I am going with Tana French. Although I was not as much in love with THE LIKENESS as her other books, (I just couldn't buy the major premise) all of her others have been strong and interesting studies of Dublin, of the Irish, of social problems, of the police in Ireland for me. Maybe a tad too long for my taste, but lovely writing, lovely plotting.
Good question, Patti. For me, anyway, Michael Connelly doesn't disappoint. Neither does Angela Savage or Paddy Richardson. Others, too, but those'll do for one comment... ;-)
With the caveat that all authors write some things I enjoy more than others, I am never disappointed by Declan Burke, Dennis Lehane, John McFetridge, or Adrian McKinty. There are a few others but those pp to the top of my head.
Rex Stout Nero Wolfe series would be the one that comes immediately to mind for me.
Of others mentioned here, I agree with Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series and Bill Pronzini. For Pronzini I have only read the Nameless series and only up to book 25.
This is always a hard question for me to answer...so many of the authors I used to read religiously have disappointed me...to the point that I wonder if it's me rather than them :) For that reason these days I really don't have that many authors on my 'must read' list that have written loads of books. There are a few that I can still rely on though...Karin Fossum, Sulari Gentill (Australian historical crime), Andrea Camilleri, Sharon (or S.J.) Bolton and Chris Grabenstein (although it appears he's given up writing for adults entirely now which is disappointing)
Loved the Brodie series. Wonder if she'll go back to it. I've read a lot of Fossum and enjoyed them. Been meaning to try Bolton. Good list, Dana. All fantastic writers.
Crider. Charlie Stella. Lee Child. Anthony Neil Smith. Victor Gischler. Olen Steinhauer. Lemony Snicket. Don Winslow. Johnny D. Boggs's westerns. Steve Hockensmith. Timothy Hallinan. Stuart Neville.
Raymond Chandler Ross MacDonald Ross Thomas Robert Charles Wilson Michael Connelly Timothy Hallinan Don Winslow Jack Vance Owen Steinhauer Joe Lansdale Ian Rankin Cormac McCarthy Christopher Priest Brian Evenson
Good question, Patti. For me, anyway, Michael Connelly doesn't disappoint. Neither does Angela Savage or Paddy Richardson. Others, too, but those'll do for one comment... ;-)
ReplyDeleteBill Crider
ReplyDeleteMichael Connelly
Margaret Maron
Joe Lansdale
There are many others but these came to mind.
Joe Lansdale is a good one and, of course, Bill Crider.
ReplyDeleteConnelly doesn't speak to me for some reason.
James Reasoner
ReplyDeleteRachel Howzell Hall's Elouise Norton detective series
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with that one, Nancy.
ReplyDeleteKate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series is always interesting. I like the way he tends to land on his feet--even when it's unintentional.
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Loren Estleman and Bill Pronzini. And, sadly, Ed Gorman.
ReplyDeleteI so agree about Dexter and also O'Connor. Good observation about Dickinson.
ReplyDeleteBill Pronzini, William Kent Krueger, John D. McDonald, Colin Dexter, Raymond Chandler, others, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteWith the caveat that all authors write some things I enjoy more than others, I am never disappointed by Declan Burke, Dennis Lehane, John McFetridge, or Adrian McKinty. There are a few others but those pp to the top of my head.
ReplyDeleteRex Stout Nero Wolfe series would be the one that comes immediately to mind for me.
ReplyDeleteOf others mentioned here, I agree with Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series and Bill Pronzini. For Pronzini I have only read the Nameless series and only up to book 25.
This is always a hard question for me to answer...so many of the authors I used to read religiously have disappointed me...to the point that I wonder if it's me rather than them :) For that reason these days I really don't have that many authors on my 'must read' list that have written loads of books. There are a few that I can still rely on though...Karin Fossum, Sulari Gentill (Australian historical crime), Andrea Camilleri, Sharon (or S.J.) Bolton and Chris Grabenstein (although it appears he's given up writing for adults entirely now which is disappointing)
ReplyDeleteLoved the Brodie series. Wonder if she'll go back to it.
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot of Fossum and enjoyed them. Been meaning to try Bolton. Good list, Dana. All fantastic writers.
Stout, Crider, Gorman, Chandler, Pronzini, Reasoner, Harlan Ellison, Lisa Black, Warren Murphy, and more.
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ReplyDeleteCharlie Stella.
Lee Child.
Anthony Neil Smith.
Victor Gischler.
Olen Steinhauer.
Lemony Snicket.
Don Winslow.
Johnny D. Boggs's westerns.
Steve Hockensmith.
Timothy Hallinan.
Stuart Neville.
How could I forget Olen Steinhauer. I have read almost all of his novels and loved them all.
ReplyDeleteRaymond Chandler
ReplyDeleteRoss MacDonald
Ross Thomas
Robert Charles Wilson
Michael Connelly
Timothy Hallinan
Don Winslow
Jack Vance
Owen Steinhauer
Joe Lansdale
Ian Rankin
Cormac McCarthy
Christopher Priest
Brian Evenson
My husband is a greatvSteinhauet fan.
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