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The best collection of books I've ever read, has to be the Patricia Cornwell books. The whole series of Dr Kay Scarpetta, were so good, I was totally engrossed. Kay is a forensic pathologist, investigator. She's first on the scene of any murders, then tries to piece together all the evidence she finds, carries out post mortems etc. These books are very gripping, and quite gory. Great explanation in detail of her work and you really get drawn into the storys. Theres quite a few books in this series, I'll try to find a list for you. But anyone who likes an edgy read, that keeps you enthralled then these are the ones for you!
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| Thumper wrote: | | Well I started reading Gloria Hunnifords book Next to you about a year and a half ago, But it was so sad to read about her daughter that I kept crying, I had to read the first two pages about five times as I couldnt see through my tears!! I will get to finish it soon, Caron was a positive person. |
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| MJH wrote: | Shell ill read it after you !!
I love james Patterson and have just finished hide and seek which is quite an old one and Minette Walters - just waiting for her next one as ive read everyone of her collection |
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| Selious5 wrote: | | Havent read any by Gloria Hunniford but do like the other 2 authors. Recently I have been looking around at other author's and have come across CONN IGGULDEN who has written best seller "Emperor" series. (It's a novel not a documentary) Didn't think I would like it to begin with but really now enjoy his books. I am reading one at the moment called "Wolf of the Plains!" about Monguls and Tartars. Fascinating reading and definately absorbing |
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I've just started reading Pat Cornwells Book Of The Dead...its her latest (I think)...I love her books !
Just finished a true story by David Thomas called Tell Me Why Mummy, about a little boy who was sexually abused by his mother and physically abused by his step father. The abuse is a little uncomfortable reading but its not graphic so wasn't too bad. It wasn't as heartwrenching as some I've read, but it was an interesting read.
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i have 2 fav authors, virginia andrews and dean koontz. i've got a barbara erskine one at the recomendation of my mother, to read but i haven't started that yet.
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| daxxxx wrote: | i've read all the books by Anne Rice. I love her books ...The Vampire Chronicles- 10 books in total, the New Tales of the Vampires-2 books & The Mayfair Witches -3 books and her individual stand alone novels.
She uses a lot of events in history in her books and i can't put them down when i start them |
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| Member wrote: | | I am also a fan of Patricia Cornwell. Right now I am reading "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clarke. I have read all of her novels. It is about the twin connection between two 3 year old twin girls who are kidnapped and only one is returned and the found twin (with the aide of a twin behaviour specialist) delves into her 'twin talk/connection' to help find her sister. |
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| Selious5 wrote: | | Those books that you mentioned by Anne Rice Shirley sound quite interesting particularly with the historical background I have put her down in my list of authors for the library and see if I can get one there. |
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I'm realy struggling with Patricia Cornwells Book Of The Dead  It doesn't have what the others have, and It's one of those books where I can read three pages, and not know what I've read becaue I'm glazing over , so have to go back over it. If you get what I mean? It's not gripping me, I'm pushing myself to the end of a chapter, when normally I can't put her books down
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| member wrote: | | I'm reading 'Predator' by Patricia Cornwell now Debbie. It's another one of her Scarpetta books. Not familiar with 'Book of the Dead' is it of the Scarpetta series? The author expertly details forensics and medicine among other things which can be complicating and tedious at times. |
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Yes it's her latest offering , in the Scarpetta series book 15 I think . I've read every one and loved just about all of them. This one is just disappointing to say the least.
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| member wrote: | That's too bad...If I come across it I may avoid purchasing it...I also found the last few I've read from the Scarpetta series not as entertaining as the others...often getting bored and re-reading the same page over and over again...thought it was just me! I think she's exhausted the Scarpetta chief ME books unless she comes up with something totally different and original to keep her readers hooked.
I just read Firestorm by Iris Johansen which was really good and am now reading another one of her books called Countdown. (I think it's from 2005). Very exciting tho! She certainly gives her readers what they want!
I can't wait til Mary Higgins Clarke comes out with her new novel! She's my fave writer. |
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| lucie wrote: | Reading a wonderful Anne Tyler book "Digging to America". Read most of her many books--she's brilliant at drawing out the quirkiness of the ordinary.
"In what is perhaps her richest and most deeply searching novel, Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is to be an American, and about Maryam Yazdan, who after thirty-five years in this country must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.”
Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport—the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam's fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian American wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate with an “arrival party,” an event that is repeated every year as the two families become more deeply intertwined.
Even independent-minded Maryam is drawn in. But only up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by one of the Donaldson clan, a good-hearted man of her vintage, recently widowed and still recovering from his wife's death, suddenly all the values she cherishes—her traditions, her privacy, her otherness—are threatened. Somehow this big American takes up so much space that the orderly boundaries of her life feel invaded.
A luminous novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations that cast a penetrating light on the American way as seen from two perspectives, those who are born here and those who are still struggling to fit in". |
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| lucie wrote: | A Canadian writer, Kathy Reichs, is a practicing forensic anthropologist. Based on her own criminal cases, she has written about 10 "mysteries".
Much less sensational than P Cornwall who has really gone too bizarre for my taste. |
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