Do you enjoy reading crime novels?

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Do you enjoy reading crime novels?
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Not really but I see the “thread raters” have been after you…:whistle:
I think this is an excellent Thread.
I once got into reading a series of Janet Evanovitch’s ( Stephanie Plum Novels) “One for The Money”, etc. I lost interest when I decided to concentrate on “Spiritual Reading”…
 
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I once got into reading a series of Janet Evanovitch’s ( Stephanie Plum Novels) “One for The Money”, etc. I lost interest when I decided to concentrate on “Spiritual Reading”…
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Oh, I love the Stephanie Plumb novels. They’re such fun and mindless. 😃 And Morelli…:love: oh, my!
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I too like Ann Rule, she treats victims and investigators so very respectfully and she does not get into the gory details of the murder. In the Diane Downs case remember the prosecutor and his wife, in Salem, Oregon, ended up adopting the 2 children that survived? Long ago, when my oldest was 13 or 14 I was in bed reading a mystery novel and got so scared I had her come in and read the next page aloud to me! LOL
 
I’m reviving this thread to thank the folks who recommended Ann Rule’s books. I read one (Bitter Harvest) and am hooked. I’ve since read *Heart Full of Lies * and am more than half way through The Stranger Beside Me. *Green River Running Red * is next. I plan to read all of them by summer’s end (thank goodness the library is well stocked!).

So, thanks for the suggestion!
'thann
 
Can’t seem to get enough of Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe novels. Farewell, My Lovely being my favorite.

I also like Film Noir from the 1940s-early 1950s, as well as many of the 1970s detective shows, but then that’s another thread.

I usually don’t care for True Crime stuff, but I always watched that real-life autopsy program that HBO ran some years ago.
 
My favorites are Anne Granger (British), Martha Grimes (American) Peter Robinson (Canadian) for crime fiction. MC Beaton (Agatha Raison) and Hazel Holt, both of whom are British, are both good reads but use less intricate plots.
 
The book Ann Rule wrote on the Diane Downs case is called “Small Sacrifices”. Great read, though sad.
The book Joe McGinnis wrote about Dr. Jeffery MacDonald is called “Fatal Vision”. Another great read.
 
OK, now I’m going to have to get some Ann Rule books. Thanks for the recommendation!
 
For those of you who have mentioned liking (or not!) Patricia Cornwell, I have switched over from her to the Kathy Reichs (sp?) books. She is a forensic anthropologist herself, & she writes the same type of books as Cornwell, but I like them much better.

I am also a big fan of Ann Rule. She does a great job of telling true crime stories that are gritty & suspenseful, without being over the top (which seems to happen more with men authors, IMHO, for some weird reason).

Two other mystery suspense authors I like are Faye & Jonathan Kellerman. They are a married couple who both write. Her books are especially interesting, because they feature an Orthodox Jewish husband & wife as the main characters. The husband is a homicide detective. Great books…a lot of detail about their lives as well as the mystery!! (His books do have a gay supporting character, but I have not found ths as blatant an attempt at political correctedness as Cornwell’s).
 
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David_Paul:
I don’t. But my 86 year old mom can’t get enough of them True stories are her favorites. All of which is wonderful as she suffers from the usual infirmaties of age. I drop off some lurid crime books and she’s happy as a clam at high tide for a week. Recently she has gotten into ominious medical books. “The Hot Zone” (Ebola/Marburg), “The Demon in the Freezer” (smallpox) and a book on the flu epidemic of 1919 delighted her.

Somedays I wonder about my mom. I fear cops will knock on my door someday, question me and then ask her for a DNA sample.
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Thanks for the book references. They sound very interesting. I’m off to Amazon.com.
Micki
 
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Genesis315:
I like books on the mafia, both true and fictional.
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Genesis
Have you ever read Anthony Bruno
Bad Guys
Bad Blood
Bad Luck
Bad Business
Bad Moon
Bad Apple
Very good wise guy novels.
jako
 
James Ellroy is my favorite fictional crime writer. Can’t go wrong with the L.A. Quartet.
 
My favorite true book is called “Never Too Late” by now, Judge Bobby DeLaughter. Its about the re-prosecution of Byron de lay Beckwith, the man who finally was convicted for the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers.

Bobby DeLaughter was then the Assistant DA for the State of Mississippi, and the one who recreated the entire case for re-prosecution. It was quite the accomplishment.

The book also outlines how Mr. DeLaughter relied on his faith when things got tough during the investigation.

Most of you may know the story already…another book (not DeLaughter’s) was made into a movie…Ghosts of Mississippi. Of course we know that Hollywood takes a “creative license” with anything these days, but for the most part, where the facts are concerned, the movie was fairly accurate.

If you can get your hands on the book, I recommend it…its a great read.
 
Suggestion for a new thread: write your own crime novel! I’d start it, but I don’t quite have the energy or the imagination. Having some format (such as title and chapters), characters, a limit on each post (word-wise), or the like might help to provide some structure. Just a thought. 🙂
 
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