In the last two weeks, I have read all four of Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad books and totally loved them. The first two I read on two consecutive days. Such great characters and stories, and very well written.

Her latest, Broken Harbour, started out as the one I thought I was going to have to slog through, but I hit the halfway point yesterday and didn't stop after that. I think it had one of the better endings of her books.

I both love the way that she moves on to new characters, and am dying to know what happens with the older characters. I guess that I am wanting more is a good sign? I read that her next novel will star the young detective Stephen Moran, who helped out Frank in The Hidden Place, breaking the pattern that the main character of her next novel is from a secondary character in her most recent novel.

I'm at the point where I want something to read, but I'm not ready to leave that world, so I am feeling a little bereft.

I am a double posting machine lately.

I'm at the point where I want something to read, but I'm not ready to leave that world, so I am feeling a little bereft.

Have you read all the Gillian Flynn books?

Thanks for the endorsement of Tara French; I've been curious about her books.

I agree. I might start that one next.

Have you read all the Gillian Flynn books?

I started Girl Gone in December. I got about 1/3 of the way through and realized I didn't care at all about what happened to those characters.

I seem to start way more books than I finish lately.

I LOVE Tana French. And I got to interview her for Faithful Place, and she was very gracious and chatty and a delight to talk to.

People often recommend Sophie Hannah to fans of Tana French; I haven't read her myself but that might be worth a try, Sue. I think I've read similar things about Erin Kelly.

I think Tana French is fantastic. Slightly different in scope and tone, and definitely tme setting, but similar in an ineffable Dublin way are the Benjamin Black books. Loved Christine Falls which my LBS had a as a group selection.

Thanks for the recs!

I read one Sophie Hannah book -- Little Face -- and it was really odd, and sort of weirdly disturbing. I've heard so many good things about her, I feel like I should give one of her other books a try, but I'm not in a huge hurry.

I have Tana French's In the Woods, too, and I've been meaning to read it for ages.

If you like British procedurals with a lot of heart and character development, I LOVE Deborah Crombie's mysteries. They all feature Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid, and they've gotten better and better the longer she's written them. They're full of detail, and just creepy enough to give you a good chill, but they're always emotionally rich, too.

So, I read a big chunk of House of Leaves on my trip. And, while I thought I had the King James Bible on my tablet, I did not, so I couldn't check a reference where Zampano cited one verse, Johnny corrected it to another, and then the editors corrected it to a third. But I marked the place, and I just went back and looked them up (I now have the King James on my tablet), and I want to give props to the writer for finding 3 verses that fit so well with the characters and then burying them in the footnotes.