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Post by jimmalone on May 13, 2018 13:00:59 GMT
Especially in my youth (not that I'm already old, but I like to vary the genres more than in my teenage years) I read a lot of crime novels and I'm still a sucker for that genre.
1. Raymond Chandler
2. Georges Simenon
and Dorothy Sayers
Those three for me are a good step above the rest.
4. Henning Mankell
5. Michael Connelly
6. Maj Sjöwall/Per Wahlöö
7. Arthur Conan Doyle
8. Ian Rankin
9. Jo Nesbo
10. Agatha Christie
Though you could change the order quite a lot.
HM: Dashiell Hammett
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Post by cherry68 on May 13, 2018 13:05:42 GMT
I'm reading some of Donato Carrisi recently.
Among the classics, Mrs Christie.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 13, 2018 15:51:27 GMT
Great mentions, I'd add James Cain who is the precursor in a direct, and no nonsense way of my beloved Thompson and Goodis - especially his early work, although you'd be surprised by some later stuff too.
Cornell Woolrich as well (Rendezvous in Black is a personal fave novel of mine in the genre).
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Post by pacinoyes on May 13, 2018 17:59:24 GMT
You got the big 3 of Cain but I like Serenade which is much more ornate and ridiculous but I like the style. If you ever read any Charles Williams (A Touch of Death) you might like it but it stretches the plot.
I love his last book, The Cocktail Waitress which was written in the 40s but not discovered until years later. It's great trash, in the manner of Thompson and his short stories collections are good too - I think, he stopped writing those after he started writing books, but he was better at that sort of short and quick ride.
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Post by stephen on May 13, 2018 20:17:31 GMT
Not a single mention of James Ellroy in this thread? Y'all need Jesus, or at least, a quick slap in the back of the head with Dudley Smith's blackjack.
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Post by jimmalone on May 14, 2018 7:31:24 GMT
Not a single mention of James Ellroy in this thread? Y'all need Jesus, or at least, a quick slap in the back of the head with Dudley Smith's blackjack. I love L.A. Confidential, one of the best and most complex crime novels ever written. The Black Dahlia is also a great book. But American Tabloid was underwhelming and Because the Night was pretty bad IMO. All in all this was not enough to include him in my Top 10. Maybe this would change if I would read The Big Nowhere and White Jazz. But still I miss morality and justice in his books a bit too much. |
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