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One name not mentioned so far is Denzil Meyrick who is three books into a series featuring DCI Daley. Can't wait for the next instalment!
Being set in a rural location there is always the incredulity that so much crime can be found in such as a small place (as one poster wrote about the T F Muir books, which incidentally I'd also recommend) but that never stopped Colin Dexter and Morse in Oxford! The first 2 books are in The Works current deal, 4 for £5 so no excuse not to indulge! |
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I'm going to throw another mention Denzil Meyricks way. I've just started the first of his DCI Daley thrillers - Whisky From Small Glasses - and it's absolutely fantastic so far, gripping and with a delicious vein of dark humour running through it. Highly recommended.
The first 2 books are in The Works current deal, 4 for £5 so no excuse not to indulge! |
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I must confess I don't think I've heard of that author.
The first one seems a bit more gritty than the norm. The author is an ex police officer so it seems very realistic. Quite gory and theres a lot of swearing (I'm making no comment on how realistic that is!). There's a lot of Scottish dialect which some reviewers have said they found difficult but I've not had a problem with it. |
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A bit different to the MacBride/Rankin/Oswald et all books.
The first one seems a bit more gritty than the norm. The author is an ex police officer so it seems very realistic. Quite gory and theres a lot of swearing (I'm making no comment on how realistic that is!). There's a lot of Scottish dialect which some reviewers have said they found difficult but I've not had a problem with it. ![]() I love anything with a Scottish feel to it so that's all fine by me. |
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Has anyone tried "Icelandic Noir"?
Pretty good and likely to appeal to Tartan noir fans. |
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Has anyone tried "Icelandic Noir"?
Pretty good and likely to appeal to Tartan noir fans. I love Rankin's Rebus books and am eagerly awaiting his new one. Not so keen on McDermid (although haven't read many) and didn't like the one Stuart MacBride that I did read (The Missing and the Dead). Love early Henning Mankel - I like political/social context crime writing & Kurt Wallander is a wonderful creation - but I don't like gratuitously violent or bleak novels. I read a couple of Arnaldur Indridason 's Icelandic noir books and although they were interesting and have stayed with me, I found them almost comically bleak at times. Anyone going to this in a few weeks' time? http://iceland-noir-iocy.squarespace.com/authors-2016/ |
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I've just found this thread and thanks to you lot, I'll have no money left (local library is hopeless and much of its crime writing stock has gone 'missing'!). I'm not quite sure where to start though; so many interesting recommendations on here.
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I love Rankin's Rebus books and am eagerly awaiting his new one. Not so keen on McDermid (although haven't read many) and didn't like the one Stuart MacBride that I did read (The Missing and the Dead).
I would say that's without doubt the weakest Logan book he's written, I found it monotonous, plodding and a bit "diary of a copper".Any of his other Logan books are much better, particularly the first few. |
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Old one probably already mentioned as it paved the way for many of the newer writers.
Complicity by Iain Banks. They made a film. Avoid that. It is rubbish. The book is graphic and nasty (not quite American Psycho but not Miss Marple either) but it's a good thriller. |
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I've just found this thread and thanks to you lot, I'll have no money left (local library is hopeless and much of its crime writing stock has gone 'missing'!). I'm not quite sure where to start though; so many interesting recommendations on here.
I love Rankin's Rebus books and am eagerly awaiting his new one. Not so keen on McDermid (although haven't read many) and didn't like the one Stuart MacBride that I did read (The Missing and the Dead). Love early Henning Mankel - I like political/social context crime writing & Kurt Wallander is a wonderful creation - but I don't like gratuitously violent or bleak novels. I read a couple of Arnaldur Indridason 's Icelandic noir books and although they were interesting and have stayed with me, I found them almost comically bleak at times. Anyone going to this in a few weeks' time? http://iceland-noir-iocy.squarespace.com/authors-2016/ No I'm not sadly going to that Icelandic noir event but I do recommend you try read one of its best authors Ragnar Jonasson he really captures the feeling of Icelandic society whilst retaining the best qualities of tartan noir with all the moral landscape dark and otherwise and all its ambiguity explored. People who like tartan noir will like Icelandic noir in my opinion. PS Ragnar isn't bleak -check out his novel Snowblind. 👍 |
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Thanks for posting!
No I'm not sadly going to that Icelandic noir event but I do recommend you try read one of its best authors Ragnar Jonasson he really captures the feeling of Icelandic society whilst retaining the best qualities of tartan noir with all the moral landscape dark and otherwise and all its ambiguity explored. People who like tartan noir will like Icelandic noir in my opinion. PS Ragnar isn't bleak -check out his novel Snowblind. 👍 |
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Another vote for Denzil Meyrick's DCI Jim Daley series, have read the first two books. Decent
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My new Ian Rankin arrived yesterday - one for next week
![]() Which Denise Mina should I start with please? I don't necessarily need sequential order (I started reading James Lee Burke with In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead, then moved backwards...and forwards), just want to read something really good. |
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Read a good article by Douglas Skelton (top real crime writer) recently, pointing out that the father of Tartan Noir is not William McIlvanney, but the great TV writer and novelist Edward Boyd. And his Daniel Pike books.
http://bookbanter.co.uk/douglasskelt...f-daniel-pike/ Ironically my mum and dad knew both. McIlvanney was my mother's English teacher, and my father knew Boyd and his family, as they both came/come from the Stevenston/Saltcoats area. |
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have really got into Caro Ramsey's books. I'm on my 3rd with 3 more ordered through intra library loan!
thanks for the recommendation. I love the word 'bint' btw (as in 'silly bint' ). Is that glaswegian for 'hen'?
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have really got into Caro Ramsey's books. I'm on my 3rd with 3 more ordered through intra library loan!
thanks for the recommendation. I love the word 'bint' btw (as in 'silly bint' ). Is that glaswegian for 'hen'? |
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Just finished the new Rebus and loved it. Our favourite grumpy retired cop is dealing with an unsolved murder, an attack on a rising star in the underworld, a disappearing banker, his arch-enemy Big Ger Cafferty and failing health due to his lifestyle.
And with typical skill Ian Rankin weaves all these threads together and leaves the reader wanting more. |
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have really got into Caro Ramsey's books. I'm on my 3rd with 3 more ordered through intra library loan!
thanks for the recommendation. I love the word 'bint' btw (as in 'silly bint' ). Is that glaswegian for 'hen'?I think more tartan noir fans would if they gave her a try! She's Glasgow born but lives Ayrshire way now I believe |
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I didn't like Blood of Crows as much as the other Caro Ramseys I've read. The ending was the problem for me. Still enjoyed it though.
Just ordered Snowblind so off to Iceland for a bit. I'm snow phobic - I still vividly remember the horror of reading Hoeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow way back when. I haven't touched the Rankin yet........but I just might start today I know I will love it.
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I didn't like Blood of Crows as much as the other Caro Ramseys I've read. The ending was the problem for me. Still enjoyed it though.
Just ordered Snowblind so off to Iceland for a bit. I'm snow phobic - I still vividly remember the horror of reading Hoeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow way back when. I haven't touched the Rankin yet........but I just might start today I know I will love it.Hope you enjoy it as much as I did ☺👍 |
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I've read and enjoyed all 3 of Ragnar Jonasson's Dark Iceland series this year.
Looking forward to number 4 in January. |
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Would love to hear your thoughts on Snowblind once you've read it!
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did ☺👍 |
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About 100 pages in and enjoying it so far. Hats off to the translator as it's nicely done. Thanks again for the recomm
The follow on book Nightblind is really good and atmospheric too. You can feel the chilling ice and cold leap of the pages! 😁 |
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I've read and enjoyed all 3 of Ragnar Jonasson's Dark Iceland series this year.
Looking forward to number 4 in January. What was the third book called please? Do you read much tartan noir? |
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I didn't like Blood of Crows as much as the other Caro Ramseys I've read. The ending was the problem for me. Still enjoyed it though.
Just ordered Snowblind so off to Iceland for a bit. I'm snow phobic - I still vividly remember the horror of reading Hoeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow way back when. I haven't touched the Rankin yet........but I just might start today I know I will love it.That was very outrageous but gripping! |
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