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what's your favorite detective/mystery book?
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Wolf_Lawliet
Wolf_Lawliet

Oct-2-2009 11:48

what's your favorite detective/mystery book? haha am looking for a new book to read! am just gonna steal your favorites! ^-^

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Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Oct-14-2009 11:46

I don't know... Holmes using crack and morf kinda turned me off of him. Made me respect the story less. And yes, I do know that they were legal in England at the time. And him dying and coming back to life was just... odd.

Other good authors:

Catherine Coulter (one of my mom's favorites)
Janet Evanovich
Leo Bruce

This publisher has some pretty good series, too. http://www.midnightinkbooks.com I like The Supper Club Mysteries and The Black Widow Agency series quite a bit from them.

Michael A. Black is a little known author that I spoke to briefly at the Printer's Row Book Fair that is held annually in Chicago some weekend in June. He was very nice and gave me a few tips on writing mysteries. So, read his books, too. His website is: http://www.michaelablack.com/



Charlie Cain
Charlie Cain
Thespian

Oct-14-2009 14:05

I actually prefer Sherlock Holmes above all other detective stories and characters. He is the master Sleuth. Now I did read a book called

" The List of Seven" by Mark Frost that put a huge spin on all that is Sherlock Holmes. The main character is Arther Conan Doyle and he is the Watson character type. Very great story. There is a sequel

" The Six Messiahs" which is pretty good too. You should definately try them.

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Oct-14-2009 15:32

I did like the books... just not Holmes... *shrug* And on the topic of Holmes spin offs, The Beekeeper's Apprentice and the other books with Mary Russell and Holmes are pretty good.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Oct-14-2009 19:03

I think I liked Holmes because of his faults. The perfect crime solving machine, lauded by all as the model of intelligence and foresight, and yet still all the while, all that is frail and flawed in humanity. How ordinary a Detective would Sherlock Holmes have been if he hadn't been flawed? Could regimental Watson living his bland suburban existence, even magically transplanted with Homles intelligence & foresight, ever have been as Holmes as Holmes? Never.

Wolf_Lawliet
Wolf_Lawliet

Oct-15-2009 01:30

Yeah! thanks! lol only other book I have read is The Beekeeper's Apprentice which I liked a lot! and Secret_Squirrel does make a point! lol


Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Jul-24-2013 05:43

My favourite is "And then there were none" for sure! So far, that is :) I did fall asleep through the beginning, when all the characters where being introduced, but when they started dying, I woke up in a hurry :D

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

Jul-24-2013 10:56

OOOH That was a good one Bela. I admit to having the computer game for it too and I thought it was pretty good.

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Jul-24-2013 11:09

Quite enjoying JR Rain on Kindle. They're quite trashy but he's aware of that and often pokes fun of himself (and his characters) in his books. Funny, light, trashy detective novels but a delight to read. (Jim Darkhorse/Samatha Moon series that I've mostly read)

I have never read Sherlock Holmes but really enjoyed Laurie R King Mary Russel books. She's a female detective that meets with Holmes after his retirement and eventually marries him.

Koseth
Koseth

Dec-21-2013 21:28

The Maltese Falcon by Raymond Chandler, the hard boiled gumshoe master.

Rick Meadows
Rick Meadows

Jun-7-2014 14:53

My tastes are more towards the hardboiled side of the detective story, Hammett, Chandler et cetera

My favourite is 'Red Harvest' by Dashiell Hammett, followed by 'The Maltese Falcon' by the same author; after that I think I like 'Farewell My Lovely' by Raymond Chandler.

I am also a big fan of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series and Poirot is a guilty pleasure). William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki tales are great.

If we go outside of P.I. related hardboiled stories I like every novel I have read by Graham Greene (two of the most famous and two of my favourites being 'The Third Man', 'The Quiet American')

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