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Finished Susan Hill' s Serailler series..what now?

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absolutelynotfabulous · 10/11/2015 08:24

I love Susan Hill, Rendell/Vine, and the Lynley books but I seem to have run out. What next for a lover of psychological/crime fiction? Ideas please?

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mollyonthemove · 12/11/2015 06:47

MJ Arlidge definitely! Nicci French's Frieda series too?

confusedandemployed · 12/11/2015 06:27

The Lewis trio is by Peter May and I thoroughly recommend.

I'd also try:

Elly Griffith's Dr RuthcGalloway series

A book called the Woodcutter by Reginald Hill (who did Dalziel and Pascoe). It's a one-off but completely engrossing. I loved it.

BrendaandEddie · 12/11/2015 06:24

Loved girl in the red coat. Her by Harriet lane

BrendaandEddie · 12/11/2015 06:23

I love them but they're so naff in some ways. Her obvious hero worship of the Doctor. The middle class ness of it. The weird sbusive father thing.

I love reading them and giggling at her cliche

BestIsWest · 12/11/2015 06:10

A new Vera! Thanks waycat. I didn't know.

waycat · 12/11/2015 04:15

Was going to suggest Anne Cleeves, but BestIsWest beat me to it!

She has a new book out now in the Vera series called The Moth Catchers. I love all her Shetland and Vera books.

BestIsWest · 11/11/2015 20:46

I loved the Serraileur books too. Try Anne Cleeves, either the Vera or Shetland series.

Also the Lewis series referred to by Duchess is very good. Author us Peter May.

absolutelynotfabulous · 11/11/2015 10:18

Thanks all. Great suggestions. For now, I've downloaded an Elizabeth George (Lynley) I don't think I've read and eagerly awaiting a hard copy of Dark Corners in my Xmas stocking!

(A bit off-piste, but I couldn't believe that my local Waterstones hadn't heard of Ruth Rendell..wtfShock).

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magimedi · 10/11/2015 11:38

Another fan of the Serallier series here.

I love Donna Leon - Brunetti is the detective, all set in Venice. There are about 20 of them, but the first 12 or so are the best.

DuchessofMalfi · 10/11/2015 09:46

I was bereft after finishing the Serailler series too. Have you tried Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie novels? I read the first one, quite liked it, but haven't read the others yet. Or P D James? Just trying to think back to what was recommended to me when I asked about similar novels a while ago.

There's a trilogy set on the island of Lewis - I've got those on my list. Can't think of the author's name, but The Black House, The Lewis Man and Chessmen I think are the titles. There's another series set on Shetland. I'm hopeless with remembering authors' names, though Blush.

Eeny Meeny by M J Arlidge starts a series set in Southampton, and a female police officer. That was good. I think there's four or five of them now. I've got those on my to read list.

If you like police procedural with a twist of fantasy added, then I'd recommend Ben Aaronovitch's novel Rivers of London and the rest of the series. Great fun, lots of humour. Very readable.

Nicci French is another author (actually a writing team of two under one name) who produce good novels. You might like to give one them a go?

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series is good. Or at least the earlier novels are, the later ones have become rather formulaic and bit tired. But I like them still. She's a bounty hunter, the novels are set in Trenton, New Jersey. Lots of humour as well.