Who is you favorite crime novelist?

[Rayne_Man]

If you like Victorian crime series then give the **Anne Perry **books a try. She has two series of books , one involving Inspector Pitt and the other Inspector Monk. Anne is a real-life convicted murderer. Her story formed the basis of the film Heavenly Creatures

[Rayne_Man]

If you like Victorian crime series then give the **Anne Perry **books a try. She has two series of books , one involving Inspector Pitt and the other Inspector Monk. Anne is a real-life convicted murderer. Her story formed the basis of the film Heavenly Creatures

[Rayne_Man]

Sorry about the double post. Not my fault , honest!

[Oy]

I tried her stuff, but for some reason it just didn’t hit me right. Maybe I was just in the wrong mood. Go figure.

[Iyamity]

I discovered Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels a couple months ago, and they’re great.

[Hey_It_s_That_Guy]

@Oy!

Other than that, I like what’s known as the ‘cozy English village mystery.’ Miss Marple (Agatha Christy) is a favorite of mine, as is Miss Silver, written about for over thirty years by Patricia Wentworth. I like little old lady detectives and I like the general format - lovely calm village, highly unpleasant person murdered, our hero(ine) strides (Shuffles) in reminding everyone (in the thirties yet!) of times long gone, and solves everything.

I don’t particularly like the books dealing with seedy and sordid crime. I like that setting for some movies - *Blade Runner * did “Chandler in the 23rd century” (yes, I know it was set in 2019, but we won’t get there that soon) LA with all its seedy decadence and I loved it. But not books.

Now see, you and I are the exact opposite. I can’t stand the little old lady sleuths and snobby Victorian crimesolvers who belong on PBS. I like NOIR, the seedier and more sordid, the better. Hammett and Chandler did it first, and I think Ellroy does it the best of anyone now. Heck, I even like Mickey Spillane! But that just goes to show you why it’s good there are so many different authors out there.