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crime fiction recommendations please!

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TempusFuckit · 14/11/2012 20:00

Hoping someone can help. Every year I buy my dad some crime fiction, it's become a bit of a tradition. So far, I've done Michael Connelly, most of the main Scandi-crime writers, Peter James and last year it was CJ Samson. Any ideas for this year? Before I started supplying him, he was into Ellis Peters, Janet Evanovich, Patricia Cornwell, PD James, Elizabeth George, Ruth Rendell, Sara Paretsky.

What else might he like, do you think?

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cocolepew · 14/11/2012 20:28

Some not mentioned, Robert Crais, Sue Grafton, Chelsea Cain, Nelson deMille, JA Kerley, Alafair Burke, Harlan Coben, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman.

FeckOffWithYourXmasBollocks · 14/11/2012 20:27

I really enjoyed the Shetland Trilogy by Anne Cleeves. There were some good plot twists!

mignonette · 14/11/2012 20:21

Lisa Gardner (but buy them in chronological order as the same characters appear in her different series-she also writes stand alone crime novels such as 'The Perfect Husband']

Chris Carter - forensic crime procedural/quite graphic in detail of the murders

M K Kerley

Alex Kava

Sophie Hannah

Lisa Jackson

Linda Carvello

Karin Slaughter - again buy chronologically starting with 'Blindsighted' and then 'Kisscut'

Tess Gerritsen - again, buy chronologically- 'The Surgeon' is the first book in her crime series featuring Jane Rizzoli the Boston detective

James Lee Burke (chronological featuring a Louisiana detective, Dave Robicheaux)

Attica Locke - brilliant new Deep South based crime novelist.

combinearvester · 14/11/2012 20:15

I have recently enjoyed the first two books of Peter May's 'the lewis trilogy' about some murders in the Hebrides, the first one is called The Blackhouse
and the second The Lewis Man, I think the third one is coming out in the New Year. They are very well written.

The Susan Hill 'Simon Seraillier' series is also nicely written with some interesting themes.

Louise Penny's 'Inspector Gamache' books are brilliant and I am jealous of everyone who hasn't started reading them yet.

Similarly Dennis Lehane's Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro books are fantastic and underrated over here.

TempusFuckit · 14/11/2012 20:13

wow, so many responses so quickly! The only name on that list I know he's already got is Val McDermid, so plenty of options there - thanks all Grin

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candr · 14/11/2012 20:07

Lee Child
Mark Billingham
Karin Slaughter
Caroline carver
Peter Robinson

Spinaroo · 14/11/2012 20:06

Jeffrey Deaver

pearlgirl · 14/11/2012 20:06

Peter Robinson
Reginald Hill

LulaPalooza · 14/11/2012 20:05

Sorry, should have put "London" before "series"

LulaPalooza · 14/11/2012 20:04

Mark Billingham, the DI Tom Thorne books. I love them and am a huge Michael Connelly fan.

The Ben Aaronovitch series is really good if he can be persuaded to get into crime and magic at the same time!

cmt1375 · 14/11/2012 20:04

Ian Rankin, John Harvey, Val McDermid (her early stuff is less dark than the Wire in the Blood series),

redlac · 14/11/2012 20:03

Christopher Brookmyre
Stuart McBride

Off the top of my head

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