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Please suggest some murder mystery authors that I might enjoy?

I like Robin Cook, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwall and Lincoln Child. Can you suggest some books or other authors I may enjoy... Thanks for your time!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    This is a list of mystery writers. At the link below you will find titles for everyone on this list. Also, at that link if you click on an author's name you will be taken to their official website or another appropriate page for that person.

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Linwood Barclay, M. C. Beaton, Steve Berry, Sandra Brown, Gwendoline Butler, Stella Cameron, Raymond Chandler, Lee Child, Mary Higgins Clark, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwall, Catherine Coulter, Robert Crais, Paul Doherty, Barry Eisler, Janet Evanovich, Joanne Fluke, Dick Francis, Margaret Frazer, Lisa Gardner, Anne George, Elizabeth George, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Andrew Greeley, John Grisham, Dashiell Hammett, John Hart, Maddy Hunter, P. D. James, Faye Kellerman, Dean Koontz, Gordon Korman, Patricia Lewin, Ross MacDonald, Sharyn McCrumb, Ngaio Marsh, Mary E. Martin, Brad Meltzer, Stuart Palmer, Robert B. Parker, James Patterson, Richard North Patterson, Ridley Pearson, Ellis Peters, Ian Rankin, J. D. Robb, Dorothy L. Sayers, Daniel Silva, Karin Slaughter, Alexander McCall Smith, Marilyn Todd, Peter Tremayne, Margaret Truman, Patricia Wentworth, and Steven White.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Good Murder Mystery Books

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Best Murder Mystery Books

  • Amy
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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    You might enjoy the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. These are kind of along the lines of Patterson and Koontz - mystery/thrillers with a touch of the supernatural thrown in. The first two books, for me at least, were ok, but the series really starts taking off after the third book. There are some really interesting characters, and they don't really explain everything about all of the characters - you get to learn more about them as you go along. You might also try some of John Grisham's books, if you haven't already read those. Some of my favorites are The Client, The Rainmaker and The Appeal. I would also suggest the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell. The first 6-7 books of the series are the strongest, and the series kind of flounders a little after that, but the first several books will give you plenty to read. If you enjoy forensic science mystery/thrillers (kind of like CSI), then you will probably enjoy these as well.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Agatha Christie

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    P.D James

    Raymond chandler

  • 1 decade ago

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • 1 decade ago

    Why don't you try some of the great all time murder mystery authors like

    Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, Edgar Allen Poe?

    Here is a link you might like

    http://www.mysteryguild.com/doc/club_url/club_url....

  • 1 decade ago

    Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dick Francis

  • 1 decade ago

    James Patterson

  • Diana
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Here's who I like (I also enjoy the authors you listed :-)) . . .

    Tess Gerritsen and Michael Palmer for medical thrillers.

    Jeffrey Deaver (not so much his recent stuff)

    Michael Connelly (esp. his Harry Bosch series)

    Dennis Lehane

    Harlan Coben

    Jonathan Kellerman

    Happy reading! Or rather, Evil Nightmares... :-)

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