good books suggestions

I suppose you are thinking about more modern detective stories. Of course, there are many very good novels. For me, I am still very much addicted to Sherlock Holmes. That is a real classic. In fact a number of Sherlock Holmes books have been translated to other languages.

I like Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn.

I really enjoy reading good mystery/detective books. I always have, ever since I was a kid. Another suggestion that I would like to add to those that have been made is Agatha Christie novels. I've always enjoyed her plots and her stories. I would definitely recommend them. My husband and I got some for my sister-in-law one Christmas, who hadn't read any of her books. And she really enjoyed them. So, I would strongly recommend them.

There are two relatively new authors that I really enjoy reading...their names are Greg Iles and Brad Thor. You might want to give them a try. Just go to Amazon and have a look.

I just started reading some books by Mary Higgins Clark & she writes murder/mystery stories. So far I've only read one book by her. I am in the middle of a second book that she wrote that so far is very good & hard to put down. Besides her I enjoy reading books by John Grisham although he writes more about courtroom drama then he does murder mysteries. Still he is an excellent author who I think you should give a try.

What kind of mystery/detective stories do you like; what authors have you already read? Which ones did you really like; which did you not like? There are lots of books/series in this genre, but a snapshot of your current tastes sometimes will help point to others that you might enjoy. Do you like mysteries set in a certain place? Male or female main characters? A certain time period? There are historical mysteries, science fiction mysteries, romantic mysteries, sports mysteries, etc., etc. I'd love to share some of my ideas, but I'd love to know what types you are most interested in first. But as an example: if you like D. Francis' books (the former British Jockey), you might want to try John Francome (another British jockey that writes mysteries centered around the horse racing world) or Sam Llewellyn (his are not about horse racing, but sailing. The feel of the stories are very similar though) [Because of the filters on myLot I can't seem to type the first author's first name (it's a nickname for Richard); sorry about that!]

Check out a series of mysteries by Joanna Carle. She has a really good series of books about a woman who runs a chocolate shop. They are known as her chocolic mystries. I have really enjoyed reading them this year.