Fave Crime Writers

SweetBirdOfTruth

ok, i'll start with chandler and hammet. i'll toss in runyon, simply cuase most of his characters are crims. then there's jim thomspon. james ellroy, carl hiaasen and the sparkle hayter bks but not elmore leonard, kinky friedman or joe lansdale. from france, daniel penac.

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Manach

More into Historical who-dunnits
- Elis Peters' Brother Caldalf in the middle-ages
- Lindsey Davis' Falco in ancient Rome
+ an honourable mention to GK Chesterton's Ft. Brown.

MiCr0

john connolly is xlnt (irish too and writes for the times) - very silence of the lamb'sy
michael connolly is another
and reginald hill (him of daziel and pascoe fame)

SweetBirdOfTruth

picked up a connoly cheap at the wkend, h+f sale, lking fwd to lashing into it.

plastic membrane

lessee..where do i start...

James Ellroy (The King), Carl Hiaassen, Lawrence Block, Ross Thomas, Elmore Leonard, Hammet, Chandler..i could go on and on, but they are my faves..

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SweetBirdOfTruth

starting into connoly's it can't go on ... v lit for a crime novel. interesting style, jumping from 3rd to 1st to 3rd person narative. a kinda sing-song nursery rhyme feel to some of the thoughts in in, and a hint of beckett (well the title's a grab from sam, innit?). will see how it goes over the nxt few chapters

SweetBirdOfTruth

oooops. wrong connolly. joseph instead of john. buggeration take the nation.

SweetBirdOfTruth

rd an evanovich, didn't realy enjoy it.

starting into loren d estelman's amos walker stuff, someone over on the guardian book boards suggested him. v chandler but in an acceptable kinda way

Dustaz

Ed McBain is a personal favorite.


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SweetBirdOfTruth

Loren D Estelman's Amos Walker stuff. the bright side of chandler meets the darkside of hammett. practically perfect, in a pulp sorta way. have rd 4 of em now, have another 2 at home still to rd (this wkend maybe).

most of the current editions have an afterword from estelman, talking about the bk / series / crime writing / detroit, and some of them have an additional short story too.

blah blah blah yada yada yada but what's a guy to say? seriously. if you're into chandler &/or hammett and you're lking for something new, have a lk at estelman's stuff.

SweetBirdOfTruth

also rd a couple of james ellroy's last wkend, crime wave and silent terror, and have decided he's just a crime-writing stephen king. still, am lking fwd to getting me teeth into the american tabloid sql.

SweetBirdOfTruth

also (i will stop posting in a min, i promise) there's a new daniel pennac out, well worth rding, passion fruit it's called.

[damn tpyos - will i ever learn?]

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SweetBirdOfTruth

finally (honest!) jim thompson. i can only manage one thompson a month. short as theyt are they're just soooo bleak and ... well they suck you in. after dark my sweet last month, the golden gizmo this