Mystery lovers, got recs for me?

[scribblinlenore]

Once upon, I was a very avid reader of mysteries. I loved Patricia Cornwell's early books. I love Minette Walters. I like Nancy Picard's amateur detective Jenny Cain. But at some point, mysteries and I just seem to drift apart, and I have no idea who's writing what in the genre anymore. Recently, though, I read The Thirteenth Tale, which I adored.

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[kensieg]

Donna Andrews. Funny amateur with zany relatives

[scribblinlenore]

This is great! Thanks so much for the list. I'm excited to get started reading.

[chicklet_girl]

The mysteries I read tend toward the 'crime novel' end of the genre and are pretty hardcore, like Dennis Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro series and George Pelecanos, so I don't know if they're your cuppa. But they *are* incredibly written.

I'm probably the only person in the room who gave up on the Plum mysteries. I made it to #12 and got sick of how Stephanie never learns a goddamn thing. I like my heroines to be competent. *g*

[kensieg]

I prefer cozies.

[chicklet_girl]

Ack! I must have hit the wrong REPLY tag on Lenore's journal. Apologies!