I think it all started with this book - it's been the summer (not really summer yet, but it feels like it) of Beverly Connor. I've just been steam rolling through her books - last summer was the summer of Richard Laymon. Nobody quite like Dick Laymon - I wish I could erase my memory of his books (like the episode of Red Dwarf where Holly erases his memory so he can go back and read all of Agatha Christie for the first time); that Laymon summer was spectacular. Connor is not quite as spectacular as Laymon (prob. a good thing); but I do enjoy her writing and she's a hell of a lot less embarrassing to recommend to someone.
One thing I find kind of amusing about Connor is that she has two different series going, and they both basically star the same heroine. Wouldn't you think if you had two different series they'd be about two very different people? Or, even if they weren't that different from each other personality-wise, maybe you'd change the sex, and have a male and a female star in your series? These women (Lindsay and Diane) are basically the same person except for the boyfriend. Did her publisher force her to come up with another series? Did she think; I know! I'll write about a female forensic anthropologist who solves crimes and is tall, with long dark hair and has a boyfriend that loves her but is not around a lot (convenient, no?)
Some are better than others, but I've enjoyed them all, here are the one's I've read and would recommend so far - can't wait to finish reading them, just check Connor's website and she has a few more Diane Fallon mysteries I haven't wrapped by grubby paws on yet! http://beverlyconnor.net/default.htm
Dead Hunt (Latest and very good! Female serial killer! Whoo hoo!)
Dressed to Die
Questionable Remains
A Rumor of Bones
Airtight Case
Oh, and did I also mention that both of these lovely ladies love to go caving?
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