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Crime series

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DangerousMouse · 17/07/2024 17:11

I'm totally overwhelmed with the amount of crime writers and I have no idea who to read! I've read the Roy Grace series so looking for something similar... easy reading for holiday, but a good long series I can get my teeth into, what have you read and loved please?

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Sheelanogig · 17/07/2024 23:38

Try;
Jo Spain
Cara Hunter.
Also Damien Boyd.
And Susan Hill does a crime series.

SleepingisanArt · 17/07/2024 23:31

JM Dalgleish - he has 3 series 'Hidden Norfolk ' (love these and am 'patiently' waiting for the next one), 'Hidden Yorkshire' (didn't like the first one so didn't finish the series) and 'The Misty Isle series' (just finished the latest one). Of the 2 series I love (set in an area of Norfolk I know and on Skye where I've been several times) I think the main thing is that the characters are all individuals and you care about what happens in their lives away from work. I didn't like the main character in the Yorkshire series and is probably why I gave up. Great reading for your holiday!

Mothership4two · 17/07/2024 23:12

I have really enjoyed several Elly Griffiths’ Dr Ruth Galloway books too. Also enjoyed Andrew Mayne's Naturalist series and Natasha Orme's Jason Hunter thrillers (only two in the series so far).

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DangerousMouse · 17/07/2024 22:15

Thank you, I'll have a look into all these, you've reminded me about the JK Rowling series, I've been meaning to look into that

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RubyDarke · 17/07/2024 20:21

Elly Griffiths’ Dr Ruth Galloway series set in Norfolk - mix of archaeology and police procedural

Or for something a little more out there - mix of police procedural and suggested supernatural elements - the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman set in Herefordshire with an amazing sense of place and the unsettling liminality of the Welsh Marches.

ElaineMBenes · 17/07/2024 18:13

MW Craven's Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw series.
All of them are amazing.

Kneenightmare · 17/07/2024 18:05

I love Ann Cleeves - Vera or Shetland. My favourite is the Cormoran Strike series by JKR/ Robert Galbraith.

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