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DCI Ryan Books in Order: How to read LJ Ross’s Series?

Fabien
May 14, 2021May 7, 2021

Murder in Northumbria.

Who is DCI Ryan?

Written by British ex-lawyer and now author LJ Ross (pen name of Louise Ross), the DCI Ryan series is a series of romantic suspense thrillers.

Set in Northumbria, England, the series is following the investigation of Detective Chief Inspector Ryan in this fast-paced crime whodunnit, a mix of murder and mystery peppered with a sprinkling of romance and humour.

Andy Weir Books in Order (The Martian, Artemis, Project Hail Mary)

Carole
May 12, 2021May 7, 2021

All of the Books!

Who is Andy Weir?

Andy Weir is an American novelist who studied computer science at UC San Diego, although he did not graduate. He then worked as a programmer for several software companies, including AOL, Palm, MobileIron and Blizzard, where he worked on the video game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.

Weir begun to write in his twenties and self-published first on his website for years. Following some readers request, he made his book The Martian available on Amazon Kindle, first sold for 99 cents before being approached by a literary agent. He sold the rights of the book to Crown Publishing Group and the book has since been adapted into a film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott in 2015.

The Lincoln Lawyer Books in Order: How to read Michael Connelly’s series?

Fabien
May 10, 2021May 7, 2021

Soon to be a Netflix show.

Who is the Lincoln Lawyer?

Written by famous American author Michael Connelly (see full Reading Order), The Lincoln Lawyer a crime series is also known as the Mickey Haller series.

Mickey Haller is a defense attorney from Los Angeles who was nicknamed “the Lincoln Lawyer” because of his preference for working out of his Lincoln Town Car instead of in an office. Also, he is the younger half-brother of LAPD Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch. That’s why he made numerous apparitions in the Bosch series (see Reading Order).

Jo Nesbo Books in Order (Harry Hole, Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder, Olav Johansen)

Fabien
May 9, 2021May 7, 2021

All of the Books!

Who is Jo Nesbo?

Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian writer, musician, economist, and former soccer player and reporter. But also a TV producer now.

Nesbo’s most famous series is “Harry Hole,” but he also wrote some children fictions (Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder) and more crime series. What you may not know is that he is the main vocalist and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre.

David Raker Books in Order: How to read Tim Weaver’s series?

Fabien
May 7, 2021May 2, 2021

Lost in England.

Who is David Raker?

Coming from English writer Tim Weaver, this crime series is about the investigations of missing persons investigator David Raker.

Finding the lost, whether dead or alive, in the specialty of London-based investigator David Raker. His cases take him all over the country as he is prepared to go to any lengths to track down those in trouble. Nothing can stop Raker to dig deeper and found those who are missed.

Kazuo Ishiguro Books in Order (Never Let Me Go, The Remains of the Day, A Pale View of the Hill)

Carole
May 5, 2021May 2, 2021

All of the Books!

Who is Kazuo Ishiguro?

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain in 1960 at the age of five. One of the most celebrated contemporary fiction authors in English, he published his first novel, A Pale View of Hills, in 1982.

Since then, he has received four Man Booker Prize nominations and won the award in 1989 for his novel The Remains of the Day. In 2017, the Swedish Academy awarded Ishiguro the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lockwood & Co Books in Order: How to read Jonathan Stroud’s series?

Carole
May 3, 2021May 2, 2021

When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . .

What is Lockwood & Co about?

Lockwood & Co. is a middle grade supernatural thriller written by English author Jonathan Stroud. The story takes place in an alternative modern-day London which experiences an event called “the Problem”, where ghosts appear throughout the city by nighttime and attack the living. Agencies — meaning a business specializing in taking care of ghosts — have arisen to protect the public, for a fee.

The little twist is that only children and teenagers have the “talent” to sense the ghosts and they gradually lose this once they reach their twenties. We follow three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle this epidemic of ghosts.

Ellen Hopkins Books in Order (Crank, Burned, Impulse, What About Will?)

Carole
April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

All of the Books!

Who is Ellen Hopkins?

American writer and poet Ellen Louise Hopkins began her writing career in 1990, first wirth nonfiction books for children (not listed below) before becoming a young adult fiction writer.

She has written a number of books in verse, about teenage struggles such as drug addiction, mental illness, and prostitution. She exploded onto the New York Times’ bestseller list in 2004 with Crank, a novel written in free verse that was inspired by her daughter’s addiction to crystal meth.

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