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Help finding a new 'series'

Rhian wrote: "tess gerritsen, rizzoli and isles series is pretty good although i've read out of series order"
The Rizzoli and Isles series is great. Not a bad book in the bunch!
The Rizzoli and Isles series is great. Not a bad book in the bunch!

Steve Hamilton has a series with an ex cop in Alex McKnight which is excellent, Stephen J Cannell had an LAPD Detective in Shane Scully in a series of 11 books, which are also excellent. They should keep you busy, lol!

And I'm a Jo Nesbo superfan. Got to spread the word.
I second the vote for Daniel Silva. Those are addictive.



Please let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
A.G.
Rhian wrote: "kathryn the only one i wasn't to keen on was keeping the dead the 7th book i think its called the keepsake in usa"
That was actually the first one that I read before getting the rest of the series. My favorite is Ice Cold. I thought it was really spooky.
That was actually the first one that I read before getting the rest of the series. My favorite is Ice Cold. I thought it was really spooky.
Jackmeister wrote: "Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch is one of the best, as is John Sandford's Prey series featuring Lucas Davenport.
Steve Hamilton has a series with an ex cop in Alex McKnight which is excellent, Steph..."
I absolutely love the Lucas Davenport and the Virgil Flowers series. Very good. Can't go wrong with either one.
Steve Hamilton has a series with an ex cop in Alex McKnight which is excellent, Steph..."
I absolutely love the Lucas Davenport and the Virgil Flowers series. Very good. Can't go wrong with either one.




How about the Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt. I haven't heard him mentioned in this group but this series is really good. They are mysteries with added humor. The first is Open and Shut
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The John Rain series by Barry Eisler is still one of my favorites.
Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther's series is a good one also.

Joan K. Maze
writing as J. K. Maze

Joan




I started reading kiss me,judas recently and devastating beauty of baer's prose is one of the greatest reading experiences of my life.Dark, rich, sexy, powerful, captivating, and visceral..one helluva of a ride which left me a lot to look forward to the other two..highly recommended.
Ian Rankin's Rebus series is superb. Rankin won an Edgar several years ago.
A new series I really like is Stevens and Windermere by Owen Laukkanen. There are only two books in it right now but they are entertaining.
A new series I really like is Stevens and Windermere by Owen Laukkanen. There are only two books in it right now but they are entertaining.

I'm a huge Kenzie/Gennaro fan -- there are actually six in the series, and I recommend every one of them highly. Pretty gritty stuff at times, but Lehane's writing is top notch and the relationship between Patrick and Angie is one of my favorites.





Excellent, Rhian -- glad I could help! The other one I just started (and read the first three books in a week) is Meg Gardiner's Evan Delaney series. Like Lehane, some of it can be pretty gritty, but I absolutely love the characters, the action is non-stop, and there's a wonderfully complex, sexy romance between the main character and her paraplegic boyfriend. One of the best series I've read in a very long time!


Both books feature private investigator Hitchcock Brown and are set in Cincinnati, Ohio. I'm currently writing the third installment in this series. It will be called "Deadbolt" and I hope to publish it before the end of this year.

What would you recommend for next series to start?
1. Jack Reacher by Lee Child
2. Cotton Malone by Steve Berry
3. Gabriel Allon by Daniel Silva
I will eventually read all anyway. I will start at the first book in the series and read in order.

Harry Bosch by Michael Connolly
Frank Behr by David Levien (only 3 so far but excellent)

Series starts with


Which leads me to the Norwegian author Thomas Enger. I Burned through his novel Burned and have ordered his second novel Pierced.


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