http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/ Because Everything's Political Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/#comment-98 Jess Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:22:26 +0000 http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/#comment-98 I tend to like the English stuff, James is my favourite and i like Rendell as well. I also read Elizabeth George although her writing is terrible and I am always disappointed at the end, so don't know I bother! i keep meaning to read Rankin and Dibdin and no doubt will when I have exhausted all the literature on the Yorkshire Ripper... Aslo ,recently heard a Mankell in-part on audio book whilst driving from Stoke to Devon, so think i'll try those! I tend to like the English stuff, James is my favourite and i like Rendell as well. I also read Elizabeth George although her writing is terrible and I am always disappointed at the end, so don’t know I bother! i keep meaning to read Rankin and Dibdin and no doubt will when I have exhausted all the literature on the Yorkshire Ripper… Aslo ,recently heard a Mankell in-part on audio book whilst driving from Stoke to Devon, so think i’ll try those!

]]> http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/#comment-97 chaz Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:14:11 +0000 http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/#comment-97 Do I read any English set crime? Probaly not, but look out for the new wave of Scandinavian stuff coming through… Do I read any English set crime? Probaly not, but look out for the new wave of Scandinavian stuff coming through…

]]> http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/#comment-96 chaz Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:12:20 +0000 http://jess.bootc.net/archives/2006/06/28/the-latest-p-d-james/#comment-96 Who else do you read? My all time favourite is Michael Dibdin, with his Italian set Aurelio Zen mysteries that seem to have reached a sunnier plateau after some deeply unpleasant stuff. Next is Walter Mosely set in 50s and 60s US with Easy Rawlins trying to make a living in a divided country… Christopher Brookmyre for laugh out loud romps with a rich cast and truly awful shaggy dog stories. Janet Evanovitch and the Stephane Plum books are good fun, even though they all have more or less the same story and plot, and love the serial exploding car/apartment. On a more serious note there is the brilliant Henning Mankell, Ian Rankin and finally the wonderful Kinky Friedman, well he had to be on the list. But when do I have time to read the other stuff, I begin to wonder? Who else do you read? My all time favourite is Michael Dibdin, with his Italian set Aurelio Zen mysteries that seem to have reached a sunnier plateau after some deeply unpleasant stuff. Next is Walter Mosely set in 50s and 60s US with Easy Rawlins trying to make a living in a divided country… Christopher Brookmyre for laugh out loud romps with a rich cast and truly awful shaggy dog stories. Janet Evanovitch and the Stephane Plum books are good fun, even though they all have more or less the same story and plot, and love the serial exploding car/apartment.
On a more serious note there is the brilliant Henning Mankell, Ian Rankin and finally the wonderful Kinky Friedman, well he had to be on the list.
But when do I have time to read the other stuff, I begin to wonder?

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