Detectives! discussion

Hi all.

I was wondering if any of you could recommend some authors I might enjoy. Currently, I've read through all of the works of the following writers and would like something similar (the same - only different :-)

John Sandford
James Lee Burke
Robert Crais
Michael Connelly
Lawrence Block (except for the newest one)

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Lee Child
Val McDermid
Tana French
Carol O'Connell
Jonathan Kellerman

Thanks Wendy. I'll check them out

Paul

Here are some authors and their detectives:
Jo Nesbø (Harry Hole)
Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme)
Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington)
Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander)
Donna Leon (Guido Brunetti)

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I was wondering if any of you could recommend some authors I might enjoy. Currently, I've read through all of the works of the following writers and would like something similar (the sam..."

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Hapzydeco wrote: "Paul

Here are some authors and their detectives:
Jo Nesbø (Harry Hole)
Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme)
Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington)
Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander)
Donna Leon (Guido Brunetti)"

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Here are some other authors you might want to check out.
Marshall Karp -- funny series
Lee Child - not detective mystery, but really good mystery stories
William Kent Kruger - again, not detective, but detecting
Stephan Cannell
Archer Mayor
Brian Freeman

Charlie Huston - Caught Stealing, 6 Bad Things and A Dangerous Man
Dan Simmons - Hard Case, Hard Freeze, Hard As Nails
Richard Stark - The Hunter plus the 20 that follow
Dannie Martin - In The Hat and The Dishwasher
John Locke - Donovan Creed series (great!!!)
Edward Bunker - Dog Eat Dog
Duane Swierczynski - most
Don Winslow - most
James Sallis - Drive

All these books are good to the point that I own them and have preserved them in my library.

Aiyeee. I just realized that we are discussing detectives, not crime. That pretty much kills my list.

Sorry about that. Well, if you lik crime also, take a look anyway. Books are so easy to check out on the internet in these modern times.

Thank you all so much. I'll definitely check these out.

I can't believe I didn't add Robert B. Parker to my list above. He has 3 series - one detective, the Jesse Stone series. Parker is really known for his Spenser series. Great reads!

How about Catherine Coulter. She has some great FBI thrillers, and then there is J A Jance, and Stuart Woods, and Sue Grafton. All great authors.

Hi Paul,
It sounds like you have your hands, er--bookcase--full. However, if you're still searching, I highly recommend Douglas Kennedy, Mike Sirota and Amanda Kyle Williams, who's breakout mystery, "The Stranger You Seek" just came out. Best of luck and happy reading. :)

Add my vote to the Robert B Parker and Robert Crais' Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series.

Hi Paul,
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How about a few more British authors;

Mo Hayder-------------Jack Cafferty(London & Bristol)
Lynda LaPlante -------Anna Travis (London)
Stuart MacBride-------Logan McRae (Aberdeen)
Ian Rankin------------Rebus (Edinburgh)
( all police series)

I forgot

Mark Billingham---Insp. Tom Thorne, London

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Here's a link I found that helps in finding authors

http://www.literature-map.com/michael...

Hope you find it useful

Ace Atkins.....esp. the new Spenser book.

I love Joe Gores (detective/repo agency). 32 Cadillacs is a favorite. Of course, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett are all-time greats.

Brian Freeman...start with Immoral.

Paul wrote: "Hi all.

I was wondering if any of you could recommend some authors I might enjoy. Currently, I've read through all of the works of the following writers and would like something similar (the same ..."

Paul wrote: "Hi all.

I was wondering if any of you could recommend some authors I might enjoy. Currently, I've read through all of the works of the following writers and would like something similar (the same ..."

Try these by an English author, read them a few years ago and they're not bad:
by: Christopher Brookmyre,
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye.
The Sacred Art of Stealing.
Boiling a Frog.

Check out James Swain's Jack Carpenter series. He gave Michael Connelly credit for this work and you can see Connelly's influence in his work.

Great Thread!

I love these authors, and am going to have to check out some of the ones recommended in the replies.

Carl Hiaasen is definitely worth checking out.

Thanks,

Jamie
www.jamiesheffield.com

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Hi

Here is a few more, although quite a few mentioned.

David Baldacci (especially Will Robie and John Puller)

Simon Kernick (one of the most exciting)

Lee Childs (as mentioned, a must)

Linwood Barclay

Harlan Coben

Chris Ryan

Daniel Silva

Andrew Gross

Karin Slaughter

SJ Bolton

Cody McFadyen's Smoky Barrett Series - excellent thriller series

Linda Ladd's Detective Claire Morgan Series - 2 thumbs up

Hi all, I would like to invite you to read my newest thriller, Laws of Wrath. Here's the synopsis. Let me know what you think. I'd love to have a discussion with you all about it.

"Eriq La Salle's Laws of Wrath is all thriller; no filler—a white-knuckled treat."—James Patterson

Chinatown, New York—The butchered body of a transvestite is found in a dumpster. Nothing out of the ordinary for NYPD, except the victim just so happens to be the brother of Detective Phee Freeman. At first the slaying seems to be the random act of a vicious killer but when it is discovered that there are similar ritualistic murders throughout the city, Phee and his partner Quincy Cavanaugh, along with FBI Agent Janet Maclin, have no choice but to join forces with Dr. Daria Zibik, a brilliant but deranged cult leader. With the clock running down and bodies piling up, Phee and his partners must to do everything they can to stop the bloodshed and determine if the evil they are hunting and the psychopath they are trusting could actually be one in the same.

Laws of Wrath

I think I will have to read this. It sounds like a great can't put down page turner.

Paul, Sounds like you've read some good books. Might I suggest my debut Thriller, Vengeance. It's on sale right now on Amazon.

Bryan