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Post by emsworthsaint on Feb 17, 2012 14:29:07 GMT
As I said the Bolitar books are a bit of a romp or "slapstick" but good for a quick flight or pool/beach read. The stand-alone stuff is much, much better. Not done Lawrence Block. Still read a lot of Michael Connelly, although you always get the feeling that he now writes "straight for cinema" in the same was as Grisham went. Getting into Paul Levine and Rebecca Forster for the legal thriller stuff. Michael Connolly was very very good, but as you say they're starting to get a bit too light in his touch and it does feel like they're written to make the movie - Every book he's ever written has been optioned by Hollywood, so I'm sure he knows it's a good earner and writes to satisfy that particular market now. That said the one good film that's come from his books 'The Lincoln Lawyer' is a very very good film... Blood Work was awful and I seem to remember he says as much through his characters in a later book. I still always buy his books and read them quickly but they're not as good as they were. I have read two stand alones by GP (after hearing his name here) Drama City & The Way Home and enjoyed them as well as buying the latest on Kindle (99p can't be ignored). One series I have enjoyed is the DI Joe Faraday books by Graham Hurley set in Portsmouth!
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Post by lostboy on Feb 17, 2012 14:38:18 GMT
Graham Hurley is an excellent author and a very, very nice bloke. I met him at a talk he did in December. Still haven't forgiven him for killing Joe Faraday off though.
One of the benefits of him being an honest bloke is that he definitely calls Portsmouth as he sees it!
I like most of the "regional detective" type books. Peter James "Roy Grace" books set in Brighton are excellent. Peter Robinson's "Alan Banks" series were good (but tailed off a bit). And of course the daddy of them all Ian Rankin still turns out a good tale or two, even though Rebus has been retired!
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Post by emsworthsaint on Feb 17, 2012 14:43:32 GMT
Graham Hurley is an excellent author and a very, very nice bloke. I met him at a talk he did in December. Still haven't forgiven him for killing Joe Faraday off though. I hope no one is halfway through the last book!
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Feb 17, 2012 14:48:34 GMT
Graham Hurley is an excellent author and a very, very nice bloke. I met him at a talk he did in December. Still haven't forgiven him for killing Joe Faraday off though. I hope no one is halfway through the last book! I was just thinking, Ooo haven't read Hurley, might give him a go... oh...
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Post by lostboy on Feb 17, 2012 14:50:01 GMT
I hope no one is halfway through the last book! I was just thinking, Ooo haven't read Hurley, might give him a go... oh... Do it, he's excellent. You'll find yourself smiling as he describes, very accurately, some of the places and people in Portsmouth! The subject of would Joe Faraday be coming to TV came up and it's apparently not happening, although he's already on French TV! Some of the stories he told about researching the books were brilliant. If you get a chance to go along to meet him or see one of his chats then do it!
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Feb 17, 2012 15:28:43 GMT
Another author I'd recommend is Dennis Lehane, I've just got on his bus (read two books) and both have been excellent... All this talk of great books is confusing me as to what to take on holiday! I've got the Kindle for the plane and room, but I don't trust leaving it lying around the pool area. GP is 100% on the plane, but now I can't decide, I brought The Sisters Brothers on a whim and thought I was taking that but now I can't decide whether to take one of the Coben books that's been gathering dust on the shelf for a while, a Lehane, and also I picked up a Block in a book sale at work a few weeks back... I'm going to need a bigger case! I thought Kindle would solve this problem
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Post by eusebio on Feb 17, 2012 15:40:52 GMT
Another author I'd recommend is Dennis Lehane, I've just got on his bus (read two books) and both have been excellent... All this talk of great books is confusing me as to what to take on holiday! I've got the Kindle for the plane and room, but I don't trust leaving it lying around the pool area. GP is 100% on the plane, but now I can't decide, I brought The Sisters Brothers on a whim and thought I was taking that but now I can't decide whether to take one of the Coben books that's been gathering dust on the shelf for a while, a Lehane, and also I picked up a Block in a book sale at work a few weeks back... I'm going to need a bigger case! I thought Kindle would solve this problem I've just read "The Sisters Brothers"........superb, really enjoyed it.........and Pigeon English another booker shortlisted book. Can't fault Julian Barnes as an artist but enjoyed these two books more
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Feb 17, 2012 15:52:10 GMT
Another author I'd recommend is Dennis Lehane, I've just got on his bus (read two books) and both have been excellent... All this talk of great books is confusing me as to what to take on holiday! I've got the Kindle for the plane and room, but I don't trust leaving it lying around the pool area. GP is 100% on the plane, but now I can't decide, I brought The Sisters Brothers on a whim and thought I was taking that but now I can't decide whether to take one of the Coben books that's been gathering dust on the shelf for a while, a Lehane, and also I picked up a Block in a book sale at work a few weeks back... I'm going to need a bigger case! I thought Kindle would solve this problem I've just read "The Sisters Brothers"........superb, really enjoyed it.........and Pigeon English another booker shortlisted book. Can't fault Julian Barnes as an artist but enjoyed these two books more Right Sisters Bros. it is then - it's quite short, as is the GP one, maybe I should take an extra on just in case
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