Lists and titles - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T05:22:07Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:141583?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A141628&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYes they do, Elizabeth.
I lik…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-24:537324:Comment:1423492008-05-24T19:48:10.036ZDon Wesleyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonWesley
Yes they do, Elizabeth.<br />
I liked BRAT FERRAR pretty well. I thought MISS PYM DISPOSES best of hers.<br />
Do you have any other favorites?
Yes they do, Elizabeth.<br />
I liked BRAT FERRAR pretty well. I thought MISS PYM DISPOSES best of hers.<br />
Do you have any other favorites? Don, do your "crime fiction"…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-24:537324:Comment:1422982008-05-24T12:42:38.240ZElizabeth Zelvinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/lizzelvin
Don, do your "crime fiction" tastes include mystery? I woke up this morning thinking about characters and dialogue from Josephine Tey's BRAT FARRAR, decades after I last reread it. If that's not a measure of the novelist's art, I don't know what is. Liz
Don, do your "crime fiction" tastes include mystery? I woke up this morning thinking about characters and dialogue from Josephine Tey's BRAT FARRAR, decades after I last reread it. If that's not a measure of the novelist's art, I don't know what is. Liz Thanks about the photo--alter…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-21:537324:Comment:1416982008-05-21T06:31:02.676Zcarole gillhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PhyllisDietrichson
Thanks about the photo--alter ego!<br />
Thank you for your comments. Just want to say that much of what I read--I do for background etc. for my writing (work in progress). John Connolly is very good--the book I mentioned though is unusual. It's an adult fairytale--very clever but perhaps an acquired taste.<br />
Wright is excellent. Going to read L.A. Confidential now, I put it off far too long.<br />
And thank You!
Thanks about the photo--alter ego!<br />
Thank you for your comments. Just want to say that much of what I read--I do for background etc. for my writing (work in progress). John Connolly is very good--the book I mentioned though is unusual. It's an adult fairytale--very clever but perhaps an acquired taste.<br />
Wright is excellent. Going to read L.A. Confidential now, I put it off far too long.<br />
And thank You! Nifty photo.
If I may comment…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-20:537324:Comment:1416552008-05-20T21:12:41.827ZDon Wesleyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonWesley
Nifty photo.<br />
If I may comment on your list. I've read amost all of Ed McBain and there are about six I think are excellent. I read six of Jas. Ellroy and enjoyed L.A. Confidential the most. Read nine of Max A. Collins and rate True Crime highest. I have read many of Pat Highsmith and she is one of my favorites. L. Block not one of my choices but thought 8 Million Ways to Die decent . Don't know E. Wright nor John Connolly but will add them to my potential list as well as the other titles…
Nifty photo.<br />
If I may comment on your list. I've read amost all of Ed McBain and there are about six I think are excellent. I read six of Jas. Ellroy and enjoyed L.A. Confidential the most. Read nine of Max A. Collins and rate True Crime highest. I have read many of Pat Highsmith and she is one of my favorites. L. Block not one of my choices but thought 8 Million Ways to Die decent . Don't know E. Wright nor John Connolly but will add them to my potential list as well as the other titles mentioned. Thanks. Yes that is the name of the f…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-20:537324:Comment:1416472008-05-20T19:47:59.028Zcarole gillhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PhyllisDietrichson
Yes that is the name of the film too--but I loved the novel even more.<br />
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Favorites: I am Legend-Richard Mattheson<br />
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse-Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder)<br />
Cleo's Moon - Edward Wright<br />
The Book of Lost Things- John Connolly<br />
The Talented Mr. Ripley-Patricia Highsmith<br />
Angel in Black - Max Allen Collins<br />
Clandestine-Jame Ellroy and non fiction: My Dark Places<br />
87 Precinct novels Ed McBain--<br />
All Hard Case Crime Novels (just about all)!<br />
and the great golden age classics of Chandler,…
Yes that is the name of the film too--but I loved the novel even more.<br />
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Favorites: I am Legend-Richard Mattheson<br />
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse-Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder)<br />
Cleo's Moon - Edward Wright<br />
The Book of Lost Things- John Connolly<br />
The Talented Mr. Ripley-Patricia Highsmith<br />
Angel in Black - Max Allen Collins<br />
Clandestine-Jame Ellroy and non fiction: My Dark Places<br />
87 Precinct novels Ed McBain--<br />
All Hard Case Crime Novels (just about all)!<br />
and the great golden age classics of Chandler, Cain, Hammett-- I agree, I recently read Ghos…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-20:537324:Comment:1416282008-05-20T16:39:23.741ZD K Gastonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/taurusmoon
I agree, I recently read Ghost War, it was a real page turner.
I agree, I recently read Ghost War, it was a real page turner. Thanks Carol
I am thinking of…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-20:537324:Comment:1416222008-05-20T15:57:55.105ZDon Wesleyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonWesley
Thanks Carol<br />
I am thinking of a movie with Robert Mitchum in it. Maybe that was the title.<br />
Do you have a list of favorites to share? I do.
Thanks Carol<br />
I am thinking of a movie with Robert Mitchum in it. Maybe that was the title.<br />
Do you have a list of favorites to share? I do. Hi Don!
I wish I had been as…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-20:537324:Comment:1416122008-05-20T15:17:47.949Zcarole gillhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PhyllisDietrichson
Hi Don!<br />
I wish I had been as diligent as you! I have just finished reading a book that I think was one of the best if not the best novels I have ever read. Although it might be a little on the edges of the crime fiction genre, I do want to mention it here. It's Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb. It had been a bestseller I understand when it came out--mid 1950's. And yes, it's the novel that the film was based on. It is a great companion piece to the film.<br />
I recommend it mainly because of the…
Hi Don!<br />
I wish I had been as diligent as you! I have just finished reading a book that I think was one of the best if not the best novels I have ever read. Although it might be a little on the edges of the crime fiction genre, I do want to mention it here. It's Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb. It had been a bestseller I understand when it came out--mid 1950's. And yes, it's the novel that the film was based on. It is a great companion piece to the film.<br />
I recommend it mainly because of the narrative power. It blew me away. I found it to be profound and eloquent in it's simplicity--in its pared down words. Few words--great power. An exciting story--but it's the WAY in which it is told.<br />
I've already ordered another book by the author. He is overlooked and I have no idea why!<br />
that's my recommendation for now. Hope I didn't write too much. I usually do, sorry! I recommend The Ghost War by…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-20:537324:Comment:1416002008-05-20T14:55:57.954ZL. A. Starkshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Starksbooks
I recommend The Ghost War by Alex Berenson.
I recommend The Ghost War by Alex Berenson.