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Last week I got
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[B][U]The Little Sister[/U][/B] by Raymond Chandler[/indent]
from [I][COLOR="#008000"]Barnes & Noble[/COLOR][/I]'s website,
and today I just ordered
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[B][U]Lady Killer[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 20% off coupon code I got from the retailmenot.com site.
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Just put in an order for
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[B][U]Give the Boys a Great Big Hand[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.
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Just put in an order for
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[B][U]The Heckler[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.
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Started reading
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[B][U]Give the Boys a Great Big Hand[/U][/B] by Ed McBain
<[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>
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and just put in an order for
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[B][U]See Them Die[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.
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Put in an order for
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[B][U]The Empty Hours [/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.
NOTE: This one collects three shorter stories.
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The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
I finished reading this terrific debut book for the famous high selling Elvis Cole Los Angeles PI Series.
Reminded me of the movie 48 Hours for it's style along with Tango and Cash because does have bromance with Elvis and his friend also business partner that is the exact opposite of him Joe Pike.
Also has great cliffhangers so hooks you with reasons wanting to read the 2nd book because of that great continuity.
I'm astounded that a error was printed because that whole get a preview of the next book is in this 1st book what is printed if you enjoyed Stalking the Angel which is wrong that's the second book.
I have Stalking The Angel the 2nd book so I can start reading that 2nd Elvis Cole Los Angeles PI book.
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I just read City of Glass by Paul Auster. It had promise, but alas, in the end it turned out to be dog shit. The premise was very intriguing, but the narrative got distracted by too much post modernist drivel for there tl be an actual cohesive plot. In my opinion, an awful book.
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Taking a break from my [B][I]87th Precinct[/I][/B] series reading (recently finished reading [B][U]Give the Boys a Great Big Hand[/U][/B], the 11th book in that series) and started on [indent][img]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51X2pHmxy2L._SX308_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg[/img]
[B][U]Murder Is My Business[/U][/B] by Brett Halliday
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which originally came out in 1945.
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;4018225]Started reading
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[B][U]Give the Boys a Great Big Hand[/U][/B] by Ed McBain
<[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>
[SIZE=1](orig. published 1960 / republished by Thomas & Mercer in 2011)[/SIZE][/indent]
and just put in an order for
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[B][U]See Them Die[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.[/QUOTE]
Wow the 2nd Cover looks like it was inspired by Sin City, Cobra, Out for Justice, and other great Hollywood Action movies.
Does anyone know how to post spoilers for this website? I want to post a full review for The Book The Monkey's Raincoat with spoilers in this thread and the what books are you reading thread.
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[QUOTE=Ghost Rider TheHellfireDemon;4028021] . . . Does anyone know how to post spoilers for this website? I want to post a full review for The Book The Monkey's Raincoat with spoilers in this thread and the what books are you reading thread.[/QUOTE]There needs to be a sticky somewhere for this, because this question gets asked quite often.
Easiest way to explain it: hit "REPLY WITH QUOTE" to this post [spoil]and see how it's done.[/spoil]
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Just ordered:
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[B][U]Like Love[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off coupon I got from Barnes & Noble.
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Just put in an order for
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[B][U]Ten Plus One[/U][/B] by Ed McBain <[I]87th Precinct[/I] series>[/indent]
using a 15% off code I got from the Barnes & Noble website.
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I put in an order for this book the other day.
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;3588861]Not sure if there's been a thread specifically for this genre, so I figured I'd start one.
Are there any books you've bought or read recently?
Are there any particular writer / series you tend to follow?
If you do read mysteries, do you prefer the "cozy" type of books, like ones that feature maybe a bed & breakfast, or a bookstore, or some other small town type of location? Or are you the type who prefers the rougher type of mysteries set in the big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New York City, or elsewhere? Maybe those with more of a historical setting, like 19th century England?
Whatever it might be, feel free to share.[/QUOTE]
I'm not big into mysteries but, over twenty years ago, I got on a kick and read all of Doyle's Holmes stories. I tried to read some other Holmes stuff but was pretty burned out by then. I read four Agatha Christie books. They were okay but I got tired of the one in a million coincidences. I also read two books by a woman whose name, I think, was Laura King. One was called "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" and, despite having some feeling of the main female character being a stand-in for the writer, I still thought it was very good.
Considering that my main interest was Holmes, I'd have to say 19th century England was my main interest. In fact, I played a character in a rpg soon after and I will say that, after reading all those stories, I felt quite comfy speaking with the vocabulary of 1880s London, at least the version of the vocabulary that was in Doyle's books.
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[QUOTE=Powerboy;4039228] . . . Considering that my main interest was Holmes, I'd have to say 19th century England was my main interest.[/quote]An author that may be worth checking out is Anne Perry (who has quite a curious backstory herself!), who's written two series of mystery/detective novels that take place in 19th century England. Perry's first series features Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte, and those stories take place in the late 19th century.
Another series features Inspector William Monk, who is aided by former Crimean War nurse Hester Latterly. The Monk books are set during the mid-19th century.
Whether they may be your cup of tea or not I can't say. I read many of them quite a few years ago and enjoyed them. They were first published in the early 1980s, so you may still be able to easily find them in a library or at a bookstore if you want to check them out.