World War I Era Mysteries
These books look so good that I wanted to share this with you. Parts of my book, Gilt Ridden, also take place in West Texas during this era. CrimeReads is a great source for learning about old and new books.
https://crimereads.com/9-mysteries-set-in-the-immediate-aftermath-of-wwi/#
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Book Review: Burrows by Reavis Z. Wortham
I wrote a book review for Burrows by Reavis Z. Wortham. The review is over on the Austin Mystery Writers website. Go check it out and see what I thought of it! Austin Mystery Writers
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I have a lot of reading to do!
Sometimes when other mystery writers are talking trade, I’m a little “at sea”. Now I read a lot and watch a lot of movies, but apparently my informal education hasn’t been on the same track as others.
So I asked my friends (many are writers and editors) for a list of “must read” writers and books.
These are books recommended by my friends.
1.Megan Abbott – Dare Me
2. Eric Ambler – A Coffin for Dimitrios
3. Lilian Jackson Braun
4. James Lee Burke
5. Raymond Chandler
6. Agatha Christie – All of her books including:
And Then There Were None
7. James Church – Inspector O Novels including:
A Corpse in the Koryo
8. Harlan Coben
9. Reed Farrell Coleman – Moe Prager mysteries including:
The James Deans
10. Wilkie Collins – The Moonstone
11. Michael Connelly – “Harry Bosch” mysteries
12. Robert Crais
11. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – All Sherlock Holmes mysteries
12. James Ellroy – L.A. Quartet
L. A. Confidential
13. Federick Forsyth – Day of the Jackal
14. Dick Francis
15. Robert Goldsborough – Nero Wolfe books
16.Graham Greene – Third Man
Our Man in Havana
17. Dashiel Hammett
18. Richard Harris – Silence of the Lambs
19. Carl Hiaasen
20. George V. Higgins – Friends of Eddie Coyle
21. Patricia Highsmith – Ripley mysteries
22. Reginald Hill – Diologues of the Dead
23. Tony Hillerman -Coyote Waits
24. P.D. James
25. Craig Johnson
26. Laurie King
27. Natsuo Kirino – Out
28. Robert Parker -Looking for Rachel Wallace
29.. Ridley Pearson
30. Margaret Maron
31. Ross MacDonald
32. John D. MacDonald
33. Mickey Spillane
34. Robert Parker
35. Donna Tartt – The Secret History
The Goldfinch
36. Rex Stout
37. Dana Stabenow
38. T. Jefferson Parker
39. Charles McCarry
40. Edgar Allan Poe – Dupin Mystery series
41. Stieg Larsson – The Girl series
42. Elmore Leonard – Rum Punch
Out of Sight
43. John le Carre- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
44. Pierre le Maitre – Alex
45. John Mortimer – Rumpole of the Bailey series
46. Richard Stark Parker (who is also Westlake)
47. Ian Rankin
48. Dorothy Sayers – All of her books including:
Whose Body
49. Martin Cruz Smith – Gorky Park
Polar Star
50. Tom Rob Smith – Child 44
51. Jim Thompson – Killer Inside Me
52. Mary Willis Walker – Under the Beetle’s Cellar
53. Minette Walters
54. Donald Westlake – God Save the Mark
Hot Spot
55. Stuart Woods
Do you agree with their choices? Anything crucial we left off the list?
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