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If I like Inspectors Lynley, Dalgliesh and Wexford

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BestIsWest · 30/06/2013 21:05

What else will I like?

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BestIsWest · 21/07/2013 18:09

I'm reading the first Jimmy Perez book. (Ann Cleeves). Really good so far. Just what I was looking for.

I can highly recommend The Cuckoo's Calling too.

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edam · 21/07/2013 15:52

drat, it's not new, just new in paperback. Have already read it on my kindle!

edam · 21/07/2013 15:45

Elly Griffith's Ruth Galloway stories have been a real find for me and a friend of mine who also likes Wexford. And thank you very much, OP, have just discovered there is a new one!

MrsFrederickWentworth · 21/07/2013 15:40

Old classics

Sherlock Holmes, of courses
Someone else has mentioned Wimsey
Edmund Crispin
Margery Allingham
Josephine Tey

Frances Fyfield
MC Beaton

efeslight · 18/07/2013 21:49

Another vote for Dorothy Simpson, quite traditional style, feels like half way between Agatha Christie/P D James...ish
Went through a long period of reading/re-reading Ngaio Marsh, a New Zealand writer, but seems to aged quite badly, written in the 50s I think

RabbitsarenotHares · 18/07/2013 15:37

I'd forgotten about those! I thought there was another series but couldn't for the life of me think what they were.

I've read most of the Fethering lot as the Book People had the first 10 for £10. II've read a couple of the Paris and Pargeter ones many, many moons ago but not in any sort of order. I'll have to keep an eye ut on BP in case they come up.

arabesque · 18/07/2013 14:22

Oh yes, I read one of those and enjoyed it.

He also writes a series about a racier Miss Marple type called Mrs Pargeter. Some of them are a bit comic bookish but 'Mrs Presumed Dead' and 'A Nice Class of Corpse' are excellent.

RabbitsarenotHares · 18/07/2013 13:36

Not Fethering, but there's a series about an actor-come-detective called Charles Paris. Not read them for years, but I did like them and would love to get hold of them again.

arabesque · 18/07/2013 13:32

Are there two Fethering series?
I've only read the one with Carole and Jude.
What are the other ones called?

MissFenella · 18/07/2013 13:15

Lord Peter Wimsey?
Alex Delaware series by Jonathan Kellerman

RabbitsarenotHares · 18/07/2013 13:12

I was going to suggest Simon Brett. Both the Fethering series and the ones about an actor.

Also Quintin Jardine's Skinner series. Set in Edinburgh. Book 1 Chapter 1 is gory, but don't give up if that's not what you're after as it does calm down very quickly.

arabesque · 18/07/2013 12:45

You might also like Simon Brett's Fethering series about two amateur female detectives in a coastal town. One of them is retired from the Home Office and seems to have had a job similar to PD James.

arabesque · 18/07/2013 12:24

I was also going to recommend Dorothy Simpson's Inspector Thanet. I'm not sure if they're still being printed but would be available on Amazon. They're set in a small country town with an Inspector, his side kick and lots of detail about his family life as well as the crime he's solving. Most of the stories would be set in the 80s and 90s I think and I still re-read them occasionally.

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BestIsWest · 17/07/2013 17:24

I'm reading The Cuckoo's calling by Robert Galbraith (aka JKR). Very enjoyable so far.
I've downloaded samples of lots of the above onto my kindle.
Thanks for all your suggestions.

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SconeRhymesWithGone · 11/07/2013 22:32

I just finished the first Shetland book and am now into the second. I now have another favorite Scottish detective in Jimmy Perez.

New Lynley, Wexford, and Rebus all due out in a few months. Smile

WheresTheHoneyMummy · 10/07/2013 18:15

Try Dorothy Simpson's Inspector Thanet series, they remind me of the Wexford books.

hardbeingme · 10/07/2013 18:13

oh and stuart macbride

(its my favourite section of the library)

hardbeingme · 10/07/2013 18:10

i love mark billingham's tom thorne, (i think i have crush Blush)

i like the jack frost novels, there have been prequels written which are just as good as the originals

Simon kernick is very good as is val mcdermid and mo hayder, susan hill too.

Do you like american detectives? micheal connelly and John connelly (no relation!) are both excellent although John's have a brush of the supernatural still well written suspense.

froggiebabies · 10/07/2013 17:33

I've read several Ben Cooper books by Stephen Booth. Set in the Peak District - nothing life changing about them but an enjoyable read.

efeslight · 10/07/2013 17:28

have never actually used them, but the book people have a great offer on Ann Cleeves at the moment, will try to link

www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?productId=386195&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&categoryId=48122&pageNumber=1

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BestIsWest · 04/07/2013 20:07

I used to love Morse - might have a go at re-reading them since I'll have forgotten all the plots by now.

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biryani · 04/07/2013 08:30

Colin Dexter's Morse.

Ilovemyteddy · 03/07/2013 20:59

Mo Hayder is well gory! But her Jack Caffrey books are brilliant.

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BestIsWest · 03/07/2013 20:57

Thanks. I have read Rebus. I also loved Jackson Brodie,

Is Mo Hayder any gorier than some of Val McDermid? I don't mind a bit of gore.

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cocolepew · 02/07/2013 22:13

Inspector Banks
Rebus
Peter James Roy Grace series.