I’ve been reading crime fiction since at least high school. My memory tells me I started with Jesse Stone, a former LAPD homicide detective who becomes the chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts after interviewing drunk. I’ve moved on to several more detectives in the years since opening my first Jesse Stone novel.
But there’s a literary giant missing from my shelves and piles of books. Sherlock Holmes. I mean, Sherlock is a pioneer of crime fiction. What am I doing not at least reading the novels? I don’t know. But I do know that his stories are still in fairly high demand because I’m asked for them each week. I could be wrong, but they might even be on a school reading list down here.
This is one of those times I just acknowledge that there are way more books available than I’ll ever be able to read. I imagine at some point I’ll get my hands on a Sherlock Holmes story. Or at least I’ll watch the TV show or movies. One day.
Are there any iconic authors or characters in your favorite genre you haven’t read?
Johnny Reads 
Great post. Great minds think alike. I am posting a series on masters of the crime/detective genre on my blog and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the first one I chose.
https://donmassenzio.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/studying-the-masters-in-crimedetective-fiction/
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Ohh. I’ll have to take a look.
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Reblogged this on Don Massenzio's Blog and commented:
Another vote for Sherlock Holmes as a great character in crime fiction.
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I haven’t read much Neil Gaiman, despite him being one of the more similar authors to me (I’m not nearly as talented, of course, but we explore similar themes in our work). As far as fantasy/sci-fi authors go in general, I could name more authors I haven’t read than authors I have. You’re right – sometimes there are just too many books in the world.
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Well we gave that in common. Also haven’t read any Gaiman. And I agree. There will always be too many books out there. Just have to find as many good ones as we can.
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That’s a really good question. I tend to glom onto an author I enjoy and read everything until they die. And then continue to read everything their estate churns out. I love thrillers, detective stories and fantasy stories.I was recently recommended to try Matthew Reilly books. So this author is on my to read list.
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Hmm. I’ve only finished a couple series ever. Mostly because I wait a bit between books in the same series or by the same author. I also don’t know any Matthew Reilly. Eh.
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I have finished a lot of series, unless they start feeling stale. My favorite series are everyone that Robert Parker wrote, and the exceptional characters Harry Bosch and Jack Reacher. Robert Parker has so many series besides the Jesse Stone books. Oh and Jonathan Kellerman’s books and James Patterson. I could go on and on…
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Yes! Jesse Stone. Spenser. Reacher. Bosch. Alex Cross. Um. I think we might be the same person. 😂 Are you an Amazon Prime member? The second season of Bosch is almost here.
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Yes, I am. WHAAAAAA? Gotta go…..time to stalk Amazon.
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I think it’s March 11th. Still have some time.
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lol I feel a personal day coming on
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Oooh. Good idea!
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I’m working through Sherlock right now. While I do enjoy the novels, the short stories do tend to get tedious after a while. I tried to read Austin as part of my goal to read more classics, but I can’t stand her. (ducks for cover)
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Eh. I wouldn’t know. Either author.
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