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scarletwoman

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2. Ah, Val McDermid.

Reply to shenmue (Reply #1)

Sun May 24, 2015, 09:44 PM

May 2015

I'd like to read her, just because I really admire her as a person, but every time I look over her titles and read the synopses for them, I just can't do it. Too much serial killer stuff, too much - as you say - "creepy". I just don't like that sort of thing at this point in my reading life. I wish I had come across her earlier, before I got so persnickety.

Anyway, I'd love to hear your own take on Val McDermid's books. I that know Ian Rankin, an author I like a lot, praises her highly. You are welcome to tell me I'm wrong and silly to avoid reading her!

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What are you reading the week of Sunday, May 24, 2015? [View all] scarletwoman May 2015 OP

"Letter to a Corpse," Alan Etheridge, plus "Wire in the Blood," Val McDermid shenmue May 2015 #1

Ah, Val McDermid. scarletwoman May 2015 #2

That's okay shenmue May 2015 #3

Yes, we all like what we like. :D scarletwoman May 2015 #7

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast May 2015 #4

Lin Enger has been on my radar for some time, since he's a Minnesotan. scarletwoman May 2015 #9

I have an interest in Native American culture from back in the day. The High Divide seems Enthusiast May 2015 #11

No, I did not go to the U. I went to Macalester College, a private Liberal Arts college. scarletwoman May 2015 #12

Amazing adventures sound fun. Enthusiast May 2015 #13

LOL! I was rather a wild child back in the 60s... nt scarletwoman May 2015 #14

I like it! Enthusiast May 2015 #15

Mrs. Enthusiast is going to order a copy of Sweetland from the library. Enthusiast May 2015 #5

Oh, cool! scarletwoman May 2015 #8

Swordspoint, a fanatasy by Ellen Kushner hermetic May 2015 #6

I definitely understand the attraction of that sort of fantasy novel, having indulged heavily scarletwoman May 2015 #10

I started reading Lance Weller's book, Wilderness several months ago and couldn't japple May 2015 #16

Thank you for the recommendation! scarletwoman May 2015 #17

Warning: there is a lot of hawking and spitting in this book!!! japple May 2015 #18

As long as I don't have to be around it IRL... scarletwoman May 2015 #19