Hi. I've been looking for a new series of books for my sister, maybe for Christmas, but more probably for the future. A prodigious reader, she enjoys a reasonable span of genres, although the last few years it's been mostly in the crime and thrilller/whodunnit genre - although that could be modern or historical crime and some on the edges of that. Every year recently I've been buying her the Thursday Murder Club books by Richard Osman, which are so good that I read the books after her, a win-win on that I guess. Authors she has read in the past include (among others): Michael Connelly David Baldacci Peter May Richard Osman Lee Child Harlan Coban Clive Cussler S G Maclean S J Parris C J Sansom (wonderful books, not sure if he will write another now) A lot of the modern stuff coming out tends to be quite dark and gritty. We recently saw a tv series called Will Trent, which was very good, but the books (Karin Slaughter) are said to be dark and brutal, which really isn't her thing at all. Have been looking at the Court Gentry (The Gray Man) series by Mark Greaney so that may be something. Plus, she's not a digital reader, likes to have a physical book, not sure if that makes a difference these days. Any suggestions would be very welcome. Hope this was the right place to put this thread. Regards. Kris
I had something for you until you mentioned she doesn't read on digital devices. There are some surprisingly good authors who make their books available on Kindle Unlimited. Many of them publish books in several different series and are prolific. I can recommend Mark Dawson and Marc Cameron. Maybe you could get her a decent tablet for Christmas and a gift subscription to KU. She may discover, as I did, she actually prefers digital reading.
I totally agree on the Kindle side of things - the amount of times I've tried to pursuade my sister to try digital, honestly I've lost count. I'll keep trying but she has a stubborn streak. I have actually found that S G Maclean and S J Parris have a book each in their series I can get her so I'm good for Christmas this year, it's just future series I'm looking for mostly. Thanks for the suggestions though, I'll definitely check them out.
Maybe this is too obvious a suggestion, but has she tried Agatha Christie? At minimum Ten Little Indians (AKA And Then There Were None) is a must, and I haven't heard bad things about her Miss Marple or Poirot books. I don't think she's too gritty.
Ken Follet's 'Pillars of the Earth' is an excellent novel with a plot that centers around a true event in english history, woven into an epic 'whodunit' of sorts with a story that spans several decades. It was made into an excellent mini-series of the same name that follows the book very well also. I've read and watched both several times now, well worth a look.
She doesn't have an interest in the Agatha Christie novels, although we've seen pretty much everything related to AC on the tv. Except for the Kenneth Branagh ones. I've read quite a few novels when I was much younger and have too much to read now to go back to them. Thanks anyway. Don't think she's read Follet, I'll check that though, cheers.
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