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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:41:14 GMT -5
[/p] Hi Folks, I'm almost finished with Deadly Heat, the latest book in the Nikki Heat series and I've enjoyed it immensely. I'm looking for another book with a similar feel. Fun mystery, fast moving, engaging characters and maybe a little romance. Basically I want a fun summer read. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:41:41 GMT -5
For a fun kind of mystery, something kind of different, you might try Rita Mae Brown and her co-author who's a cat Sneaky Pie Brown with the Mrs. Murphy Mystery series. It's set in Crozet, Virginia. Mary Minor "Harry" Harristein is the main character who's an amateur sleuth. She along with her cats Mrs. Murphy, Peuter, and Corgi Tucker help the local sheriff solve murders. The first in the series is Wish You Were Here. One of my favorites is Rest In Pieces, which I think is the third. Stories unto themselves, but if you start at the beginning you get a feel for the characters. If you want a series mystery/murder I'd suggest Castle's poker buddy, Patterson. The Women's Murder Club series is good. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:42:12 GMT -5
The Tea Shop Mysteries by Laura Childs. Each of the books has the name of a tea in the title. Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood. These were made into a series which aired on Australian television. I think you can watch some of the series on Netflix or YouTube. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:42:45 GMT -5
The Thin Man series by Dashiell Hammett |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:43:16 GMT -5
The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. A good read and quite a few in the series, so could last the whole summer |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:43:58 GMT -5
If you are okay with reading a young adult novel, Killing Ruby Rose by Jessie Humphries is a pretty interesting mystery. Another one, that is still young adult but, a little more gritty and dark is the novel Sketchy by Olivia Samms. It does have a slight paranormal element but, its relatively minor. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:45:50 GMT -5
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:46:25 GMT -5
J.D. Robb In Death series are all good. Plus Shes similar to Kate Beckett is that she a Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke and is set in a mid-21st century New York City. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:46:52 GMT -5
David Baldacci writes King and Maxwell. I think there are 5 or 6 books in the series and they are really GOOD  With all the great suggestions here, you should have a great reading summer. Have you read the 2 Derrick Storm novels??? They are quite entertaining. Have fun |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:47:32 GMT -5
@kastlefan301, castlelover66, @rgoodfellow64, @debbie, fantasynovelreader, @nerwenaldarion, @donna, and geezer2008. Thank you all! It may take me half the summer to research all of these never mind read them but I definitely have a great list to work from now. I love that I have lots of fellow readers to ask for recommendations. Thanks again.  |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:48:04 GMT -5
You might also try the Cat Who... mysteries by Lillian Braun. I know I've read at least one and can't remember which one, but it was pretty good. There's another series that my mom was reading that is about a food mystery and you get the recipe to the food. I believe it was the series by Johann Fluke. Haven't read any of these myself, but they sounded interesting. Also, if you like adventure with your mystery, try Clive Cussler. Basically, think Raiders of the Lost Ark and you've got it. Love him. Or, if you like a nice, serious, but not too serious, mystery with a bit of Native American feel to it, check out Tony Hillerman. My favorite is A Thief of Time cause it's about archaeology, which is one of my favorite interests. The story was made into a movie by the same title that aired on PBS stations, produced by Robert Redford, starred Wes Studi as Det. Joe Leaphorn. Not a bad telling of the story if I remember correctly considering you have to condense a book with a lot of stuff into about two hours. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 20:48:31 GMT -5
If you want to go classic mystery, light or otherwise, I'd suggest Agatha Christie--love the movie made from her novel Murder On Orient Express with Anthony Perkins--or Dashiell Hamett's The Maltese Falcon, of course made into a movie with Humphrey Bogart. I seem to remember reading that novel in high school as a book report project and I must say that what I know of classic fiction now sure plays a part of appreciation that I wasn't aware of then. Both authors then I knew their names but didn't realize their importance except they were classic authors. Now, I really get it. Yeah, try Agatha Christie or Dashiell Hamett. If you want a serious more graphic, true to life mystery try James Ellroy about the Black Dahlia case in LA. Great ideas about who the perpetrator was. Very believable fiction, yet nonfiction that really seems to solve the case. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:11:53 GMT -5
I'm adding xosummershortie7 's "Our Favorite Books" thread there, too.
Read any good books lately? Do you have a favorite?
I cannot remember if we already have a thread going about our favorite books, so I decided to start one!
I just finished reading Tuesday's With Morrie by Mitch Albom, and if you haven't yet read it, I highly recommend it! A very insightful read with a heart warming story inside. One of my favorite quotes from the book is, ""Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
As for all time favorites, my list includes The Hunger Games Triology, The Harry Potter Series, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (kind of similar to Tuesday's with Morrie), and books such as My Sister's Keeper and Nineteen Minutes from Jodie Piccoult.
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:12:40 GMT -5
I'm on a Janet Evanovitch "kick" lately. I love Stephanie Plum. I'm also reading "Put a Lid on It" by Donald E. Westlake which is also a fun read. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:13:21 GMT -5
Being an elementary school teacher, my taste in books (actually my passion) is Children's Literature. So, my favorites are from that genre. Little Women, Little House on the Prairie series, Anne of Green Gables, Heidi, Homer Price, Where the Red Fern Grows, Chronicles of Narnia. I believe it was C.S. Lewis, the creator of Narnia, who said, "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” That said, there are "grown-up" books that I appreciate like Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, The Help, Dickens, Edith Wharton, etc. This quote sums up my whole philosophy towards books and reading. "SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITLE TIME!" |
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Hi Folks,
