Question What are you reading?

[Kent Shrimper]

Need some inspiration, i enjoy The Jack Reacher series, Martina Cole, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Mandasue Heller, So a bit of gritty fiction really. Any suggestions as i would like to have some new authors to stalk

 

[canveyshrimper]

Need some inspiration, i enjoy The Jack Reacher series, Martina Cole, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Mandasue Heller, So a bit of gritty fiction really. Any suggestions as i would like to have some new authors to stalk

Have you tried Stephen Leather?

 

[Perth Bambi]

Need some inspiration, i enjoy The Jack Reacher series, Martina Cole, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Mandasue Heller, So a bit of gritty fiction really. Any suggestions as i would like to have some new authors to stalk

Kathy reichs?

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Going to give Money by Martin Amis a go. Never read any of his work, but know he is held in cult like admiration.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Going to give Money by Martin Amis a go. Never read any of his work, but know he is held in cult like admiration.

Nice one, read most of his stuff. My favourite is Times Arrow.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Nice one, read most of his stuff. My favourite is Times Arrow.

Agreed.I'm also very much looking forward to his new book,Lionel Asbo,coming out in the summer.Great title.:winking:

 

[steveo]

Need some inspiration, i enjoy The Jack Reacher series, Martina Cole, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Mandasue Heller, So a bit of gritty fiction really. Any suggestions as i would like to have some new authors to stalk

Try Harlan Coben and Robert B Parker.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Going to give Money by Martin Amis a go. Never read any of his work, but know he is held in cult like admiration.

I hope you enjoy it, I personally found it a bit of a struggle and commented on it earlier. IIRC I found it a little dated already.

 

[Bluesmanager]

Kathy reichs?

Tried some of hers - personally I got too bogged down in her technical explainations (for those who don't know, she's a professional forensic anthropologist. It shows), couldn't get through a single one.

Ironic, because I'm quite a fan of Bones.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Thought I'd give The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan a go.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Yesterday I finished Tenth Man Down by Chris Ryan, great stuff!

 

[Perth Bambi]

Tried some of hers - personally I got too bogged down in her technical explainations (for those who don't know, she's a professional forensic anthropologist. It shows), couldn't get through a single one.

Ironic, because I'm quite a fan of Bones.

Guess it helps being a physio having studied over two degrees a lot of human anatomy and physiology. Even with all this I found Patricia Cornwall (fairly similar to reichs) a difficult read.

 

[dloman]

Need some inspiration, i enjoy The Jack Reacher series, Martina Cole, Jeffery Deaver, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Mandasue Heller, So a bit of gritty fiction really. Any suggestions as i would like to have some new authors to stalk

Michael Connolly is a very similar vein and has two or three different types of character depending on which you prefer.

 

[hollis long legs]

Try "Tuesday War" by David Fiddimore, then "Charlies War", "Hidden War", "The Forgotten War", "Silent War" and "Blind Mans War"

 

[Napster]

john connolly is also very good.

also check out mo hayder, UK writer.

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

I hope you enjoy it, I personally found it a bit of a struggle and commented on it earlier. IIRC I found it a little dated already.

Agreed. Gave up after 50 pages, thought it was appalling.

Fear Index by Robert Harris next.

 

[Bluesmanager]

That's A Game of Thrones done - finished weirdly for me. Worked, was a good ending, but I was expecting

  Spoiler:  

Ned's head to come off

later, and for the battles to actually be shown for the start.

Onwards to A Clash of Kings, then.

Also have three lovely academic books about screenwriting to read. Lovely.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Recently finished Jim Melly's 'Last Orders, Please' about Rod Stewart, The Faces and the Britain we forgot. It's a good synthesis of musical and social history with just one mistake that I could discern (about Scotland's record in the '74 World Cup) but no mention of their gig at The Kursaal unfortunately.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Recently finished Jim Melly's 'Last Orders, Please' about Rod Stewart, The Faces and the Britain we forgot. It's a good synthesis of musical and social history with just one mistake that I could discern (about Scotland's record in the '74 World Cup) but no mention of their gig at The Kursaal unfortunately.

Scotland played at the Kursaal?:winking:

 

[Rob Noxious]

Scotland played at the Kursaal?:winking:

Yes - SAHBWA, one of the last gigs there.