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You have to try Raymond Chandler. His Marlowe is the quintessential " 'white-hat' driven by ethics."
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Thanks Nancy! I love Raymond Chandler, he was one of the authors that got me into mysteries in the first place.





Thanks, Bill!"
We do also have threads for authors and their publishers to talk about and promote their books. If you want to use and can't find let me know.. :)


And Hello to Everyone! I am Walter Danley, a four-decade veteran of the investment industry, and I now write suspense thriller novels instead of living the experience every day. I live in the Texas Hill Country, where I work on suspense thriller series, A Wainwright Mystery, and other standalone novels. I usually write from my library office overlooking Cibolo Creek.
I enjoy reading novels by Michael Connelly, Sandra Brown, Robert Crais, or Lee Child.
I also wrote Blasted Past (When your THEN becomes NOW, you have a Blasted Past. A time-Traveler's Tale of the Old West) and I hope you can enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it.
Thank you! And Happy Reading!

I am always looking for mysteries, crime, thrillers etc. based in other Countries. We got a Thread here for Archeological reads.
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So, this account is under my pen name, but I've actually been a lurking member of this group for many years. I've loved the games, recs, and group reads and I figured I should probably finally introduce myself!
I'm a debut author and, obviously, a voracious reader. I'm a recovering academic (former anthropologist/archaeologist) and now a full-time author living in the Bay Area (though longing to move to SoCal one day). I spent many years doing research around the world (mainly mapping and excavating Maya ruins in Belize, but also some work in Micronesia and West Africa). I spent some time working as a murder investigator in Washington DC and I'm a K9 Wilderness Search and Rescue volunteer.
I love any mystery/thriller but am especially drawn to dark crime thrillers that present a slightly "hyper-real" world. For example, I love Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series because, while they are incredibly dark and are always chock full of interesting information about real-world topics, the actual stories are not nitty-gritty realism. Instead, the bad guys are all diabolically brilliant and the heroes are all vaguely superhuman. It's the same reason I love the ever so slightly "hyper-real" work of Lee Child, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Laurie King, the Kellermans, Lisa Gardner, Kathy Reichs, Thomas Harris, and John Sandford. I definitely do not want stark realism while I read about Jack Reacher, ha! I want to watch a juggernaut of pure vengeance in action.
My inner-archaeologist is also drawn to stories with strong cultural historical elements like James Rollins and (yes, I'll admit it) Dan Brown. I steer clear of psychological thrillers that feature unreliable narrators and a whole cast of toxic people. I totally get why people enjoy them, but I prefer my protagonist to be a "white-hat" driven by a code of ethics (especially if that code often gets them in trouble).
Happy to be here and talking about books!
xo,
Ellison Cooper (aka Jen Dornan-Fish)
Ellison Cooper