Detectives
part 9

Conan-Doyle- Sherlock Holmes

Read any of them. Feeling lazy, just watch Jeremy Brett instead. Perfection


Raymond Chandler- Read any of them

Like reading a film noir."When things slow down, bring in a man with a gun" enough said.

Loads more but getting a little flak for sesquipedelianism and procrastination so Hammett, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosely, Sara Paretsky etc ad infinitum
(unclestinky, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 0:51, 6 replies)

glad someone mentioned
Elmore Leonard and Walter Mosley. Top notch crime.
( sutit only the crumbliest, flakiest posts, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 1:22, closed)

I'm yet to meet someone who uses the word 'sesquipedelianism' unironically and who isn't a massive wanker.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 8:26, closed)

^ Hoist with your own petard ^

(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 14:04, closed)

It was entirely intentional
Due to a slew of adverse reactions and was definitely not without posh sarcasm (irony often seems so to me)
(unclestinky, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 21:51, closed)

Awwww. Blossom. Don't be like that.
Nobody is giving you any flak. They're just pointing and laughing at you for being a charmless autism.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 8:54, closed)

Jeremy Brett
Is Holmes. This is all.
(fivetide, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 11:50, closed)