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The Greatest Detective Author of All Time
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Ruth Callderford
Ruth Callderford

May-30-2005 14:35

Who would you nominate as the Greatest Detective Author of All Time? Sir Author Conan Doyle? Raymond Chandler? Agatha Christie? Please nominate your favorite in this thread.

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Ms Cevasco
Ms Cevasco
Well-Connected

May-31-2005 03:09

Blaise, I have to say that Patricia C grows for every book you read. But, if your not into italian women who cut dead people up I can understand that..=) But I wouldn't exactly call her a detective author..

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

May-31-2005 07:23

That's true Ms C: Scarpetta isn't actually a detective so perhaps the link is a bit tenuous. However, it follows the genre pattern but in a more procedural way. I thought the two books were well written, just not especially interesting.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-31-2005 10:15

I once read a book, of which I forgot the title, and the author. But it described a murder mystery, from the viewpoint of the victim (a young girl.) This may sound lame, coming back as a spirit. But I actually really enjoyed it. It started with how the murder happened, and who did it. And then onwards from there.

Quite a different twist. What was it called hmmm.

Mike Paradinas
Mike Paradinas

May-31-2005 10:27

jstkdn--are you talking about "The Lovely Bones"? I read that book last year, very well-written, but definitely creepy.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-31-2005 13:33

YES that's it! Very creepy indeed.

Brina 21
Brina 21
Sleuth About Town

May-31-2005 14:31

On Cornwell, I agree with Blaise,although I liked her first books, after a while her super bad guy just got too unbelievable.

For series I still like Kinsey Milhone (the alphabet books) though its hard to imagine life before cell phones. (lol)

I liked John Harvey's series starring Charlie Resnick (haven't read his new ones), Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series.

A few stand-alones I liked were

Barbara Vine's Grasshopper (the idea of climbing power pylons and rooftops intrigues me)

Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker

Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (probably because I've never been to Bangkok, but it seems cool)

There is one other whose name evades me about a woman who was kidnapped and held captive in England - she manages to escape, after figuring out that this same guy has imprisoned and then killed a number of other women - but nobody will believe her because she had kind of a rep. for being irresponsible. Really creepy - maybe somebody will figure out which one I mean.

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-2-2005 03:25

I have a copy of 'My Lovely Bones' but I've never got round to reading it. On Jstkdn's recommendation, I now will : o )

sunny
sunny
Lady of Shadows

Jun-2-2005 09:49

i'm a huge fan of sara paretsky

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-2-2005 09:51

Oh my god Blaise....I see a HUGE discussion going on, as to how much you hate it. Note...I just said I thought was an interesting perspective from the viewpoint of the victim. :)

Oh, look...Sunny posts!!!

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