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post #1 of 24
10/14/09 at 6:10pm
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What are the best out there? I'm itching for some page-turners, and I like the way the Brits do mystery. The only one I can think of is Martha Grimes. I've read all of Agatha Christie's stuff so don't bother mentioning her.
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post #2 of 24
10/14/09 at 6:13pm
Just watch Gosford Park once or twice and that should satisfy your appetite.
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post #3 of 24
10/14/09 at 6:13pm
I liked the one where Sherlock Holmes went up against the Mormons.

What was it called, shit...oh yeah...Sherlock Holmes!
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post #4 of 24
10/14/09 at 6:14pm
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Just watch Gosford Park once or twice and that should satisfy your appetite.
I've seen it more than twice.
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post #5 of 24
10/14/09 at 7:00pm
Check out Boris Akunin. He writes in a similar style, and from appx the same period. AND he's good.
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post #6 of 24
10/14/09 at 7:03pm
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I've seen it more than twice.
The DVD commentary with Robert Altman is great if you're interested. Lots of fascinating anecdotes about production.
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post #7 of 24
10/15/09 at 12:53am
Sayers, perhaps, if you want to go back in time, or perhaps P.D. James. I thought the adaptation of his The Murder Room was pretty good so I'm sure the book will be great. ~ H
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post #8 of 24
10/15/09 at 11:46am
Old: Wilkie Collins (Moonstone, Womann in White. New: Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus books)
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post #9 of 24
10/15/09 at 1:38pm
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Old: Wilkie Collins (Moonstone, Womann in White. New: Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus books)
Thanks for that recommendation. I recognize some of the titles because they were made into ITV mini-movies.
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post #10 of 24
10/15/09 at 1:44pm
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What are the best out there? I'm itching for some page-turners, and I like the way the Brits do mystery.

The only one I can think of is Martha Grimes. I've read all of Agatha Christie's stuff so don't bother mentioning her.

You've read all of Christie's stuff?

There is also Dorothy L Sayers's Peter Wimsey mysteries.

I quite like Jaqueline Winspear's (sp?) Massie Dobbs stories.

I assume you've read Holmes.

And I'll throw in a non-Brit: Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason stories. The only one I've read was nothing like the tv show. Mason was much darker than in the show.

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post #11 of 24
10/15/09 at 1:45pm
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You've read all of Christie's stuff? There is also Dorothy L Sayers's Peter Wimsey mysteries. I quite like Jaqueline Winspear's (sp?) Massie Dobbs stories. I assume you've read Holmes. And I'll throw in a non-Brit: Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason stories. The only one I've read was nothing like the tv show. Mason was much darker than in the show. b
Well, not all. Most I guess. Went on a big Christie kick when I was in middle and high school.
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post #12 of 24
10/15/09 at 2:12pm
If you're not looking for pure detective fiction, John Buchan and Daphne du Maurier may be worth a look.
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post #13 of 24
10/15/09 at 2:19pm
conne,

get outside, throw a ball around or something.

you can thank me later for this excellent piece of fathering
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post #14 of 24
10/15/09 at 2:20pm
The Man Who Was Thursday by G K Chesterton. A fine book.
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post #15 of 24
10/15/09 at 3:16pm
Val McDermid (esp if you've seen the Wire in the Blood stuff on BBC), Deborah Crombie, Tana French, Mo Hayder, Declan Hughes, Ken Bruen
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