Any suggestions for detective stories ?

Re: RE: Any suggestions for detective stories ?

joe mcclaine said:
Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey stories?

Not really classical whodunnit detective stories (except Five Red Herrings and maybe The Nine Taylors - a work of genius), in that the "who" is mostly obvious, but brilliant novels, by far the best literature of all the Golden Age stories. I'm a huge fan.
 
Maybe not quite what you are looking for, but I'm a big fan of Henning Mankels Wallander series. The televised Montalbano series looked similar to me so they are on my list to try. Not usually into fiction but the Wallander books had me gripped.

EDIT: just picked up a new copy of the first 3 Montalbano books for £5.60 on Amazon from a seller called learnearly books so guess I'm gonna find out!
 
undertherazor said:
I m looking to buy a new book and I out for a good detective nover (in the likes of Sherlock Holmes type of stories, but not a Sherlock one).

Keep an open mind when I recommend a Chinese King Fu like movie. It's got that part to it, but there's much more going on. Mainly a well done detective story called Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.

You can watch the whole flick on youtube if it sounds interesting. Plus, there are a LOT more Detective Dee stories to read. If you do look for more of his cases, take some time to see how they evolved and which ones to start with. I enjoyed the movie a good bit.

Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMLCCws5m8
 
Reginald Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series are quite wonderfully well written with often ingenious plots. Do not judge by the television series, I beg. That said, I quite enjoyed the TV version. My favourite book of his has to be Pictures of Perfection. Also take a look at the same late author's, Joe Sixsmith five book series.

Lee Child's Jack Reacher books have a strong detective element in them and are very fast paced and gripping novels. Although, it does take a while to accept that Reacher is almost as hard as Vinny....

Ian Rankin is excellent too, of course.

Lastly, I will put in a mention for good old Agatha Christie. Formulaic perhaps but very good nonetheless - there's a reason why they've been adapted for television so often. 4:50 from Paddington is an all-time classic.
 
Gairdner said:
Reginald Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series are quite wonderfully well written with often ingenious plots. Do not judge by the television series, I beg. That said, I quite enjoyed the TV version. My favourite book of his has to be Pictures of Perfection. Also take a look at the same late author's, Joe Sixsmith five book series.

Lee Child's Jack Reacher books have a strong detective element in them and are very fast paced and gripping novels. Although, it does take a while to accept that Reacher is almost as hard as Vinny....

Ian Rankin is excellent too, of course.

Lastly, I will put in a mention for good old Agatha Christie. Formulaic perhaps but very good nonetheless - there's a reason why they've been adapted for television so often. 4:50 from Paddington is an all-time classic.

Reacher is at least a foot taller than Vinny!

Fair dues, Vinny would Probably take Reacher out within 7 seconds but when two tigers fight one will be killed and the other will eventually die from its wounds.
 
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Will read this next I think. It gets very good reviews.
 
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