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Can anyone recommend a good crime/legal book ala John Grisham for me to read in the next week or so, get bored with no exams and no assignments etc.
Thanks in advance<br>Martin
I’m not a Grisham fan, but I love a good mystery thriller and one that I found completely unputdownable recently was Just One Look by Harlan Coben. The man is a genius!
Can’t help but recommend Patricia Cornwell. Very clinical, technical and insightful (the main character in the Kay Scarpetta series is a medical examiner, the author herself was an assistant in a mortuary), combined with a hint of escapism, and very good character development throughout the series.
Maltese Falcon .. Dashiel Hammet.
I used to read loads of Crime Fiction, this and anything by Raymond Chandler are my favourites.
You could try something by Carl Hiaasen…. Sick Puppy or Basket Case are both excellent.
I’d recommend Chandler, too.
He had an amazing way with words – wrote like a scalpel.
Steve
The Racing Forum<br> by delighted<br> an excellent crime novel<br> not a Booker<br> not mainstream
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Quote: from Peaty Sandy on 1:24 pm on Jan. 15, 2006[br]The Harry Potter books are ****<br>ing criminal alright.
<br>Whilst they are not especially proficient technically, as a chartered public librarian by profession I cannot hear a word said against the Potter books for the role they have had in getting youngsters (back) into libraries and into books.
The number of otherwise disenfranchised and disenchanted 6-12yos (particularly boys) who firstly came in to read these, then discovered other authors as a direct consequence (Phillip Pulman and Lemony Snicket in particular), then worked their way round entire junior library collections, was one of the most heartening spectacles of my time in library work.
Although not known to have furnished library sites with hard cash in the same way as Andrew Carnegie or Bill and Melissa Gates, J K Rowling is, by proxy, arguably one of the most significant library philanthropists ever.
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Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
<br> Hopper, the Pharisees similarly tried to trick Jesus, in the temple,<br> he replied…<br> ‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s<br> your hair knows the rest..<br> Be a bit mindful of Sandyman though,<br> he’s been through it this week<br> with a painful medical re-adjustment <br> and for obvious reasons<br> he hates the use of the word potter
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A couple of oldies which always entertain are the fantastic "Night Train", by Martin Amis and "The Shark Infested Custard" by Charles Willeford.
Neither are airport books, but they are well written, clever and absorbing.
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I recently got round to reading The Girl On The Train- Great read and a book that you really look forward to picking up again. I know some people read such a book in one session, but I rarely do that.
The film didn’t live up to the book, apparently, not seen it myself
I read Girl On A Train Tank and saw the film, it was good but I always enjoy the books more than the film.. for example putting the Dan Brown books on the big screen
I really enjoyed reading The Da Vinci Code and working out the clues but the film fell flat on it’s face.Best Crime writer by far – Peter James and detective Roy Grace. Start with his first book Dead Simple (shown on TV recently) but the books once again far more chilling than tv adaptation .. Imagine being buried alive for a stag night prank and then the unthinkable happens.😱
He writes a chilling ghost story too
The House On Cold Hill
A typical haunted mansion tale but with so many twists starting at the turn of the first page ..don’t have nightmares.. 👽💀👻 JacThings turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...
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