fayezie Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I really enjoy Lynda La Plante's series with Anna Travis. It was the first crime books I started to read, so I'll go with her!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestfi Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 In no particular order:tong: Dalziel and Pascoe (Reginald Hill) Fitzroy Maclean Angel (Mike Ripley) Crowner John (Bernard Knight) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWords Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I, like many people, started reading Sherlock Holmes stories at a young age, though my taste quickly moved to the hardboiled work of the holy trinity of Thompson, Hammett and Chandler. Somehow managing to bypass the Euro-'tecs, I only recently got into the mood and feel of Italian and French detectives thanks to giallo films and weird French cop shows, but I have a lot of reading to do before I could even begin to pretend to know enough about the European scene. Guilty reading pleasure: E.C.'s Crime Does Not Pay. Seriously, this comic is one of the best of the pre-code era, and I have to say that without it I doubt my love of the crime genre would have been sustained. Not exactly what people would call proper reading material, but much better than the naysayers would have you imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest velocipede2288 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Phillip Marlow, Sam Spade. Mike Hammer. Columbo. Perry Mason. Nero Wolfe. Morse. Rebus. Dalziel and Pasco. Carella. In just about that order. Edited October 9, 2009 by Kell Bolding removed - AGAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernnutter Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch. Michael Connelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Sherlock Holmes is number one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Rebus is the one for me. He's so unlikeable, you have to like him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest velocipede2288 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I would like to recommend crime lovers try reading the novels of John Creasey, who sometimes wrote under the name of J.J. Marric. The novels I refer to are the Gideon series.No other author since Dickens has done more to show London in all its many aspects. The books are more than than just police procedures, but a vivid slice of London. And probably the best portrait of a good tough policeman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LL13 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Got to be Lincoln Rhymes & Amelia Sachs from the wonderful Jeffrey 'rollercoaster' Deaver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heffalumpi Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 It has to be Miss Marple:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I very much love Hercule Poirot. Gentlemanly, witty, such a quick thinker, and to top it all off, he has an egg-shaped head! What more could a girl possibly ask for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 for me rebus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave165 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Spenser Harry Bosch Lucas Davenport Dave Robicheaux Burke 87th Precinct Squad Rebus Mike Hammer Resnick Cole and Pike Cliff Hardy Lomax and Biggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I very much love Hercule Poirot. Gentlemanly, witty, such a quick thinker, and to top it all off, he has an egg-shaped head! What more could a girl possibly ask for? And not forgetting his little grey cells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladd Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Marcus Didius Falco (Lindsey Davis) Aurelio Zen (Michael Dibdin) Temperance Brennan (Kathy Reichs) both book and TV but more the book character among many others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausonius Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Porfiry Petrovich, the detective in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, is really one of the more original detectives ever created. Acting on a hunch, he plays subtle and not so subtle psychological games with Raskolnikov to confirm that Raskolnikov did indeed commit murder, and then continues to guide the student toward a confession. Columbo, the TV detective, is based directly on Porfiry Petrovich. Also: B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmck Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Oh I have to say my FAVORITE "detective/crime fighter" is Harriet Vane from Dorothy L. Sayer's books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Oh I have to say my FAVORITE "detective/crime fighter" is Harriet Vane from Dorothy L. Sayer's books. Excellent choice, but not the combined forces of Harriet with her Lord Peter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Landsman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Jay Landsman You can't get better than the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Oh no Harriet Vane is my most disliked crime fighter! I like the more modern detectives; Rebus, Banks and Roy Grace from Peter James' books. Although they do sort of blend into one. Philip Marlowe is great too though, if we are going old school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Philip Marlowe is absolutely fab, and it's been a while since I read any ~ you've inspired me to re read my favourite, 'The Big Sleep'. No one supplies such colourful wise-cracks as this hard boiled PI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladd Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I have a set of Philip Marlowe audio books read by Eliot Gould, that style of writing really lends itself to audio books. Great for long car journeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I'm giving Fran Rizer's Casket Case a shot. I guess its a "funny" mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:HerculeHastings: Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Oh I love Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's novels. Even if the author herself dislikes him, I'm quite fond of the Belgian egg-shaped head, haha. I've grown up with him through my childhood after all. Though I tend to love sidekicks better, like Hastings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo-Bridge Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Kinsey Millhone in the Sue Grafton books at the moment- Love her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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