Anonymous
Post 10/14/2023 12:46     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Has someone recommended Tana French?
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 19:50     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Have you read the Inspector Lynley series?
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2023 22:04     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I like Robert Galbraith, jo nesbo (though this borders on too bleak/gory for me),Elizabeth George, and tana French. Any ideas?


Jane Harper, Australian author. Great mystery writer, engaging characters and storylines. Start with "The Dry".


I just happen to have picked this up randomly at a book sale. Now I’m excited!


NP. It's one of my favorite books. She has 3 others but none as good The Dry.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2023 15:18     Subject: Re:Please rec a long, well written mystery
Dervla McTierney is very similar to Tana French. I just finished and enjoyed The Ruin.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2023 15:07     Subject: Re:Please rec a long, well written mystery
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides was a good mystery. I thought the pacing was a little slow at times, but the mystery was excellent.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2023 12:57     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Anonymous wrote:PD James
Ann Cleeves
Julia Spencer Fleming

All have long series with well-developed characters


I second this.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2023 12:56     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
I like the Harry Bosch novels, less so, but still enjoyable, are his other series - Renee Ballard, Lincoln Lawyer, Jack McSomething.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2023 20:30     Subject: Re:Please rec a long, well written mystery
I love Dick Francis' mysteries. They usually involve horses, and I especially loved STRAIGHT.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2023 20:27     Subject: Re:Please rec a long, well written mystery
Earlier books by Elizabeth George . Earlier books by Batya Gur.
Another Plus 1 for Louise Penny.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2023 20:24     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Anonymous wrote:Keigo Hogashino has some good ones.


*Higashino
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2023 20:23     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Keigo Hogashino has some good ones.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2023 21:24     Subject: Re:Please rec a long, well written mystery
+1 for Loise Penny

Also really like the William Kent Krueger series.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2023 12:14     Subject: Re:Please rec a long, well written mystery
The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2023 09:15     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
Anonymous wrote:OP, those are some of my favorites as well. Looking back on my reading from the last year or so, Mad Honey jumps out and I don't think was named yet.

I've long considered Jo Nesbo the best but the last couple have been too stomach-turning for me.

Laura Lippman's books are a little shorter but also good.
Jodi Picoult‘s Mad Honey was disappointing. It gives the reader no idea of what it is until you are way into the book. The story starts out enjoyable, about normal teen relationship. Then the second half is about a girl who is Transgender and how hard her life is. It's like you’re reading a completely different book.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 15:09     Subject: Please rec a long, well written mystery
OP, those are some of my favorites as well. Looking back on my reading from the last year or so, Mad Honey jumps out and I don't think was named yet.

I've long considered Jo Nesbo the best but the last couple have been too stomach-turning for me.

Laura Lippman's books are a little shorter but also good.