Mystery Authors

Danielle&Scott Posted: Mar 31, 2004 12:22 PM

Mystery Authors

I am looking for new books to read. I know I should of posted this in the book section, but I didn't because alot more people post in here.

I usually read mary Higgins Clark, or James Patterson novels. I have read all of their books so far, and I am looking for an author that will compare with their type of writing.

Does anyone know of any good Mystery books that I can read?

Thanks,
Scott

Anniegrl Posted: Mar 31, 2004 12:45 PM

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I love Dean Koontz - he's not necessarily a mystery writer, but more like suspense I guess. Try reading 'Intensity'. Excellent book! It was so intense I almost had to stop reading it!

sweetadeline Posted: Mar 31, 2004 12:49 PM

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Try Ian Rankin... his novels are about a perpetually drunk and obnoxious detective named Rebus. The books all take place in Scotland. Really great characters and suspenseful mysteries...

Danielle&Scott Posted: Mar 31, 2004 05:54 PM

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ok, thanks...Anyone else?

Rob-luvs-me Posted: Mar 31, 2004 05:58 PM

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if you like patterson and higgins clark - you will like Patricia Cornwall - her books are excellent like Alex Cross - Cornwall's main character is a medical examiner and they have similar story lines - both are fast reads.

I also like perry O'shannessey (but those are more legal mysteries but they are good too)

2003fallwedding Posted: Mar 31, 2004 06:06 PM

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I was also going to suggest Patricia Cornwell's series about the medical examiner (Dr. Kay Scarpetta). Cornwell also has a book called Hornets Nest, that was very good too.

Xelindrya Posted: Mar 31, 2004 06:51 PM

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Johnathan Kellerman

If you like Alex Cross books allow me to introduce you to Alex Delaware

When the Bough Breaks

From the Publisher
In the first Alex Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no leads, but they do have one possible witness: seven-year-old Melody Quinn.

It's psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware's job to try to unlock the terrible secret buried in Melody's memory. But as the sinister shadows in the girl's mind begin to take shape, Alex discovers that the mystery touches a shocking incident in his own past.
This connection is only the beginning, a single link in a forty-year-old conspiracy. And behind it lies an unspeakable evil that Alex Delaware must expose before it claims another innocent victim: Melody Quinn.

Xelindrya Posted: Mar 31, 2004 06:53 PM

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Also Kellerman's wife.

Faye Kellerman who writes

Decker-Lazarus mysteries

again.. series do-done-it type books... check them out on B&N

I've read a lot of Johnathan Kellerman.. I really have grown to like Dr. Alex as much as Cop Alex! HAHA