Best reads - Club Together Book Club?

Seems we have something in common.😀

It just goes to show how shrewd you both are.

Of course😃😂

Sorry to interrupt the lovefest.

Just finished a new book written by Jasper Fforde called Early Riser. Took a bit of time to get used to it but I finished it well before my normal reading time.

His books are witty crime novels set in a parallel world on earth. I've previously advised people to read his Thursday Next series. Excellent escapism. Start with The Eyre Affair.

One of my favourite American authors is Charles Frazier. Not exactly prolific, but since I read Cold Mountain some years ago, I've always waited expectantly for more. And I've just got his latest, Varina, from our local library. Like Cold Mountain, it's set during the American Civil War, though doesn't dwell on the historic aspects. Brilliantly written and very expressive, I'm going to have to take my time with this one! 

Thanks I'll definitely have a look at these.....my favourite bit of reading Ann Cleeves is trying to identify the places she refers to and she definitely describes the local area perfectly! 

There are a couple of other "alternative" crime series that I like, The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovich, and the Quintilian Dalrymple novels by Paul Johnston, starting with Body Politic. He has also written another standard crime US/UK series starting with The Death Wish.

With these type of books I get my OS maps out and find exactly where the places mentioned are.

Others crime authors that use actual places for much of each of their books are Stuart McBride, Aberdeen; Peter Robinson, Yorkshire Dales (Don't be put off by the mis-casting of Stephen Tomkinson as DCI Banks); Steven Booth, Peak District.

Thank you I've been tempted by the DCI Banks books for a while, so I'm definitely going to buy one. I do have a confession though: I enjoyed the tv series !! Admittedly it was mainly due to the stunning scenery...

Whatever you do I'd start at the beginning of the series. If you want to know an authors list of books, and the order of any series that they have written use the web site Fantastic Fiction  www.fantasticfiction.com

 You can search alphabetically or by using it's own search facility.