I have been given an Ian Rankin Inspector Rebus novel for Christmas, having enjoyed listening to a BBC radio adaptation recently. I can report back later when I've read it, but I think drasecretcampus has read all of them, if you want more information in the mean time.
Peter Lovesey is possibly worth investigating as well: either the Peter Diamond (modern Bath/London/other UK locations) or Sergeant Cribb (19th Century London) series. Colin Dexter? P.D. James? You've probably come across Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham - patchy but useful for 30s-ish Golden Age English crime, if that's what you fancy. Last time I wanted a medieval English setting, I enjoyed one of Susannah Gregory's Matthew Bartholomew novels as a light read, but as I rather overdosed on Brother Cadfael when I was younger I don't feel that urge very often. If you want a slightly more unusual historical setting, I rather like Gillian Linscott's Nell Bray mysteries, set in London in and around the suffrage movement.
I tried an Amelia Peabody novel and bounced hard off both the narrative voice and the relationship between Amelia and her husband, but various people on my flist seem to like them, especially the earlier ones. I have enjoyed the Benjamin Januaries I've read, but with my historical novel glasses on rather than my detective novel ones - there's something about the way Hambly introduces clues and leads which doesn't quite work for me. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, should you decide to read them.
Does the TV series have to be fictional? If not, you could combine two goals and watch Simon Schama, assuming he's available in a DVD format near you.
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Date: 2009-01-02 10:25 am (UTC)Peter Lovesey is possibly worth investigating as well: either the Peter Diamond (modern Bath/London/other UK locations) or Sergeant Cribb (19th Century London) series. Colin Dexter? P.D. James? You've probably come across Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham - patchy but useful for 30s-ish Golden Age English crime, if that's what you fancy. Last time I wanted a medieval English setting, I enjoyed one of Susannah Gregory's Matthew Bartholomew novels as a light read, but as I rather overdosed on Brother Cadfael when I was younger I don't feel that urge very often. If you want a slightly more unusual historical setting, I rather like Gillian Linscott's Nell Bray mysteries, set in London in and around the suffrage movement.
I tried an Amelia Peabody novel and bounced hard off both the narrative voice and the relationship between Amelia and her husband, but various people on my flist seem to like them, especially the earlier ones. I have enjoyed the Benjamin Januaries I've read, but with my historical novel glasses on rather than my detective novel ones - there's something about the way Hambly introduces clues and leads which doesn't quite work for me. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, should you decide to read them.
Does the TV series have to be fictional? If not, you could combine two goals and watch Simon Schama, assuming he's available in a DVD format near you.