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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[epeters]

I like P. Cornwell too.
If you like her medical mystery stuff you might enjoy Tess Gerritsen's novels. I haven't read any of her most recent ones but the earlier stuff was good.

http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Tess+Gerritsen

[scribblinlenore]

Thanks so much for the rec! I do really enjoy a good medical mystery.

[scribblinlenore]

Those sound great! Thanks so much for the recs. I really appreciate it!

[luvmax1]

I LOVED The Thirteenth Tale. Not only was it a great mystery in and of itself, it was a book about BOOKS, and the people who love them. I recommend Ruth Rendell, aka Barbara Vine, the British mystery author. I recently read her BV novel The Blood Doctor, which was just wonderful. She has a whole series, the Inspector Wexford novels, which I actually don't read- I prefer her standalones.

[scribblinlenore]

Thanks so much for the rec! I'm going to get a copy of The Blood Doctor. It sounds great!

[luvmax1]

You're welcome. The only thing I love talking about more than Tom Welling is books! I have a whole list of Rendell/Vine books I loved. One of them, A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES made Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 books of the lsat 25 years list, and it really is that good. Incredibly creepy.

[beeej]

I love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. They're a bit lighter, though, as in LOL funny. Stephanie is adorable, and the two men in her life remind me oh so much of John Sheppard and Ronon. *g* One For The Money is the first one.

[scribblinlenore]

Okay, so you totally had me at John and Ronon. *g* I'm definitely going to read these books!

Thanks so much for the recs...

[dolimir_k]

Well, I do have a rec, but he does male characters as opposed to female, but he rocks.

Harlan Coben writes great characters. He has a series about a sports agent (versus a detective) and he has several stand alone books. I highly recommend Tell No One

As far as females go, I love Janet Evanovitch's series. It's a great laugh!

[scribblinlenore]

I love amateur detectives, and I'm a big sports fan, so this sounds perfect for me. Thanks so much for the rec, doll!