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Huxley, if you want to laugh try the John Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake. Dortmunder and his pals are burglars, but their heists never seem to go as planned. Writing under the name Richard Stark, Westlake also wrote the Parker series. Unlike the humorous Dortmunder series, this one...

vsop44, I have read 3 of Robinsons books (Close to Home, Gallows View and Strange Affair) and have enjoyed them all. I have a question, is Peter Robinson a pseudonym? The reason I ask is, that picture of him on the back of his books is downright spooky. Looks like some kind of computer...

Any Pelecanos fans out there? I just finished his latest "The Night Gardener" and I loved it. He is great with dialogue and I love how he is always mentioning music in his stories. It often seems like his books come with a soundtrack. Elmore Leonard is still my alltime favorite crime writer...

I just read my first book by this author "The Torment of Others" and I loved it. If any of her other books even come close to this one she will soon be one of my favorite authors. For those of you that read her, what is her best book?

The Red Badge of Courage is a very quick read and is full of hilarious situations.:eek:

Denny, I just finished "Psychopath" and I really liked it. After the first 75 pages or more, I was sure I knew how this book would end. I was way of. If I remember right my local library has at least one more of his books. Thanks for recommending Keith Ablow.

After reading your thread, I went to the library and picked up a copy of "Psychopath." I will be starting it as soon as I finish "Fiddlers" by Ed Mcbain. The fact that Harlan Coben, Robert Parker, James W. Hall and Dennis Lehane all praise this book and and it's author on the backcover, leaves...

Grew up in Saginaw Michigan during the trickle down Ronny R. years. We never read a single book. We read whatever they could fit into our textbook. To this very day, I hate short stories. Bartleby the Scrivner, The Lottery etc. Since poems are short we had to suffer thru a ton of poetry. I...

"The Coffin Dancer" by Jeffrey Deaver-----Unrealistic, unlikable main characters, and something that drives me nuts in both novels and movies, a total disregard for the value of life for everyone except the main characters. "Kiss the Girls" by James Patterson---I actually broke a lamp when I...

Denny, If you like Michael Connelly, you would probably enjoy Dennis Lehane and Ridley Pearson.

Jeffery Deaver I just finished the "The Coffin Dancer" by Deaver. It has been a long time since I have disliked a book as much as I did this one. Totally unrealistic, and more of a thriller than a mystery. It has also been a long time since I have disliked the main characters of a book as...

Cshigh, small world---I am Wilson Pickett from the ootp off topic forum. I am always searcing for sites where people discuss books.

I am addicted to mysteries and or crime novels. I love them and read them one after the other. If you are like me, do you ever feel like you should be reading other things. Most of my friends read biographies and other forms of nonfiction. In other words, they read books that you can learn...

Forgot to list George Pelacanos under favorite crime writers.

My favorites are as follows 1. Micheal Connelly 2. Loren D Estleman 3. Lawrence Block 4. Ross Macdondald 5. James Hall 6. Dennis Lehane 7. Ed Mcbain 8. Robert Parker There are so many others that it would be silly to even attempt to mention them all. I tend to go to read what ever...