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Should Young Bill Young KeepReading This Book? | Okie Reads — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:04:41 +0000

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By: Bill Young

Bill Young — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:43:01 +0000

My sister just sent a recommendation: The Man from Bejing by Henning Mankell.

By: mh

mh — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:42:50 +0000

Two of my favorites are the Nevada Barr books and Thomas Perry’s Jane Whitefield novels…the Perry books should be read in order. If you can’t find all of them at your library, ask for interlibrary loan.

By: kitty pittman

kitty pittman — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:20:21 +0000

Twitter dude yoyology says if my friend likes his mysteries quirky and a little bit funny, then he should try the Fletch books by Gregory MacDonald.

Well, that would certainly keep him busy. MacDonald has written eleven of those suckers:

http://www.fletchwon.net/books.html

Thanks, yoyology!

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Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:49:49 +0000

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By: Bill Young

Bill Young — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:01:09 +0000

A couple of my Facebook friends have also weighed in on favorite mystery writers. Rebecca Howard loves Laura Lippman, and says Walter Mosley is also incredible. (My old friend Lee at work was also a big fan of Mr. Mosley.)

Heather Cook says for “fluffier” reading, she recommends Diane Mott Davidson and Nancy Atherton. For more cerebral reading, she suggests John Dunning.

Thanks, Facebook friends!

By: Bill Young

Bill Young — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:38:20 +0000

Thanks, Sadie. I should have remembered your recommendation about the Thursday Next books. I do, I do, I do need to read Jasper Fforde. And my sister is a big fan of Patricia Cornwell. Like I said, my brain was just blank because I haven’t read these folks, yet.

And Ellen Raskin is… (are you ready for it!)… a *mystery* to me! (Groan!)

By: Sadie

Sadie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:15:01 +0000

Ha, you’re lucky I only have 10 minutes

Ok favorite mystery of all time: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin – it won the Newbery some year. Yes it’s a “kids” book but still.

Favorite mainstream mystery series: The Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell. They have taken a turn for the ‘wha?’ the past couple of books but the forensics research, the characters and the smooth writing are great.

Favorite fantasy mystery series: The Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde. It’s too hard to even explain without sounding crazy but they are so creative and imaginative and fun! He’s got another series called Nursery Crimes but it’s not as good, still pretty awesome though. Then he just released Shades Of Grey which is also indescribable.

I’ve always been fond of Agatha Christie.