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I really urge people to try Scottish crime fiction or tartan noir as it's called |
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Interesting thread. Have read just about everything Rankin has written but there are a few new names here for me to check out.
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Haven't read that many but my favourite is probably Complicity by Iain Banks. It's not a police procedural story but it is crime, and Scottish.
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I'm delighted to be a bad influence! 😁 I'm about halfway through one of the Inspector McLean novels and I'm LOVING it! I reckon you will too!
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if you haven't yet you really need to read some of brookmyre's stuff , his first book "quite ugly one morning" is laugh out loud funny
Denise Mina latest novel Blood, Salt, Water written with the backdrop of the independence referendum for the mystery is receiving great reviews and word of mouth and I'm sorely tempted to put it on my must buy list as Denise is a fiercely intelligent author of tartan noir who's style is a little different to many others. |
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This isnt bad if you're looking for a Scottish crime thriller and it's free for kindle.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unburied-Dea...000963&sr=1-84 |
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fath...oir-1437772631
An interesting blog article on the appeal of tartan noir |
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This isnt bad if you're looking for a Scottish crime thriller and it's free for kindle.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unburied-Dea...000963&sr=1-84 |
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Thanks but how on earth do they make a living from writing if it's free?
there are loads of free books available for the kindle |
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they sometimes give you the first book by an author for free in the hope you will buy others
there are loads of free books available for the kindle |
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An article on writer James Oswald http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...big-thing.html
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An article on writer James Oswald http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...big-thing.html
interested to see how he pulls all the different storylines together tho |
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i'm about 2/3 of my way through his first McLean novel , enjoying it but dont know if i have been reading too many authors of this style recently as it does feel a little samey in terms of the range of characters
interested to see how he pulls all the different storylines together tho |
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I like his stories but some of the characters such as the idiot boss do seem to be a bit cliched.
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just finished it now , i'll put my main thought in spoilers just in case
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i'm about 2/3 of my way through his first McLean novel , enjoying it but dont know if i have been reading too many authors of this style recently as it does feel a little samey in terms of the range of characters
interested to see how he pulls all the different storylines together tho |
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http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ne...-oswald-312805
James Oswald is doing very well -He's just signed a six figure deal! |
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Have you tried Caro Ramsay or Denise Mina yet? Both highly recommended and quite different to James Oswald. 👍
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no but got them on my radar , got about 17 books in my "unread" file on my kindle already
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Rankin, MacBride, McDermid are all great.
Personally I loathe Denise Mina's work and Brookmyre is really patchy, he's not as funny as he thinks he is and his plots are often really predictable. I think I read a Ramsey once but it wasn't particularly memorable. |
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Rankin, MacBride, McDermid are all great.
Personally I loathe Denise Mina's work and Brookmyre is really patchy, he's not as funny as he thinks he is and his plots are often really predictable. I think I read a Ramsey once but it wasn't particularly memorable. the section of "a big boy did it and ran away" about aberdeen really made me laugh for example |
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dont agree about brookmyre , his early books in particular were right up my street as far as the sense of humour was concerned , maybe he has tried to get a bit too clever with some of his later books but i still enjoyed them
the section of "a big boy did it and ran away" about aberdeen really made me laugh for example |
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i've recommended christopher brookmyre a few times in this forum
one of my favourite authors Christopher Brookmyre is a wicked, wicked man. Love his writing to bits. Thanks.
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I took you up on that recommendation (finally), and I haven't regretted it one bit.
Christopher Brookmyre is a wicked, wicked man. Love his writing to bits. Thanks. ![]()
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Does anyone know if anyone has written books in this style were the main character is Gay?
I am not interested in any of those M/M erotic novels, looking something with a bit more grit |
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Does anyone know if anyone has written books in this style were the main character is Gay?
I am not interested in any of those M/M erotic novels, looking something with a bit more grit
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Christopher Brookmyre is a wicked, wicked man.