UK Amazon Kindle Forum discussion

Oh look, a shameless way to get recommendations for my Father.

He wanted to call this the 'detectivey' thread but I put my foot down!

;) rec away!


Personally I'm a fan of Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell and of course our very own Shaun Jeffrey

Mel Comley!

Lisa Gardner.

James Patterson.

The guy who wrote the Prey books...

John Sandford.

Peter James
Karin Slaughter
C J Sansom (historical)

There are lots more but my minds gone blank...I've got a terrible memory!

Ian Rankin - Rebus totally rocks! (sorry, don't know what came over me there). And Jo Nesbo, his books featuring Harry Hole are favourites of mine too.

Oh is Jo a he?

Discovered a Jo Nesbo on my kindle last night.

Stuart MacBride is great if you like a bit of Tartan Noir. Reginald Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series is a good read.

Does Ruth Rendell fit the category?

...just looking at the huge pile of books here...

Lynda LaPlant
Jonathan Kellerman

Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "Oh is Jo a he?

Discovered a Jo Nesbo on my kindle last night."

Yes indeedy. He's a musician too. Harry is one of those characters that gets into your head and lives there

If you like Kathy Reichs you might like Tess Gerritsen.

Stuart MacBride is very good too

I really like him, he is a local author in Aberdeen

Do try Andrew Barrett. I've mentioned him elsewhere (he's one of ours, is Andy) but you can't over-mention an author that good!
A Long Time Dead
Stealing Elgar
No More Tears

Stunning!

thanks guys!! :D

Vanessa wrote: "Peter James
Karin Slaughter
C J Sansom (historical)

There are lots more but my minds gone blank...I've got a terrible memory!"

My Aunt has downloaded a few Karin Slaughter. Also loads of Karen Rose!

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "If you like Kathy Reichs you might like Tess Gerritsen."

The Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles series?

Oh oh oh!!!

The Dexter books!

The first few are good. Then they got a bit crap.

Jeff Lindsay

I've heard such terrible things about the Dexter book I'm a bit scared to try them!

Val McDermid, Tami Hoag, Karl Jones, Peter Robinson, David Baldacci

Can't think of anymore without standing in front of my bookshelves

:o thanks :)

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "If you like Kathy Reichs you might like Tess Gerritsen."

The Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles series?"

Yes, only I've not seen the TV show so don't know how they compare. I thought the books were fab!

I didn't even know it was a TV show :P I've put them on my wishlist!

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "I've heard such terrible things about the Dexter book I'm a bit scared to try them!"

Oh no. Love Dearest Darling Dexter, the first two anyway, as Patti says. And then they do, indeed, go a bit crap.

Must try out the first!

They are a series though so best to read them in order although I think a couple are stand a lone and not linked to the series. My mum might have the first ones I could lend them to you if you like (it would be DTB versions though), it's also a very big MIGHT she tends to pass books on to friends who pass them on to their friends and their friends etc.

i'd much prefer to get the Kindle versions when I can. My eyes doesn't allow me to read DTB's for very long

Nae bother :o)

I bought all the dexter DTBs. They're here, just behind me.

Sigh.

I wish Nigeria had a postal system...

oh dear.
good thread, Elle, but prob will end up costing me loads...

there are so many great titles to choose. I do have a 'thing' about Italian as well as Nordic crime novels so enjoyed Donna Leon's Brunetti books (the earlier ones particularly) and Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen.
Think my fave for last year was a Nordic tho... Missing just a bit different and a terrific read.
Oh and now I've just remembered all the Russian ones, like Snowdrops, and Eye of the Red Tsar. Soo many good books

My favourite are American. No idea why!

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "My favourite are American. No idea why!"

I think I'm more 'european' cos I love the languages, and studied a few of them. And holidayed in a few so I can identify with some of the places - perhaps it's more 'armchair travelling' for me, to places I'd like to go. And that does include a lot of Brit crime fiction too. I think the style of a lot of American crime fiction has put me off. That said, Thomas H Cooke's The Chatham School Affair is one of my favourite books lately, I thought it was just perfect.

I do love travelling to and around America so I suppose the same reason could well apply to me!

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "I do love travelling to and around America so I suppose the same reason could well apply to me!"

Aaah, that does make sense! I did love Florida when we took the kids years back.
I have read and enjoyed lots of Patricia Cornwell's books tho, but after a while they became a bit samey. I enjoyed Kathy Reichs' books too, but again the format got a little weary for me.

I loved Snowdrops but most of our village book club found it depressing. Old ladies eh? What can you do with them? Erm...us?

Tim Vicary's Sara Newby books are great too - more legal/courtroom drama rather than pure crime but all three books have been free at some point so are well worth keeping an eye open for.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0...

Karen wrote: "Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "I do love travelling to and around America so I suppose the same reason could well apply to me!"

Aaah, that does make sense! I did love Florida when we took the kids y..."

There is a theme in PC's books that I generally don't read in any type of fiction so I'm a bit dubious about continuing on..

Kathy Reichs' latest books was horrifically bad.

Kath wrote: "Tim Vicary's Sara Newby books are great too - more legal/courtroom drama rather than pure crime but all three books have been free at some point so are well worth keeping an eye open for.

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thanks!

What the the one in Hawaii Elle?

Some great books listed, can I add Chris Carter & Steven Dunne to the list, I enjoyed all their books.

Karen Rose's novels are excellent and they're all linked in some minor way. :-)

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "What the the one in Hawaii Elle?"

Em, no the one after. I thought the one in Hawaii was pretty decent. This was about the race track. I even worked out who the killer was which is something that I rarely can do in her books.

M wrote: "Karen Rose's novels are excellent and they're all linked in some minor way. :-)"

I have 6 on my Kindle from my Aunt but they aren't in order so if I want to read them I'll need to buy the first and third and then I have the rest :P

now look what you've done. The Karen Rose books sound intriguing so will have to give em a go!

I prefer my crime novels to be cosy!

Favourite trad authors:-
Agatha Christie
Georgette Heyer (she wrote a series of crime novels in the 30s)
Ellis Peters
M.C. Beaton

We've also got some great indie crime authors

Steve Robinson
Lexie Conyngham
Karen Lowe

:0)

Hey Elle, The first one in that series I mentioned is free again today...

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005ALGIF...

thank you so much kath! ive picked it up for dad :)


And thanks karen! must look at those later.

If he likes private detective type stories, he might like Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder books. I'll link the first one in the series The Sins of the Fathers.

He might also like Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series A is for Alibi. Or Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series When The Bough Breaks.

They are all really long running series and I have read most of them (albeit a few years ago).

thank you maureen!

Posted this in the freebies thread earlier Elle, but not sure if you will see it. One of Lawrence Block's short stories is free right now on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moment-Thinki...

Not sure for how much longer though 'cos I only just noticed he posted a message on his FB from yesterday. Thought you might get it for you Dad if he wants to give him a try for free.