need some good reads

I suggest you use ANY book-selling website that allows you to search by "genre" (e.g. westerns, romance, mystery, thriller...etc.). Select "mystery" and then read the plot synopsis for any title which grabs your attention. When you find a writer you enjoy, search for books by "author". I use Thrift Books a lot. Most cost $3.59 and if you bundle an order shipping is free. Hope this is useful.
 
I like the corny page turning mysteries like, The Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun, Murder She Wrote series by Donald Bain, Martha's Vineyard Mystery series by Philip R. Craig or the Eugenia Potter series started by Virginia Rich and continued by Nancy Pickard. I buy all of my beach books at thrift shops and flea markets for pennies on the dollar so you may have already read these.
 

I have enjoyed mysteries by John MacDonald and also Tony Hillerman. Unfortunately both are deceased, but I still see their books at booksales.

Hillerman's stories are set on the Navajo Reservation and MacDonald's are set in south Florida.

Hillerman's daughter has picked up where her father left off. Carl Hiaasen's writings are set in south Florida,he is still alive and well.
 
I just discovered Anne Hillerman and read her book "Spiderwomans Daughter". I thought it was very good, as good as Tony Hillerman's books were. She is continuing her father's series of books on the Navajo cops. I'm fascinated by the Navajo culture, very much admire them, and have spent some time on their reservation in the four corners area.

I've read all of Sue Grafton's alphabet series too and anxiously await the next one.
 
I have a website recomendation, Bookbub.com.
Enter your email address the the types of books you like then the authors you like.

They will send you 6 or 8 book suggestions a day from $2.99 to free you can download from Amazon.
I've downloaded over 200 free books and add at least 1 to 3 new ones a week and found all but a few of the ones I've read to be excellent reads.

I like mysteries and you're probably aware of these already but check out:

James Patterson "Woman's Murder Club" 15 books
Tess Gerritsen "Rizzoli and Isles" series
Lee Childs "Jack Reacher" 21 books

I really, really, enjoyed the "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz too, check them out.
 
Thanks for the tip on Bookbub.com, SLS. I will try that.

Charlotta ~ I am currently on a Danielle Steel reading spree. She has written lots of books. I like her stories because they take my mind off current events in our country. Also, her characters are interesting, usually have money and travel to places all over the world. Best of all, her books have a happy ending which I am in the mood for right now.
 
Right now I am reading Making Rounds With Oscar by Dr David Dosa. True story of Oscar the cat, who resides at the Steele Nursing Facility. Oscar became known for seeming to sense when a patient was about to pass on, and would go in and hop up and lay with the patient as they passed. A lot of background from family members of the patients who were actually also comforted by Oscar. Pretty good read, and not as depressing as one may think.


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Thank you for your recommendations. I am aware of some of the authors and enjoy reading their books. Haven't read all of them, but have written down the ones I haven't. Time to visit my public library. Thank you for taking your time to do this. C .
 
I think that I'm going to get the Kindle version of your recommendation Marie. I've heard about that cat Oscar but I didn't know there was a book about him. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
You may have read these but I love to read Mary Higgins Clark's books. They keep me trying to figure out "who did it" and then I think I have solved it and I'm wrong. It's never who you think it is or at least it hasn't been for me. I haven't read the first one of her's that is boring. They are all good.
 
michael connelly bosch/lincoln lawyer series
stuart woods stone barrington/holly barker series
david baldacci the camel club series
robert crais joe pike/elvis cole series
robert b parker jesse stone/spencer/holly hunter/Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch
Series
stephen coonts saucer 1/saucer 2
marcia muller sharon mccone series
 
Debby said:
I think that I'm going to get the Kindle version of your recommendation Marie. I've heard about that cat Oscar but I didn't know there was a book about him. Thanks for the suggestion.
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have you read Rita Mae Brown's series with the cat detective? Sneaky Pie Brown is a named co-author (she's a cat). The books are fun and quite good.
 
Butterfly said:
have you read Rita Mae Brown's series with the cat detective? Sneaky Pie Brown is a named co-author (she's a cat). The books are fun and quite good.
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Thanks Butterfly. I'll take a look at that. Isn't it great how you can get a bit of a preview of books on Amazon? What a cool thing to be able to read a couple pages and read some reviews before you decide to buy! There are definitely some cool things about the internet.
 
Janet Evanovich makes me laugh out loud - especially since I have been to New Jersey! They are great fun!
Stephen Coonts' Saucer series was also fun to read! (I think there are 3)

Another series, I have been reading recently is Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series. The last and ninth book has yet to be released and I am currently in book 7. They are somewhat sci/fi fantasy but he makes a LOT of current cultural references and I also laugh out loud at some of the paragraphs. A friend of mine has been sharing them - they belong to her husband. I also gave the first three out to several people at Christmas - not too heavy and not too deep, easy to read and a lot of fun.

To get started:
1. Hounded
2. Hexed
3. Hammered
 
Marie5656 said:
Right now I am reading Making Rounds With Oscar by Dr David Dosa. True story of Oscar the cat, who resides at the Steele Nursing Facility. Oscar became known for seeming to sense when a patient was about to pass on, and would go in and hop up and lay with the patient as they passed. A lot of background from family members of the patients who were actually also comforted by Oscar. Pretty good read, and not as depressing as one may think.


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Thanks for the tip, Marie. I am currently reading that book and I love it. My sister lives in a Memory Care facility and the Dr's. stories about his dementia patients are very interesting to me.
 
Picture Christopher Walken dressed in black with silvery eyes...

...and you have Aloysius Pendergast, the multi-talented and mysterious FBI agent in the Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child series of mysteries that started years ago with "The Relic." He's kind of a cross between James Bond and Sherlock Holmes, with some Lone Ranger thrown in (even has his own Tonto, a New York cop). I'm presently reading "Two Graves," wherein Pendergast meets up with his supposedly deceased wife after a long separation. Ah, but there's more to the story...
 

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