Okay. I've got another one. I need good thrillers/detectives/mystery/romance.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 21/11/2010 06:16:33 PM
My mother likes to read when she has time, but almost exclusively within those genres, and she sometimes finds it difficult to find good books/authors that are available in the library and that she hasn't read yet.
She likes but has already read most of the books by classic detective authors like Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie and the like. She's also read and enjoyed pretty much everything by Mary Higgins Clark, and currently she's reading everything by German author Charlotte Link.
So I'm looking for recommendations of good detectives or psychological thrillers, not too gruesome (i.e. no Karin Slaughter and all), not too gloomy (which rules out most of the Swedes ), and if possible with some romance thrown in. I tried suggesting Nicci French (not that I've ever read those, so I might be mistaken about what they're like), but she didn't seem too enthusiastic about those. I would've suggested Millennium, which for the most part would've been a good fit I think, but I'm a bit hesitant about a few of the more gruesome aspects, in the first book particularly.
And if anyone knows good contemporary romance, family chronicles, and the like, not Harlequin-like but not too literary either (i.e. no Byatt), that'd be good too.
She likes but has already read most of the books by classic detective authors like Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie and the like. She's also read and enjoyed pretty much everything by Mary Higgins Clark, and currently she's reading everything by German author Charlotte Link.
So I'm looking for recommendations of good detectives or psychological thrillers, not too gruesome (i.e. no Karin Slaughter and all), not too gloomy (which rules out most of the Swedes ), and if possible with some romance thrown in. I tried suggesting Nicci French (not that I've ever read those, so I might be mistaken about what they're like), but she didn't seem too enthusiastic about those. I would've suggested Millennium, which for the most part would've been a good fit I think, but I'm a bit hesitant about a few of the more gruesome aspects, in the first book particularly.
And if anyone knows good contemporary romance, family chronicles, and the like, not Harlequin-like but not too literary either (i.e. no Byatt), that'd be good too.
This message last edited by Legolas on 21/11/2010 at 06:16:52 PM
2nd Annual Holiday Bookshelf: What books should you ask for, buy for others, read? Ask away!
18/11/2010 08:09:48 PM
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I have a few requests:
19/11/2010 06:37:32 PM
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I second your first request. I need to read some good history. I've not read any this year.
19/11/2010 07:12:04 PM
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Okay. I've got another one. I need good thrillers/detectives/mystery/romance.
21/11/2010 06:16:33 PM
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A couple of suggstions:
21/11/2010 06:26:49 PM
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Ahern was fairly lambasted as far as I am aware
22/11/2010 12:54:43 AM
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Was that by readers of that particular genre, or more by "serious" critics?
22/11/2010 07:34:24 AM
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Not all of those are available in the library/bookstores here, but some are. Thanks! *NM*
25/11/2010 03:42:24 PM
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Detectives suitable for any Mother
25/11/2010 11:53:27 AM
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Donna Leon is very good
25/11/2010 03:39:25 PM
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Now that you mention it, she's read Donna Leon. I'll look into the others, though, thanks. *NM*
25/11/2010 03:41:47 PM
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Since there is a lack of recommendation requests... I am going to unannounce.
03/12/2010 12:25:57 AM
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I need book recommendations for a 12-year-old girl. Not fantasy. At all.
08/12/2010 11:31:21 PM
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Re: I need book recommendations for a 12-year-old girl. Not fantasy. At all.
08/12/2010 11:48:03 PM
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Re: I need book recommendations for a 12-year-old girl. Not fantasy. At all.
09/12/2010 06:03:55 PM
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I loved Sharon Creech when I was that age
09/12/2010 01:32:46 AM
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