If you love Tana French
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Trying to rekindle my love of reading. The only books I’ve been able to get into in the last couple years are Tana French’s detective novels. I like that they hook me but don’t feel like a brain drain—the writing is really pretty (by my standards). They feel a little more substantial than a typical dime novel thriller series, I guess.
Some other authors I enjoy off the top of my head are Donna Tartt and Gillian Flynn. I like things that are a bit dark. |
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| Check out Denise Mona's Garnethill books. |
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Weird autocorrect; fixed above. |
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Joanne Harris “A narrow door.”
Charles finch’s Charles Lennox series Martha grimes Melrose plant series The quirke series ( I believe author is Benjamin black) |
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So I haven’t read Marple yet, but it is modern female mystery writers writing miss Marple stories.
It has been awhile since I read French, but I read a lot of irish mysteries series this summer on vacation (for some reason I like the insight I get into a place from mystery books). In order of how much I recall them being like French: brian mcgilloway - set along the border so these held extra interest for me Dervla mctiernan - she also wrote a book set in the US, which I didn’t really like Sharon Dempsey Geraldine Hogan - the last two may not be up to French, but compelling enough reads given I was exploring a subgenre. |
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| Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series - the first one is Case Histories. Beautiful writing in the crime/mystery genre. |
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Absolutely agree! Some of her other books are a little heavy, but the Jackson Brodie series is great. Also try Laura Lipman’s books and the Strike series by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). |
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Love Tana French.
Try Lucy Foley, Robert Galbraith, Julia Spencer-Fleming |
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This is the first one that came to my mind as well! Fabulous series. |
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| If you like darker, well-written mysteries, I recommend Jo Nesbo and the Harry Hole series. Definitely not "pretty" but in my mind they are the best in that genre. |
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| Im one of the pps and I have read all but one of these recs. Great list and I will check out the one I’m not familiar with! Hope you find something good, op. |
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| Lisa Jewell |
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Along those lines would be the Adrian McKinty books with the protagonist Sean Duffy. They are set in Belfast. The books are fast-paced and riveting; they make an excellent murder mysteries with fascinating insight into what it was like to live in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. |
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| Anything by Ruth Ware |
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| Suggest Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club books. Wonderful!! |