Who can tell me ...........

Just been reading Linwood Barclay - I've had to make a list as I pass my books onto others to read. Started on a Martina Cole. I buy a lot from Book People so I need to keep track. Rarely keep books now due to lack of room

Thank you for the names of all these authors new to me. I too love Alexander McCall Smith, especially his Scotland Road series. I was very happy when Irene (Bertie's mother) was banished to a harem. What a pity she came back. I can never remember the titles of books I've read either. At the moment I'm reading Victoria Hislop's "Cartes Postales" which is delightful. I requested it from the library and was 45th on the list, then it arrived as a gift. Thank you so much GN.

I have recently read georgina Kent's series about a Florentine detective. Reallly enjoyed them

I'm reading a series of crime novels by Louis Penny, set in Canada and featuring Chief Inspector Gamache. It's best to start with no1. I'm now on no10.

I enjoyed The Brief by Simon Michael, a barrister's life unravels putting him on the wrong side of the law. I want to read more of his work.
Also Death in Profile by Guy Fraser-Sampson which is a must for fans of 30's detective fiction by Marjorie Allingham.
Love the series set in Ancient Rome with charismatic private eye Marcus Didius Falco by Lindsey Davis.
The Brother Cadfael series about a herbalist monk at Shrewsbury Abbey by Ellis Peters are pageturners for me. His placid contemplative life collides with violent events in the world outside in every book.

Donna Leon (Inspector Brunetti series).
Stephen Booth, Anne Cleeves (Shetland series), Camillieri (Inspector Montelbano series) Please excuse the spelling throughout :-)

Kathy Reichs realistic books about the work of forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, gritty and sometimes heartbreaking. Reichs herself is a real life forensic anthropologist.

Sorry it has taken all day for me to reply, i have been Christmas shopping. Oswald and mclean are ringing bells.Thank you all ,cant believe it was less than 15 mins before the answer was posted. How good are Gransnetters. to you all, thanks again x

The author Steve Robinson writes a mystery series about a genealogist called Jefferson Tayte and I find the combination of the family history hunt mixed in with situations Mr Tayte ends up in quite engrossing!

Ellie Griffiths who writes the Ruth Galloway mysteries is good. My English teacher, many years ago, recommended the authors Mary Stewart (Nine Coaches Waiting, Madam Will You Talk) and Josephine Tey (Brat Farrer, The Franchise Affair). I've loved them ever since and re-read them for a treat sometimes; I recently found the Nicola Upson books which are fiction but have Josephine Tey as the central character - they're very good.

Thanks for these recommendations, some of which are not familiar to me.

I am a great fan of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series. The slow pace is so "comforting" somehow!

Stephen Booth has written some good ones, set in the Peak District. Mostly a fairly slow pace also, which I like.

I absolutely loved the books by Tarquin Hall that were recommended in a previous thread. They're about an Indian detective and his huge network of 'associates'. Very funny and a bit different. I wasn't surprised to find Alexander McCall Smith endorsing them on the cover. There are three in the series so far I think. I wish there were more.

aprilgrace i am reading Stephen Booth at the moment, i love the folklore, history and geography of the Peak district that he weaves into each book.

Me too, grannypiper. Especially as I live in the area. Stephen Booth gave a very interesting talk at our WI. One of the things he told us was how many tourists went to look for the phone box where Ben Cooper made a call in the first book.

Relieved to see so many struggle to remember what books they've already read, thought it was just me! "Real" books are easier to remember, maybe the visual impact of the cover etc helps, but books on my kindle....like others have said sometimes only Amazon remembers I've read them!