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Crime/Mystery Recommendation & Discussion Thread

Posted on 3/20/24 at 11:51 pm
Posted by lsugorilla
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Posted on 3/20/24 at 11:51 pm
First off. Give credit to Sneaky__Sally
Plagiarizing his sci-fi/fantasy thread.
Thank you


After looking for some crime / mystery recommendations, I figure it may be good to have a running thread for people looking for recommendations or discussing some of the series that pop up every few weeks.

We should probably try to mark any spoilers and avoid anything too spoilery when discussing series, but if you haven't read something - just be careful about reading too far.

Some of the stuff I've read and loved include:

Maltese falcon
Gillian Flynn -all of hers
Snowman
Hounds of Baskerville
Dennis Lehane (Gone many gone, mystic river, the drop, shutter island)
And then there where none
Hannibal Lecter 4 books
The girl on the Train
Out
The Devotion of Suspect X

Any must read books I need to add to list?



Currently reading: Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, by Sara Gran
Posted by Allthatfades
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 5:48 am to
Michael Connelly- Bosch series

John Sandford- Prey series with Lucas Davenport..Virgil Flowers novels are also good
Posted by rebelrouser
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Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 8:51 am to
The Mask of Dimitrious-Eric Ambler (was a favorite of Alfred Hitchock);
The Talented Mr. Ripley-Patricia Highsmith (a number of these are great and she wrote Strangers on a Train-another Hitchcock reference);
Red Riding Trilogy-David Peace (bad arse television series as well);
The Alienist-Cable Carr (that television series did not live up to the book);
No Country for Old Men-Cormac McCarthy (the movie does the book justice);
Tell No One-Harlen Coben;
The Getaway, The Grifters, or After Dark My Sweet-Jim Thompson;
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd-Agathie Christie (all the Poirot books are great but this one is special).
Posted by SW2SCLA
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 9:19 am to
I'm a big fan of the Pendergast series by Preston & Child.

Slowly working my way through Agatha Christie's Poirot novels.

I've got 4 or 5 Bond books by Ian Fleming left. They vary wildly from the movies, but I'm gonna finish them out this year
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 10:54 am to
For a murder mystery with a little bit of mysticism thrown in, you can try The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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