tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8396328419744031007..comments2024-03-29T01:43:05.524-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Your favorite P.I or Police Detective Bookspattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50634404370579104252012-09-18T20:33:00.203-04:002012-09-18T20:33:00.203-04:00Weren't they great. A terrific writer indeed.Weren't they great. A terrific writer indeed. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39005459864519495752012-09-18T20:22:19.494-04:002012-09-18T20:22:19.494-04:00michael dibdin's aurelio zen novelsmichael dibdin's aurelio zen novelsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27901157958315958962012-09-17T17:50:20.907-04:002012-09-17T17:50:20.907-04:00I have no hope of ever getting through these. I ha...I have no hope of ever getting through these. I have meant to try the Cotterill especially. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56910255549017617392012-09-17T17:46:17.758-04:002012-09-17T17:46:17.758-04:00I really got a kick out of the Tarquin Hall books ...I really got a kick out of the Tarquin Hall books too. Very amusing. And Colin Cotterill's wonderful Dr. Siri Paiboun series, set in 1970's Laos, are surely among the best new series of the last decade.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85556877847044520622012-09-17T11:05:36.220-04:002012-09-17T11:05:36.220-04:00I'm a HUGE fan of Dennis Lehane's Kenzie b...I'm a HUGE fan of Dennis Lehane's Kenzie books, but everybody knows that :) I'm looking to get into Nero Wolfe, also :)Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483490020980574428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81337869050445806622012-09-17T09:19:03.743-04:002012-09-17T09:19:03.743-04:00Jerry mentioned the Carl Wilcox books by Harold Ad...Jerry mentioned the Carl Wilcox books by Harold Adams. That was a terrific series with a very unusual setting--Depression South Dakota. Adams was born in 1923, and I believe he was writing from his own experience.Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41227962186873364932012-09-17T05:35:38.131-04:002012-09-17T05:35:38.131-04:00Have you read the Nero Wolfe books? Everyone shoul...Have you read the Nero Wolfe books? Everyone should. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81641777633405303392012-09-16T23:04:18.496-04:002012-09-16T23:04:18.496-04:00For a different flavour altogether, try the Indian...For a different flavour altogether, try the Indian detective Vish Puri. Stationed in Delhi and written by Tarquin Hall, Puri is (as my fellow-blogger Rishi calls him) a Punjabi Poirot.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84213683618447509522012-09-16T19:58:38.706-04:002012-09-16T19:58:38.706-04:00My library has the first among others so I will gi...My library has the first among others so I will give it a go. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21098839053503468602012-09-16T19:22:13.717-04:002012-09-16T19:22:13.717-04:00Yes, the late Barbara Seranella's series was f...Yes, the late Barbara Seranella's series was fantastic. And she wrote from her own experience. <br /><br />Havill's books are set in a mostly rural county of New Mexico right at the Mexican border. Harrod-Eagles writes about British cops. Another small town "detective" is Oakalla, Wisconsin newspaperman Garth Ryland in a series by John R. Riggs. <br /><br />I also like the first two series recommended by Kent Morgan, those by Donald Harstad (who was a cop for many years) and K. J. Erickson. More in the Twin Cities area: mother-daughter P. J. Tracy's series starting with MONKEEWRENCH and Elizabeth Gunn's Jake Hines series. And in nearby Wisconsin is Mary Logue's Claire Watkins series.<br /><br />The last few Harrod-Eagles Bill Slider books are hard to come by here so I've had them sent from England.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13223555297110194772012-09-16T17:53:25.107-04:002012-09-16T17:53:25.107-04:00Love the Constantine series. Look for the other. Love the Constantine series. Look for the other. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31158359945447204952012-09-16T17:53:04.014-04:002012-09-16T17:53:04.014-04:00My library must think I am insane. Eight books put...My library must think I am insane. Eight books put on reserve today. Thanks!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67559259428708605822012-09-16T17:52:39.985-04:002012-09-16T17:52:39.985-04:00The Carl Wilcox books by Harold Adams and the Mari...The Carl Wilcox books by Harold Adams and the Mario Balzic books by K. C. Constantine.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25276862670153848322012-09-16T17:50:17.649-04:002012-09-16T17:50:17.649-04:00Just going to put in another plug for Barbara Sera...Just going to put in another plug for Barbara Seranella, especially that first one, No Human Involved. Another author who died too young. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13783900907949171792012-09-16T17:23:57.733-04:002012-09-16T17:23:57.733-04:00have a couple of the Emerson's sitting in the ...have a couple of the Emerson's sitting in the fireplace, the only room left in this house. <br />So many books, so little time. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83598249012180942422012-09-16T17:22:20.288-04:002012-09-16T17:22:20.288-04:00I've noted a strong preference in myself for P...I've noted a strong preference in myself for PI and police detective novels also. Beside Crais, I love Earl Emerson's two series, Thomas Black, a PI, and Mac Fontana, a fire chief. Both are excellent but the Fontana went out of print and is now only available in ebook format. And I just read Jussi Adler-Olsen's first book, The Keeper of Lost Causes, about a police detective, and it is STELLAR. I have his second lined up and ready to go. All of these writers have something in common: their protagonists have a sense of humor. Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39859663793207670252012-09-16T16:17:56.598-04:002012-09-16T16:17:56.598-04:00Two who write softboiled, endearingly inept PI'...Two who write softboiled, endearingly inept PI's who muddle through in the end: Howard Engel (Benny Cooperman is his detective) and Parnell Hall (Stanley Hastings).Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4469096204065307062012-09-16T16:08:35.964-04:002012-09-16T16:08:35.964-04:00I don't think I have read that one, Ed. Will l...I don't think I have read that one, Ed. Will look for it. Ed-so glad to hear from you!!<br />Luckily my library seems to have the Harrod-Eagles series. And I think the first one. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74536784825860338642012-09-16T15:57:10.700-04:002012-09-16T15:57:10.700-04:00I'll always like He Who Hesitates by Ed McBain...I'll always like He Who Hesitates by Ed McBain because he took he stood the idea of a police series on its head--his cops barely appear. The story unfolds through the eyes of the killer--and what a killer. Kin to Norman Bates.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27634692862220756502012-09-16T15:26:08.166-04:002012-09-16T15:26:08.166-04:00I second Jeff's recommendation of Cynthia Harr...I second Jeff's recommendation of Cynthia Harrod Eagles--look for the police procedurals featuring DI Bill<br />Slider and his team in the Shepherd's Bush (London) police department. They are best read from the beginning because the characters go through many changes in their personal lives. Eagles is a prolific writer who had written, among other things, a 30-plus volume series of books featuring one family through centuries of British history.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46009495948125724422012-09-16T14:58:55.523-04:002012-09-16T14:58:55.523-04:00So true, George. Although I think there are some b...So true, George. Although I think there are some by Thomas I have never read. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24923634627114309462012-09-16T14:21:54.944-04:002012-09-16T14:21:54.944-04:00You can't go wrong with Ross Macdonald. Or Ro...You can't go wrong with Ross Macdonald. Or Ross Thomas.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81967725651088985032012-09-16T13:42:24.184-04:002012-09-16T13:42:24.184-04:00Wow. I have me some reading to do.
I have read Am...Wow. I have me some reading to do. <br />I have read Amos Walker, I have a book of Amos Walker's Detroit in fact. I need to try some of these others I have missed though. My son is a big Sandford fan as was my mom. <br />I have a Declan Hughes book right on my shelf and will read that on the plane. Thanks for the reminder about Kantner. I think I have read almost every McBain. Been meaning to read Blunt too. <br />pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71953114786407984912012-09-16T13:31:07.688-04:002012-09-16T13:31:07.688-04:00I felt that Donald Harstad's series set in Iow...I felt that Donald Harstad's series set in Iowa was the best of the police procedurals in the past decade or so. I can also recommend KJ Erickson's books featuring Minneapolis detective Mars Bahr (don't be scared away by the name) and you can't go wrong with John Sandford's newest series featuring Virgil Flowers. If you want to go north to Canada, try Giles Blunt whose cop John Cardinal works in northern Ontario. While the books may be hard to find, Robert Sims Reid wrote some wonderful cop paperback originals set in Montana. And I agree with the other Kent in regard to Jon Jackson and Rob KantnerKent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84008623520393627652012-09-16T12:56:49.140-04:002012-09-16T12:56:49.140-04:00Ed McBain, Declan Hughes, Dennis Lehane, Robert Cr...Ed McBain, Declan Hughes, Dennis Lehane, Robert Crais, Sean Chercover;s Ray Dudgeon books (especially TRIGGER CITY), James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux stories (especially those 5+ years old), lpus those too obvious to mention, just so they don't slip through the cracks (Chandler, Hammett, Simenon).Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com