Sedge Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 There aren't many detectives in my collection, but my favourite has to be Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grammyva Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) When I read the first book in the Stephanie Plum series I thought "how crude" but funny, too! But when the second one came out, I read it and by then I was hooked. Think they are getting a little stale but......I keep on reading! I met Janet Evanovich at a book signing one time and she's as funny in person as her books! Grammyva Edited July 19, 2008 by grammyva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 My favourite is definitely Salvo Montalbano, in the series by Andrea Camilleri. The books are set in Sicily, and are full of quirky characters. Montalbano is a promotion avoiding inspector; he's grumpy with a sour taste of humour, and loves good food and wine. He's a very moral man, although some of his methods are a bit unorthodox. Anyway, I discovered the series earlier this year, and love the ones I have read so far. The thing about Montalbano is that he is the kind of guy I know I shouldn't really like, but I can't help thinking he's great. He's very funny too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Some of the more obscure 'Golden Age' detectives are entertaining. Max Carrados, (Ernest Bramagh) for example, who is blind but seemingly omniscient, and John Dickson Carr's characters Dr Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale. I also like Nigel Strangeways - created by Cecil Day-Lewis (writing as Nicholas Blake) and in his first outing based on the young W H Auden. My favourite of the classic ones, though, is Lord Peter Wimsey. Of more recent ones, I am a recent Pendergast convert too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Philip Marlowe anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Philip Marlowe anyone? Definitely! Also Dashiell Hammett's creations, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tiresias Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Father Brown. Then Auguste Dupin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 i also love jack frost and taggart although i.ve never read any of the books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkoe Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi, Another Rebus fan here... and upset to hear that he is not going to be the lead character in any further Rankin novels. I love his cynicism which sadly wasn`t really portrayed in the television adaptations. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitephoto Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 John Rebus and Alan Banks without a doubt. Hi, Another Rebus fan here... and upset to hear that he is not going to be the lead character in any further Rankin novels. I love his cynicism which sadly wasn`t really portrayed in the television adaptations. Heather Hi Heather I'm sad Rankin has "finished" his saga of Rebus too; but I've heard rumours of a sequel, and that Siobhan Clarke is taking over as the lead character. I also read on Wikipedia that the Dramatizations this year have been axed because Ken Stott doesn't want to play the role of Rebus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 we all are heather that there's going to be no more rebus novels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Dirk Gently is good. But my favourite detective is Mma Ramotswe, by Alexander McCall Smith. I guess my liking her says a lot about me, a lady of traditional build who likes to drink red tea.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Fairy Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 My favourite fictional detectives are Morse and Dalgliesh but I have just recently started to read some of Deborah Crombie's books and am liking her detective, Duncan Kincaid, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Bridge Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Gosh! There are loads. Kinsey Millhone is ace, I love Brunetti in Donna Leons books, Arkady Renko in Martin cruz Smith Books (although cant imagine head be fun to go for a pint with!) and Matthew Shardlake in C J Sansoms books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitephoto Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 (edited) My favourite fictional detectives are Morse and Dalgliesh but I have just recently started to read some of Deborah Crombie's books and am liking her detective, Duncan Kincaid, too. Definitely Morse, Green Fairy; I haven't read any Colin Dexter, but I did get some audio tapes from the library last Summer, narrated by the actor who plays Lewis. They're so good - it sounds like Morse and everything. You can watch an episode of Morse starring Sean Bean on Youtube. we all are heather that there's going to be no more rebus novels! Hi Scottishbookworm You're a Rebus fan too, that's cool. I remember reading Knots and Crosses when I was about fourteen, and I rented it out from the school library. My Nan got a bit, shall we say, worried about me reading his novels because I was fourteen and they were adult books. Anyway, I sent an email to Ian Rankin asking what he thought. Lol. He replied in his newsletter and said books are all part of growing up, and he read A Clockwork Orange when he was twelve! Do you like books by Irvine Welsh? He's good too. Edited August 18, 2008 by Maureen Cons. posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 hiya petitephoto, I'm a huge fan of ian rankin especially the rebus novels, I've never e-mailed him but going to your question on irving welsh, I've never read any of his books it's mostly Tess Gerritsen books I read and also Jackie collins and marion Keyes that grace my book case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitephoto Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Cool. Read Irvine Welsh's new novel, 'Crime', it's really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I've never read any of irvine welsh's work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I quite liked Angua and Cheery Littlebottom in Terry Pratchett's Feet of Clay. Actually I liked just about everyone of the Watchmen in that book. Thursday Next is also very, very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitephoto Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I've never read any of irvine welsh's work! Some of it is good; like the obvious - Trainspotting. Scottishbookworm, have you got Sky Digitial? Rebus the TV series is going to be on all week, at 9pm/10pm! They also showed a documentry about Ian Rankin on Monday night. It might be repeated, so watch out for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Fairy Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Definitely Morse, Green Fairy; I haven't read any Colin Dexter, but I did get some audio tapes from the library last Summer, narrated by the actor who plays Lewis. They're so good - it sounds like Morse and everything. You can watch an episode of Morse starring Sean Bean on Youtube. quote] Thank you for that, Petitephoto, I will definitely pay a visit to Youtube. I love Sean Bean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 For me, it's Rebus (Ian Rankin), but I also love Tempe Brennan (Kathy Reichs), Alex Delaware & Milo (Jonathan Kellerman), Alexandra Cooper & Mike & Mercer (Linda Fairstein) & Linclon Rhyme & Amelia (Jeffery Deaver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupup nelah Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Inspector Banks for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow_reader Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I confess to only ever having read *one* crime novel in my lifetime . That was Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express read eons ago when I was a teenager! If it's of any help/interest to anyone, my favourite TV Detective is Ken Stott, though I can't remember what in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoannaM Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Inspector Banks for me. Agree with that one - read Friend of the Devil on holiday and was completely absorbed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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