, I recommend the Cassie Kingston Mysteries.
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22 Jun 2009 20:19 BST
debbie says:
M.C.Beaton-the Agatha Raisin series also the Hamish Mcbeth series.They are both clever and witty .Ann Granger-the Mitchel and Markby series.Margery Allingham,Ngaio Marsh and Patricia Wentworth are in the style of Agatha Christie.Patricia Harwin-slaying is such sweet sorrow.Hazel Holt-Mrs mallory mysteries.Emily Brightwell-Mrs.Jeffries mysteries.Kate Kingsbury.Ann Purser.
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23 Jun 2009 02:30 BST
Brian Kavanagh says:
MC Beaton's books are excellent. You might like to check out my Belinda Lawrence mystery series, CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE and BLOODY HAM. All available from Amazon.
Cheers, Brian
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1 Jul 2009 15:37 BST
O. turner says:
As I live in the Cotswolds, I have enjoyed all the Rebecca Tope 'Cotswold Mysteries'.
Another favourite is Stephen Booth-set in another favourite part of the country-Derbeyshire
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3 Jul 2009 20:52 BST
Rum1977 says:
I really enjoy the King and Maxwell series (David Baldacci), Matt Wells series (Paul Johnston), Rhyme and Sachs (Jeffrey Deaver)... all thriller, crime, mystery fiction.
The Matt Wells series is based in the UK and the others in the US.
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3 Jul 2009 22:41 BST
J. M. Goodall says:
I love the Hugh Corbett stories by Paul Doherty. Set in England at the time of Edward 1. Sir Hugh is his main 'fixer' A very interesing series
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3 Jul 2009 23:15 BST
Mr. David A. Jones says:
I've just finished the Jack Parlabane books by Christopher Brookmyre. An investigative reporter set in Scotland with some very humourous situations. Series starts with Quite Ugly One Morning.
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3 Jul 2009 23:33 BST
MAL says:
Cut Short is available now on amazon. It has received more critical acclaim - "a taut, slick, accomplished thriller" (Watford Observer)
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6 Jul 2009 15:36 BST
Isobel Parker says:
If you like something with supernatural undertones (and sometimes overtones!) try Phil Rickmans series about Merrily Watkins, the "deliverance consultant" (read exorcist) for Hereford and surrounding areas. They're very good stories, with a great cast of characters and a wealth of local detail and history, sometimes very creepy and spooky, though occasionally the resolution is more flesh and blood. If you like them, he's written a number of other stand-alone novels, again with the supernatural elements- Candlenight and Crybbe are my personal favourites.
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