Beach reading...

If you don't mind the sweary words etc I found the Christopher Brookmyre books to be a good crime laff. There are about 7 or 8 of them - I think the earlier ones are a bit fresher. You can try a few pages of some of them on amazon.

Ian

I always find Ruth Rendell's books unputdownable. She's written shedloads and I've not found a dud yet. P D James's early stuff is good, though her later books tend to be a bit over-long and pretentious.

For ysteries, the following authors have provided very good company on long plane rides:

Ian Rankin
Steve Martini
Michael Connelly - esp. the Harry Bosch series
S. J. Rozan
James Lee Burke
Lisa Scottoline

Regards.

Phil

hi,

May i recommend books - by Stephen Leather.

regards

Seagull,

I own most of Jeffery Deaver's books and love them - light to read, fun at times - some of the characters he comes up with, the usual crime twists and turns.....and then some you don't see coming!

The ones that stand out (for me) are....

The coffin dancer (gripping thriller)
The devils teardrop (more twists and turns than a highland single track road)
The vanished man (magic.....sorry, you'll understand when you find out what it's about)

Ironically I haven't read The bone collector - the only one they made into a movie!

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Ali

Just picked up Jasper Fforde's The Fourth Bear. Very light and a combination of crime and humour. Will have to see if it matches last year's The Big Over Easy.

On the trad. crime front, in addition to those already cited, I tend to graze through Peter Robinson, Val McDermid and Donna Leon.

Huw