Can you reccomend any books I could get her for Christmas? I usually can brown Barnes and Noble's best sellers to find books for her in this category, but alot of them are getting bad reviews. So I need some help. Thanks in advance.
2006-12-14 03:51:19 · 13 answers · asked by sunshine 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Do you have to read James Patterson's Alex Cross Series in order to enjoy?
2006-12-14 04:03:07 · update #1
I also like Patricia Cornwell and John Grisham. After devouring all their books I discovered James Patterson. He many books available, and I have enjoyed every one. I would highly recommend James Patterson to anybody who likes a good mystery novel.
2006-12-14 03:56:33 · answer #1 · answered by cgmel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she likes Patricia Cornwell, she might like:
P. D. James (A fav of mine)
Jill Churchill
Frances Fyfield
Elizabeth George
Caroline Graham
Martha Grimes
Lynn S. Hightower
Tony Hillerman (A fav of mine)
Laurie R. King (A fav of mine)
Ngaio Marsh
Ruth Rendell
Peter Robinson
Dorothy L. Sayers
Minette Walters
Sara Woods
L. R. Wright
Margaret Yorke
If she likes John Grisham, she might like:
Catherine Arnold
William Bernhardt
Jeffery Deaver
Linda Fairstein
John Lescroart
Paul Levine
Steve Martini
Christine McGuire
Brad Meltzer
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Barbara Parker
Mary Reed
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Lisa Scottoline
Robert K. Tanenbaum
Scott Turow
Kate Wilhelm
2006-12-14 05:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend the following,
Agatha Christie : Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple books
Ngaio Marsh : Inspector Alleyn books
Dorothy L Sayers : Lord Peter Wimsey books
Jeffery Deaver : Lincoln Rhyme books
2006-12-14 04:20:17 · answer #3 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other authors who write similiar story lines as Grisham and Cornwell are: Iris Johansen, Sandra Brown (crime novels not her romance novels), Mary Higgins Clark and James Patterson. If all else fails get her a gift card to your local bookstore so she can pick them out herself.
2006-12-14 04:02:31 · answer #4 · answered by KC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two that I can recommend are:
"A Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey. This is #6 on the list of 100 Best Mysteries of All Time. Just republished again, it's fairly easy to find.
"Search for the Sun" by Ellen Anthony. Hard to find, but worth it. This mystery takes you through the murder scene several times and the killer is even caught and kills himself well before the end of the book--before you know the true extent of his crime and the real motive. Published by Hard Shell Word Factory (www.hardshell.com)
2006-12-14 04:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Patterson is very good! I love his character Alex Cross, who is in a number of his books.
2006-12-14 03:58:54 · answer #6 · answered by cmp8423 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i admire Christopher Rice... He in uncomplicated terms has 3 books out good now, yet they are large! Very suspenceful...... A Density of Souls, The Snow backyard, and easy-weight Befor Day. They arent sequence books so which you will examine whichever first.
2016-10-14 22:39:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try looking in a little book review blog I like at http://www.michellesbookreviews.com/. Not sure if she reviewed anything in your genre, but if she did, you get a good idea of the book.
2006-12-14 06:49:22 · answer #8 · answered by LostAgain? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has she read Sherlock Holmes books, or Agatha Christie? Both are very good, and Agatha Christie has many books to choose from.
2006-12-14 03:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by Adriana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kathy Reichs is like Cornwell but better.
2006-12-14 05:14:32 · answer #10 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋