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grace09 (original poster member #26808) posted at 12:43 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
I love the series books - J. D. Robb, Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich, J. Kellerman and F. Kellerman. I'm up to date on these and looking for another series to start. Any recs?
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Skye ( member #325) posted at 1:25 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Henning Mankell is a Swedish writer. The detective he writes aboutis Kurt Wallender. You may have seen programs on PBS. They're very good.
Elizabeth George writes a series about a Detective Lynly (sp?). They're very good, too.
Fallen ( member #4313) posted at 3:02 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
I enjoyed the books by Karin Slaughter- but the forensic part of them is pretty graphic, FYI.
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out of nowhere ( member #30617) posted at 4:13 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
James Patterson's Alex Cross series, Robert Tanenbaum writes a series that is very good. Patricia Cornwell, also.
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inconnu ( member #24518) posted at 4:24 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Kathy Reich's series about Tempe Brennan are good. They're the books the tv show Bones is very loosely based on. I enjoy the show whenever I watch it, but I like the character as written in the book a whole lot more.
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ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 6:22 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
No right thinking human being should go through life without reading the Amelia Peabody mysteries. If you read those, you will feel compelled to send me a largish check in thanks, but it's okay, you don't have to, just spread the word.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
neverendinghurt ( member #15859) posted at 8:51 AM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz, I think there are only four of them so far.
They are funny/detective, if you like Janet Evanovitch, I think you will like these.
ETA: Another very light read are the Hannah Swenson mysteries by Joanna Fluke, a bit corny but each book also contains cookie recipes 
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Skye ( member #325) posted at 1:36 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Lady, thanks for bringing up Peabody! I forgot her.
LearningToRun ( member #31353) posted at 2:09 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
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also, i like the Hollows Series by Kim Harrison, but it is paranomal - not sure if that is your thing.
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looking forward ( member #25238) posted at 2:48 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
FBI series by Catherine Coulter
Eve Duncan thrillers by Iris Johansen
Any series by Clive Cussler
So many from which to choose!Check out the Fantastic Fiction website below:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
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imwideawake ( member #23386) posted at 8:25 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
The outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
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tuscandreamer ( member #17406) posted at 2:47 AM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Anne Perry has two different series that are really good. Her novels are set in Victorian England. One series is about a police inspector Thomas Pitt and the other is about William Monk.
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tuscandreamer ( member #17406) posted at 2:49 AM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Anne Perry has two different series that are really good. Her novels are set in Victorian England. One series is about a police inspector Thomas Pitt and the other is about William Monk.
BS 52
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Dday #1 6/20/07, Dday #2 (different OW) 5/16/09
3 DDs (19, 14, 12)
Reconciling???
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 7:02 AM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Skye, what I find most interesting about the Amelia Peabody series is that you have three men in there who are *so* magnificent that the *snarky roguish bastard* would be "kill" in a game of FMK. In any other series he would not be kill. He'd probably be fuck. But no, in this series, it's Marry Emerson, Fuck Ramses, Kill Sethos.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
Skye ( member #325) posted at 2:45 PM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
I know just what you mean. I usually listen to the Peabody books on CD's. The reader is phenomenal. She has an English accent and when she takes on the role of Peabody, you get a truly good picture of her. If you haven't heard them, try to get hold of one. You'll love it.
grace09 (original poster member #26808) posted at 3:54 PM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Thanks everyone. I won't be at a loss for a good book for a long time!
Skye - I am an audiobook junkie. I'm in my car for several hours a day and go crazy if there's not a book in my CD player to be listening to. I'm looking forward to the Peabody books.
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Skye ( member #325) posted at 4:41 PM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Grace, another wonderful series to listen to is Alexander McCall Smith's "The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency." They take place in Botswana. Again, the reader is wonderful. Enjoy.
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
How does she do with Emerson and his great bellow? And Ramses with all his mystery.
Ramses Emerson is my single favorite male character in all literature.
One thing I love the most about the series is that Amelia is the most delightfully constructed of all unreliable narrators. She is a *dreadful* mother. She *thinks* she knows Whodunnit, but she never does. She *thinks* she's brilliant at seeing romantic relationships forming and frequently announces that and that Emerson cannot see these things at all. But who knew about Ramses and Nefret? Emerson did.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
Skye ( member #325) posted at 12:57 PM on Thursday, March 31st, 2011
ladyv. she does Emerson very well. Our discussing this is sending me to my library to find another of her books on CD. Again, I highly recommend you listen to one, even one you've read before, because they are so delicious.
MixedUpMess ( member #15256) posted at 6:05 PM on Thursday, March 31st, 2011
I have to second The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I have read more than one of those more than 2 or 3 times.
Patricia Cornwell has a series of crime books based on her character, Kay Scarpetta. Always a good read (in my opinion).
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