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Here are 4 recommended in today's NYTimes Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/books/review/Crime-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hard-bitten&st=cse   They all sound good, unfortunately only three of the four are on Kindle (above)! The last one, The Fate of Katherine Carr sounds great, I clicked to request it on Kindle!  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2009, 07:35:40 AM » |
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Thanks for the suggested reading, Besty. I love crime/mystery novels, and those will definitely find their way to my "to read" list.
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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2009, 07:41:49 AM » |
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I've generally enjoyed Robert Goddard's work. He's in my mid-list.  Mike |
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2009, 07:44:49 AM » |
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I haven't read them, but they sounded interesting! Any other recommendations of good crime novels? (True crime could be a whole 'nother thread!)
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2009, 08:12:35 AM » |
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Those do all sound good. . . .I got samples and Kilcked for Kindle on the one not yet available. . .
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2009, 04:18:48 PM » |
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Sounds good, thanks.
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2009, 04:21:19 PM » |
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some of those definitely look up my alley, thank you |
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2009, 05:00:16 PM » |
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This one looks good (murder is a crime, so it fits here, right?). And I loves me a bargain! Witness Chase Author: R.J. Jagger Price: $4.76  PS--I found this author by clicking on the books in the OP. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2009, 05:09:18 PM » |
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This one looks good, too: The Black PathBy Asa Larsson $9.99 Since the link maker doesn't want to give me a link, here is one of Amazon's reviews: From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In Swedish author Larsson's superb, gut-wrenching police procedural, Insp. Anna-Maria Mella and her longtime partner, Sven-Erik Stålnacke, investigate the brutal torture-murder of Inna Wattrang, head of information for Kallis Mining, whose body is found in an ark, a small cabin on runners, on a frozen lake. The paucity of clues leads the inspector to take the unconventional step of recruiting a new prosecutor, Rebecka Martinsson, to the team. Martinsson's single-minded devotion to her work is of great benefit to Mella, whose inquiries into the self-made founder of Kallis as well as the victim's brother lead her to believe that the motive for the brutal crime stems from Kallis Mining's unscrupulous business practices. While the plot offers little mystery, this intelligent thriller carries tremendous emotional heft and makes Swedish society easily comprehensible to an American reader. Larsson's debut, Sunstorm (2003), was named Sweden's Best First Crime Novel of the Year. (Aug.) |
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2009, 05:36:29 PM » |
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Having trouble with Linkmaker.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Swedish author Stieg Larsson is outstanding. Following is description
Starred Review. Cases rarely come much colder than the decades-old disappearance of teen heiress Harriet Vanger from her family's remote island retreat north of Stockholm, nor do fiction debuts hotter than this European bestseller by muckraking Swedish journalist Larsson. At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets (as suggested by its original title, Men Who Hate Women), this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple: disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, freshly sentenced to jail for libeling a shady businessman, and the multipierced and tattooed Lisbeth Salander, a feral but vulnerable superhacker. Hired by octogenarian industrialist Henrik Vanger, who wants to find out what happened to his beloved great-niece before he dies, the duo gradually uncover a festering morass of familial corruption—at the same time, Larsson skillfully bares some of the similar horrors that have left Salander such a marked woman. Larsson died in 2004, shortly after handing in the manuscripts for what will be his legacy. 100,000 first printing. (Sept.)
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2009, 06:26:49 PM » |
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three recent releases that sound good. priced at $14.29  $9.99 each   $9.99  also try J. T. Ellison  - $3.60;  - $5.04; and  - $5.04 if you like light mystery with a little ghost, this is an excellent book, the second in this series comes out this fall.  - $9.99 |
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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2009, 07:39:42 AM » |
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Allison Brennan writes great crime trilogies IMO
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2009, 05:39:40 PM » |
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Having trouble with Linkmaker.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Swedish author Stieg Larsson is outstanding. Following is description
Starred Review. Cases rarely come much colder than the decades-old disappearance of teen heiress Harriet Vanger from her family's remote island retreat north of Stockholm, nor do fiction debuts hotter than this European bestseller by muckraking Swedish journalist Larsson. At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets (as suggested by its original title, Men Who Hate Women), this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple: disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, freshly sentenced to jail for libeling a shady businessman, and the multipierced and tattooed Lisbeth Salander, a feral but vulnerable superhacker. Hired by octogenarian industrialist Henrik Vanger, who wants to find out what happened to his beloved great-niece before he dies, the duo gradually uncover a festering morass of familial corruption—at the same time, Larsson skillfully bares some of the similar horrors that have left Salander such a marked woman. Larsson died in 2004, shortly after handing in the manuscripts for what will be his legacy. 100,000 first printing. (Sept.)
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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2009, 05:48:54 PM » |
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The Girl Who Played with Fire is now available for pre-order at $9.99!  this is the link to the DTB, couldn't find the link to kindle ed, but you can get there from here. |
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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2009, 06:04:24 PM » |
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And in the thriller genre don't forget that if you buy a copy of  you automatically get a copy of his first book free  -- again this link is to the PB ed, couldn't find the kindle ed in link maker. But this offer is only good through 7/31. With The Secret Speech at $9.99, you basically get two books at approx $5 each. J. A. Konrath's new book was released earlier this month...$9.99  and C. J. Box's newest in the Joe Pickett series is also $9.99  |
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« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2009, 03:22:57 AM » |
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Hello Betsy the Quilter, First of thanks for sharing nice crime mystery novels. I read your post and i agree with you that The Fate of Katherine Carr is really very nice novel. I already read this novel and really very good. This book should also in kindle. Thanks for your nice info. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2009, 03:34:25 AM » |
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This one looks good, too: The Black PathBy Asa Larsson $9.99 Since the link maker doesn't want to give me a link, here is one of Amazon's reviews: From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In Swedish author Larsson's superb, gut-wrenching police procedural, Insp. Anna-Maria Mella and her longtime partner, Sven-Erik Stålnacke, investigate the brutal torture-murder of Inna Wattrang, head of information for Kallis Mining, whose body is found in an ark, a small cabin on runners, on a frozen lake. The paucity of clues leads the inspector to take the unconventional step of recruiting a new prosecutor, Rebecka Martinsson, to the team. Martinsson's single-minded devotion to her work is of great benefit to Mella, whose inquiries into the self-made founder of Kallis as well as the victim's brother lead her to believe that the motive for the brutal crime stems from Kallis Mining's unscrupulous business practices. While the plot offers little mystery, this intelligent thriller carries tremendous emotional heft and makes Swedish society easily comprehensible to an American reader. Larsson's debut, Sunstorm (2003), was named Sweden's Best First Crime Novel of the Year. (Aug.) These books are excellent. I am on the third one by this author. Patrisha |
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« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2009, 09:12:52 PM » |
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Thanks for mentioning all those books! Some of the authors are new to me. I remember reading Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath, but I had a problem his villain was a stereotype of so many other villains I'd read: smug, thinking he's smarter than everyone, and chuckling at his evil deeds. I'm always looking for interesting evil guys, or gals.  |
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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2009, 06:07:57 AM » |
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Great recs here. Thanks!
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