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I'll have to go look up the Matchmaker books too - I've read quite a few of the Hamish Macbeth books, and some of the standalones, but didn't realise she wrote others as well.
"Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority." The Doctor, Wheel in Space
SLOC: Solid Lump of Comfort (from the Chalet School books by Elinor M Brent-Dyer)
SLOC: Solid Lump of Comfort (from the Chalet School books by Elinor M Brent-Dyer)
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Rowan
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1462
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: I love history, but it's boring in school. Historical fiction brings it alive for me.
- Preferred HF: Iron-Age Britain, Roman Britain, Medieval Britain
- Location: New Orleans
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[quote=""Manda Scott""]
My first four novels - all contemporary thrillers - were set in Scotland. (and I've just written a sequel to the last, No Good Deed, which was until then a stand-alone)
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Manda[/quote]
Sorry, Manda, can't buy your books right now. Have run out of room. LOL I've got your Boudica series and know what a wonderful writer you are and that I would need (not want... need...) to own them. You'll have to go to the bottom of my list for now.
As for the others, I thank you for your input. The Hamish Macbeth series looks interesting (and long!!!) and I wrote down Denise Mina's titles.
Just for the sake of anyone else who might encounter this thread, I am mainly looking for contemporary crime/mysteries, not historical, but am more open to historical mysteries than historical romance (gag).
My first four novels - all contemporary thrillers - were set in Scotland. (and I've just written a sequel to the last, No Good Deed, which was until then a stand-alone)
hth
Manda[/quote]
Sorry, Manda, can't buy your books right now. Have run out of room. LOL I've got your Boudica series and know what a wonderful writer you are and that I would need (not want... need...) to own them. You'll have to go to the bottom of my list for now.
As for the others, I thank you for your input. The Hamish Macbeth series looks interesting (and long!!!) and I wrote down Denise Mina's titles.
Just for the sake of anyone else who might encounter this thread, I am mainly looking for contemporary crime/mysteries, not historical, but am more open to historical mysteries than historical romance (gag).
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Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4326
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
How about Kate Ellis who mixes contemporary with history.
She could be an author of interest to Madeleine, as well. She's started a new detective series with a spooky theme as well as the contemporary/historical blend - the Joe Plantagenet series!
She could be an author of interest to Madeleine, as well. She's started a new detective series with a spooky theme as well as the contemporary/historical blend - the Joe Plantagenet series!
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
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Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5820
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: "The Rising Tide" by Ann Cleeves
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
[quote=""Vanessa""]How about Kate Ellis who mixes contemporary with history.
She could be an author of interest to Madeleine, as well. She's started a new detective series with a spooky theme as well as the contemporary/historical blend - the Joe Plantagenet series![/quote]
Thanks Vanessa - I have a few of her Wesley Peterson books.
I haven't read any Denise Mina but there was a recent TV adaptation of one of her books, called Field of Blood, on a few months ago which was excellent.
She could be an author of interest to Madeleine, as well. She's started a new detective series with a spooky theme as well as the contemporary/historical blend - the Joe Plantagenet series![/quote]
Thanks Vanessa - I have a few of her Wesley Peterson books.
I haven't read any Denise Mina but there was a recent TV adaptation of one of her books, called Field of Blood, on a few months ago which was excellent.
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Currently reading "The Rising Tide" by Ann Cleeves