Anyone read Marcia Muller?
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looking for another writer, any recommendation?
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K Barrett
> I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
> looking for another writer, any recommendation?
>
> Thanks and cheers
> katme...@gmail.com
Sharon McCone, Kinsey Millhone (Sue Grafton) and VI Warshawsky (Sara
Paretsky) all started at approximately the same time, a time when PI
novels were dominated by male protagonists. These female PIs proved
they were just as tough yet still different from their counterparts, so
if you are interested in these sorts of PIs at this stage of development
then try the Alphabet series by Sue Grafton ('A is for Alibi' etc) and
Paretsky's series starts with 'Indemnity Only'.
I don't read many female PIs, come to think of it I don't read many PI
books at all anymore... weird. But if you want more current female cops
try Robert Ellis ('City of Fire' and 'The Lost Witness') set in Los
Angeles. Or David Lawrence's Stella Mooney series (1st is 'The Dead Sit
Around in a Ring'. Be careful there''s a UK title and a US title for
these books). Ah! I just remembered a female PI. Denise Mina's Paddy
Meehan series set in Scotland, I think Edinburgh or Glasgow of the
1970s. The first is 'Field of Blood'.
Of course there's lighter fare. I haven't read the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear but it highly touted.
K barrett
Nancy2
> I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
> looking for another writer, any recommendation?
>
> Thanks and cheers
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I haven't read any lately, but J. A. Jance wrote/writes a series about
a lady sheriff or other type of law officer out west, and Diane Mott
Davidson writes about a female caterer married to a law officer
(Colorado), and the caterer always ends up in some kind of murder
mystery. There are a bunch of recipes in her novels. I kind of
outgrew both of them.
I still read Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon series - she's a park ranger)
and Dana Stabenow (Alaska's Kate Shugak, Alaska's Liam somebody).
Kate is a P.I. with a trooper on/off boyfriend, and Liam is some kind
of law officer. And there's always Janet Evanovich with her bounty
hunter, Stephanie Plum, although that series is showing its age. It's
very light reading.
N.
Annie C
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On Nov 13, 12:44 am, Katmeowmix (meowm...@meowmix.com) wrote:
> I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
> looking for another writer, any recommendation?
>
> Thanks and cheers
> katmeow...@gmail.com
>
Her newest, "Locked In," certainly sounds good and I plan to pick it up
soon. And in a couple of ways.. it sounds a bit familiar. (UK's Mark
Billingham had a debut novel, "Sleepyhead" --featuring a victim with
'locked-in syndrome' -- it was a stunner. Highly recommended, as is his
entire Tom Thorne series.Incidentally, I recall that the pilot episode of
CSI NY, um, 'borrowed' freely from Mark's concept.. 'nuff said).
Other authors you might enjoy that are favorites include... Denise Mina's
Paddy Meehan series (set in Glasgow, features young female reporter) -
titles are listed here http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/denise-mina/ .
Brit Zoe Sharp has a more action-oriented female PI named Charlie Fox
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/zoe-sharp/ All 7 books are great fun
and some are set in the US.
Currently I'm reading the latest from Libby Fischer Hellmann, a
Chicago-based author, that's really riveting. It also has one of the best
opening chapters I've ever come across. You'll instantly hooked. The title
is "Doubleback" and features her two protags (videographer Ellie Foreman and
Georgia Davis, ex-cop, now PI) coming together to solve a child kidnapping,
possible bank fraud and a couple of murders along the way. I think it is her
best yet.. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/libby-fischer-hellmann/
Interesting too because one character's written in third person, Georgia,
while Ellie is in 1st. This really works.
Enjoy...
Annie
Rose
I like her better than Sue Grafton. Don't know why she has never made
it as big as Ms Grafton or Ms Muller.
Rose
On Nov 13, 12:44 am, Katmeowmix (meowm...@meowmix.com) wrote:
> I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
> looking for another writer, any recommendation?
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
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barbara fister
> meow...@meowmix.com wrote:
>> I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
>> looking for another writer, any recommendation?
>>
>> Thanks and cheers
>> katme...@gmail.com
Marcia Muller blurbed my book, In the Wind, does that count?
You might also like books by her husband, Bill Pronzini - his Nameless
Detective series has been a solid series for quite a while.
Barfly
Annie C
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Linda Barnes.
I like her better than Sue Grafton. Don't know why she has never made
it as big as Ms Grafton or Ms Muller.
Rose
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You are so right about this author and I'm so glad you mentioned it..
Linda Barnes' Carlotta Carlyle series is terrific.
Annie
Mark Alan Miller
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>I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
> looking for another writer, any recommendation?
Linda Barnes's Carlotta Carlyle books might appeal. Very much in the same
mold as the other strong female PIs mentioned in other posts.
Mark Alan Miller
ell...@webtv.net
<<(UK's Mark Billingham had a debut novel, "Sleepyhead" --featuring a
victim with 'locked-in syndrome' -- it was a stunner. Highly
recommended, <snip>
OMG,, NO! It was awful. Horrifying. Devastating.. I was very angry
at him when I couldn't get it out of my hard for days. And kept getting
flashbacks weeks later. In fact I'm shivering even as I type.
Mark if you're here and are speaking to me, did you ever read 'Johnny
Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo?
Ellen
Annie C
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> Annie C wrote:
>
> <<(UK's Mark Billingham had a debut novel, "Sleepyhead" --featuring a
> victim with 'locked-in syndrome' -- it was a stunner. Highly
> recommended, <snip>
>
> OMG,, NO! It was awful. Horrifying. Devastating.. I was very angry
> at him when I couldn't get it out of my hard for days. And kept getting
> flashbacks weeks later. In fact I'm shivering even as I type.
Must take a stand on the opposite side, ( as much as I love you, Ellen ;-).
I'd never discourage anyone from reading that book and thought it was an
absolutely amazing first novel. And it is unforgettable. However, no
nightmares or flashbacks haunted me, but great sadness, yes, thinking how
awful it would be to have to survive with "locked in syndrome."....
Annie
family
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Now that takes US back a bit.
We have both read the book and seen the movie that it was based on.