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Harry Hieronymus Bosch series & Mickey Haller series by Micheal Connelly
Simon Templar aka the Saint by Leslie Charteris
James Bond by Ian Fleming
Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen
SHerlock Holmes by Sir Conan Doyle
Harry Hole by Jo Nesbo
The Scarlet pimpernel by Barones Orzcy
Charlie Parker by John Connolly
Lincoln Rhyme by Jeffrey Deaver
Fletch series & Flynn series by Gregory McDonald
Pendergast series by Child & Preston
Lovejoy by Jonathan Gash
Keller series by Lawrence Block
Jason Bourne series by Ludlum (only the three books)
Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter
the Spencer series & the Jesse stone series by Robert B Parker
The Rabbi Small series by Harry Kemelman
Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler (the two by Robert B PArker are quite good as well).
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If you have never read Jack Vance, I have some good news for you. There is much to look forward to. You can start right here. The Planet of Adventure / Tschai series is perhaps not quite as edgy as Tales of the Dying Earth: The Dying Earth/The Eyes of the Overworld/Cugel's Saga/Rhialto the Marvellous, but that only makes it a bit more accessible.
The cycle Tschai series consists of four books:
City of the Chasch
Servants of the fiddleh
The Dirdir
The Pnume
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Chelsea Cain writes a good series about a female serial killer that kind of fancies the leading police investigator.
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Paul Anka - rock swings
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Perhaps you would be as kind to give us the English title of the translated books?
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I remember how I started reading English, I got a book as a present "My Enemy, My Ally" a Star Trek book with a story I had not seen on tv or heard of before. My interest was so large that I started reading with a dictionary beside me. Did have some trouble with the made-up technical stuff but found that I did get a very good reading. And I did continue to read new books of Star Trek for a long time. And I still have got them all.
Reading that first book made me find out that many books and writers had not been translated yet in my first language, so my reading to this day constunes to be mostly in English. Albeit that my current interest in Scandinavian thrillers are more availabletranslated in my own language.
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Has anyone bought Inferno yet?
Yes, mostly because I could get it for a decently cheap price, it is now sitting on a stack of books to be read during my vacation.
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I did enjoy the ice princess even if the book was somewhat predictable she did write a great atmospheric novel that does invite to the next novel.
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The Saint should return
A lot of shows I liked but somehow found their ending but indeed some shows had some tales left to tell:
The Pretender
Star Trek
Firefly
a new Remington Steele
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I once finished reading the book simply because I had no clue what Cathars were, having read more about them and discovering that one of the actual crusades in medievalk times was actually aimed at them does make me more interested so I will probably add the book to my summer holiday reading list.
And I probably will have look if the tv show is any good too.
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And it is so well worth your time listening, any more excitement from me would result into aimless ranting.
Really do listen.
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Sorry, I confused him with John Connolly. Apologies.
I did that too but ended up ebing the winner as both writers are very good imho.
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oui oui si si ja ja da da by Madness
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The Western series are his best IMHO. There are only four that he wrote and I enjoyed them all very much. the fifth book in the Western series was written by a different author after Parker's death and was not very good reading.
I enjoy parker far more than I do James Patterson.
I found the first books by Patterson enjoyable but his recent output is far more written by comitee, so I agree that I like Parker better.
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The Saint-Germain Cycle by Chelsea Quinn Yarbo
- Hôtel Transylvania (1978) is coincident with the historical Count Saint-Germain, set in the France of Louis XV, and involves his interaction with a cult of Satan-worshippers who threaten various men and women of his acquaintance. His principal romantic interest is a young lady, Madeline de Montalia, whom he changes at the end of the novel and who is a frequent companion in books with later settings.
- The Palace (1978) is set in Florence in the time of Lorenzo de Medici and Botticelli, who appear as characters.
- Blood Games (1980) is set in Nero's Rome. His romantic interest in Olivia Clemens, a battered wife whom he changes and who survives (and is featured in her own series of novels) until a fire in the 16th century.
- Path of the Eclipse (1981) involves St. Germain's escape from Genghis Khan through Tibet and India.
- Tempting Fate (1982) is set in Europe after World War I and chronicles the rise of the Nazi party in Germany.
- The Saint-Germain Chronicles (a short story collection) (1983) In five stories set in the 19th and 20th century, St. Germain explores various parts of his life. The final story, "Cabin 33", is the latest story in the canon, set at a dude ranch in the American West owned by St. Germain and Roger, and concludes with St. Germain and de Montalia deciding to see if they can break with vampire tradition and live together as husband and wife.
- Out of the House of Life (1990) principally concerns the adventures of de Montalia on an 1810 archaeological expedition to Egypt, punctuated with long letters from St. Germain which contain information she uses to find artifacts left behind from his "life" there. However, St. Germain only appears as a character directly for a short period at the end of the novel.
- Darker Jewels (1993) is set in the Russia of Ivan the Terrible.
- Better In The Dark (1993) is set in Germany in the 10th century.
- Mansions of Darkness (1996) features St. Germain in Spanish America in the 17th century.
- Writ in Blood (1997) features St. Germain as a secret agent of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, attempting to patch the ties of blood between the European royal families and prevent the outbreak of World War I.
- Blood Roses (1998) is set at various locations in France during the Plague years.
- Communion Blood (1999) is set in Rome in the late 17th century.
- Come Twilight (2000) is set in Moorish Spain.
- A Feast in Exile (2001) is set in India at the time of Tamurlane's invasion.
- Night Blooming (2002) is set in the Frankish kingdom of Charlemagne.
- Midnight Harvest (2003) features St. Germain's visit to the United States following the events of Tempting Fate.
- Dark of the Sun (2004) is set in China in the 6th century.
- States of Grace (2005) is set in Western Europe in the 1530s.
- Roman Dusk (2006) is set during the reign of the emperor Heliogabalus in 3rd century Rome.
- Borne in Blood (2007) is set in Switzerland in the 1810s
- Saint-Germain: Memoirs (2007, short story collection) features St. Germain in various time periods
- A Dangerous Climate (2008) is set in 18th century St Petersburg, Russia
- Burning Shadows (2009) is set in 5th century Hungary and Romania[8]
- An Embarrassment of Riches (2011) is set in 13th century Bohemia
- Commedia della Morte (March 2012) is set mostly in France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution.
- Night Pilgrims (Summer 2013) forthcoming
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I prefer the movies to the books, I will finish The lost Symbol when it gets a movie otherwise it will end up in some carboot sale. I really tried twice to read it but got stuck in desinterest around page 100 every time.
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The early Cross novels were very enjoyable, his later output does not seem to be for me.
My most recent read of this writer was the womens murder club #1, and it was kind of predictable.
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Robert B Parkers output has its ups and downs. The Spencer books have the tendency to jump up and down when it comes to quality. I found his Jesse Stone books of a far more steady quality and more enjoyable. The Sunny Randall mysteries are not that great imho and the western series is one I have yet to read, even though I own a 1st edition version of Apaloosa.
But he is an enjoyable writer for travel reading or on the beach.
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Thanks Pickle. I will look out for that one then!
Do read them in sequence as the supernatural aspects build up a backstory that creates the universe of Charlie Parker, you would be doing the series and yourelf a great service.
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comparing it to the poor plagiarised Da Vince Code is doing the novel a grave injustice, imho.
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I saw the Tom Baker version on the telly in the '70's and they released a 6 books translated which I devoured at that time which were basicly books based upon the serials made by the BBC. They did create a thirst for more which had to be ignored for some years because there was no new DW coming in the Netherlands.
WHen I studied in the UK for a year I found a whole universe of which I had no knowledge and it is still feeding me today in books, audiobooks and tv.
I really enjoy the 8th Doctor books as I feel he was shortchanged with only one televised adventure.
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Having read this thread it made me remember haven gotten it as a present, and it is still somewhere down in my to read stack, must give it a place on top.
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I find that Dune, Dune Messiah & Children of Dune are one big story, and it is an awesome one. The God-Emperor of Dune is an inbetween story several thousend years later and shows the consequences of the choices made in the first trilogy. Then comes the second trilogy that is about the universe created after Leto's choice/decision in God Emperor. It is about the freedom created and yet a course set to the future. However the third book in that trilogy was never written due to Frank Herberts death and left DUne fans with a bloody great cliffhanger.
It was resolved by his Son and Kevin Anderson writing the ending in two books and they really infuriated me due to the sheer drop in quality and the outragious decision to milk the universe further and thus telegraphing the ending way before.
That said some of the books written by the two continuation writers has some good books, but none ever are able to touch the level put down by its orginal creator Frank herbert.
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The Charlie Parker series are best read in sequence, you will find that that the books build on the previous books and having read the previous books by Connolly I found The Whisperers far more emotionaly touching as if I had read it as a first novel.
Have you ever read Hitler's book Mein Kampf?
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I decided against it when I could get a copy as Hitler comes from a different political hemispher than I do, and according the various reviews it is not a very coherent book. So I rather spend my time with worthier efforts in book writing.