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Suggestions: January 2012 BOTM - Mystery

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I'll start!

I suggest a Poirot mystery: Death on the Nile. You can't go wrong with Agatha Christie ;)
 
Ah mysteries, one of my favorite genres.

Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith (a re-read but worth it)
The Killer Inside Me - Jim Thompson
Black Light - Stephen Hunter (a re-read but worth it)
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
 
David Baldacci: Zero Day
Edna Buchanan: A Dark and Lonely Place
Michael Connelly: The Drop

How many am I allowed to suggest?
 
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
The Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser
 
I'd second Gorky Park - it's a lot of years since I read it and also saw the movie. It was a good one.
 
It seems as though we have quite a lot of books suggested and it looks as though the selection might have to be decided either arbirtrarily or the titles put into a hat and drawn. What do you think?
 
I think one title per person would be simpler too.

brk_3, Alix and eclair, can you please pick just one of your suggestions?

canuck, when we have all the suggestions we'll do a poll to pick the book. Unless, of course, one of the suggestions has enough consensus to be picked without the need for a poll.
 
I'll go with The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Since I don't have this one waiting on the shelf at the moment. It will give me an excuse to go the stores and library. ;)
 
Alix said:
David Baldacci: Zero Day
Edna Buchanan: A Dark and Lonely Place
Michael Connelly: The Drop

How many am I allowed to suggest?
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I'm actually reading Zero Day and really enjoying it. It reminds me of Jack Reacher.

I second The Drop by Michael Connelly. Anything by that guy is good.
 
Certainly wouldn't mind reading The Drop. A lot of the authors mentioned before I haven't read any of their work.
 
Correction: I have read books by a couple of the authors and Zero Day sounds alright if it reminds Tai of Lee Child's books.
 
canuck said:
Correction: I have read books by a couple of the authors and Zero Day sounds alright if it reminds Tai of Lee Child's books.
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They are similar but it's not good as Jack Reacher. The character in Zero Day is kinda robotic so you don't really feel for him.
 
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