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Would be so pleased if anyone could recommend any good novels.I am running out of books and really don't know which ones to order on the internet.I pefere crime but don't mind anything really if it is a good read.Find it so difficult to choose which book to order when I just see a list..Mind you am so pleased with the modern day technology which allows ordering over the internet..Long gone are the days that the only English that I could read was from the Time mag....
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I enjoy the Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri series of books...detective novels set in Venice and Sicily respectively.
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Hi bunty,
If you have any "English" shops near you .........some run lending service for a few euro/free.
Patricia Cornwell http://www.patriciacornwell.com The Scarpetta Series
Karin Slaughter http://www.karinslaughter.com The Will Trent Series
If you have any "English" shops near you .........some run lending service for a few euro/free.
Patricia Cornwell http://www.patriciacornwell.com The Scarpetta Series
Karin Slaughter http://www.karinslaughter.com The Will Trent Series
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Bunty,
If you like crime novels have a look at Ian Rankin who wrote the Inspector Rebus novels set mainly in Edinburgh. He also writes under the pen name Jack Harvey.
I tend to get a lot of books from charity shops (Cudeca, CHAIN animal charity or €0.50/€1 but I do use Amazon for something I really want to read and can't be bothered waiting for it to turn up somewhere down here.
If you like crime novels have a look at Ian Rankin who wrote the Inspector Rebus novels set mainly in Edinburgh. He also writes under the pen name Jack Harvey.
I tend to get a lot of books from charity shops (Cudeca, CHAIN animal charity or €0.50/€1 but I do use Amazon for something I really want to read and can't be bothered waiting for it to turn up somewhere down here.
Ann
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James Lee Burke, Paolo Coelho, Robin Cook and Frederick Forsyth among a host of others all work for me, John Irving's a waste of time (literally) Stephen Fry's a genius !!
I enjoyed the first two Anthony Bourdain books but the latest one "medium raw" is ****, he's just rehashing what he did with the first two.
I'm now reading (concurrently) "Gidoens spies" Gordon Thomas and "D-Day" the battle for Normandy Anthony Beevor who in my opinion is probably the best literary historian writing today.
If you want something to put you to sleep quickly I suggest you get a copy of The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon
I enjoyed the first two Anthony Bourdain books but the latest one "medium raw" is ****, he's just rehashing what he did with the first two.
I'm now reading (concurrently) "Gidoens spies" Gordon Thomas and "D-Day" the battle for Normandy Anthony Beevor who in my opinion is probably the best literary historian writing today.
If you want something to put you to sleep quickly I suggest you get a copy of The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon
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Try the Javier Falcon novels by Robert Wilson. He's a spanish detective and they are all set in Seville. The first one is The Blind Man of Seville.
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I really enjoyed the Javier Falcon books, too.
Some of my favourite crime/thriller authors are Jeffery Deaver, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman and Peter Robinson.
A friend has just lent me 4 books by Jo Nesbo, a Scandinavian writer and I am enjoying the first one. I didn't get on with the Stieg Larsson trilogy at all, though, in spite of most people raving about them.
Some of my favourite crime/thriller authors are Jeffery Deaver, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman and Peter Robinson.
A friend has just lent me 4 books by Jo Nesbo, a Scandinavian writer and I am enjoying the first one. I didn't get on with the Stieg Larsson trilogy at all, though, in spite of most people raving about them.
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Peter James (Roy Grace series) are enjoyable if you like crime, and Mo Hayder (though a bit scarey )
I didn't like the Larrson trilogy either, even though at one time it seemed as though 50% of passengers on a flight were reading them
Kate Atkinson books are good too.
I didn't like the Larrson trilogy either, even though at one time it seemed as though 50% of passengers on a flight were reading them
Kate Atkinson books are good too.
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Thank you so much for your replies....have plenty of books to look up now.
annfoto,I agree that Ian Rankin is great,have read all his books including one specially dedicated to me,acquired by a daughter who works in Edinburgh!
Free at last,I also didn't like the books by Stieg Larson, but I will try one by Jo Nesbo.
I think I have read most of the books by Robin Cook, Peter Robinson and Karin Slaughter and enjoyed them.
The ones suggested by Javier Falcon also look interesting ..
I live in Granada city so not much choice in second-hand English books.I do read Spanish novels but haven't found any authors that I enjoy.The same goes for American authors so it must be a cultural thing!
Once again thanks so much to all of you who have replied,
bunty
annfoto,I agree that Ian Rankin is great,have read all his books including one specially dedicated to me,acquired by a daughter who works in Edinburgh!
Free at last,I also didn't like the books by Stieg Larson, but I will try one by Jo Nesbo.
I think I have read most of the books by Robin Cook, Peter Robinson and Karin Slaughter and enjoyed them.
The ones suggested by Javier Falcon also look interesting ..
I live in Granada city so not much choice in second-hand English books.I do read Spanish novels but haven't found any authors that I enjoy.The same goes for American authors so it must be a cultural thing!
Once again thanks so much to all of you who have replied,
bunty
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Bunty, I love crime novels also, especially ones using forensics. I reckon by now I could perform a full autopsy
I've watched 'Vera' over the last few Sundays, and loved the setting, in coastal Northumberland, my original neck of the woods. The series is based on novels by Ann Cleeves, so I'm going to try and get some of her books as I'd never heard of her before.
The Javier novels by Robert Wilson are absolutely brilliant, his descriptions of Seville, the food etc make you feel you are there with him, and they have a great twist to them.
Micheal Connelly is quite good but to be honest I prefer U.K. crime writers to American ones.
Especially when there's been a murrrrder
I've watched 'Vera' over the last few Sundays, and loved the setting, in coastal Northumberland, my original neck of the woods. The series is based on novels by Ann Cleeves, so I'm going to try and get some of her books as I'd never heard of her before.
The Javier novels by Robert Wilson are absolutely brilliant, his descriptions of Seville, the food etc make you feel you are there with him, and they have a great twist to them.
Micheal Connelly is quite good but to be honest I prefer U.K. crime writers to American ones.
Especially when there's been a murrrrder
I'm always disappointed when a liar's pants don't actually catch on fire.
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Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley books
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Add in Michael Connelly, John Connolly, Simon Kernick (Lee Child on speed), Dennis Lehane, Jeffery Deaver etc.avellana wrote:I like Henning Mankell, Robert Goddard, Jesse Kellerman, Minette Walters and Susan Hill, to name but a few.
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