Let's talk about detectives, mysteries and crime fiction. Which are your favorite detective stories/books? Who are your favorite authors of this genre?I haven't read much of this genre besides the most famous authors (Doyle, Poe, Christie), but I've always found it very interesting. Also, I recently bought The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo.
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I've read 5 Georges Simenon storiesI think they're the perfect length, not too long like a Christie novel can be and not too short like a Holmes story can beThey're comfy and you really get a sense of the specific part of France that the story is taking part inThe mysteries are ok, nothing special
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Nero Wolfe is the Montenegrin meme before there was even tvs
>>23317838Just finished The Thirty nine steps. Fun read, the original chase film before chase filmsNot strictly crime, but more of a mystery touch
>>23318476I had no idea there were books. I loved the radio show growing up. I'll check the books out.
>>23317838I must admit I've only read the classic stuff (Sherlock Holmes), the noir stuff (Hamett, Chandler, etc), the neo-noir stuff (Ellroy) but never the newer stuff because the moment I see they reference iPhones, facebook, twitter and all that dogshit I want to vomit.
Jo Nesbo, Stieg Larsson, James Ellroy
Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D., M.D.S. is my favorite detective.>i recently bought The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo.Ranpo is really good, but only a handful of his books were translated into English. Luckily for me some of his books that were never translated into English are available in Spanish.
>>23317838I was planning on picking up Talented Mr Ripley. Purple Noon is one of my fave films so I was figuring on reading the book too.
>>23319127It also qualifies as one of those stories where the two people handcuffed together hate each other and have to get along because of the situation. The movie is one I like a lot.
>>23319292The books are great, they'll teach you to be a spelling champion like nobody's business. There's no real continuity so jump in wherever
>>233178382666The Savage Detectives
I collect pulps casually and have picked up picrel and a Lester Dent over the years. Still haven't read them but the cover got my attention.
