Book Club

[Imaoldhippie]

Joanna Brady, her series written by JA Jance

Goldie Schutz series by Diane Davidson Mott

Just a couple I have several others I really like

[dawg lover]

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@AuntG wrote:

@icezeus, @on the bay, I had no idea one of the Amish mysteries I like was made into a movie. I'd love to watch it.

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@AuntG - I saw the movie based on Linda Castillo's first book years ago.  It was pretty good, although Neve Campbell doesn't look like the Kate portrayed in the book.  I think it was on one of the Hallmark channels or a movie of the week, back when those were done.  It wasn't ever on the big screen.  If I ever see it playing again, I'll come back to this forum and let you know.  I enjoy this series too.

[dawg lover]

So many of the authors I love have already been mentioned, but here are a few more:

The Ruth Galloway books by Elly Griffiths

The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency books by Alexander McCall Smith

The Kate Shugak Alaska mysteries by Dana Stabenow

The Jaine Austen books by Laura Levine (very funny!)

The J. P. Beaumont series by J. A. Jance

The Melanie Travis dog show mysteries by Laurien Berenson

The Jo Beth Siddons bloodhound mysteries by Virgina Lanier

And so many more!  I could go on and on....

[Tinkrbl44]

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@KathyM23 wrote:

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus by Faye Kellerman

Jack Reacher - by Lee Child

Goldie Bear -Diane Mott Davidson  (haven't been any new in a while)

Do you remember the old Travis McGee series by John MacDonald?  I'm dating myself!

Sheriff Joanna Brady by J. A. Jance

Lt Eve Dallas - J. D. Robb

Rev. Claire Fergussen - Julia Spencer-Fleming

V I Warshawski - Sara Paretsky

Jacobia Tiptree - Sarah Graves

Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport - John Sandford

Kinsey Milhone - Sue Grafton (she will be missed)

Gino and Magozzi and the Monkeywrench Team - P J Tracy

Bell Elkins - Julia Keller

Andy Carpenter - Davi Rosenfelt (love his humor)

Alex Delaware - Jonathan Kellerman

The 4 women in the Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson

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@KathyM23

YES !!!  ......   I forgot the Monkeewrench series!  I enjoyed them more than I initially thought I would!

The mom of this mother and daughter writing team passed away and this latest book was written by just the daughter (although she said her mom was also guiding her).    I haven't read it yet.  

[Tinkrbl44]

Whoops ...  I also forgot the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike books by Robert Crais .... I like his writing style.

[kathie66]

Besides John Sandford's Lucas Davenport that has already been mentioned, other favorites are:

Alex Kava's- Maggie Odell series as well as her Ryder Creed series. 

Kay Hooper's-  Noah Bishop 

Jeffery Deaver's- Lincoln Rhyme

Stephen White's- Alan Gregory

I also use to be a James Patterson's Alex Cross fan but haven't picked up an Alex Cross novel in some time, I lost interest a couple of years ago.

[Tinkrbl44]

I just ordered Patterson's first Alex Cross book ... Along Came A  Spider.   

There are 25 in this series, with #26 coming out next month.

I'm going to "test drive" this series.  

[Alison Wonderland]

• Encyclopedia Brown, by Donald J Sobol (he inspired a lifelong love of mysteries)
• Holmes & Watson, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Kinsey Milhone, by Sue Grafton
• Spenser, no first name given, by Robert B Parker
• Helen Hawthorne, from the Dead End Jobs series, by Elaine Viets
• Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, by Deborah Crombie
• Skink, by Carl Hiaasen*
• Mick Stranahan, by Carl Hiaasen*
• Erin Grant, by Carl Hiaasen*
• Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, by Elizabeth George
• Maggie Kelly and Alexandre Saint Just, by Kasey Michaels
• John Marlin, from the Blanco County Mysteries, by Ben Rehder
• Lt. Columbo - not a book, but leaving him out of my mystery protagonist favorites would be a travesty. Columbo's "just one more thing" style makes him one of the best

*Carl Hiaasen writes funny mysteries, but he doesn't have many recurring characters. A few appear in 2 books, but most are one-shot deals. Skink and the state of Florida are really the only recurring characters that appear in more than two books. Florida is as much a character in a Hiaasen book as any person is. 

[KathyM23]

@Tinkrbl44  I just finished ready it The Guilty Dead, latest Monkeywrench book.  Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Tinkrbl44]

Question ....

Has anyone read any of Michael Connoly's Harry Bosch series?  If so, what's your opinion of Harry?