Comments on: The Best Mystery Crime Fiction of 2009

By: Steve Finbow

Steve Finbow — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:43:17 +0000

Brian – look forward to reading review… Cheers

By: adrian mckinty

adrian mckinty — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:24:08 +0000

I saw Samuel R Delaney once on the subway – that dude wins the beard contest by a country mile.

By: Dennis Tafoya

Dennis Tafoya — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:47:25 +0000

Thanks for including me in such great company, guys. It was a great year for crime fiction – glad to see so many excellent, sometimes overlooked choices.

By: Jay Tomio

Jay Tomio — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:15:43 +0000

That (beards) would have to include Moorcock and Delaney.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:31:12 +0000

Adrian – Want to help me create a top 25 author beards of all time?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:28:49 +0000

Steve – It came in under the wire. I finished Balzac just in time for inclusion. It’s a really good book and I’m glad I was able to finish it in time.

I plan on writing an actual review of it.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:24:11 +0000

Yeah, I’m probably in the same boat as Keith in regards to A Bad Day For Sorry. A top 25 read for me.

I wrote a lengthy critical review of it here:

http://www.bscreview.com/2009/09/a-bad-day-for-sorry-by-sophie-littlefield-reviewed-brians-take/

By: Keith Rawson

Keith Rawson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:37:07 +0000

Sharon–I’ll agree with you about a Bad day for Sorry. It was in my top 20 (Like I said in my intro, I wish I could have put a top 30 together.) and I’m really looking forward to further entries in the series

By: Sharon Johnson

Sharon Johnson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:19:34 +0000

All these pics look fabulous. Here are 2 others that I didn’t see mentioned but really enjoyed. Both stayed with me long after I finished reading–
Louise Ure’s 3rd book, “Liar’s Anonymous” had an amateur sleuth who is fresh out of prison.
Sophie Littlefield’s debut novel, “Bad Day for Sorry,” has a middle aged heroine who smacks around abusive husbands and mixes it up with mobsters.

By: Steve Finbow

Steve Finbow — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:57:50 +0000

Thanks for including me among some of my favourite writers – McKinty, Evenson, Neville, Ellroy, Chaon, and Guthrie. Cheers…

By: Chris Pimental

Chris Pimental — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:14:07 +0000

Interesting choices.

By: adrian mckinty

adrian mckinty — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:12:43 +0000

I know Stu Neville and he’s a great guy, not that that matters when reading someone’s book but he is. Ghosts is a masterpiece. Brian Evenson is one of my best mates – a very intelligent, funny character with an excellent beard. Oh and yeah a brilliant writer.