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Old 03-05-15, 10:26 AM  
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Demeris - Some suggestions:

I am Pilgrim (Terry Hayes). This was probably my favorite book of 2014 and I can't wait for his new one to come out this year.

C.S. Harris' Sebastien St.Cyr series. Well-written historical mystery.

Daniel Silva' Gabriel Allon series. I have read the first three so far and enjoy them thoroughly. I like how the art world (restoration) is featured in his stories.


Like BunnyHop I enjoy Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series BUT there is so much luscious food featured in her books that I end up craving something decadent
Thank you for your recommendations. I wanted to tell you that I, too, am a Silva/Allon fan. I love the interweaving of art restoration with espionage.
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Old 03-05-15, 12:41 PM  
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Started Jane Heller's "Name Dropping" yesterday. I've read 2 or 3 books of her before and enjoyed them.
I caved and also ordered 3 of Juliet Blackwell's newest Witchcraft series that I didn't have yet as well as Heather Blake's latest 'The Goodbye Witch'. Technically I'd told myself to not order anything as I have so many other books in my shelf.. but I just couldn't resist!..
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Old 03-05-15, 03:20 PM  
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Fran--Another Irene Nemirovsky fan here!

Anna, thank you for the info about the Sister Frevisse mysteries. I wouldn't go quite so far as my DF who maintains that nothing of significance has happened since the Middle Ages, but I've always loved that era, and I'm looking forward to making the acquaintance of Sister Frevisse.

Demeris, if you like historical mysteries, you might enjoy Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee series, set in--well, I don't recall which ancient Chinese dynasty. I've sampled some of the current crop of writers who favor Asian locales, but so far none has quite measured up to van Gulik (who I believe wrote in the 30s-60s).

Every year I have a Big Read--a whale of a reading project. This year it's Simone de Beauvoir's 4-volume autobiography. I'm still on volume one, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter--there's no speed-reading Simone de Beauvoir! I'm also reading Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery) for my book group, plus The Tao of Zen (Paul Grigg), plus Lonely Machines (a slim book of verse by San Francisco poet Julia Vinograd).
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Old 03-06-15, 11:53 PM  
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I finished The Monogram Murders and then I read The Hero Pose by Glen Ebisch.
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Old 03-07-15, 08:16 AM  
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Deborah Crombie writes good mysteries that aren't too dark. Julia Spencer-Fleming's books are also good. You should read either of these author's books in the order they were written.

IF you like cozy mysteries, check out this site: http://www.cozy-mystery.com/.

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Old 03-07-15, 08:41 AM  
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Deborah Crombie writes good mysteries that aren't too dark. Julia Spencer-Fleming's books are also good. You should read either of these author's books in the order they were written.

IF you like cozy mysteries, check out this site: http://www.cozy-mystery.com/.

Carol
What a great site!! Molto Grazie!

This ought to help me from accidently stumbling into a John Sandford/JD Robb nest (too dark, and with JD Robb, too much graphic, detailed, and lengthy sex scenes--gosh, the first time I read her, I thought I'd accidently picked up porn*).

I've made a list of all the author's everyone has recommended. I'm headed to the library this afternoon. It will be like visiting a See's Candy store!.

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Old 03-07-15, 08:53 AM  
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I have been reading Penny Vincenzi's Wicked Pleasures - it is one of those family saga/drama stories that she does so well.

I might read some historical fiction next!

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Old 03-07-15, 11:51 AM  
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I have been reading Penny Vincenzi's Wicked Pleasures - it is one of those family saga/drama stories that she does so well.
I really love Penny's books! She's a favorite.

I just finished 'First Frost' by Sarah Addison Allen. It's the new sequel to 'Garden Spells'. I did enjoy it! It's a nice adult fairy tale. I read in the acknowledgements that she is in remission from cancer. It makes me appreciate her positive story line all the more.
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Old 03-07-15, 04:03 PM  
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Think I'll focus on international and historical mysteries this year. My latest is both international and historical, Annamaria Alfieri's "Blood Tango", set in Peronist Argentina during the days of Juan Peron's imprisonment and subsequent coup. (Evita has fascinated me since I was 14 and my English teacher told us about the preserved Evita's glass coffin. So ghoulishly irresistible to a teen!)
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Old 03-07-15, 06:18 PM  
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Good morning readers. I hope you are all well. I come to this thread with a request, and I'm throwing myself at your mercy and your expertise. I'm looking for good mysteries.

I love a good, well written mystery or a detective story--it can be police procedural, amateur sleuth cozy, or historical (my favorite historical mystery was The Name of the Rose).

Demeris- Have you tried any of the Scandinavian authors? There is Stieg Larsson, of course (The Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo) but there are many great Detective novels.

Henning Mankill- Kurt Wallander Mysteries.
Jo Nesbo-Inspector Harry Hole series. (The Snowman was the best)
Jussi Adler-Olsen- Department Q novels.
Helene Tursten-Detective Inspector Irene Huss series.
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