Guuyz, I need some cool detectives to read. Any suggestions?
Guuyz, I need some cool detectives to read. Any suggestions?
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Nelson Demille’s John Corey series
I’ll check it out, thank you!
I just read an article by Nelson DeMille. He said him & John needed a break so he wrote The Cuban Affair. But John Corey will be back. Yea !!
Can’t wait!!!?
Me too ! Too bad he didn’t say when…
@Bobbi I don’t mind as long as Corey comes back ??
Hangman by Jack Heath. Very good read. Couldn’t put the book down.
Thank you, I hope it to be really unexpected.
@Stuart honestly it keeps you guessing. I really couldn’t figure out who the killer was until the end. It actually surprised me
The Death In Paradise books by Robert Thorogood.
Have you read the Alex Cross series by James Patterson?
read the earlier ones first. they are much better than the latest.
I let you go by clare mackintosh
The Oshadangwa Murders
Any Jo Nesbo or Jane Casey.
Stuart Macbrides books are good as are Mark Billinghams
Karen Charleton – Detective Lavender series (it’s a period piece)
robert b parker
Read http://orderofbooks.com/ This month’s newsletter was full of detective mystery books. You can also look up authors by genre.
Harry Dresden.
Just finished the Robert B. Parker “Colorblind”. Excellent !
Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes trilogy starring Bill Hodges, three excellent detective novels.
Or Robert Galbraith’s novels featuring private detective Strike.
The Agent Penderghast series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Read everything by Agatha Christie
James Patterson
Lord Peter Wimsey books, by Dorothy L. Sayers, if you like the idea of an English gentleman-detective from the ’20s or so. I don’t usually read detective tales, but I found them, and their PBS adaptations, pretty cool.
Or Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael books, if you like medieval monk detectives.
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child by themselves or collaborating. Pendergast series.
Tana French has a new one.
Me to couse I love James Patterson books
Nicci French, the days series.
Inspector Ghote – HRF Keating or Keating’s Hard Detective series
Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters! She is a female Indiana Jones who solves mysteries with her archeologist husband Emerson in the Egypt of the late eighteen to early nineteen hundreds. Humorous and fun! 🙂
Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) series.
The classic C. Auguste Dupin mysterious by Poe. Always a delightful read.
John Rebus series by Ian Rankin. Zen by Michael Dibdin. Inspector Banks by Peter Robinson.
John Sandford, James Patterson, Tess Gerritsen, Andrea Camilleri, Sandrone Dazieri, David Baldacci, Allan Folsom
The Longmire mysteries by Craig Johnson
Captain James Richardson series on Kindle is really good it’s written by @David. The first book is called Murder at the mercy seat
Mickey Spillane! Although, I caution you, it’s pretty lurid, hard-boiled stuff. 😉
anything by the original R. Parker enjoy, old S. Woods is good too
The Historian is not your typical detective book but it is riveting and mysterious just the smae
Same.
In death series by JD Robb
Cadfael Chronicles – novels written by Ellis Peters. Absolutely love them!
Dennis Lehane s books.
Harry Bosch by Michael connelly
I highly recommend DCI Nikki Galena in a series by Joy Ellis. Great characterization, compelling stories. I love these!
M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth books are amazing! I’ve read them all at least 3-4 times. ?
Hercule Poirot. Lord Peter Whimsey. Sherlock Holmes.
Maisie Dobbs
Don’t know how ‘cool’ he is, but Ian Rankin has a slew of detective books based in Scotland, & Jo Nesbo’s books are based in Norway. They’re pretty cool.
Love Ian rankins -Rebus ?
Robert galbraith
Michael Bennett series by James Patterson
Christopher Fowler. Bryant & May series.
Harry Hole series by jo nesbo he is a Norwegian author but all his books have been translated really good books one even got a movie adaption
Anything by Raymond Chandler! Also, Agatha Christie! ?
John Sanford!
1 cool Boston homocide detective is Jane Rizzoli of The Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen.
Robert Crais – his Elvis Cole series is great
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October Daye and Harry Dresden!
I know of a couple but have to find their names.
“Checkmate” (bob white) is supposed to be released this next month
Walt Longmire, author Craig Johnson
Joe Pickett, author C.J. Box
Any of the Aurelio Zen mysteries by the late Michael Dibdin. They are all set in Italian and Sicilian cities. I’m not a fan of “series” nor mysteries but I love these stories !
Have you read Harlen Coben…. Not sure detective per session but I find his books unstoppable and are from the mystery section
Heck series by @Paul
Alex Cross
Lincoln rhyme by Jeffrey Deaver.
PERRI O’SHAUGHNESSY – HAS SOME AWESOME READS. Perri O’Shaughnessy is the pen name for two sisters, Mary and Pamela O’Shaughnessy. Together they have written twelve Nina Reilly legal thrillers, a stand-alone thriller, Keeper of the Keys, and one short story collection, Sinister Shorts… SOME OF THEIR BOOKS – MOVE TO STRIKE, UNFIT TO PRACTICE, ACTS OF MALICE, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. I HAVE READ LOTS OF THEIR BOOKS AND LOVE THEM ALL.
Katherine Dance series by Jeffrey Deaver, Sheriff Kate Burkholder by Llinda Castillo,D.D. Warren series by Lisa Gardner,FBI Agents Lacey Sherlock and DillonSavich, married couple., by Catherine Coulter.
Dresden Files
Joe Nesbo books the Harry hole books
Jonathan Kellerman’s Delaware books.
Harry Hole. Books by Jo Nesbo
Kim stone, series by Angela Marsons, book nine is being released 19th Oct….loved every single one of them ??
Harlen Coban
Ian Rankin, Åsa Larsson, Stuart McBride
Right now I am reading Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner (and I haven’t read his work in years!) about an FBI agent, Jane Hawk, that left with no choice, goes rogue. Word of warning; It’s a really good read and it’s one in a series!
The fourth monkey.. by j d barker
@Shanu listened to the sequel on audio, my library sent me the ebook & I liked that better. Fifth to Die is great. Can’t wait for #3. Started his Dracul last night. No spoiler alerts!
@Bobbi bad thing fifth to die is yet not available in India. I am desperate to read it.
@Shanu do you have a library & a card ? You can get the ebook. My library has Overdrive, rbDigital & Hoopla . Suggest it to them.
Well I have kindle and e book is available there. I just want paperback, for every story that I want to treasure and show off on my little library.
@Shanu I understand. But it’s worth the read.
@Bobbi Wil wait. I m sure the paperbavk will soon hit the stores..
Thank you all guyz, really.
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