Member: magnumpigg

That would be kinda fun shelving books according to favorites. My own shelving is fairly haphazard, with the exception of my writing books. I keep them mostly separate from my other books.

posted by CharlesBoyd at 2:50 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2009

Ans- This place keeps your head spinning like a top, doesn't it? But in a cool way! Thanks for the rec on Nesbo, I had never heard of him and have added "The Redbreast" to my heavily burdened wishlist. I also liked your review of it. Have you read "Faceless Killers", speaking of Scandinavian thrillers? You were mentioning Irish crime writers, I have the 1st one by Declan Hughes, which I've heard great things about. Have you read it? I need to get back to "Jar City", what a terrific book...

Mark

posted by msf59 at 2:46 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2009

Hi Ansley:

I just saw your note on Mark's (msf59) profile page. Have you read anything by James Sallis? He's the author of the Lew Griffin mystery series among others. A very fine writer.

posted by CharlesBoyd at 11:03 am (EST) on Nov 18, 2009

Hi Ans- I saw your comment on the Crime & Thriller thread, about the books you are reading. I have "Iron Lake" sitting in my tbr pile. I've heard such good things about Krueger. I need to get to him soon. I heard Craig Johnson on a podcast a few weeks ago and his series sounds quite good. I'm trying to track down the 1st one. I'm currently reading an excellent police procedural, set in modern day Iceland. It's called "Jar City" and it's the 1st in an ongoing series. Take care!

Mark

posted by msf59 at 8:32 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2009

Howdy, magnumpigg (liking that username, I have to say),

Thanks very much for the link to Out of the Gutter magazine. It looks very cool and I've bookmarked it for further review. The fact that Victor Gischler gives it a positive blurb jumps it way up on my list of things to explore and I'll be passing the link along to a couple of my like-minded friends here on LT (jackanaples and bibliorex). Speaking of Victor Gischler, about 5-6 years back he posted on plotswithguns.com that he was looking for stories with really, really hard-boiled protagonists (I'm paraphrasing liberally there, but it was something like that). I recommended he read Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan and he totally loved it. Every time I see him now (usually once a year at a book convention held at UCLA) he tells me how much he likes that book and how he continues to recommend it to people he meets. So, on the off-chance that you haven't read it, check out Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan. I think you'll like it.

Looking over your profile, we appear to have pretty similar reading tastes. I have read and enjoyed at least some books from all of your profiled "favorite authors" except Troy Cook and Robert Fate. I own one of Cook's books (as well as his dad Bruce Cook's book called Philippine Fever) that I picked up at a book signing a few years ago, but despite hearing good things, I haven't yet read them. I've repeatedly looked at Fate's books at various bookstores over the years and have been slowly inching closer to buying one of them. Given that it's on your list and our tastes seem so closely aligned, I plan to snap up the first book the next time I see it.

I have to sign off and run some errands now, but I'll be back in the next few days. I ran across a new publisher of, perhaps, psycho-noir books a few weeks ago, but as the name escapes me right now, I'll have to dig up the link and pass it on to you.

Take it easy,
bookstothesky

posted by bookstothesky at 9:08 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

Ans- Hey thanks for taking the time to supply all this cool info! I've jotted names and titles down. I'm nearly finished with "The Killing of the Tinkers", the 2nd Jack Taylor book and it's been fantastic. Have you read the others or did you stop at "The Guards"? And yes, I've heard of the co-authored ones too, "Bust".ect and I'm keeping an eye out for 'em. No, I have not heard of Millar, Gischler (I heard he has a new fantasy/vampire series out) or Fate but all look promising.
Have you read Pelecanos or Lehane?
As far as the Joe Pitt books go, I admire the fact you are considering a re-read and I have to say "Already Dead" is a minor classic. The vampire stuff is almost incidental to the excellent hard-boiled prose. Take care, my friend!
Mark

posted by msf59 at 9:04 am (EST) on Nov 11, 2009

Hi Ans- Sorry it took me a little time to get back to you. Long day at work today. Thanks for all the helpful info. I took copious notes and even though I have a hard time keeping up with my own series books (since joining LT, it's a constant battle with an avalanche of books!), I still like to be turned onto more quality authors. Have you read Ken Bruen? If not, start with "The Guards". Incredible stuff. Glad you enjoyed the Hank Thompson books by Charlie Huston and btw, I loved the Joe Pitt books! I recently started a Charlie Huston thread, in the Crime & Thriller Group, stop by and leave a comment: http://www.librarything.com/topic/76122
Let's stay in touch and I'll let you know if I score any of those books you mentioned!

Mark

posted by msf59 at 8:26 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

Hi Ansley- I saw you listed as having books by Reed Farrel Coleman. I found out about him through the crime writer Ken Bruen (who is also Irish and fantastic). I have not read Coleman but I plan on it. I see you love hard-hitting noirish crime novels, which I do also, have you heard of Charlie Huston? Incredible stuff!
Mark

posted by msf59 at 6:05 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2009