Do you read series? Do you ever get bored of them?

another one for Rizzoli and Isles though i haven't enjoyed the more recent ones as much as the earlier ones

i'm currently working my way through the Tom Thorne books by Mark Billingham and really enjoying them

I love the early tess gerritsen rizzoli and isles stuff, although the writing is pretty shocking.

I love the Karin slaughter books I know the violence is quite shocking but I love Lena and the romance between Jeffrey and Sara. I also think she writes quite well.

I've got all the Karen rose books too they're pure shite but I can't help but get sucked in every time. They're an easy read I guess.

Have you tried Harlan coben? The myron bolitar series is quite entertaining.

If you're into young adult stuff please try the Tomorrow series by John Marsden. It's the best set of books I have ever read and I revisit them every year.

Have you read the "...In Death" books with Lt Eve Dallas?

I read the first four in a frenzy then stopped but there's loads.

Rizzoli and Isles series?

I agree re Patricia Cornwell, read a couple but gave up.

Loved Rebus, Shardlake, and Peter May Lewis trilogy.

Am intrigued by the Denise mina trilogy as have read and enjoyed a few of hers.

Yes and yes. Although my particular bent is fantasy (which can be terrible for endless series, I now actively avoid authors who are past book three unless they are very well reviewed)

Ooh mumslife I'm half way through the first book of the Cazalet chronicles and am really enjoying it.

As others have said Alexander McCall smith ladies detective agency series are really good.

The Sue Grafton, Kinsey Millhone 'alphabet' books are very good too, though a bit thriller like. Which you said you aren't after. But are well worth a read IMHO.

All the series I read tend to be Scottish crime writers. Got hooked on Rebus, love the Rhona McLeod series by Linn Anderson and the Cal Innes books by Ray Banks.

i never get tired of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Miss Marple series, I can re read those again and again.

Likewise P.G. wodehouse's Jeeves series.

janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series makes me laugh, though I didn't care much for the last three, I think she is running out of steam.

alexander McCall Smith's No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series is very enjoyable.

terry Pratchett's Discworld series has provided much enjoyment over the years, though some of the recent ones have been short on humour.

The Mrs Pollifax series by Dorothy Gillman is another one I enjoy.

I've got about four Karin Slaughter books upstairs, never could get into any of them despite trying numerous times.

It's the blurb, they drag me in every time and every time I give her another chance. The plots sound excellent but I just don't find her writing lives up to them. I know a lot of people who love her though.

Yep, Patricia Cornwell. The books just became homages to how wonderful Kay Scarpetta is.

I do love Val McDermid, her mind is so impressively dark but a running theme I couldn't help but notice and then notice again and again was pretty much all male characters have serious flaws (while of course Carol Jordan is seriously wonderful in all she does) Tony Hill gets off lightly but then he's impotent. I just always sense an undercurrent of total lack of respect for men in general. Cornwell does the same to a lesser degree.

Sisyphus are you talking about the ones where Benton is fake dead? I agree. Cornwell should have quit whilst she was ahead. Including the lamentable Hornets Nest.

Another vote for Patricia Cornwell. The first half dozen or so were brilliantly dark, the next lot were so-so and the remainder were an incentive to stop reading her.

Also another vote for Harry Potter. Got some way in to Order of the Phoenix and got bored. This may have coincided with the movies being produced. As Michael Flanders put it, "I haven't actually read it - I'm waiting for the play to come out." (Well, that was more than 50 years ago.)

The one I would add is David Eddings' fantasy series the Belgariad and the Malloreon, each five books. The first series was great - I reread them 'til the books fell apart and then carried on reading them. The first two books of the second series were also really good, but after that you could see from the writing that even Eddings was bored with them. I can just imagine him screaming "just let me finish them and be done with them!"

Loved Jack Reacher, and contrary to popular opinion I thoroughly enjoyed the film.

The Lytton saga by P Vicenzi.

Patricia Cornwell.

Kay Slaughter A is for...

Have you read the Archie and Gretchen books? Fantastic crime books I started to read the first and ended up reading them all usually reading a book a day they are that good.

The one's I recommended are all British crime thillers - so perhaps not your cup of tea. Have you tried the old classic American stuff like Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe books?

Yeah i loved the sookie stackhouse novels but havn't bought the last two. Just not bothered any more. Everyone everywhere is harping on about game of thrones though so may give that a go. I recimmend the inspector morse novels. Morse's character is brilliantly written. Really enjoyed them.