Elizabeth George’s most recent book has been an even greater disaster than her previous two novels. It cured my insomnia once and for all: I still fall asleep every time I remember its poor excuse for a plot and the horrible writing.
Ruth Rendell’s last good novel was published in 2009. She is a genius but her age is too advanced for her to write contemporary mystery novels.
Laura Lippman’s last novel was also a snooze.
Tess Gerritsen has made her writing as anodyne as possible to make it TV-adaptable.
Michael Connelly has taken the wrong path with his new character Mickey Haller. I mean, seriously, Mickey? It’s 2013, not 1943. You can’t expect people to read about somebody who calls himself Mickey and not get bored.
Jon Lescroart has squeezed all the juice there was in his Glitsky / Hardy series and created the most inane novel in the world this year. It was embarrassingly bad.
So if you love the mystery genre and are finding yourself with nothing to read, I have advice for you: READ SOPHIE HANNAH. She is amazing. Her mysteries are the most intriguing, intelligent, and engrossing on the market.
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My xmas reading list includes Javier Marías, Mordecai Richler, Upton Sinclair, and now Sophie Hannah too.
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Javier Marias is the favorite author of my former thesis advisor. Maybe that’s the reason I detest him. 🙂
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It was on sale at a used bookstore mear my place. Huge sale. I remember his soporific talk in Grad school. Nobody cared about his talk but your thesis advisor. She was enthralled by his words.
Some female characters aside, I think you would like Richler.
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Have you read Americanah? It’s about a Nigerian immigrant who eventually starts a blog, I think you would like it.
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