Mystery Recommendations, Please!
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- Maud Fitch
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Re: Mystery Recommendations, Please!
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‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the mannequin factory things were not quite what they seemed—especially not for the body of the woman splayed out in the dark warehouse. Nothing like a nice little murder to stir things up right before the holidays in this quaint New England town where absolutely nothing ever happens.
When Alex Harris, owner of the Always Prepared staffing agency, stumbles over the body of Mrs. Scott, nothing will ever be the same. Along with her sister and partner, Samantha Daniels, and their assistant, Millie Chapman, the Winston Churchill-quoting, M&M popping Alex probes and plods through clue after clue trying to unravel secrets before the murderer strikes again and really ruins Christmas.
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I see no one has mentioned Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammet -- maybe because they're considered hard-boiled. Yes, there's blood but honestly not all much more than what you see on prime time TV these days. I love the tone of these authors.
Ruth Rendell is a great one, too. Some of her books used to scare me to death -- all innocent subjects, no blood, but terrifying. I think the one about crosswords was the one that scared me to the most.
Unless I overlooked it, Diane Mott Davidson does some great stuff, too. Her main character is a cook, then a caterer -- and someone is always getting killed in the little bitty town she lives in.
And Donald Westlake! Several of his books were turned into movies, plus many of his books are funny. He died a few years ago, unfortunately.
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Dashiell Hammett's "Thin Man" novels are quite amusing period pieces (from the 1930s, I think). Great films came of them, too.
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes is a mid-20th-century "forgotten" classic.
Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookstore is a real gem. One of the most charming books I've ever read, mystery or otherwise.
There are the novels of Walter Mosley, such as Devil in a Blue Dress, which was made into a feature film with Denzel Washington.
I've only read one Ellery Queen novel. It was Calamity Town. It was quite enjoyable, and it happened also to be an unusual one in that it featured the sleuth on vacation in the country. Usually he's in the city and working with his father, Inspector Queen.
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Oh, and Josephine Tey! Her book Daughter of Time is more about investigating a mystery in history (was Richard III a murderer?) rather than a murder mystery per se, but it's surprisingly tautly plotted and fascinating.
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I am currently reading the J.D. Robb series In Death. So far I am 15 books in and they are absolutely amazing! So good!
Great writing, the scenes are not gruesome, they are described but not in detail. The two main characters, plus supporting are so addicting. You will fall in love. There are a great deal of these books and she is still writing!
I hope you pick them up, enjoy!
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Try Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache/Three Pines series, which are just wonderful. Likewise Julia Spencer-Fleming's series set in upstate NY. Both feature well-developed characters who are people, not just stereotypes (neither series has a divorced, near-alcoholic cop, for instance).
I also like British police procedurals, so try Deborah Crombie or Stephen Booth (for starters!).
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