The tv series of all watched over by machines of loving grace was amazing. Quite in depth and brain bending but a great series. I am about to reread why E=MC2. Also thinking of purcahsing all of the game of thrones books this week.
Caution Chazz! The Hillerman books are written about Navajo cops and set in the '4 Corners' (where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona(?) meet). Hopi Reservation, Navajo Tribal Lands, canyons and mesas. Have a look at one before you buy! The cops are Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.
Ok ye as above will go to library and peruse whats on offer. I have been at a christening most of the day. Talk about rough, even the vicar had love and hate tattooed on his knuckles.
Another good set of reads are 5 books by David Peace: "The Damned United" about Cloughi's time at Leeds United. "1974", "1977", "1980" and "1983", all set in Leeds and based on the Yorkshire Ripper murders.
Hi. Seem to be a lot of City fans into crime fiction. My suggestions in the genre for what its worth are 1) anything and everything by George Pelecanos (all tend to be set in Washington DC, though you might know him as sometimes writer/producer/whatever for the absolutely fantastic "The Wire" miniseries set in similarly-troubled Baltimore. 2) Joe R Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series for which Mucho Mojo or Two-Bear Mambo are a good start. I also read Blood's a Rover and found it good if a little heavy going - but American Tabloid is probably my favourite of James Ellroys.
Forgot Pelecanos!! Is 'The Shield' scripted by him as well (It's a David Simon-created series). British writer John Harvey has a copper called Charlie Resnick in a great series set in Nottingham.
My all time favourite crime writer is Ed Mcbain. Just brilliantly written. His autobiography about losing his voice is excellent and tragic at the same time too. Cant believe i arent going to read another 87th precinct novel. The characters now are almost real to me.
Isn't going to happen is it, the Salander in the Swedish versions is fantastic, reminds me of that tv series the Killing, they remade it for America but bet the originals loads better.
Just reading King of the gypseys by Bartley Gorman for about the 5th time lol!! great book. I like Autobiographys have quite a few, Monster Kody a member of the 8 tray crips is a good read. The devils own by Attol Visser is a great book pretty sick though, hes a south afrikan merc, whos family were raped and tortured in front of him when he was very young, had massive effects on him, turned cannibal and worked as a merc hunting the rebels in the congo. Rod Mclean also a merc worked alongside Visser, good read , Arms smuggler, bank robber, Drug smuggler ties in pretty well with the above book. The ice man is another good un, Mafia Hitman with over 200 kills or something, used to film his victims been eaten alive by rats for the pleasure of his clients. Been trying to find more gypsy bare knuckle fighter autobiographys but struggling a bit, anybody know of any? Also all the Dave Courtney books are pretty good.
Italian stuff: Leonardo Sciascia: shortish novels about corruption, the Mafia, the police, the church and peasants. Andrea Camilleri: Chief Inspector Montalbano series. Michael Dibdin (British, obviously): Inspector Aurelio Zen. Roberto Saviano: Gomorrah (about the Camorra in Naples)
I have started the Game of THrones books and so far it is all kinds of awesome. Also reading a book of letters, writings produced by the late great Bill Hicks. Gomorrah is a great book by the way.
There are a couple of series of thrillers, set mainly in Paris (but roaming around France), by Fred Vargas. (Fred is a woman - a medieval historian in her real life). One series has Commissaire Adamsberg as the central character; the other has three history students (the Three Evangelists), sharing a house in Paris and stumbling their way through mysteries.
