Please help me find my next crime/thriller series

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Hi,

Looking for recommendations for a crime/thriller/procedural series. I do much prefer a series to standalone books - the longer the better!

I have read and enjoyed the following:

• Jeffery Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme
• Tess Gerritson - Rizzoli and Isles
• Sue Grafton - Kinsey Millhone
• J D Robb - In Death series
• Kathy Reichs - Temperance Brennan
• Dana Stabenow - Kate Shugak
• Karin Slaughter - Sara Linton

I have recently tried the Scarpetta series following the advertisements of the new series but found them a bit hard going and gave up after about book six (I hated the series on Prime as well but that’s another thread!).

I don’t seem to have a British based series that I like, have tried a few but for some reason seem to prefer American/Canadian settings. No idea why!

any recommendations would be much appreciated as I’m in a bit of a reading slump and could really do with a new exciting series to get stuck into!!

thank you :)

I have a doc listing my favourite authors and their latest/upcoming books to make sure I'm not missing out. These are the authors that I keep up with.

Angela Marsons
Peter James
Mark Billingham
Susan Hill
Marion Todd
Simon Beckett
Cara Hunter
M J Arlidge
Rachel Abbott (Tom Douglas series, Stephanie King series and standalones)
Clare Macintosh (Standalone series and also DC Morgan)
Sarah Pearce

Other authors I enjoy:
PD James
Ruth Rendell
Minette Walters
Belinda Bauer
Mo Hayder

Do you like Scandi noir?
Ragnar Jonasson -Dark Iceland series
Jussi Adler Olson
Quentin Bates -Gunnhildur series
Michael Ridpath- Magnus series
Hakan Nesser -Van Veeteran series
Lila Sigurdardottir

I also second Henning Mankell - Wallander series
Jo Nesbo Harry Hole series
MC Craven -Washington Poe series
Kate Atkinson Jackson Brodie
R Galbraith Cormoran Strike series.
Peter May the Harris trilogy
David Baldacci does series but I think his best ones are standalone
Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum series for a bit more humour in the writing
UK series
LJ Ross -Inspector Ryan series
Danuta Reah -hers are excellent but I think mostly out of print now. She was an English Language lecturer at Sheffield and her books are set in Sheffield and the Peak District

Mick Herron , the Slow Horses series
Phil Rickman has a series based on a female vicar, exorcist.

I enjoy the Cormoran Strike series and Rivers of London.

As mentioned above i can't but recommend Donna Leon Venice Brunetti, fabulous

Patricia Gibney the Lottie Parker series

I’ve just reserved the first one in this Angela Marsons series at the library - purely because I live in the Black Country!

Yes, these are excellent. There is also a Bosch and Ballard spin off.

His other spin-off stories, the Jack McEvoy series, which twist on tech developments are probably my favourites of them all. Michael Connelly is a genius at chronicling our modern world. Sadly, he's winding down with age; he must be nearly 80.

Haven’t seen it mentioned yet, the Robbie Kett series by Alex Smith, available on kindle unlimited

theres 19 of them so far

Yes! I linked to those upthread. Great stories.

Isabella Maldonado co wrote some books with Jeffrey Deaver from your list, and has also written her own

Also reccomends Scott Marian's Ben Hope series. Make sure you get the right one cos he does a vampire series too. I was so sad when he retired Ben Hope.

Yes to MW Craven - brilliant. Love the characters, twisty stories, Cumbrian setting.

Clare Mackintosh - the DC Morgan series set in North Wales.
Val McDermid - Karen Pirie series - cold cases in Scotland.
Jo Callaghan - the Kat & Lock series - DCS Kat Frank returns to work after the death of her husband, and has to work with an AI detective.
Vaseem Khan - Malabar House series - Persis Wadia is the first female police inspector in Bombay in the 1950s.
Ellie Griffiths - the Brighton series rather than Ruth Galloway. Set in a slightly seedy 1950s Brighton.
Jussi Adler-Olsen - Dept Q series set in Denmark.
David Young - the Oberleutnant Karin Müller series set during the cold war in East Berlin in the 70s/80s.

There's so many more to suggest but the ones above are those that I've read and enjoyed over the past couple of years. I also have read the Strike series, although I hate doing so mainly because they are far too long & weigh a ton if you get them in hardback from the library! But as soon as a new one comes out I will read it.

Not read the replies, so apologies if these have already been suggested.

Helen Fields - Detective Series based. Approx 7 books in series so far

Chris Carter - Detective Series based in America, murder squad. Approx 12 books so far.

M.J.Alridge - Detective Series based in Southampton. Approx 15 books so far.

I am/ or have really enjoyed all of the above, and one of the aspects that I like so much about those 3 Series above is very small chapters, so the style of writing is very suspenseful and pacey. They all have characters which are great, and their stories build well throughout the series

Apologies, that Helen Fields one is missing that this is based in Edinburgh

I hadn’t read the most recent 2, I forgot how funny Superintendent Clare is 😂

Tosser

(Wonders if that will be deleted!)

Thanks for the recommendation for the Rachel Lynch Kelly Porter series - just started the first one and enjoying it so far. I can see 12 books so should keep me occupied for a little while !

NicciFrench..Frieda Klein series
Tana French..Dublin Murder series
Susan Hill ..Simon Serralier series
Angela Marsons...Kim Stone
Robert Galbraith..Strike series

I think there is another Nicci French series too with a detective called Maud..I keep meaning to check it out.

Also Ann Cleeves Vera series and her Shetland ones with Jimmy Perez. A billion times better than theTV shows

Chris Carter is my favourite author- his books are incredible!

I agree. Totally involving reads.