Trampa501 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I've enjoyed the Rebus series by Ian Rankin, and the Wallender series by Henning Mankell (among others). I've now been made aware of the Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr (Berlin detective from the 30s onwards) - looking forward to sampling a couple. Any others that can be recommended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Agatha Christie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Have a look at Jo Nesbo. Good reads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Sherlock Holmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Gordon Ferris - the Douglas Brodie Series Russell Findlay - Caught in the Crossfire - Scotland's Deadliest Drug War [factual] Peter May - the Lewis Trilogy Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Have a look at Jo Nesbo. Good reads. Yes, good books, I enjoy his writing Also Peter Robinson, the Inspector Banks series (even if you've seen the TV series) Peter James - Roy Grace novels based in Brighton Camilla Lackberg - another swedish writer featuring Patrik Hedstrom definitely recommended Robert Wilson - Det. Javier Falcon based in Seville, Spain if I remember rightly Donna Leon - Inspectore Brunetti in Venice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Oh yes I forgot to add Mark Billingham - Det. Tom Thorne and there's one I can't remember at the mo featuring a forensic anthropologist, I'll have to look through my bookshelves ..................Simon Becket - Dr. David Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormymonday_2011 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe) and Dashiell Hammett.(Sam Spade, Nick Charles etc) must be on any list PD James (Adam Dalgliesh) if you want something British and a little less hard boiled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJay Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 David downing's station series quite good. About to start the third one. Dashiell hammett is worth a look along with raymong Chandler mentioned above. Also James ellroy's LA quartet. www.fantasticfiction.co.uk will show the order of series by authors so you can read them in the right order too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormymonday_2011 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 You could just read through this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Top_100_Crime_Novels_of_All_Time Though I am not sure some of the titles are strictly crime novels Hat tip to Patricia Highsmiths Strangers On A Train which must be one of the best murder plots ever devised. Ed Mcbain (87th Precinct Police prodecurals) and Ross Macdonald (Lew Archer) are also worthy of consideration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Instead of just reading a book, why not go and do a crime yourself, and see if the plod find out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Instead of just reading a book, why not go and do a crime yourself, and see if the plod find out? Even if they find out, they'll do nothing - unless he does 31 in the 30 limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Even if they find out, they'll do nothing - unless he does 31 in the 30 limit. Even in centimetres, that's quite an impressive member! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 From the Bish! I'm shocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%B6wall_and_Wahl%C3%B6%C3%B6 Swedish couple who wrote ten detective novels. Damn good read - all of them. Currently being dramatised on R4 Saturdays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Mirror Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 No1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Trial by Franz Kafka Noddy and the Naughty Gollyw*gs by Enid Blyton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Trial by Franz Kafka Noddy and the Naughty Gollyw*gs by Enid Blyton I see you are a well read person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trampa501 Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Thanks for all the suggestions. I may give Peter Robinson a miss, as I read one in the Banks series and wasn't too impressed, but that may have been just my personal taste. Of course there are also "one-off" stories that appeal. I really enjoyed "The curious incident of the dog in the night time" and also "Shadow of the Wind" - if those qualify as a crime mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Er, surprised no-one has mentioned Colin Dexter's Morse books. They are superb IMO with the last one, The Remorseful Day, the best of the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay67 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I highly recommend anything by Michael Connelly, who has a fictional detective called Harry Bosch. For the forensic psychologist genre, Kathy Reichs, Kathryn Fox, and Jefferson Bass. (Bill Bass-one of the co-authors-manages The Body Farm in Tennessee in real life.) For female private eyes, Sue Grafton's 'Alphabet' series with PI Kinsey Millhone, Sara Paretsky's character V.I.Warshawski (considerably better-written than the film!) and for something a little different, Dana Stabenow's 'Kate Shugak' series. The character of Shugak is an Aleut private investigator, living in Alaska. You may also like James Lee Burke, who writes about a sheriff's deputy and a PI in Louisiana. Burke manages to combine a poetic descriptive writing style with staggering violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Andrea Camilleri - the Inspector Montalbano series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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