Ceinwenn Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys - loved them as kids. As an adult........not sure, probably Ian Rankin & Rebus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruben Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 High Profile by Robert B. Parker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 The ABC murders by Agatha Christie. Terrific one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) I also loved Enid Blyton's mystery work! My particular favourite was the Five Findouters (and Dog) series! But my love of crime was brought back with James Patterson and Ian Rankin (Rebus novels) Edited August 29, 2010 by Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadya Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Probably 'Belledonne Kamer 16' by Anke de Vries. It's about a teenager who finds a diary of someone who lived during the Second World War. There is very few info in that diary, just a few names and the name of a village. He finds the hotel mentioned in the diary and then the story begins unraveling about what happened there decades ago. He was hoping to find the owner of that diary alive. It turns out he was apparently killed by Nazi's, but there is more to this crime. Very exciting book which I never forgot and recently reread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooWoo Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson are my ultimate Crime/Thriller writers, I love all their books. I havent yet found a book by them that I don't enjoy reading. I would highly recommend to everyone! My favourite one from Patricia Cornwell must be The Body Farm, amazing read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumper Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I think the first crime story I read was the ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, this got me hooked on her works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccles Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 An unsuitable job for a woman P.D.James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mummymunt Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 When I was about twelve I started devouring Ed McBain books. I loved the 87th Precinct stories, and still think fondly of Cotton Hawes, Meyer Meyer and all the other cops I got to know so well. *happy sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 It was such an awfully long time ago, I really can't remember. It was probably an Agatha Christie book and more than likely a Poirot as I didn't read Miss Marple until I was in my teens. I haven't read an Agatha Christie for years now but I picked up one in a charity shop recently (can't remember which) and I might read it around Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
book worm at heart Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I started about 8 years ago I think, I was looking in the localcharity shop (I was only 13 and my pocket money wouldnt pay for my addiction to books) when I came across the sherlock holmes loved him, I went off crime storys for a while but a couple of weeks ago I was lent a book called the massiah, I carnt think of the auther of the top of my head but it was so gripping that I read it within the day, I have just read peter james - dead like you, fab. I'm now totally ADDICTED once again and with the choice and finally a bigger budget for books I'm certainly not stopping, so any suggestions on a decent read ill happily take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tai_Mai_Shu Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver. The book was 10x better than the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNinthWord Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I hardly ever read crime novels. Maybe it's a genre I should branch into. I attempted to read Hound of the Baskervilles when I was a lot younger. I didn't get through since I didn't appreciate anything that was happening. It was a lot of big words and adults talking about things I didn't understand. I think the only other crime novel I've read is Past Mortem by Ben Elton. Not the best example of a crime novel, I'm sure, but it was fairly enjoyable, if very disturbing in places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda20102 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I got my hands on a play manuscript of Agatha Christie Love form a stranger * it was written in 1936 , and I got it from my grandfather when I was 9 maybe 10 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I don't read much crime fiction, and if I do, it tends to be the more quirky side of the genre, rather than the mainstream, but I guess the first crime novel I read would have been one of the Famous Five books by Enid Blyton - do they count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I can't remember for certain, but I think it was Elizabeth George. I'd been watching crime shows on TV for a while, but avoiding the books. Then one day I decided if I liked the programs, I'd probably like the books. I know it was an Elizabeth George novel that got me hooked. I wish my library had more of hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w12ecked Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Genesis by Karin Slaughter was my first crime novel. Loved it, now I have all of her books, just waiting for Criminal to be released in paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 It was the famous five and the secret seven for me. When I was older I read Patricia Cornwell and then Michael Connelly, especially love the Harry Bosch novels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al2584 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 think mine was michael connelly lincoln lawyer.since then iv got a few of his books he hook'd me lol a good crime book to read is the jigsaw man good read aint a novel but is true!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Genesis by Karin Slaughter was my first crime novel. Loved it, now I have all of her books, just waiting for Criminal to be released in paperback. Hehe, what a great introduction to crime novels! She's one of my favorite crime authors. My first crime novel must've been Astrid Lindgren's Bill Bergson book, one of the three. Or maybe a Nancy Drew novel, or one of Enid Blyton's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGhay Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I didn't start reading crime fiction until I was in University. The first crime novel I read was Mo Hayder's 'Birdman' it's pretty gruesome but I loved the way she bulit suspense throughout the novel. Another favourite of mine is Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, it's a really good twist on the 'Jack The Ripper' style stories set in Victorian London - the perfect place for a crime thriller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bel-ami Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Another one for the Secret Seven! After that, I think it was 4,50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie, or Maigret Goes on Holiday by Georges Simenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookworm2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Yep it was Famous /Five for me, closely followed by Secret Seven. I guess if you're talking about grown up book it would be Agatha Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimblebee Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Aside from the Secret Seven series, I read Ruth Rendall's 'A Fatal Inversion' as a teenager and was hooked into crime fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 With it being so long ago and having read some of the other posts. I did read some Famous Five when I was a kid, but my first proper novel would have been Sherlock Holmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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