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Bayou Lights
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 03:18 pm: | 
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Hey Folks,
I was just putting together an end of the year book list and I was surprised at how many mystery titles I read and enjoyed this year. This list also included non-AA writers which might be why the numbers differ from last year. Thus, the surprise.
Anyway, who are some of your fav AA mystery writers? Maybe you people are hip to writers I don't yet know about.
Here are mine. . . no special order. . .
1) Grace Edwards
2) Charlotte Carter
3) Walter Mosley
4) Terris McMahon Grimes
5) Glenville Lovell (one mystery title only)
6) Gar Anthony Haywood
7) Louis Edwards (one mystery title only)
Let me know your favs.
Bayou
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Mike E
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:37 pm: |
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Walter Mosley , Eleanor Taylor Bland, Barbara McNeely & Grimes are at the top of my list. |
JusttheFacts
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 01:15 pm: |
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Valerie Wilson Wesley
Gary Hardwick |
lovemesomebooks
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 12:43 pm: |
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I found this book back in September in the bargain bin by Julie Smith and it was a who-dunnit with a Black female character that wasn't too bad. Louisiana Hotshot was the title; so I ordered the sequel; Louisiana Bigshot (bought it used;for a dollar online) and it wasn't too bad either. I rather enjoyed the character, Talba who is a AA poet/private eye.
What surprised me is that the author is a white woman who has written several who-dunits (winning several book awards). Although I prefer Valerie Wilson Wesley; Julie Smith was not too bad. LOL
What do you think about white authors with Black protagonists? |
Bayou Lights
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 02:57 pm: |
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I read the Talba series and didn't care for it at all. I do love the other Julie Smith mysteries, and the whole New Orleans angle but Talba just didn't grab me.
Bayou |
Linda
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 04:31 pm: |
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Okay...let's see how many of you remember my favorite...Gar Anthony Haywood, author of the Aaron Gunner series. |
Mike E
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 09:27 pm: |
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Gar Anthony Haywood had also started a series about an AA retired couple travelling the country in their land cruiser and the crimes or incidents they encountered and tried to solve while visiting their adult children. They were good, humorous stories. |
LiteraryGrrl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 03:19 pm: |
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Nichelle Tramble, Valerie Wilson Wesley |
Sis E
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 06:20 pm: |
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Evelyn Coleman comes up on my list, along with Barbara Neely. |
Radiah
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 12:25 am: |
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Valerie Wilson Wesley, Barbara Neely,Paula Woods, Gary Hardwick, Christopher Chambers, Sterling Anthony. By the way, I read Louisiana Hotshot and it was ok but not good enough for me to continue reading the series. |
lurkerette
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 08:31 am: |
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What does everyone think of Paula Woods? I read Inner City Blues a while back and I liked her writing, but thought the story was too long, it could have been tightened up some. |
Tee C. Royal
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 10:51 pm: |
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Without a doubt, Too Beautiful to Die by Glenville Lovell. I would also say Keith Lee Johnson though he may fall more into the thriller/suspense genre, but his books hold a bit of mystery too.
-Tee |
Radiah
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 08:19 am: |
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I really like Paula Woods. I agree that Inner City Blues did need some tighting up. Her other books Stormy Weather and the newest Dirty Laundry are better books. The plots and the characters are more focused. I like Eleanor Taylor Bland too. |
lurkerette
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 07:40 am: |
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Thanks Radiah. I read one ETB book, I cannot remember the title. There were some kids hiding in an abandoned building and one of them witnessed a murder. It was good. I will give the other Paula Woods book a try then. |
Msveevah
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Username: Msveevah
Post Number: 1
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 03:15 pm: |
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My favorite AA mystery/crime writers are: Barbara Neely, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Walter Mosley, Evelyn Coleman...and Lee E. Meadows |
Msveevah
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Username: Msveevah
Post Number: 2
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 03:16 pm: |
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Oh by the way, Hello Everyone! |
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