[stylist] Recommendation needed

[Cheryl Orgas & William Meeker]

Brad,

I don't read many mysteries, but I've enjoyed novels by:

William J. Coughlin, who has four novels on BARD, several of which are set
in the Detroit area;

Elmore Leonard, has written numerous mysteries, some of which are set in
Detroit, he also writes westerns;

Loren D. Estleman, like Elmore Leonard, writes mysteries, some set in
Detroit, as well as westerns, though Leonard is, to me, the better writer;

The "Noire" series books, each containing gritty short-story mysteries set
in a certain city (eg. D.C. Noire, Baltimore Noire, Detroit Noire), by
various writers living in the featured city;

Carl Hiaasen's novels are all set in Florida, peopled by whackey characters,
and contain great dialogue and humor, making them hard for me  to put down.


Bill Meeker

"Let's have a party.  You get the beer and I'll go dig up some chicks."
--Edward Gein, Plainfield Wisconsin





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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Kuell
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Recommendation needed

Hey Brad,

I read a bit of mystery novels, and I find Michael Connolly's books, the
Harry Bosch series, are a little more sophisticated than most. Having said
that, I've enjoyed some more than others. The Last Coyote is a good one, as
was City of Bones. Two of my favorite mysteries, with a bit of a
psychological component, were Mystic River and Shutter Island by Dennis
Lehane. Again, Lehane has some duds, but these two were awesome, and I read
them before they were made into movies. One gritty, urban cop thriller I
loved was Clockers, by Richard Price. It's not a murder mystery as much as
it's about drug dealers, bad guys, bad cops, and one good cop.
Happy reading,

chris


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