I'm in the middle of my first Henning Mankell novel - quite fun. Classic noir themes plus post-cold-war European politics. Never really got into mysteries before - what do you like?
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Sunday, 29 November 2009 19:15 (sixteen years ago)
Is it really considered to be hip? Never realized. I read (as in past tense) a shitload of murder books, but I tend to forget titles/authors and content tbh. Fossum, Cornwell,... I still have Stieg Larsson awaiting to be read but I'm not sure now since my husband didn't like it so much.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 29 November 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)
Philip Kerr
― calstars, Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:23 (sixteen years ago)
larsson isnt great, mankell is much better as swedish detective novels go. sjowall and wahloo are the best tho.
― max, Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:29 (sixteen years ago)
btw feel free to overlap posts here and here: POLICE PROCEDURALS - which are ur faves
― max, Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:30 (sixteen years ago)
omg hurting how is the psychedelic bus????
― mascara and ties (Abbott), Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:34 (sixteen years ago)
http://sasidhar.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/on-the-road.jpg http://www.scottpcook.com/clothmonkey/images/further240.jpg http://www.rifledesign.com/blog/feb09/murderbooks.jpg http://www.hearsay.cc/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/david_byrne.jpg
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:08 (sixteen years ago)
Is it really considered to be hip?
by billy idol, yes
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:26 (sixteen years ago)
haha nice last picture Hurting
That is one of my favorite couplets in any song.
― mascara and ties (Abbott), Monday, 30 November 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)
A Firing Offense by George Pelecanos and Homicide by David Simon are hip because they are so old (early '90's) and the ultimate roots of The Wire that hot show from the last 10 years.
Just noticed a new one at work by some guy named Jim (something) that has a Ken Bruen quote calling him the "Texas Dennis Lehane" on the back. that's damn hip. can't remember the name though right now.
― Zachary Taylor, Monday, 30 November 2009 07:26 (sixteen years ago)
always loved murder mysteries more than anything else
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Monday, 30 November 2009 07:43 (sixteen years ago)
i'm hip : )
On The Edge by Peter Lovesey is one of the best things i've read in my whole life
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Monday, 30 November 2009 07:50 (sixteen years ago)
Have you read Lovesey's Peter Diamond series, surm? I have been reading them currently.
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 30 November 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)