What Fiction are you reading this week, September 17, 2023?

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33. For all of your mystery needs...

There's Stop, You're Killing Me!

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/index.html

They are the champions of mystery book info. They have an extensive catalogue of writers and their assorted series. They also provide lists of mysteries by lead character, location, historical era, protagonist vocation, diversity of lead(s), and all of the different genres (if you like cozy mysteries about food, for instance).

Since you enjoyed the Crombie partner series (if you've read any of these already, my apologies):

Agatha Chrisie – Poirot & Hastings
Michael Connelly – Bosch & Ballard (last 4 Bosch books)
Elizabeth George – Lynley & Havers
Tess Gerritsen – Rizzoli & Isles
Elly Griffiths – Galloway & Nelson
Reginald Hill – Dalziel & Pascoe
Tony Hillerman - Leaphorn & Chee
Chester Himes – Johnson & Jones
Arnaldur Indriðason – Flovent & Thorson
Joe Lansdale – Collins & Pine
Dennis Lehane – Gennaro & Kenzie (before Lehane was famous!)
Val McDermid – Hill & Jordan, but OMG every book is quite gruesome. This is ***NOT*** a light or easy series to read.
Andrea Penrose – Wrexler & Sloane
Ian Rankin. I suppose Rebus & Clarke are a duo, but only in the loosest sense of the word, given how bloody-minded Rebus is.
SJ Rozan – Chin & Smith
Karin Slaughter – Trent & Mitchell

Four of the Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy Sayers track his detective partnership with Harriet Vane, from their original (and of course contentious!) meeting until they turn their partnership into a marriage, too, LOL. The third of the four, Gaudy Night, is one of the most highly-regarded mystery novels of all time.