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Hey Jane, I saw this blog post on Irish crime fiction and, naturally, I thought of you:
http://www.openroadmedia.com/blog/2014-03-10/Go-Bragh-11-Crime-Novels-for-Ireland-Enthusiasts?utm_source=Open Road Content Newsletter&utm_campaign=1c2e335d9d-March_Mystery_Newsletter3_14_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3ef522f0c-1c2e335d9d-419505041
The Black-Eyed Blonde is great. He really stays true to Marlowe.
I liked The Ghosts of Belfast more than Ratlines. The main character was so well done.
The Black-Eyed Blonde is great. He really stays true to Marlowe.
I liked The Ghosts of Belfast more than Ratlines. The main character was so well done.
Ah, Pontalba.. another gal who reads Ben Black and Stu Neville.Nice link. Has anyone here read Benjamin Black or Stuart Neville?
Banville/Black's books, are well written and just wonderfully lyrical. http://www.benjaminblackbooks.com/
Neville's The Ghosts of Belfast was excellent, with the following sequels not quite as excellent, imo, but still good. http://www.stuartneville.com/
Oooo, really looking forward to watching Black channel Chandler in The Black-Eyed Blonde. I'm very relieved to hear you liked it, pontalba. I was afraid to get my hopes up much, although I like Banville/Black.
What did you think of Maine's link, Jane?
please members tell me what you consider the best murder mystery you have ever read. i would like to start with quality.
I once tried cornwell but found her meandering and dull, am i mistaken, did i pick a bad one?
Oh, I can definitely second the James Lee Burke books, top notch! Excellent stories, and fantastically lyrical prose. His descriptions of the Gulf of Mexico, and Louisiana are superb.
Agreed re Lawrence Block as well, you might want to try his Hit Man series, featuring John Keller. The guy has a great sense of humor.
Anything by George Pelecanos. Hard hitting, well done police procedural stories that are deep as well.
Oh, you might want to try Jo Nesbo, The Redbreast, police procedural featuring Detective Harry Hole.
Or, Ken Follett's The Eye of the Needle...spy story set in World War II, to do with the invasion attempt by the Germans of England.
Yes! I really like these suggestions. Nesbø's Harry Hole books, set in Oslo, Norway, and Follett's The Eye of the Needle are top-notch.
I like Lawrence Block's hit man, John Keller. Another excellent criminal protagonist is the cold-blooded thief, Parker. That series, written by Richard Stark (pseudonym for Donald E. Westlake) begins with The Hunter.
George Pelecanos is great. One of the things I like about his hardboiled books is that he sets them in working-class Washington, DC, and they come alive with the clothes, music, food, current events, movies, and TV shows of their setting. In this way, they're a bit like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch books, set in Los Angeles. Connelly also pays a lot of attention to popular culture in his books.
Which of Pelecanos's books have you really enjoyed, pontalba?
ladies,
thank you, your lists are exactly what I was looking for.
I have read the hit man series, as I also collect stamps and had it recommended for that reason.
so i'm going to start with a scudder.
if any of you fancy a refreshing change, i'm currently reading harry harrison's eden series.
it's a superb premise.
dinosaurs did not die out and live alongside man
i found a free download of it on a legitimate site.
Hey Jane, I saw this blog post on Irish crime fiction and, naturally, I thought of you:
I thought I had read every Ngaio Marsh book there was, but think maybe Night at the Vulcan escaped me.... can't have that.Here's the latest republication from Felony & Mayhem. I really makes me want to re-read some Ngaio Marsh.
http://felonyandmayhem.com/book/night-at-the-vulcan-by-ngaio-marsh/?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=March_25_updates&utm_source=Felony and Mayhem Press List&utm_campaign=9f1ad721b9-March_25_updates&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb35da4a0c-9f1ad721b9-238815437&mc_cid=9f1ad721b9&mc_eid=6d958eee2d