Mystery, thriller and crime story - Page 3

Leto · 07-13-2005, 04:56 PM

Well, it was shown on a lunch TV show as very good from a chroniclers who usually is not so enthusiast. So.. I'll try it and re-read my Jean-Claude Izzo Marseille's trilogy http://schaptal.free.fr/SiteEN/Work/...otalkheops.htm

dwndrgn · 07-14-2005, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Princess Ivy

her, though* brother caedfael is deff a him

I thought the author was a her, but for some reason I couldn't be sure at that point in time...just a blonde moment I expect.

Princess Ivy · 07-15-2005, 12:56 AM

don't sweat it, for some reason i always think she wrote in the name of the rose

, we all have those moments :wink:

dwndrgn · 07-15-2005, 09:26 PM

I seem to have them more often than not...

Leto · 07-18-2005, 09:21 PM

Recently enjoyed Fred Vargas' Debout les morts (Raise up the dead !) crime story. The originality of it, except being written by an archeologist specialized in Middle Age, is that historian use their knowledge of a period to solve a crime which happened nowadays.

Also read Dissolution by C J Sansom. Solid work, interesting set of characters and period, but not compelling as Ellis Peters. Worth the read though.

Phyllis Sidheuaine · 03-07-2006, 10:21 PM

For mystery, Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series is rather good imho. For True Crime, Ann Rule (unlike some, she doesn't sensationalize the crime or the criminal and she's rather compassionate towards the victim/s of the crime.)

Phyllis Sidheuaine

deemarie · 06-09-2006, 11:13 AM

Could I add James lee Burke to the list of ones not-to-miss? His prose is beautiful and even though I've never been anywhere near Louisiana, I feel like I have! Also the Matt Scudder series from Lawrence Block is always a good read; Robert Crais, and - in my opinion the best crime writer of recent times - George Pelecanos. His Washington quartet books will be on some school syllabus in the future.

nesacat · 06-09-2006, 12:47 PM

I recently bought Laura Joh Rowland's series of books about a Samurai detective called Sano Ichiro and found myself liking them very much. Aside from the plots being good and well worked out, the books a very good picture of the Japan in the late 1680s and early 1690s.

The writer has gone to a lot of trouble to provide details of everything from architecture and culture to customs and life in the imperial palace.

The books in the series thus far are: Shinju, Bundori, The Way of the Traitor, The Concubine's Tattoo, The Samurai's Wife, Black Lotus, The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria, The Perfumed Sleeve, The Dragon King's Palace and The Assassin's Touch.

murphy · 07-16-2006, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by nesacat

I recently bought Laura Joh Rowland's series of books about a Samurai detective called Sano Ichiro and found myself liking them very much. Aside from the plots being good and well worked out, the books a very good picture of the Japan in the late 1680s and early 1690s.

The writer has gone to a lot of trouble to provide details of everything from architecture and culture to customs and life in the imperial palace.

The books in the series thus far are: Shinju, Bundori, The Way of the Traitor, The Concubine's Tattoo, The Samurai's Wife, Black Lotus, The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria, The Perfumed Sleeve, The Dragon King's Palace and The Assassin's Touch.

Is the list in the order they should be read? I've read about them, but never picked them up, yet.

Didn't see Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books. Not all all literary, but a great deal of fun if you want to laugh all the way through.

Recently discovered Robert Crais and have read most of his Elvis Cole books. For historicals, Robert Gellis has written a few featuring a Madame and a knight as central characters. She is quite good on historicals.

Princess Ivy · 07-28-2006, 12:00 PM

yeah, i love the steph plum books. always good with a bowl of caramel popcorn and glass of wine.