Kilna

Hey, am new to the forum but I've been on here before under a different username....Lanex.

Anyway, to the subject in hand. A got into James Patterson abit ago and have absolutely fallen in love with his books. The way he involves you into the characters life and everything make the books readable.

But now am after some new authors.

Yesterday a loaned a book out from the local library, Broken Angels by Richard Montanari, and the beginning has drawn me in and I absolutely love it already.

So basically, am wondering if you guys could possibly name me some good books, or authors, that a should look into.

Thank you in advance.

TJ Cruse

Kilna, here are some of my favorite authors of mysteries:

Harlan Coben (Try the Myron Bolitar series or 'Tell No One')
Dennis Lehane (The Kenzie series)
Ace Atkins (The Nick Travers series)
Robert Parker (The Sunny Randall series)

if you want to go old school, try The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Happy reading!

TJ

Sam Winchester

Michael Connelly (The Harry Bosch series)
Jeffrey Deaver (The Lincoln Rhyme series)


Can't think of anymore at the minute, but I'll get back to you.

Sam.

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Kilna

Thankyou for the reccomendations so far.

Well, a finished reading that Broken Angels book and it's one of the best ave read so far.

SaintPeteSam

In addition to those already mentioned:

Robert Crais write a series featuring Elvis Cole. Not quite hard-boiled, but with elements of noir. He has also written a few other books featuring spin-off characters from the Elvis Cole books and at least one stand-alone (The Two Minute Rule).

For classic noir, try Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer books.

Also, there's a podcast called "Behind the Black Mask: Mystery Authors Revealed" that has introduced me to dozens of mystery authors, primarily in the noir subgenre. Check it out. The authors they interview frequently mention their influences, which provides a reading list of recent authors as well as classics.

buyjupiter03

To jump on the noir bandwagon: Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man, The Maltese Falcon, and Red Harvest. All different characters, but they're all very good.

For more modern, yet gritty authors: Sara Paretsky and Walter Mosley.

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Welshman

If you fancy a taste of what is popular in the UK look for anything by Ian Rankin or Colin Dexter.

Remedy

Ah, this is what I going to suggest. He's an excellent writer; I read mysteries very, very often, and his series is one of my favorite. He's written two stand-alones; The Two Minute Rule, as you mentioned, and Hostage. He's also been quoted as saying that he considers Demolition Angel and The Watchman as stand-alones too, even though they feature some of his Cole characters.

If you like Patterson, you might like Patricia Cornwell. (In all honesty, I liked one of Patterson's books, then reread it and couldn't stand it, nor have I been able to like the rest of his books. I never liked Cornwell, but people who liked the first almost always like her, from what I've seen.)

Mr Abattoir

If you want something pretty dark and humorous, go for John Connolly. His Charlie Parker series is fantastic.

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