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Who is your favourite crime author??

Who is your favourite crime author??

Jodie #questionnaire #crime

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Michael

Ian Rankin

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Alex

Mark Billingham (UK) & Linwood Barclay (USA)!

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JodieQuestion author

@David

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Tim

At the moment it’s a toss up between Mark Billingham and Simon Kernick. I also really like Peter James.

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Nancy

Ian Rankin

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Pat

Chris Carter

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Todd

Me.

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JodieQuestion author

@Todd do you just write crime?

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Todd

No. I have a crime series of three books, THE MCCONNEL CRIME SAGA. VISITATION RITES is a farcical comedy set in the American Southwest desert. I’m going through edits of a near-future “pre-apocalypse” novel. Thanks for asking!

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Wendy

Meeee

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Amanda

Too hard a question! LJ Ross, Kelly Clayton, Rachel Abbott

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Amanda

US: Linda Fairstein, Karen Rose and James Patterson

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Sharon

Reading Tana French at the minute. Wow.

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Kevin

Patricia cornwell

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JodieQuestion author

@Kevin brilliant author. Love her

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Colin

Chris Carter

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Karina

Harlan Coben

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Lisa

Elly Griffiths Angela Marsden

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Chris

Elly Griffiths, @Mark

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Dave

Elly Griffiths and Jaqueline Winspear

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Lynda

Angela Marsons and L J Ross

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Jean

Ian Rankin

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Tony

Michael Connelly.

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Joyce

No favourite as I like a lot

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Nicola

There’s so many !! But probably James Patterson x

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Ali

Tess Gerritsen and Elly Griffiths

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Jo

Elly Griffiths

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Louise

I like many but, for me, top of the list would have to be Angela Marsons closely followed by Helen Fields.

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JodieQuestion author

@Louise Helen fields I have heard of. Can you give me a title I may be familiar with?

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Louise

@Jodie….Helen writes the ‘Perfect’ series, Perfect Remains is Bk 1.

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Tracy

Chris Carter 🙂

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Mo

Val McDermid

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Julie

Elly Griffiths.

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JodieQuestion author

@Julie any I will have heard of?

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Julie

She has a long series about Dr Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist. A a stand alone called The Stranger Diaries. All are brilliant but best to start at the beginning of the series with The Crossing Places,

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Yvonne

James Patterson, Helen Durrant

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JodieQuestion author

@Yvonne great writers. I am soon to read a James Patterson

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Yvonne

@Jodie once you start you can’t stop. They are moreish

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JodieQuestion author

@Yvonne I know. I love your passion for reading… it’s so what I’m like

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Joanne

Chris Carter

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Jennifer

I’ve got about 5 & keep adding as we’ve got some great authors on this site alone !

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JodieQuestion author

@David any though that you really recommend

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Caroline

@Daithi

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David

Jodie Dip @Mark,Elly Griffiths, .@Mike, @Graham, @Chris, @Frances aka Brody, @Lin, @Nick @Theresa, @Andy @Libby aka Patterson. @David @Luca to name but a few.

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Geraldine

Tough call- I’d be lucky if I could get it down to 5. Karin Slaughter, Stuart McBride, Ann Cleeves, Mark Billingham, Ngaio Marsh, Kathy Reichs and not forgetting Agatha Christie who got me interested in crime fiction so many years ago. They would be in the mix but it could well change

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Carol

Too many to mention

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Tracey

My top one would be Peter James, but its such a tough choice

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Mick

James Lee burke

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Romy

I don’t have a favourite, too many good ones out there.

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JodieQuestion author

@David wow thanks

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Kat

Chris Carter and Angela Marsons

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June

dreda say mitchell ,mandasue heller ,and lots more

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Mike

Michael Connelly and Don Winslow

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David

Thanks for the mention, David. It all helps!

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JodieQuestion author

@David welcome

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Hilary

I have too many to choose just one.

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Mark

Michael Connelly, John Connolly, James Lee Burke, Ian Rankin, Paul Doiron (I live in Maine), John Sandford, Lee Child.

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Gail

Far too many to mention, it’s like asking me to chose my favourite child! I love Louise Penny, Chris Carter and Peter James but there’s so so many more xx

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Steven

Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly

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Claire

Can’t pick one love all the authors I stalk (the others would be left out if I just named one) ?x ?

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Angela

There are loads I love

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Sharon

Elly Griffiths

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Rosemary

Impossible to answer to many to mention

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Diane

Val McDermid

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Janet

Karin Slaughter!

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Helen

James Lee Burke?

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Margaret

Peter James and c j sansom

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Adrian

LJ Ross, Elly Griffiths, Simon Kernick

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Lynne

Elly Griffiths!

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Bob

James Lee Burke

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Carly

Michael Marshall

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Maggie

Ian Rankin, Alex Gray. Ann Cleeves, Peter James. Robin Roughley.

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Suzanne

I love mo hayder books

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Christine

Elly Griffiths

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Faith

Too many to count!

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Julie

Peter James

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Chris

Thanks for the mention, David. It’s a great boost for me. 🙂

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Kay

Stuart Macbride.

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Val

M J Arlidge

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Randy

Jo Nesbo

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Mark

C J Sansom

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Graham

@David many thanks for the shoutour.

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Julie

James Lee Burke

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Alex

Lee Child or Jake Needham or Jørn Lier Horst or Steve Cavanagh

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JodieQuestion author

@Alex love lee child

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Andy

Thank you, David! Humbled to be in such terrific company 🙂

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Simon

Peter James or Peter Robinson

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Jim

Many worthy choices, but I have to say Ian Rankin

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Meryl

Ian Rankin Val McDermid

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Phill

Hugh Fraser, Lee child, Rachel Amphlett, Peter James, stuart Field, Michael Connelly, stuart Field, @Candy Denman, …

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Ann

James Patterson,Lee Childs,Alex Kava,Jonathan and Faye Kellerman,Harlan Corben, Karen Rose, that’s just a start

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Brian

Currently Pierre LeMaitre is outshining pretty much everything I’ve ever read.

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Bryan

Libby Patterson, yay!

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Philip

Rachel Abbott and Joy Ellis. Love these books!

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Noddy

I agree plus Mark Edwards

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Nick

David, thank you so much! Made my day.

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John

@Ricki ?

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Deb

Elizabeth George, James Oswald & Anne Cleeves. Oh and so many more bit I’ve named more than one already.

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Samantha

Oooh good question!!! Right now I have to say mj arlidge!! Or tess gerritsen or colin dexter

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Terry

Henning Mankell

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Irene

Camilla lackberg

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Anne

Irene Williams me too! And Claire Macintosh

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Richard

Lisa Cutts, Rachel Amphlett, Vicky Newham Jo Nesbo, Asa Larsson, Ann Cleeves, and hundred others i like ???

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Wiik

Is it really possible to have only one favorite author?

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Geraldine

@Wiik not for me nor I suspect, for many others

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Jeannie

One , are you crackers or just trying to melt my brain !! X

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Linda

lesley krier tither x

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Alex

The author book i’m reading at the time. Too many to decide.

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Karolyn

I agree a little but I do have my main favourites that I will always make sure I look out for when they have new books out and will read them, usually bypassing any thing else on the tbr pile!:-) x

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Alex

Just now it’s MJ Arlidge and Elly Griffiths

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Frances

@David Thank you, David!

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Val

Stuart McBride is at the top of my list!

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