murdo
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murdersWell...my taste is
Patricia Cornwall
Kathy Reichs
Reginald Hill
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Jobo
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Nicci French
Mandasue Heller
I can never wait until the next one comes out 
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murdo
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oooh...must try them!! There's another good one that's witty but can't remember name. Think it's Harlen Cobin???
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Jobo
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Oh yes - Harlan Coben - have got him on my Amazon wish list - I think Tell No One was supposed to be very good 
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murdo
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That's him!!!. Read 4 of his...one had a hitman in Glasgow...made me laugh out loud.
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Seahorse
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Oh yup, fan of all of the above, especially Reg Hill. The Dalziel & Pascoe books are streets ahead of the tv versions.
I also really like Stephen Booth's 'Cooper & Fry' books - another northern cop duo. My current fave detective is Lindsey Davis' 'Falco' series. It's set in Ancient Rome but very modern and with a great touch of humour as well as serious cases.
Val McDermid also writes superb literary crime fiction but it's right on the limit of what I can stomach in terms of disturbing gruesomeness  Well worth a look for the non-squeamish though.
Claire
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Auntie Noo
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Oh yes Nicci French, harlen Coben, Must try the reg hill ones!!
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CJ
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I like exactly the same as murdo. I'm listening to the dalziel and pascoe ones on my ipod now, well one anyway and it's read by the bloke who plays pascoe on tv. yummy.   
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melody yarns
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I still haven't finished that Patricia Cornwell book from when I had tonsillitis....  I know who did it though - I read the back first ...
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murdo
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What are you like!!!! I love Reginald Hill...makes me laugh out loud it's soooo witty. I adore guy that plays Daizell in the series..Warren???...think he would be brill to have a pint with 
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gilraen
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Patricia Cornwell
Kellermans (plural)
Ian Rankin
Colin Dexter
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murdo
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ooh yes, Ian Rankin. He has a lovely voice too...heard him on Radio 4 last week being interviewed re Bible John
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gilraen
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And home grown Murdo 
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murdo
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....I am somewhat biased
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jacquie
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I am a big Harlan Coben fan - it keeps looking like they are going to make a movie of one or more of his books but then nothing happens 
Also Patricia Cornwell and for a quick easy comfort read you can't beat a good old Agatha Christie.
I have started reading John Case too - The Genesis Code was one - they are a bit different. Turns out John Case is actually a pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team.
Bad girl! reading the ending first Debs
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Aknita
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Harlan Coben
Rebus - Ian Rankin
Agatha Christie - honestly!
I don't read murder mysteries very often though - I read in bed, and like to sleep at night so nothing too gruesome. I read an Iain Banks once and it scared the living daylights out of me!
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Anna
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I like Agatha Christie too, Joy, nothing to be ashamed of I'm not a huge fan of "modern" murder-mystery books, although I've enjoyed some of Kathy Reichs'. I like ones set in the past - although there seem to be a lot of medieval ones, which get a bit same-ish. You can't beat Brother Cadfael!
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gilraen
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Yes Anna I forgot about Cadfael
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murdo
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I was hooked on A Christie as a teenager. I still love Hercule Poirot on the trelly
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loobyj
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An Agatha Christie fan too Also:
Margery Allingham (Campion)
Rankin
Peter Robinson (Inspector Banks)
Stephen Booth,
Dorothy L Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey)
Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley, much better than the TV series)
I'm not much good with too much blood and gore - just a nice old fashioned detective story.
lj
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PiratePurls oldest
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I watch murder`s I think they are cool.
keira
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jacquie
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Me too Keira,
Which ones are your favourite?
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PiratePurls oldest
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Im not sure but I watch lots of programes about it such as
csi miami, csi newyork, blind justace,bones,crimanal minds,supernatural and lots more but I dont now there names.
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Rosie
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I LOVE agatha christies i have nearly all the books - am looking for a few more - im collecting the fontanna press ones with the lovely covers if u know them at all - they r sooo good for a quick read b4 bed as i know them so well i can put them down & sleep !!!!!!
other than that ive read all the above mentioned ones - did anyone say Niago Marsh shes good too
I do love a good book
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carolinne
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| murdo wrote: | | ooh yes, Ian Rankin. He has a lovely voice too...heard him on Radio 4 last week being interviewed re Bible John |
not easy to say if you cant pronounce your r's properly tho
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carolinne
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what is a pirates fave tv murder show???????
(skull and cross) bones
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Civilknit
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Margery Allingham without a doubt! She is such a good writer and that means a lot to me - I can't bear sloppy writing, no matter how good the story.
The earlier stories are a bit formulaic but by the mid to late 1930s she really hit her stride. The Tiger in the Smoke is a masterpiece (also - film trivia here - it's where P.C. Dixon of Dock Green fame makes his first appearance).
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PiratePurls oldest
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That was very funny carolinne!!
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Mandy2
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Mark Billingham (Thorne - London-based)
Just started Stephen Booth and am enjoying them
Val McDermid
Patricia Cornwall (both only her early stuff)
P J Tracy
Alex Kava
... and that's just for starters
and I have to keep them as well
tried Minette Walters and have kept back The Sculptress and The Ice House but gave away the rest.
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PiratePurls oldest
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It's funny because mummy (murdo) loves watching bones but often cannot remember parts as booth is on!!!
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murdo
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| carolinne wrote: | | murdo wrote: | | ooh yes, Ian Rankin. He has a lovely voice too...heard him on Radio 4 last week being interviewed re Bible John |
not easy to say if you cant pronounce your r's properly tho |
Just seen this.....you are very funny and very norty
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murdo
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| PiratePurls oldest wrote: | | It's funny because mummy (murdo) loves watching bones but often cannot remember parts as booth is on!!! |
I remember all of Booth's parts
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PiratePurls oldest
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What do you mean mum???
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murdo
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His parts/roles in Bones, Buffy and Angel
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