tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post8215445226370404411..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: I’m Talking the FifthJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-1431054336341219662016-03-18T00:39:49.108-07:002016-03-18T00:39:49.108-07:00I'm trying to think of classic writers, aside ...I'm trying to think of classic writers, aside from some the more obscure 19th Century writers...and all I can think of are rather popular writers I know I haven't read yet at all, or so I think (the list of those I've barely read is vast and encompasses nations):<br />Jonathan Kellerman<br />Stieg Larsson (I'm waiting for competent translation)<br />James Patterson<br />Alexander McCall Smith (might've read one short story so far, but I suspect not)<br />Donna Leon (as with Smith, I've seen some of the adaptations of her Brunetti stories)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-9444760456096541062016-03-16T13:45:06.253-07:002016-03-16T13:45:06.253-07:00In keeping with your request, I’ve read many books...In keeping with your request, I’ve read many books by the same author — John Burdett, Michael Connelly Terence Hallinan, James Lee Burke; but after a few moves as well as loans to and from friends, I don’t have that many books by the same author. However I have made it a point to collect and preserve some. Most of the books from the following authors have at least some criminal aspect to them.<br /><br />Georges Simenon’s novellas (non-Maigret)<br /><br />Paul Bowles<br /><br />James Purdy<br /><br />Alec Garland (I would have at least five if he wrote that many.)<br /><br />And I won’t embarrass myself by telling anyone how many classic authors I haven’t read. I’d be drummed out of the corps if I’d ever been drummed in.<br />Ronald Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206733759847447910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-9174386492986059672016-03-15T15:00:09.337-07:002016-03-15T15:00:09.337-07:00My favorite choice for mystery detective that shou...My favorite choice for mystery detective that should have a TV series but never has in America or England is a guy called Sam Spade created by someone named Dashiell Hammett.<br /><br />Watched the 2007 attempt to modernize Marlowe (which I reviewed over at Mystery*File blog) and read about the 2013 attempt by the guy who created CASTLE and I kept wondering why not Spade. Can you name a old school PI that is a better fit for the current TV style?<br />michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.com