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Nshade · Joined: 04 Dec 2009 Posts: 30

Can you guys give me good pointers on good books to do with killers and investigators, I've read sherlock holmes and seen the movies, but can you guys help me out. I'm currently looking for good discriptive books. And a few riddle books and comedy ones would be good too. I'm currently looking for new space in my room, make space for new things, I like. To actaully change my room. So please help me out, I'm currently not very educated in writing, but in Atruism I am.

Crunchyfrog · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 3998

Moved to Open Forum.

The Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter are good, IMO.

Amichan · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject:

Some good Books on killers that i could recommend are anything that have to do Charles Manson , Ted Bundy , Jeffery Dahmer ,John Wayne Gase , and maybe the Green River Killer all were Serial Killers in the USA from the 1960's to the 1980's

Tikanni Corazon · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

Depends on what kind of books that you are looking for, fiction or non-fiction.

Kang was talking about books on U.S serial killers. I've read a book about Fred and Rosemary West, a serial killing duo from the UK. It was a very interesting read, but also very disturbing. Though that's probably because Fred West came from the same area of England as I do. In fact, my grandmother went to school with him, and my grandfather used to go out drinking with him (he didn't know he was a serial killer then of course!). They think that there are bodies buried all over the area, that have never been found (not something that you want to be thinking about, when you are walking the dog, through deserted fields, in the middle of the night!).

As for fiction, I like Lynda La Plant novels, especially her 'DCI Anna Travis' novels, which I will list below:
Above Suspision
The Red Dahlia
Clean Cut
Deadly Intent

I don't know if you wanted movies as well, and I can't really think of any good ones. Except for The Bone Collector, which stars Angelina Jolie, and Denzel Washington.

Hope this helps!

Nshade · Joined: 04 Dec 2009 Posts: 30

I remember a good author it's a female, she does non fiction, stories that aren't real, but the evidence and characters are real. I can't remember her name. Thanks guys.

DeadManWalking · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1005

Since you mentioned Bone Collector, Tikanni, I feel obligated to mention Jeffery Deaver, who wrote the book that movie is based on.

He's written a whole host of books starring Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic crime scene consultant. Very interesting books, filled with a lot of interesting murders. But the twists leave you dizzy. Very dizzy. Still, I recommend his books.

Tikanni Corazon · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:35 am Post subject:

I though of something else, though I cannot believe I didn't think of it yesterday, when I wrote the others!

Jack the Ripper, probably one of the most famous serial killers in the world, so you're bound to have heard of him before. But there are loads of books on Jack the Ripper, both fiction and non-fiction, and movies too, come to mention it.

I've read a couple of books, but they were not mine, so I don't have them to hand, to tell you the authors. That said, the story is such a good one, that I think you would enjoy most books on the subject, if you are into that sort of thing, whether fiction or non-fiction. Full of violent murders, cover-ups, and a killer who was never caught.

Phantomfan · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:50 am Post subject:

I know they're a bit overrated, but Dan Brown books are always good for a few twists. They've always got good murders and the like in them, and plenty of mysteryPlus all the information (so he claims) is real. I wouldn't recommend DaVinci code, but his other four books are fabulous.

Angels and Demons
Deception Point
Digital Fortress
The Lost Symbol (his latest book... much more spiritual and faith related then the others. Weird, but not bad.)

scissorkitty · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:20 am Post subject:

If you want funny, dirty, gritty, drunken crime solving- head on over to the nearest bank of books by Ian Rankin and pick up any of his novels starring the ever-charmingly disheveled Inspector John Rebus. I love them! Very funny, snarky, sneaky humour.. true to life, but also lovable in that rough, tough, grouchy old-man way. Rankin writes a slew of other stories as well, but I always find that I love the Rebus ones best. You can jump in anywhere in the hugely long series as well, and the descriptions are fantastic.

The White Blacksmith · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 2629

Purely on the crime-solving front, there are a couple of books in the Discworld series, by Terry Pratchett. Very funny books, all of them, but the crime solving ones starring Sam Vimes are particularly good.

Nshade · Joined: 04 Dec 2009 Posts: 30

Thanks guys!