What are you currently reading?

[QualityBookReviews]

An open discussion on what everyone is currently reading. Make recommendations to others, discuss what is new, hot, bestsellers, anything and everything related to books and the authors.

[Gaile Hughes]

Loved Rebus - even when Rankin and most others grew tired of him. I have discovered Stuart MacBride's books - though I feel that his main character Logan is overshadowed by DI Steel. What a gutsy 'wee lassie' she is !! I just love her... I started Elizabeth George's latest, what can I say........she's gone to the bottom of my reading pile.

[K Barrett]

Yeah, DI Steele is the best character in the series, LOL! I've almost googled what a 'bacon buttie with tomato sauce' is, except I want to keep my illusions. We're not home to Mr F*ckup!

[Jacqui Horwood]

as much as i'm a fan of macbride (despite the decapitations and whatnot), i'm finding myself exhausted by the end of each book and angry that logan never gets any time off! steel is a cack though. i've only tried one elizabeth george and got bored and never finished it. i'm currently reading leigh redhead's latest 'thrill city' which is loads of fun.

[K Barrett]

The only Elizabeth George that's worth anything is the first. The rest are not worth the time.

I've never heard of Leigh Redhead, so I'll look for them.

[Jacqui Horwood]

Leigh Redhead's Australian, not Scottish, sorry. Her main character is an ex-stripper turned PI and the books are set in Melbourne. Funny, sexy, lots of fun.

[Karen from AustCrime]

Scottish, unexpected, try Random by Craig Robertson. And I'd second Denise Mina's books as well as Louise Welsh although she's less about mad / bad nasty crims and more about the place.

If you're not particularly trying to stay in Scotland, have you tried any of Mark Billingham's books?

[Gaile Hughes]

Thanks Karen, was looking for another author to read. Had a look via Google sounds promising.

[Suzanne]

Billingham is good. Another very satisfying series (about 10 books) is John Harvey's books about Charlie Resnick, a police detective in northern England who is of Polish descent.

[Karen from AustCrime]

Yes - I agree 100% on the John Harvey books - another one I really like is Graham Hurley's series (DI Joe Faraday).

[K Barrett]

Never heard of Graham Hurley, so I'll look for them too.

[I. J. Parker]

Reading Hurley now. He's not quite John Harvey, and I don't care for the coldness of Faraday. There is, in general, a great detachment from the horrendous crime (overdone?) described in this novel.

[Karen from AustCrime]

If you're looking for English or Scottish series in particular - Caro Ramsay and Elena Forbes could also be worth having a look at. Neil Cross is you're not looking for a series progression but great standalones.